The goal here is to educate/learn so maybe there won't be so many culls out there...the more input the more clear it becomes...
WHAT IS A GOOD HOG DOG??? to put it real simple...take the dog hunting by itself...and if that dog finds and bays hogs and sticks to the track as long as it takes to bay the hog and you walk in and shoot the hog or catch it with a bull dog then you have a hog dog...and if the dog has the knack to find one rather quickly is a plus...
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CULLS??? lots of reasons...but if we would honestly evaluate our hog dogs and we tested our dogs solo in the field and it hunted and produced hogs just like I mentioned above...then this dog can be further evaluated towards breeding rights...
constantly cross breeding is not the way to go...
handling can make or break a dog...
BUT HOW CAN WE BREED BETTER DOGS IF WE DON"T KNOW WHAT A REAL HOG DOG SHOULD BE???
not trying to pick on anyone...just trying to help in rasing the bar...heck there are some doggers that have been in the game a good while and don't oops losing signal...
Reuben....you and I see eye to eye on alot...especially regarding selection, training, etc.
One thing I question is the cross breeding. I KNOW there are plenty of pure breeds out there that are "Hog Dogs" and do exactly what your talking about...BUT....
IMO there is nothing wrong with crossing to achieve a goal. ALL.....ALL.....ALL....breeds we hunt with today were crossed to make them what they are.
