Devin69
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I was hoping that some of these other guys would chim in and tell us what they have in there dogs. There is alot of guys putting puppies on the ground and I would assume they have an Idea in mind of what they are breeding for not just breeding every B!tch that comes in heat.
The biggest thing for me was prey drive and I have never seen a cur that has prey drive like a Terrier, the only problem with the Terrier is that they have a hard time turning it off and the cur turns it off to fast.So I started crossing them, well that didn't work, I had a dog that was like a cur with a short fuss. And I still wasn't getting the nose I wanted. I have had terriers that could turn it off when needed but they are few and far between. The Terrier had just about the right amount of nose for what I wanted so I based my breeding on that but started to breed out a little of the prey drive. I was getting the kind of dog I was wanting but I was not getting the size I wanted and the nose was still a litte week.
I beleive I am where I want to be now. My problem is I still want or need the smaller Physco dog for denning. Which the bigger dog will not do as good a job that time of year.
With the High prey drive, I get more range. I have bred so it is natural for them to use there nose, not a learned trait. And once they have seen it done,or how it works they get it and they are working with me instead of for them selves. I have a problem with a dog that just hunts for himself. And it will not stay with me long, which is a fine line to walk with alot of prey drive.lol
I feel a lazy dog does not get the attention from the coyote like a very busy dog does and they will see a busy dog from futher away and may not be as scared to investigate and engage it.
In some areas and times of the year I feel size(bigger)is a problem and see that they will not engage the larger dog as quickly as they will the smaller dog. Also age of the coyote.
Color is a big problem in my area, I feel. We have alot of gaurd dogs and they do not engage the lighter colored dogs as well if in these areas.
As you can see, for me there is alot more to breeding a coyote dog than getting one to bite or even kill a coyote. That is the least of my worries. I could get the dog in the picture above to bark at a coyote in a trap or one that has been wounded. I want one that will track a coyote to a den and bring him back or go to a howl and bring it back, or one that is so busy looking for a coyote that when one slips in and sees him he comes hard to him, not leary because he is laying under a bush or sitting beside me.
I want one that hunts just as hard the first ten minutes as he does the last ten minutes of a 12 hours day.
And he has to have enough brains to figure out the game we are playing. Handle is a must. If I want him to hunt hard, he must if I want him to turn it off, he must.
Lets hear what you want.
The biggest thing for me was prey drive and I have never seen a cur that has prey drive like a Terrier, the only problem with the Terrier is that they have a hard time turning it off and the cur turns it off to fast.So I started crossing them, well that didn't work, I had a dog that was like a cur with a short fuss. And I still wasn't getting the nose I wanted. I have had terriers that could turn it off when needed but they are few and far between. The Terrier had just about the right amount of nose for what I wanted so I based my breeding on that but started to breed out a little of the prey drive. I was getting the kind of dog I was wanting but I was not getting the size I wanted and the nose was still a litte week.
I beleive I am where I want to be now. My problem is I still want or need the smaller Physco dog for denning. Which the bigger dog will not do as good a job that time of year.
With the High prey drive, I get more range. I have bred so it is natural for them to use there nose, not a learned trait. And once they have seen it done,or how it works they get it and they are working with me instead of for them selves. I have a problem with a dog that just hunts for himself. And it will not stay with me long, which is a fine line to walk with alot of prey drive.lol
I feel a lazy dog does not get the attention from the coyote like a very busy dog does and they will see a busy dog from futher away and may not be as scared to investigate and engage it.
In some areas and times of the year I feel size(bigger)is a problem and see that they will not engage the larger dog as quickly as they will the smaller dog. Also age of the coyote.
Color is a big problem in my area, I feel. We have alot of gaurd dogs and they do not engage the lighter colored dogs as well if in these areas.
As you can see, for me there is alot more to breeding a coyote dog than getting one to bite or even kill a coyote. That is the least of my worries. I could get the dog in the picture above to bark at a coyote in a trap or one that has been wounded. I want one that will track a coyote to a den and bring him back or go to a howl and bring it back, or one that is so busy looking for a coyote that when one slips in and sees him he comes hard to him, not leary because he is laying under a bush or sitting beside me.
I want one that hunts just as hard the first ten minutes as he does the last ten minutes of a 12 hours day.
And he has to have enough brains to figure out the game we are playing. Handle is a must. If I want him to hunt hard, he must if I want him to turn it off, he must.
Lets hear what you want.