Big N' Blue wrote:LMAO the problem with you Willie is that you obviously have not seen a hundred pound lightening bolt!!
spech, running dogs are no harder to break as any other breed. When you know they are wrong bust their butt and try to get them on game of choice as soon as possible. David gave sound advise on putting a handle on them. Makes hunting much more enjoyable when dogs mind you!
Good luck!
Blue no disrespect to anyone, putting a handle on a dog is the first thing I always worked on. Problem is that did not work for me when one reached the age when they decided to run trash. I have owned some very sensitive dogs that it took a little more than NO!, TO STOP THEM FOR TRASH RUNNING, especially if they had been allowed to run them awhile. Thing is most of those were outlawing on coyote, and the method I described is what worked for me, coarse did not have a pen so a little tougher. Coarse, never use any more force than needed to stop the problem. Now if that young hunter had an ecollar for all his dogs, no need to separate those youngsters just break both at once. But I thought he only had one ecollar.
Mark very true, few coyote hunters use blue to run coyote, but have seen some that were blue in color that sure run them with moderate success here in this steep brushy terrain. If yotes are thin as he stated, blue just might be a big help working up a cold scent & if he happen to move a jump correct might surprise you there. And who knows, if they happen on a cat, would be nice to have something to bark at a tree! I know Willie was just trying to get reaction from the bluetick fanciers. Surely, with all the hunting he has done he realizes all blues are not slow, If not,
can/t believe he has seen many blue dogs.
Blue can/t agree more, running dogs no harder to trash break than other breeds, first true check dog on deer I ever seen was a full blooded running dog, he was tested often & never seen him fail to check, Al
