MARSHALL AYERS
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Originally posted by Bruce m. Conkey
Guys there is some real interesting reading here and I appreciate it and I am sure there are others that could possibly learn some things from this post. In coonhunting when I say learn things I don't mean what you read was fact and you should do it. I mean remember what you read and if you see it play out in your pen or your buddies pen then the light bulb goes off and you say. There must be something to that and you build upon that and try to do it again.
Marshall Ayres glad you posted on here. Think you know me well enough to know I tell it like I see it in a dog. Because I own the dog I don't necessarily say nice things about him. Dog in particular is MONGO. I called you when I was thinking about buying him. You gave me your honest opinion and I appreciated it. Like you mentioned in your post about geographic locations, that fit MONGO perfectly when I got him down here in all this water.
To be perfectly truthful MONGO after about a month of being here and being exposed to this water and a varmint called Armadillo was totally worthless. Probably more the Armadillo than is was the water. I expressed that to you and I understand that didn't sound like the dog your hunted with.
He would get out of the truck and actually listen for them Armadillos in the bushes and when turned loose that is all he started looking for. Marshall I think you know MONGO has a mind of his own and is extremely hard headed. I knew I could break him from them things but I might also break his spirit because it was going to take a lot discipline to make it happen. I saw a young guy on here that I didn't know say he was looking for a dog to hunt. Jeremy Vaught in TN who just won 8th in the ACHA world hunt last week. I contacted Jeremy and sent him MONGO. He got him back on coon as there is no Armadillos up there to run. After understanding what he was suppose to run again I got him back down here and he is a different dog. Most people would never pack up a dog and send them off to someone they didn't know, but that was my plan for fixing his problem because beating and shocking him every night wasn't working. My plan worked and I am Thankful to Jeremy in TN and also you Marshall for being honest with me about MONGO.
Marshall we talk about a dogs styles on there and I would like your opinion on MONGO's style. I say he has them all wrapped up in one hound. He hunts hard and does his thing to tree a coon every time he is cut loose.
Here is my question and I need a second opinion on this. I think we would agree he is hard headed because he is so determined. Here is what I am trying to figure out. Is that because he is extremely smart or extremely dumb. How would you rate him. You won't hurt my feelings as I just want the truth and spend everyday trying to figure these dogs out. I just bred him for the first time and man the pups are nice. Again Thanks Marshall for talking to me before I purchased him and listening to the complaining I did after I purchased him. We got the bugs worked out and he will probably be one that dies here. Guys MONGO is living proof that dogs operate differently in different geographic locations He was a dog that needed a bullet down here but won over $7,000 up north in several states last year and treed a truck load of coon for Jeremy in the TN mountains just for fun. Took some time but we we have it worked out so he is operating down here now as well as up North.
bruce, that is a loaded question lol.
when it comes to determining weather a dog is very smart or very dumb, you have to remember that we as people develop opinions based on thing we dislike rather than an actual aptitude test. therefore, dogs are smart or dumb based on other people opinions. I believe MONGO is a smart hound based on his temperament. when hes at home hes not barking up a storm, destroying things or pooping in his water bucket. yes, hes hard headed yet he has the ability to learn and adapt to his surroundings and owner/handler. the problems you had with the possums in a shell might stem from the fact that he was raised in the land where if you caught game on the ground it was because it just fell out of a tree. he probably liked the fact that he could run a dillo down rather than stretch his legs trying to run a coon down only to have it go up a tree. once he got the taste in his mouth and figured out they were easy, he was hooked. I spent many nights in the woods with mongo and the man who owned him and watched as the two of them had a connection. they knew where each other stood and mongo seemed to respect larry and listened to him better than anyone. larry was hard on mongo at times to bring best out of him, but mongo could take it from him because it seemed like mongo understood that larry loved him and wanted his best. the best example I can give you of this is the first time I took him to a hunt without larry going. after the first drop mongo was the only dog left. he had a hour and a half to tree a coon. didn't happen lol. picked larry up after the hunt and went to the woods to work out the kinks from the earlier hunt and he treed 3 coon in about a hour.....
I can descried MONGOS hunting style in 1 word."DEVOTED"
if you are devoted to him he is devoted to you and will preform for you.
Im glad you called to ask about him, I will give an honest opinion about a dog. if I lie about one they will tell on me in a hurry.
im fixing to start a post, when its up please read and respond. id like to hear what you have to say!
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