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hemihound0713 · Post by **hemihound0713** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:40 am

I/ well We are thinking about getting a started Plott that is hunted on hogs. The question is, has anyone got a dog that was strictly for hog and been directly transferred to bear hunting, succesfully with out being to gritty and grabby and gotten itself killed? Any feedback would be greatfully. Thanks

three rivers catahoulas · Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:04 am

Alex,
Rule of thumb a good hog dog will make a good bear dog, a good bear dog may not make a good hog dog, see there I used may, there are some that will. A year ago I would have told you that you was full of sh*&, if you said a walker would catch a hog, well I have a walker that's all he likes to do is catch hogs. All of my hog dogs will run bear too. So yes you can do both, your just gonna have to fing the right dogs for the job. Look's like to me you have a good start runnin Plott's

hemihound0713 · Post by **hemihound0713** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:56 pm

Hey chuck, its melissa. Alex is thinking about getting a plott that is started on hogs and putting it on bear, even tho we probably wont ever hunt the dog on hogs, well i cant say never, but not likely. His only problem is he doesnt want to get a dog that will just run in and grab ahold and get smacked and get killed. I like the idea, but we just wanted to make sure and see what people have done with it before we buy one and it gets killed in the first 10 bear races. Thanks for the info.

three rivers catahoulas · Tue Jul 22, 2008 1:30 am

from what I have seen, even a super rough hog dog, show's a bear respect, I have a whole kennel full of dogs that will catch a hog and rough it up, but I can't say I have a one who will jump on a bear, they will pull hair when it's runnin but to flat jump on a stoped bear at a bay,, it takes a pretty ballsy dog to do that, there out there, but few and far between. All I can tell ya is a rough hog dog doesn't hurt your bear pack, in some cases it will help and others it's just another dog in the race. I dont know any one who has a finished Plott hog dog for sale, You should just start one of those pups you just had. give me a call I have a few smaller hogs here at the house, there great for pups.

hemihound0713 · Post by **hemihound0713** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:27 pm

How old do they have the be to do that? We are keeping the blue girl, and if we dont sell both males well keep them. We are wanting to get a different male that isnt the same as our girl, the mom and daughter, that is why we are thinking about getting a hog dog, and not a finished one, just a started one. If we can get 300 for one of our males, that will pay for the vet bill and then it would be good. But if we do end up keeping our 2 pups that would put us at 7 hound plus my pit, so 8 dogs. I mean that wouldnt be bad but its just alot of dogs. 31/2yrs Hemi(3/4 plott 1/4 walker),1yr dakota(1/2 redtick 1/2 hi-tan they dont know what the father exactly is,71/2 bro (Leopard cur i mean hound), 2 duke(walker),1yr silver and 11days her two pups(all plotts).

Hey chuck, this is my dakota dog, we know for sure she is a half redtick, and her dads breed is unknown she is a spitting image of her dad, just a tad bit shorter. In your opinion what do you think her dads mixed? In her litter there were 2 redtick 2 bluetick 2 her and her sister identical and 1 redbone.

Here is a pictures of her.

three rivers catahoulas · Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:41 pm

With a litter like that it's hard to say what the sire is, He could be any one of those breeds or a cross between two or more of'em, I'll tell ya one thing though, she looks just like my Jake dog, He's 1/2 Walker 1/4 Redtick 1/4 B&T

this is Jake