Bunch of pictures

[Form 4 Function]

Some pictures from past couple hunts.    One of the hunts i had taken my young bullydane (bull terrier × great dane)  he is the black and white dog 9 months old.   Extremely hard dog and is turning into a good hunter.    Most of the other dogs are either pictures of Tuffs 2 sons on pigs or Tuff himself.  Some of the men took pictures of the dogs or me loving on them.   I included them as well.    Jake has been getting his hands on some boars.   When he is with me  he has started tying some of them, putting them in the trailer and untying them.   I got a couple pictures of him doing some of that as well.    Hope yall enjoy

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[Hollowpoint]

You’re making life miserable for the hogs in your area Dean.

[Form 4 Function]

You’re making life miserable for the hogs in your area Dean.

    Haha thank you.     I try to put a hurt on them in certain places.    I'm finding the majority of the pigs now on the hay being put out.   We are in a very bad drought here.  No crops and very few pigs on the fields.    Hay is the hot spots right now. 

[Cajun]

Nice hogs and pictures. Are the majority of your hog catches the result of your dogs striking them off the rig?

[HIGHWATER KENNELS]

Yeah,, yall putting the hurt on em man..  Good teeth on them for sure ..

[make-em-squeel]

How far out do they hun in general, and what do you do when there caught and your 30 min away from them?

[Form 4 Function]

Nice hogs and pictures. Are the majority of your hog catches the result of your dogs striking them off the rig?

    Probably 75% of the  these catcheas come way of casting the dogs.  The rest is a combination of sight, walking, and droping and driving

[Form 4 Function]

Yeah,, yall putting the hurt on em man..  Good teeth on them for sure ..

    Thank you

[Form 4 Function]

How far out do they hun in general, and what do you do when there caught and your 30 min away from them?

       Depends on the dogs.  These young males I'm hunting will cast 6 to 800 yards at times and come back and go again off 8n another direction if i head that way.     Other dogs will cast 2 to 400 yards.    All of this is in no sign.  I have acquiree about 144 square mile area so i tend now not to walk much.  I just cast them mainly.        If it takes me a long time to get to a dog its not a huge deal because for 1 i try to breed for a dog thats capable of holding and controlling 300 pound boar.   I don't  really hunt a dog thats maxed out on  what it can actually control at 160 pounds then hope the 240 ppund boar he is caught on doesn't work the dog over.   I breed for a dog that can comtrol a huge 300 ppund boar and when he is caught on that 240 pound boar he is fine and isnt out of control and just attached to the boar and isnt maxed out and burning through his stamina trying to maintain control.              2nd I hunt 2 dogs or 3 but prefer just 2.    If one has a long hold time, when i get the first catch taken care of that dog then will assist the other dog.      Or they are both caught on same pig for a while or when i get there the other dog will be qith me and catch and secure the pig.    Just this past hunt i had a double catch on big boar.   One catch down in a mesquite thickent in a big bottom and the other up on top in a more open area.    Got to the catch in the mesquite thicket first and killed thst boar then headed to the other dog.   Other dog wasnt at this catch so i knew he was caught elsewhere.  Garmin showed him another 600 plus away.  No sound just him holding his own big toothy boar.   When i finally got close i seen one of my young dogs come back from sesrching for more pigs and hooked up for the assist then the 3rd dog got there and assisted.     Benifits of having 2 dogs is on the long hold times that boar isnt pulling away from two  of these dogs even if they are numb.      Also when you just have 1 or 2 dogs on a boar like that the catch is settled and the boar doesnt really fight much.     The fight really only occurs for the first minute and is only really intense for the first 20 seconds or so.    So a dog thats 30 inches and has a lot of stamina can hold and relax and maintain control for a little while.            I hunt year round.  Middle of summer won't find me or the dogs at home wishing for cooler weather.    For heat tolerance, stamina reasons, and power reasons, i absolutely will not add any to my line of dogs.   I already have a little stag blood in them i had to breed away from.       Not saying they don't make some awsome dogs but the limitations that come with them and their crosses aren't  something i want restraining me.  I'm breeding for a better dog that redefines the boundaries and limitations of what a catch dog can do.  I want to breed for raw natural physical talent and true form for function.    I can't use dogs of poor stamina and expect to the same level of performance  and testimony of 0 deaths and 0 heat strokes and only 2 vet visits in the throughout my career of hunting these type dogs year round.   If you want to go beyond the norm you cant breed normal number 2 lol. 

[Austesus]

Really nice pictures Dean, and your program looks like it’s producing well. What are your next steps with your dogs as far as breeding goes? Is your end goal to tighten everything up in to a new line or breed of sorts? I know you’ve got several different breeds mixed in now, what’s your long term goal? It sure looks like it’s going well for you


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[make-em-squeel]

 Depends on the dogs.  These young males I'm hunting will cast 6 to 800 yards at times and come back and go again off 8n another direction if i head that way.     Other dogs will cast 2 to 400 yards.    All of this is in no sign.  I have acquiree about 144 square mile area so i tend now not to walk much.  I just cast them mainly.        If it takes me a long time to get to a dog its not a huge deal because for 1 i try to breed for a dog thats capable of holding and controlling 300 pound boar.   I don't  really hunt a dog thats maxed out on  what it can actually control at 160 pounds then hope the 240 ppund boar he is caught on doesn't work the dog over.   I breed for a dog that can comtrol a huge 300 ppund boar and when he is caught on that 240 pound boar he is fine and isnt out of control and just attached to the boar and isnt maxed out and burning through his stamina trying to maintain control.              2nd I hunt 2 dogs or 3 but prefer just 2.    If one has a long hold time, when i get the first catch taken care of that dog then will assist the other dog.      Or they are both caught on same pig for a while or when i get there the other dog will be qith me and catch and secure the pig.    Just this past hunt i had a double catch on big boar.   One catch down in a mesquite thickent in a big bottom and the other up on top in a more open area.    Got to the catch in the mesquite thicket first and killed thst boar then headed to the other dog.   Other dog wasnt at this catch so i knew he was caught elsewhere.  Garmin showed him another 600 plus away.  No sound just him holding his own big toothy boar.   When i finally got close i seen one of my young dogs come back from sesrching for more pigs and hooked up for the assist then the 3rd dog got there and assisted.     Benifits of having 2 dogs is on the long hold times that boar isnt pulling away from two  of these dogs even if they are numb.      Also when you just have 1 or 2 dogs on a boar like that the catch is settled and the boar doesnt really fight much.     The fight really only occurs for the first minute and is only really intense for the first 20 seconds or so.    So a dog thats 30 inches and has a lot of stamina can hold and relax and maintain control for a little while.            I hunt year round.  Middle of summer won't find me or the dogs at home wishing for cooler weather.    For heat tolerance, stamina reasons, and power reasons, i absolutely will not add any to my line of dogs.   I already have a little stag blood in them i had to breed away from.       Not saying they don't make some awsome dogs but the limitations that come with them and their crosses aren't  something i want restraining me.  I'm breeding for a better dog that redefines the boundaries and limitations of what a catch dog can do.  I want to breed for raw natural physical talent and true form for function.    I can't use dogs of poor stamina and expect to the same level of performance  and testimony of 0 deaths and 0 heat strokes and only 2 vet visits in the throughout my career of hunting these type dogs year round.   If you want to go beyond the norm you cant breed normal number 2 lol. 
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Gotcha, what type of breeds and dogs are you running?

[Form 4 Function]

Really nice pictures Dean, and your program looks like it’s producing well. What are your next steps with your dogs as far as breeding goes? Is your end goal to tighten everything up in to a new line or breed of sorts? I know you’ve got several different breeds mixed in now, what’s your long term goal? It sure looks like it’s going well for you


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   Thank you and great question.   I will be narrowing my focus more towards the wolfhound and bullterrier based blood going forward.    It's outperforming other blood and i have been blessed with some awsome connections to both breeds that have some of the best specimens of the breeds out there.  My wolfhound connectionis a dream come true.    I can not create a breed or type breeding of this type of dog by myself so no I'm not motivated to creat a true type or breed.    I've got a couple litters here now.  Probably the best I've ever had.  I'll keep about 3 from both litters and probably move seversl dogs over the next year making room for these pups I'm keeping.   These pups should be some of the best and hardest dogs I've ever produced  but by no means a finished product.   Combining the 2 next year will be where I want to be.  I will slow down after this year and only have 1 litter a year of my bread and butter type dogs.     I have a side project I'm going to create for a particular market.  I aim to knock the pit off his pearch as the king of catch.  These dogs would catch fire but in all honesty i believe the economy is about to lets say see a correction.   If that and more I see on the horizon comes to pass then you can forget hobby dogs and hobby hunting.       Even I'll stremline down to just my form for function dogs at that point.         If i can get sold what i have on the ground now and about to hit the ground I'll be extremely grateful.   My side project can melt away if needed i don't care.   I wont reveal what it is though because i want to capitalize on it in the beginning and not have others claiming it was their idea or they started it first etc etc.   

[Form 4 Function]

 Depends on the dogs.  These young males I'm hunting will cast 6 to 800 yards at times and come back and go again off 8n another direction if i head that way.     Other dogs will cast 2 to 400 yards.    All of this is in no sign.  I have acquiree about 144 square mile area so i tend now not to walk much.  I just cast them mainly.        If it takes me a long time to get to a dog its not a huge deal because for 1 i try to breed for a dog thats capable of holding and controlling 300 pound boar.   I don't  really hunt a dog thats maxed out on  what it can actually control at 160 pounds then hope the 240 ppund boar he is caught on doesn't work the dog over.   I breed for a dog that can comtrol a huge 300 ppund boar and when he is caught on that 240 pound boar he is fine and isnt out of control and just attached to the boar and isnt maxed out and burning through his stamina trying to maintain control.              2nd I hunt 2 dogs or 3 but prefer just 2.    If one has a long hold time, when i get the first catch taken care of that dog then will assist the other dog.      Or they are both caught on same pig for a while or when i get there the other dog will be qith me and catch and secure the pig.    Just this past hunt i had a double catch on big boar.   One catch down in a mesquite thickent in a big bottom and the other up on top in a more open area.    Got to the catch in the mesquite thicket first and killed thst boar then headed to the other dog.   Other dog wasnt at this catch so i knew he was caught elsewhere.  Garmin showed him another 600 plus away.  No sound just him holding his own big toothy boar.   When i finally got close i seen one of my young dogs come back from sesrching for more pigs and hooked up for the assist then the 3rd dog got there and assisted.     Benifits of having 2 dogs is on the long hold times that boar isnt pulling away from two  of these dogs even if they are numb.      Also when you just have 1 or 2 dogs on a boar like that the catch is settled and the boar doesnt really fight much.     The fight really only occurs for the first minute and is only really intense for the first 20 seconds or so.    So a dog thats 30 inches and has a lot of stamina can hold and relax and maintain control for a little while.            I hunt year round.  Middle of summer won't find me or the dogs at home wishing for cooler weather.    For heat tolerance, stamina reasons, and power reasons, i absolutely will not add any to my line of dogs.   I already have a little stag blood in them i had to breed away from.       Not saying they don't make some awsome dogs but the limitations that come with them and their crosses aren't  something i want restraining me.  I'm breeding for a better dog that redefines the boundaries and limitations of what a catch dog can do.  I want to breed for raw natural physical talent and true form for function.    I can't use dogs of poor stamina and expect to the same level of performance  and testimony of 0 deaths and 0 heat strokes and only 2 vet visits in the throughout my career of hunting these type dogs year round.   If you want to go beyond the norm you cant breed normal number 2 lol. 

Gotcha, what type of breeds and dogs are you running?
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      Just my old wolfhound stag pit cane corso blood.  Hunting generation 4.   Gen 3 is the shorter casting dog.  Gen 4 was bred back to the wolfhound based longdogs and thus hunts a little different. 

[Austesus]

Thanks for the reply, it’s a very interesting project you’ve got going on. I agree completely about the economy. My wife and I are hopefully about to move to 130 acres if everything goes well through closing. Property already has some trails through it but I’ll get some equipment out there to cut real roads before we get our house put up. Wanting to grow more food and have some livestock as well. We’ve discussed the collapsing economy and our dogs and I’ve already decided that if it comes to it, I’ll cull everything but the best couple of dogs that I can use for meat hunting instead of hobby hunting. I’m trying to get away from most people, and become even more self sufficient.


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[Form 4 Function]

Thanks for the reply, it’s a very interesting project you’ve got going on. I agree completely about the economy. My wife and I are hopefully about to move to 130 acres if everything goes well through closing. Property already has some trails through it but I’ll get some equipment out there to cut real roads before we get our house put up. Wanting to grow more food and have some livestock as well. We’ve discussed the collapsing economy and our dogs and I’ve already decided that if it comes to it, I’ll cull everything but the best couple of dogs that I can use for meat hunting instead of hobby hunting. I’m trying to get away from most people, and become even more self sufficient.


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       I wish you the best with you new property and  home.       I have been interested in seeing how the dog owners are going to respond to future events and shortages.   I think some are stockpiling good food but even that is nit self sustaining.   Wormer, antibiotics, flea and thick meds, water, medical supplies, etc all things dogs like pig dogs will require.    Much discussion could be had over this dreadful topic but seems most people still have head in sand

[Austesus]

I have not yet started to stockpile for the dogs, mainly concerned about us right now. I used to feed my dogs a full raw diet, and if times get hard I’ll feed them off of wild game again. I switched back to kibble just because of the time it takes to prepare and feed raw. Wormer and meds are what I need to stock up on. Potentially not being able to get puppy vaccines could be hard on litters as well.


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I have not yet started to stockpile for the dogs, mainly concerned about us right now. I used to feed my dogs a full raw diet, and if times get hard I’ll feed them off of wild game again. I switched back to kibble just because of the time it takes to prepare and feed raw. Wormer and meds are what I need to stock up on. Potentially not being able to get puppy vaccines could be hard on litters as well.


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I realize most house and keep dogs differently than i do which contributes to the hassel of feeding raw for them.       I sometimes don't have to feed dogs for 6 days.   I usually feed every 2 or 3 days.          My feed cost is maybe $100 for entire year for 8 to 10 dogs.     Takes me about 10 minutes to process each pig i bring. I keep the dog food freezer full which has about 4 weeks worth of food in it for them and rest of the pigs go straight to the dogs.      I spend more time per year cleaning water buckets than i do feeding dogs.     I think people are silly and create so many of their own issues and hardships.       For the thousands they spend on kennels and dog food in 1 year alone they could have a better setup and system than i have but tradition is like a disease and so silly once you learn to see it through a hand to mouth concept and a self sustaining concept rather than a hobby concept and an drain on resources and $     
    I believe that if your dogs cost you much time or virtually any money at all to raise, maintain, and hunt your gonna have some hard decisions to make one day.    Even the transitions of life such as babies and family or layoffs force a lot of people to sale out do to the money pit they hace created for themselves setting in those kennels lol.       

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[Austesus]

That’s some very good points. Mine all looked great when I was feeding purely raw as well. I was feeding them a good bit of hog and beaver


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