Great shots! I demand more Shiku! I think I'm going to try and start my next Shikoku puppy on hunting...if I can get a consistant weekly or monthly schedule going with Gen. And hey...where's Haru-chan?
Thanks all, it was a good day and loads of fun. If any of you do come over here for a visit I'd be happy to take you out. Shikoku were actually in the majority, but to be honest other than one female Shikoku that did alright, the Kishu minority stole the show. Momo seriously kicked some butt.
@Corina The way Haru hunts is not conducive to training like this. She finds boar in the mountains, and quietly comes back to me, ears/tail down. She looks up at me, and I follow her to where the boar is. When she's out with Momo and Baron she will bark a bit to call the other dogs. But she's not a stopper dog at all. She actually doesn't like boar haha. Everyone wanted to see what she'd do in the pen, so I did take her in there. She did exactly what I told them she would. Walked in, had a sniff, walked over to where she could see the boar, turned around and looked at me, and done. She kept looking at me wondering why I wasn't shooting it.
Here's some more pictures.
Baron having a go.
Can you see the Kishu?
My friend's Kishu female named Mari. She is a tiny Kishu, smaller than Haru, but has a lot of fight in her.
Love that little Kishu! I am on my way out the door to do a little pig hunt today with Taro so I hope I can get one like that in the photo. Wow Mari almost looks identical to Yuki. Small statue, a real girly look. although Yuki doesn't show much fight for pigs though....
Hey Kevin Michigan area has tons of hunting preserves with russian boars. My two hogs came from a russian boar farm in Michigan so if you need some pigs for training I know just the place. There are surrounding states with good population of wild hogs also. You can always train your KBD to hunt hogs.
Kevin try wildspiritguide.com, they have a good dog training system for hogs and bears. I have heard good stuff about them from guys from the hunting forums.
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Thanks so much for posting these.
@Corina The way Haru hunts is not conducive to training like this. She finds boar in the mountains, and quietly comes back to me, ears/tail down. She looks up at me, and I follow her to where the boar is. When she's out with Momo and Baron she will bark a bit to call the other dogs. But she's not a stopper dog at all. She actually doesn't like boar haha. Everyone wanted to see what she'd do in the pen, so I did take her in there. She did exactly what I told them she would. Walked in, had a sniff, walked over to where she could see the boar, turned around and looked at me, and done. She kept looking at me wondering why I wasn't shooting it.
Here's some more pictures.
Baron having a go.
Can you see the Kishu?
My friend's Kishu female named Mari. She is a tiny Kishu, smaller than Haru, but has a lot of fight in her.
Mari's owner's new puppy.
Can dogs owned by different owners be put together at the same time, or is there a strong tendency to re-direct?
Great shots. Nothing more awesome than watching a dog do what it was made to do. I especially like the working Shikoku!