Tools...Toys...or Recreational Pets?

They are tools when they establish themselves as productive dogs. When they are young i give them my upmost attencion. Every dog that i have ever had gets a chance more than most people would do. Try to bring out all the good things that they show.If they dont progress then i try to find a fitting place for them. Culled a bunch but found homes for a bunch to. I had a well bred mountain cur/birddog cross that was a excelant bred dog that never did anything outside the baypen. Thought about culling him for a long time. One saturday morning i was headed to the pen to do just that and my phone rang and one of my buds was looking for a dog for an elderly lady that had just lost her husband. I carried him over to her house and turned him loose in her 2 acre back yard and he treed a big fat squirrel. To this day she loves that dog to death. Became her lil bud and when he aint treeing squirrels he is laying right beside her or in her lap while she is petting him. In march and april is when i make my money with my dogs. Any other time they are recreation dogs. Pet them when they do good. Other than that when they establish themselves in my kennel they get put back in their pens as soon as i get home from the hunt. Check them real good for cuts and such but other than that they dont get petted or handled.