Hog-Dogging...

Hog-Dogging?????? - not for the feignt of heart. (Video link from CNN)

Hunters claim that allowing their dogs to chase/catch feral pigs (?) in pens teaches their dogs how to hunt. :eek:

You have got to be kidding me! This in IMO is just as sick as dog fighting, c0ck fighting, etc.

This is no different than dog fighting, really. Just because they're pigs (feral or otherwise) does not make this kind of cruelty (and I do believe, based on those videos, that it is cruel) acceptable---for hunting purposes or not.

I am far from an animal activist, I do think hunting has its place as do hunting dogs and training thereof, but as mentioned, dogs are NOT meant to just latch onto wild pigs---they're meant to corner them long enough so that a hunter can get in and shoot.

This 'training' is nothing more than a redneck get-around for dog fighting (people pay to watch it---that makes it a spectator 'sport' or entertainment and that's drawing the line). One-sided dog fighting (ie: the pig is at a HUGE disadvantage), but dog fighting nonetheless. This kind of 'training' is dangerous---put those dogs out in a REAL hunting atmosphere and I guarantee you once they'd try to blindly latch on as they're teaching them to do, they'll get gored on a tusk or mauled by a wild pig who doesn't have 4-5 large rednecks hovering around.

Of course these 'hunters' are probably the kind that set up feeding traps for deer and then brag about how awesome of a hunter they are. Losers.

How pathetic. They give rednecks a bad name. :(

I would say those are hillbillies...rednecks are different... in my book anyways.:P

And I agree Alison...if they were using them to bait wild game so a hunter could finish the kill...that is a bit better....but having the dogs kill the game are not what they were bred for.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

How pathetic. They give rednecks a bad name. :(

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That would assume they had a good name before? :D

I bet they live right near that sick little kid that shot the enormous pig 12 times with a pistol. They're "hunting". Yeah.

I think they are more like dumba**es.

not rednecks.

just sayin'

Ok I hog hunt every year and heres how most dogs are trained. They normally do train one or two dogs that way. The animal (hog) is later finished off quickly and not kept injured like that however its normally put down and used for food. But new dogs are then put with an older experienced dog and the new dogs learn from them during the hunt. The dogs normally are not used to kill the hog but rather to find and keep the hog in one place till the hunters get there much like coon or squirrel hunting. Using dogs are not needed all the time we do most of the time hunt by scouting, tracking, stalking the hogs loads more fun.

Since I do this I would love to answer any questions to try and keep the "well I heard" or the "I bet they" down and bring some truth to keep the crap out.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Since I do this I would love to answer any questions to try and keep the "well I heard" or the "I bet they" down.

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I have a question for ya then Freakmaster frog :D

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What breed of dogs do you use?

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Originally Posted by JBallPython

...if they were using them to bait wild game so a hunter could finish the kill...that is a bit better....but having the dogs kill the game are not what they were bred for.

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Exactly.

This 'hotdogging' garbage is just a dog-hog fight.....it has nothing to do with hunting.....those idiots give hunters a bad name. Dog-hog fighting is illegal in most states too.....and I am pretty sure it is covered in that new federal law banning cockfighting and dog fighting as well.

On a side note.....

From someone that has been hunting with dogs several times, it is not as cruel or bad as some would make you believe. And it gives you alot of respect for the dogs.

When we used to run hogs with dogs, the dogs always kept a distance from the hog. They simply track it down for the hunter. I know people that run racoons, squirrels, doves, and rabbits too. And duck hunting dogs as well. That is what the dogs were bred to do...why not let them do it ;)

And actually hunting with dogs does not require less on the hunters' part.....they still have to train the dog. That is tons of work.

I think hunting should involve dogs more actually. When canines are used when hunting, the chance of lost game goes down significantly. The less 'waste' associated with hunting the better IMO.

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Originally Posted by daaangconcepts

I have a question for ya then Freakmaster frog :D

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What breed of dogs do you use?

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We use a cross of Walkers and Red Coon Hound. The Pits they were using were unnecessary in the biggest since of the word. Using a dog like that you mean for the dog to inflict harm on the prey. And I would have to agree that they are doing it as a sick sport under the gise of training. Our dogs are for tracking and maintaining the hog position in an area. ;D And are trained to stay out of the hogs way but keep it in an area. :D:D:D