I am picking up a pup this weekend to use as a cow/stock dog on our farm. Knowing that he will get used on stock but also have a lot of down time I was thinking id like to try and consider him as a potential decoy dog. However, i don't know much about decoy dogs other than what I have seen in videos, and Im not sure the kind of dog it takes.
What is have seen is that it probably takes a dog with some smarts, and some balls, but not necessarily an aggressive dog. My pup is going to be 1/2 catahoula ,3/8 American bulldog, and 1/8th Blackmouth cur. and primarily bred to hit a cow in the snout. Baying and catching would be his main job on the farm, and I assume he will have a lot of bite/fight in him.
In my mind it seemed like a good idea to try and use him as a decoy dog, but the more i read I feel like everything else i will ask him to do would be counter productive to decoying.
Thoughts?
thanks
Jim
What is have seen is that it probably takes a dog with some smarts, and some balls, but not necessarily an aggressive dog. My pup is going to be 1/2 catahoula ,3/8 American bulldog, and 1/8th Blackmouth cur. and primarily bred to hit a cow in the snout. Baying and catching would be his main job on the farm, and I assume he will have a lot of bite/fight in him.
In my mind it seemed like a good idea to try and use him as a decoy dog, but the more i read I feel like everything else i will ask him to do would be counter productive to decoying.
Thoughts?
thanks
Jim