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Stapling is faster and easier than suturing. Eventhough staples are easier, I prefer sutures because I have better luck with them staying in. I don't cut the hair as a lot of it tends to find its way into the wound and it's very hard to get it out. I wash the wound and surrounding area good with hipiclens soap and put bedadine around the area and surrounding hair. I've never had much difficulty keeping the hair parted and laid back out of the way when closing a wound. If it's a deep cut, leave a hole on the bottom side for drainage to excape. Deep puncture wounds i
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Your wanting a very tall order out of 1 dog. A dog that will lug up on a good boar without hesitation is a pretty specialized dog. A dog that can take Hair and rabbit is a pretty specialized dog and those two specialties kinda work against one another. You can put a nose on either, but to get a good rabbit dog to lug up on a boar is another story and to get a good finder holder that's good at running down hairs is same story in revers. What makes a these dogs good at one job becomes is handicap at the other. I'm not saying it can't be had but to get it would take a very
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I little common sense goes a long way. I wasn't trained nor did I ever go with anyone on a hunting trip were any dogs got hurt before I got into catching hogs with dogs myself. Most all of my knowledge about how to treat wounds when I started came from a hog dogging forum. Luckily I had the forethought to research injuries associated with hog dogging as I have encounter some pretty serious stuff. From sucking chest wounds to gushing arteries and have not lost a dog YET and have had the supplies on hand to deal with the wounds. A little searching through the arcives of a fo
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I catch boar with my dogs so my cut kit is probably more extensive than what most would require so I'll not bore with all that's in it. I would like to point out that having something with you such as bedadine or hydrogen peroxide and a large syringe to flush deep lacerations and puncture wounds with is a good idea. This will help prevent infection by killing bacteria. Tweezer to pick out grass seeds or other litter is a good idea. Gauze, vet wrap and a good blood clotting agent is extremely benifical in the worst of times. Always a good idea to have some water too.
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Very good point Nat. Everything you said about the husky I have previously learned. Even the part about them not going over thin ice even when told to. I actually got to studying up on the husky do to learning of a sight hound / husky cross. Where ever it was that I read this, the auther had lots of great things to say about his dogs. I think he used them on small game like rabbits. I use my lurchers to catch and hold pigs thus i have different requirements from my lurchers than a lot of people do. I'd certainly try but for the same reasons you warned, i wouldn't pu
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Sled dogs are not all bred the same. Some for short races, some medium, some for hauling heavy cargo, and some for long distance races like the Iditarod. The Iditarod is a little over 1100 miles. Fastest time to complete it was 8 days and 13 hours. That means those dogs pulled a man and his sled on average of 129 miles a day sleeping in -40F weather out in the open with no shelter and probably not given a huge amount to eat either. Feet run the entire way over snow and ice. These dogs are probably the toughest and hardest working dogs in the world. Lots more about th
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I don't wish to beat the video up or tear it apart. Everyone one starts somewhere and doubt I was any better when I first started but, to me the video screamed inexperience with both the dogs and the guys. I DO think it was a good example of what a bull dogs natural instinctive characteristics are and what you can expect of them IF you see these particular two as inexperienced dogs like I do. It was a fun video to watch, I just would hate to think people would see this as kinda an instructional video on here as a how to type deal. For those that don't know any better.
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Is that a bloopers video? I think I would have erased that performance lol
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If your into catching pigs with dogs like I am, you would not have a catch dog that wouldn't stay latched on to the ear even while standing in his own guts. If a dog does not hold the boar even when it's taken a lot of punishment, the dog is not a catch dog, it's a cull in terms of catch dog. When you run in and put your hands on the boar, your well being depends greatly on the dogs willingness to hold the boar at all cost. If my dog is a hold of a boar i won't be running away, even if the boar is trying to get me with the dog swinging from it. It takes courage, commitment, and skill.
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I do not hunt the pigs with dogs like most do here in the states. I use dogs similar to what many Australian guys do and i hunt the way they hunt. My dogs fit my hunt style really well. Most people here in the US think I'm nuts and am asking to get my dogs killed but, actually I think my way is safer on the dogs and I don't need more than 2 dogs when hunting. There are pros and consto every style. I have never had a dog die nor have I had to retire one YET. I've had to give them a little time off though. The day will come when I loose a dog but i hope it never does. I'v
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Your pretty much right as I know it sir. There are many native species of pig to different countries like the African bush pig to Africa and the European boar "Russian boar as most refer to them here" and so on but none were native to north america. I belive South America has a native pig that lives in the rain forest but not positive on that. I personally thought that the European boar where bigger than the wild boar we have here. They look to be more fierce too lol I would love to see in person good European wild boar but i never have and never will I don't imagine. It
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Your pretty much right as I know it sir. There are many native species of pig to different countries like the African bush pig to Africa and the European boar "Russian boar as most refer to them here" and so on but none were native to north america. I belive South America has a native pig that lives in the rain forest but not positive on that. I personally thought that the European boar where bigger than the wild boar we have here. They look to be more fierce too lol I would love to see in person good European wild boar but i never have and never will I don't imagine. It
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I do not hunt the pigs with dogs like most do here in the states. I use dogs similar to what many Australian guys do and i hunt the way they hunt. My dogs fit my hunt style really well. Most people here in the US think I'm nuts and am asking to get my dogs killed but, actually I think my way is safer on the dogs and I don't need more than 2 dogs when hunting. There are pros and cons to every style. I have never had a dog die nor have I had to retire one YET. I've had to give them a little time off though. The day will come when I loose a dog but i hope it never does. I
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Your pretty much right as I know it sir. There are many native species of pig to different countries like the African bush pig to Africa and the European boar "Russian boar as most refer to them here" and so on but none were native to north america. I belive South America has a native pig that lives in the rain forest but not positive on that. I personally thought that the European boar where bigger than the wild boar we have here. They look to be more fierce too lol I would love to see in person good European wild boar but i never have and never will I don't imagine. It
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Keep up the posts mate make good reading , just ignore the experts and their expert views even thou they haven't done 1/100 what you have with boar its the THL LOL Thanks for the encouragement Deerman. I understand people are nieve and I don't mind answering questions when people are genuinely interested. People questioning others is healthy and prevents a lot of inexperienced people from getting away with acting like they are experts and prevents a lot of bad information from being taken as factual. That being said, it is aggrivating when someone who don't know squat tries to project
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Yes they can absolutely breed to one another. don't know if I am right, but the domestic pig meat , supposed to taste better than the wild one,? ihad few wild boar burgers they were ok quite nice, so there you go lol Yes domestic pigs are a lot better table fair than a wild pig. I eat a lot of wild pig but I am pretty choosy about which ones I'll eat. Usually I keep a nice young fat sow or guilt. After skinning and quartering, my wife will put the meat in brian water amd let it soak for a couple of days then she will rinse it and let it soak a another day in fresh water in ord
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Here in the uk the only place really to get pork from is the butchers shop Oh, I figured you had wild boar running around the country side. Maybe you do but just can't hunt them do to governmental polices. Here they are considered pests and there is no season on them nor is there any limit to how many you can in a day or year. Free dog food for those people who have access to wild pigs and who feed raw meet.
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Yes they can absolutely breed to one another.
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The pig in the picture was not a domestic hog gone wild. He was just a big old boar hog. Colors vary. Half are black while the others are redish greyish and black and white spotted. I've seen all sorts of color phases on our wild pigs though. Once in a while you will see a picture of someone posing with an enormous dead hog they have shot and it has short snout and over sized ears that are generally flopped over. The pig in the picture was just a typical but better than average wild boar.
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Sorry, I hit add reply on accident before I was done. Anyway what I was getting at is we have external parasites and I must skin the pigs. Most of the meat is cut off the carcus and some feed to the dogs and the other is frozen for later. The guts remain in the torso. The torso is then wrapped in a huge garbage bag and then placed in the freezer for 4 or 5 days to kill internal parasites. The torso is then cut up with an ax and feed to the dogs. During the time it takes to freeze the torso, the other meat is usually fed during this time.. Sometimes I will cut out a lot of t
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Here in the the states, the pigs will often have ticks embedded in them and hog lice crawling on them. I akin
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A boar such as that is not something typical but you still need to be mentally prepared for the likes of such each time you turn your dogs loose. You never know what suprised awaits to greet the dogs or even you.
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Catching hogs with dogs is extremely fun and exciting. That being said, it's not for everyone. In my opinion, men need to be as hard as their dogs. If my dogs have teeth in a pig, I will have my hands on the hog backing them up just as soon as I can get to the catch. I would highly recommend going on a few trips with very experienced people before attempting it yourself. The pig in the picture was around 400 pounds. My friend and I caught that boar a few nights ago. 2 dogs was all we used.
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Why can't you just order it from their website. I just looked and they have 6 different dvd's for sale. I was loaned one of their dvd's a few weeks ago. After watching the one I was loaned, I'd kinda like to see the other 5!