Bottom

bottom is the ability to stick...and heart is the determination to get the job done...but they all mean the same more or less...one thing when breeding three or 4 generations of top dogs we want to protect what has cost lots of time and money to produce...so when the dogs get turned out one has to wonder if one will be crippled or killed...there is a fine line between not having enough grit to stop a bad hog or too much that the dog might not live very long...I want the dogs to have the bottom to get the job done and the sooner the better but I want them to be smart about it...smart meaning knowing when to catch and at the same time protecting themselves...

I had pretty gritty dogs with lots of bottom...but to catch more hogs in thick brushy conditions I needed dogs with even more grit and I was thinking a quarter of pit and breed less of it but to capture what was needed...I love all the bottom that is needed to get the job done but I wanted to not have to be testing it for hours when we could catch most within 15 minutes...but those kind of dogs probably will not live too long because heat exhaustion will get some of these dogs due to them not having enough sense to be content in keeping the hog stopped...all out catch equals a bigger chance to get the dog cut down or extreme heat exhaustion...that fine line between not enough grit and too much is pretty fine...

the bottom line...I want the bottom to get the job done...and one day to have the dogs that have the bottom to get the job done no matter how many hours... but dogs that can get the job done well enough that bottom won't have to be tested very often...