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« on: June 16, 2016, 04:13:00 pm »

Does anyone have any strong feelings on the question of a male hog dog vs a female hog dog?

Strengths and weaknesses of both? Difference in skill sets and abilities? Discipline? Handle? Personalities?

Just interested.
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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2016, 07:03:45 pm »

Coming from a new guy like yourself. I know guys who run either straight males, or


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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2016, 07:05:27 pm »

Or straight females, personally I run a couple of everything and I know some guys that do too. I will tell you the one clear benefit i see in running one sex or the other is NO ACCIDENTAL PUPPIES. But as for female vs. male I can't tell you nothing. I just believe good dogs are good dogs no matter how they get it done


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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2016, 07:32:09 pm »

i prefer female lead dog but have males too .depends on what type catch dog you have ,atleast for me. i use a female lead dog with a male catch dog or the other way.
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2016, 08:43:38 pm »

My experience with bird dogs has been the females are less easily distracted, more focused. Tend to respond to correction better. Was wondering if that was the same with the hog dogs. But that doesn't seem to be the case.


At least from the people I've spoken to so far.

Thanks for the input!
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2016, 09:24:11 pm »

I've owned and seen females just as good as males. But I do agree with what you say about females, as an average, are all business when they hit the ground.
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« Reply #6 on: June 16, 2016, 09:45:43 pm »

Yep. In some cases you might lose some athleticism and power. But those are marginal downgrades. More than made up for by the mental aspect.
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2016, 04:30:21 am »

The style of hunting that you end up preferring also plays a role in this. I like rough, fast and strong male dog's but I also like a good smart female. If I am running a female who's a looser type dog I like to run a couple of young rough males with her to shorten races.This is only my preference as the areas I hunt generally require hog's to be stopped as fast as possible.As far as choosing I prefer a male dog for a few reasons first is heat cycles are a pain in the butt and If you are relying on the female to catch hog's you're out for three weeks. false pregnancy is something else I just went through with a gyp and she was out for almost 3 months when you include her heat cycle.But the main reason I prefer a male over a female is I just like dog's rough as a cob and in general male's tend to be rougher.It all boils down to your personal preference and what style of hunting you want to do cause Lord knows there's a pile of ways to get the job done.
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« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2016, 08:12:20 am »

I've owned good in both but I like male dogs .... male dogs seem on the average to be  a little tuffer ..... they seem to be able  to hold a hog a little better by  themselves .... gyps seem to mature and make  dogs a little earlier .... might be because  they can have  pups when they are young ......  females run and pair better my males split .....
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« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2016, 08:22:30 am »

I've seen good ones in both sexes. Females come in heat twice a year so you have to lay them up. Males stay in heat 365 days a year. When you can find a male that would rather hunt then breed a female, that is the drive I like in a dog. I have had females just as gritty as males & in bulldogs, I don't think it matters either way.
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« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2016, 09:23:31 am »

I have both, but I prefer females.  They seem to me to be much easier to handle and not as much "butt sniffing".  I do require my catch dog to be a male.  Reason is, I really like Bulldogs to have the bigger block heads and although I may not use time every time I hunt, I need to him to be available and not in heat.  Personally, my best dogs have always been female.
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« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2016, 12:19:36 pm »

in any breed of animals males on the average rein dominant ..boars, bears,bulls,horses same with  dogs. males just physically are ruffer ..   they just don't take the beating the same ..... 
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« Reply #12 on: June 17, 2016, 12:29:25 pm »

Don't matter to me one bit good is good. Females are more loyal at times and males are a tad tougher at times but a honest dog is just that


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« Reply #13 on: June 17, 2016, 12:38:18 pm »

On a slightly different tone..... a man with real good females controls his own destiny as far as breeding.  EVERYONE thinks they have a good male that should be bred to, but not everyone has a really good female(s).

I often find it comical when I see someone say, I have a really good Male that I am looking to breed.  You don't see that many guys with really good females making the same type post.  Good males on every corner (or at least everyone on the corner thinks they have a good male); great females are harder to find (in terms of being available and people offering them up to breed) and to me the female is much, much more valuable.
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« Reply #14 on: June 17, 2016, 01:22:23 pm »

Don't matter to me one bit good is good. Females are more loyal at times and males are a tad tougher at times but a honest dog is just that


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Same here. I keep a couple gyps at the house as more of brood gyps that anything but i do hunt them on occasion. I hunt my males primarily now.  Not because i like males more or less, simply because thats how it worked out this year and my males were ready to go.

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« Reply #15 on: June 17, 2016, 01:40:23 pm »

If you ain't got a good female you are out of dogs and just don't know it.
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« Reply #16 on: June 17, 2016, 01:57:17 pm »

I've raised over 100 litter's dogs from east coast to west coast and I very seldom even hunt a females ....guess I just been lucky for  over 20 years ....
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« Reply #17 on: June 18, 2016, 10:52:10 pm »

I've owned good in both but nowadays rather have a good female over a male, if you don't own a stud it sure is a lot easier finding someone to let you breed your gyp to their male than it is finding someone who will let you breed your male to their female, I hunt a mix pack but prefer females , if they truly love their job they're usually more business, seems like on average though that males have more grit than females.
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