Any luck finding a dog?

I did in 2012, too lazy to do this year. It was fun and interesting. Kept track of of the number of day in the field (204), number of cats caught (28) and the tried to keep track of the bears, but lost track at 50+. Also kept track of the trash we caught...which with my welfare recipients was pretty ...

Bought a mountain bike and decided to combine mountain biking and lion hunting...one of my more memorable experiences. If anyone wants to try it here's some things to consider - 1: Frozen mud thaws 2: What you coast down you have to pedal up...did I mention the thaw? 3: Apparently mountain bikers ...

I've tried everything and like Marshall the best.

Opening Day of the porcupine season...we done gooood!!!

He won't stay on a cat or bear without the hounds.

The hound is a walker blue tick cross.

We listed him and another dog a while back. We currently have 14 dogs and need to trim back to ten or my wife will be trimming me back... He is also in the photo "Bayed Bear"

I don't follow bloodlines much, but I'll tell you what I know. We own both the sire and the dam. The sire is blue tick that came out of Colorado by way of Van Johnson's breeding. The dam is a little walker, Whitecloud breeding, that came from Charlie Helquist. All three of the dogs with white in the ...

The last run of the Utah Bear Contest.

...and please bless the hounds at home, that they will be able to come next time....

You know its a keeper when the good Lord see fit to stamp it with an arrow so it can tell which way its going.

Amen! Can't do any better than the advise you just got.

To clarify what I meant by "foundation training" - this is at the point where the dog recognizes straight game and reacts to it by striking/rigging/alerting.

Would your definition differ from that?

Looking for some wisdom. After the foundation training is completed on a young dog, it doesn't make much sense to me to train and exercise them is a "sterile" environment. I want my dogs exposed to everything they are likely to encounter while they are hunting and when I'm not watching over their ...