This is a good thread bud.
My opinion is much the same as the Oldman’s. I also agree that hunt can’t be put in them but you can dial it back. Track minded is “usually” something that hounds or dogs with hound influence take to a little more natural. Of course non-hounds can do it and if they are started that way would probably do it just as a second nature. My dogs carry a hound influence. One of my mature dogs is going to take the first thing he smells and try his best to put a hog at the end of it. My other one will leave a cold track alone to search for a hotter one, but if she doesn’t find one in given period of time, she will go back and grub it. Both have their pluses and minuses. Having one of each works in my favor and it’s actually fun to watch when he’s grubbing something she left alone. I like to see which one will get bayed first. If you want to be able to cast dogs then keep breeding cast dogs and convert however many you want into track dogs. I recommend this route because you could very easily lose or breed away from dogs that cast/hunt because it’s no longer a trait you’re focused on. All of a sudden one day you have the same dogs on paper as the current dogs but they no longer perform the same because you quit placing emphasis on as many characteristics.
I’m curious, is it your belief that you are losing cast dogs because they are too far away for you to get to them in a reasonable amount of time or what is your reasoning?
Man,, i wish it was that simple..or I would run behind em like a wild comanche...LOL.. It seems like bad luck more to me,, things that I would never guess happen to em from medical reasons to injuries that are just not the run of the mill hog dog injuries that you would be a custom to see and u are ready for.. I myself like the cast dog types better for our hunting areas My son tends to like the track dog style cause he likes the ability to pick and choose what type hog he believes that he is giving them a shot at.. It takes a certain dog to work out a track that you put it on and you dont know how old are any idea where that hog could be bedding down at.. We can guess at how old these tracks are but in sand,, we just guessing unless the obvious evidence is there ,,like right after a rain or whatever.... I like dogs to go deep and wind ,, give up older tracks when they cant get em jumped and hunt like work horses in the woods not ever coming back to me and the next time I see em Im petting them on the head after a bay. Now granted ,, it is a honor to have dogs that will grind out a track ,,stay on that one hog not getting thrown off because that good bo hog or barr is gonna run thru every pack of sows to just leave you catching a shoat after a 2 mile run.. LOL... But it is a good thing when you got dogs that will do both jobs and the good thing is you can reach in that dog box and grab the one you need when you need it...
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