Checking Out for a Moment

I have a lot going on right now, a large commission piece, training dogs, grandkids out and about for the summer, training dogs, lots of overdue projects, dogs, writing some thoughts and ideas for short stories, dogs, and just taking time to enjoy life for a change. So, I just wanted to let anyone interested know that as you can see the blogging has been suffering and will continue to be slow if not completely void for a few more months. Hopefully by the end of July I will be caught up and can again begin to add content that I am satisfied with. Until then I hope every like minded free thinker that reads "Sons of Savages" has a good go at life this summer. Be safe, trust in the only "God" out there for everything and "Defend the Republic" at all costs.
And.
Keep your dogs fed, love on the kids more than usual, and never sweat the small stuff.
The big stuff, well it can't eat you!

Had a good start to the weekend. My young "Dugga Boy" caught his first hog at 6 months along with my German Shorthair "Gretta" and a few young dogs. Perfect size for a beginner! I plan on breeding Dugga to Gretta in the future for an Australian type cross which would put more nose into the Dugga Boy line. Later I will breed my Stag Hound/Lurcher to a female from this litter. If you are interested in a pup let me know.
Went down to the Hunting Camp to eat a few Crayfish as Anthony came up from Louisiana and put on a good feed. Got to see LuLu the Airedale from Andy that I got for Roger. She is a fine looking example of the old Sandhill Redlines, very cool little pup. Roger sends his regards to Henry, Andy and Matt for breeding another Working Airedale.

More pics of dogs and hunt coming

My New Catch Dog

Cleaning Gear with Dugga Boy and some new books

I have been toying with the idea of buying a microscope to be able to check stool samples for parasites myself at times. And purchased a few books to be able to improve my limited medical ability when it comes to my dogs. I am always trying to put more info under my belt to maintain and care for my children especially in trauma situations. Any suggestions on the matter would be appreciated. Not much to report otherwise as Turkey Season has put a damper on my hunting lately. Gonna get out a few nights this week though.

4 1/2 Month Old Dugga Boy in the Bay Pen for the first time

Went down to Pick up a Hound a friend had been using and introduced the pup to his first Hog along with Gretta GSP and another pup, Spider Plott/Jagd.

I had to take Dugga Boy out after a few minutes as he was all about catching and I was afraid of harming his puppy teeth. He surprised me! I don't know what I did wrong on the phone camera but I just got little 2 second clips. Dugga Boy in green collar.

Saturday Hunt

Went down to hunt a farm where the pigs had moved in. This farmer along with 3 others had around $100,000.00 in crop damages last year. I know this because the Crop Adjuster is a life long friend of mine. This wouldn't be much of a problem if the insurance paid off every year but they can only  claim hog damage once on their policy. Anyway we got a late start and caught a good sow after about 30 minutes. I took the Stag BD, Airedale Scout, one of my yearling pups out of (Blacky and one of my Jagds) and Campo, Plott hound from Whitedeer Kennels in Texas. Had a couple Curs belonging to a friend too. We turned out and the Curs and Plott yelped showing hot scent. The Stag and Airedale drove in and they ran her about 2-3 hundred and caught her right off. My bud's back went out about then and we turned back out in the same place thinking we might of missed one but nothing. The pup was right there pulling hair, his first hog. So we called it a day as the bad back started giving a lot of trouble and I didn't want to carry him out lol. Anyway stopped back by my farmer friends place where they were building a trap, put my two scents worth in  on the design they were rigging. He said the hogs problem had really became apparent the past year and I agree. This particular area has a lot of federal land bordering it and so far they won't let us run dogs there so the hogs have a perfect scenario of food and sanctuary. Gonna be a big problem in the next few years as traps and dogs are not gonna slow the breeding down. I just smiled inside with this knowledge but I really feel for the farmers. Another example of Government saving the environment with their regulations. I have lobbied with them to open up a season for dogs during the spring planting time as the hogs will root up the seeds and pluck and eat the young shoots coming up. Another farmer in that area had to replant several hundred acres of beans last year because of the hogs. We hunt this area hard when the corn matures mostly at night to keep hem out but it is becoming futile. I don't want them to go away completely but with dogs being able to hunt on the Federal and State land it would help a bit during those times.

Digging through old pics I thought you might enjoy