Few versus the many?

Excellent post, T, I completely agree.

 

only thing about to small of a yard is they wouldn't have been as busy . you need more selection and more age differences . if you have a litter and at 2 years they don't work out then your at a stand still . or you just buying dogs that really you have to trust how they person before you and him kept the dogs .

 

got me thinking -
dogs have done better for one man, and a noticable different with another -
handler, conditioner, owner?? not always the same and differences have been noted in the past depending on who the dog was with.

 

great clearity in that post . nice one

 

Very good post Slim. I know for a fact that you have greater option having a big yard and being able to experiment more, however I found that smaller yard tended to keep only the best they could lay their hands on due to space and costs. But I think quality goes hand in hand with the dogman who runs that yard. You see it is difficult to keep try-outs when space is limited so you keep what you know already proved their worth.

I never owned more that 4 grown dogs for the reasons mentioned above, the sad reality is when you do breed and send some pups to contacts or partners you never know what either you or them will end up with, but fortunately for me I hardly ever did any breedings.

 

I like a few my buddies like a few more but i think its abt fluctuation (as tdk said) the longer ive been with the dogs i understand how numbers can ballon after a year or two if you are truly looking to see the production percentage because youre keeping most pups up til abt 2 yrs old... but my limit is a consistent 10 (and im not close to that currently) simply because thats a number i know i can maintain without any problems all while still being able to be hands on with all

 

A simple release command and handle can give the longevity to further the career, a well trained dog with a knowledgable handeler will almost always have the upper hand... The simple act of the handeler giving up can manifest to affectionate bulldog... I been told that If the other handeler isnt intune with his charge that
its like going into half a dog as your force behind your charge is inhieghtend... If you hand raise a well bred pup the pup should be able to learn almost anything and give his all for you...
A member of Carolina knls told me handeling was like chess, and in the 80s he went into Tant who was almost twice his size and a bully to boot...
This man trained dogs for the army and continued after his discharge, J had alot of insight to dogs different psycology...
T was far from a sportsman and used every dirty trick he could, when carolina knls ignored it, T got racist and was yelling at Js dog also...
He felt his dog would have quit with anyother handeler but Tant was playing checkers and Carolina J was playing chess...

 

...lets be honest here a good dog will handle for any-body...thats what ya wanted in case ya have a problem in handleing ur-self ...???

 

Great topic,Dogs are exspensive if kept properly.You have to give each dog time,I dont believe letting my friend spend all their lives on the end of a chain without interacting with them.So I say keep as many without neglect.

 

When you can only handle, about 10 dogs on your yard,chain space is valuable. (Serious). Show or go,I cant afford to play games.Everyone on my yard has a number.

 

...different...strokes......

 

Great read Slim... Id prefer the human oriented extra gear bulldog if I had a choice... The thing that makes any type dog not wild is its dire need to please its master... A good friend that use to bulldog and now hunts hog with his bulldogs noticed how his "road dog" that rides everywhere in his vehicle and in his razor
that the dogs have superior balance and dont go to thier back, yet another way getting a bond with your bulldog can perhaps help in stressfull situations...
His catch dogs are second to none and his sense of raising up good dogs is also...
Mccoys post was also good as some may give up on thier charge, in exchange the charge does the same... In other incidents the mere bond of the handeler can make a cur game,lmao... The late great Barney Fife also was a firm believer in the handeler showing care giving proper aftercare helps the charge pull thru better than getting after care by someone that doesnt know the dog, and in those tuff ones the bulldogs bond with the handeler/owner is what gets the bulldog thru the pull, vice versa the humans undivided attention is the difference in making it...
So if the dog scratches for his owner, is the bulldog game???

 

^^Two good post!! I to believe a man gets out a dog what he puts in therefore I've never been one to have more than 5 on my yard at any given time that way I can give each individual a couple hrs at least three days a week(1on1)and even though all my yard dogs go thru all the motions my brood which is a house dog I have no doubt she'll crawl the line if need be to protect that corner I'm standn in!!