Reuben
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Re: Re: .
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Originally posted by Bruce m. Conkey
I have been reading these post and I firmly believe what makes a true pleasure hound or a true competition hound or any true hound. Is the man hunting the hound. We all have our styles and locations to hunt. Taking a hound out two or three times a month doesn't teach it anything about being a pleasure to hunt or a comp dog. Feeding, loading and handling your dog along with hunting it on a regular basis. Is what gets one to operate the way you want it to. You can't read about doing it, you can't think about doing it. You can't wish you were doing it. You just have to do it and those that do. Love it, and they have the type of hounds they prefer. These dogs are not born to stand still and wait for a collar to be put on their necks, just like they are not born to hunt the style of hunting you do. They are born to hunt. The hunter molds them.
quote: Originally posted by Stan Ferrell
I disagree. A pleasure dog is just that, a pleasure to hunt. They must be smart and eager to please. You will not have to chase one down to collar up, you seldom need a lead, you will not have to drive around the block to cut him off, He will work alone or with company, he will not ever be "jockeying for position" at the tree, he will not bark and wear out the floor in the kennel, he will be an honest strike dog, he will hunt out a woods and check in and load himself. They will be very accurate and they will hunt the same after a month long layoff or night after night. You do not mold a pleasure dog, if they are an honest, good pleasure dog, they will bend you to them. These hounds are Naturals. IMHO these dogs will seldom have an all grand pedigree.
I agree with both but lean more towards Stan's post...
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