great conditioned bulldog

Rode four wheelers this morning and into this afternoon. Hooked up with some guys from down the road and we sort of packed up. One of the guys has a red/red nose female that followed the four wheelers. When we took off she was all out behind us and when we got to the woods she would cut through and make up ground. She was maybe 42-44, lean, fit and slick as a whistle. This bitch ran all out for six hours and a total of 8-9 considering we stopped every so often for 'refreshments'. The guy that owned her said she showed up one day at his house, about 6 or 8 months old. She has no interest in other dogs but is obsessed with a four wheeler. She is about four now and is quite the specimen. To see her all out sprint for the distances she ran today was quite impressive. When we stopped she ran directly to his four wheeler and plopped down. As soon as he cranked up she did too. She eats table scraps, Buddy Boy dog food, and whatever she kills on the farm. Her only problem in the beginning she killed chickens but once he whooped her with a dead chicken she got the idea. He said she looks at them like, " I can, but I won't". It was nothing 'bulldog' about it but she was quite the dog. EWO

Anyone can raise up dogs like this EWO, and I have seriously considered doing exactly that in the past but never did. It is a two part process. Step one, taking the time to actually get pups out on the trail and find the ones with the best endurance. Step two, establishing this kind of work ethic and tolerance as a baseline selection criteria. Would you eliminate some potentially good dogs along the way if let's say you culled the bottom half of a litter by 12 weeks using stamina as a selection tool? Sure, but the ones you keep that made the grade would be heads and shoulders above average physically at maturity. Coupled with gameness and some ability, dogs that had that kind of stamina would be very tough to beat indeed!

Kinda reminds me of something The Old Man said to me once: "Jack, if a dog can't do an hour for me, coming right off the chain, then I don't need that fucken dog ..."

In general, I agree with this assessment. However, there are some DYNAMOS who (because they let it all hang out) will never be able to go an hour off the chain ... but they never really need to go more than :20 because there is nothing left of their opponent ... and, if you put them in top condition, just getting :40 - :60 out of them is more time than they're likely to need to make a memory of their opponent.

For example, Silverback and his mother Missy were both awfully short-winded compared to my mainstay of dogs. But they were a thousand times more destructive than my average dogs too. Missy would blow hot pretty fast, but she had 5 bitches her size picked up in :12 or less (with every one of them having a fractured muzzle/skull) ... and the one bitch who made it to :20 with Missy didn't make it to the next morning. Similarly, no dog Silverback's size ever made it to the :12 mark ... and, even when spotting 4 lb of weight, Silverback was never off his feet one time and never took a backward step either: the bigger dogs were always on defense with him :shocked:

So, yeah, Missy and Silverback were shorter-winded than the average dogs of my line (that can go an hour off the chain) ... but because of the power these special dogs had, and the pace that they set (knowing what they could do) ... these dogs could also KILL 99% of their relatives (or whatever else was in front of them) long before "stamina" ever became a factor :idea:

Jack

I am sure it can be done with a plan or a process. This dog was either dropped off near his house or got out of a pen and wandered there and she turned out that way. We rode for maybe 8-9 hours total. The guy that owns her is a not so casual rider, faster than me, he is in the group that takes off racing and comes home racing. So out of the 8-9 hours he is setting a blistering pace for maybe 6 hours. This bitch was on a dead, all-out sprint during these times and then maybe 3/4 speed thru the woods. We stopped for a 'refreshment' break three or four times for maybe 5-10-15 minutes and off again. Her diet was slightly better than bargain basement. They rode Saturday and Sunday. My buddy told me she was as impressive on Sunday as she was on Saturday.
I was impressed with the stamina and the desire (or obsession with that four wheeler) to keep going. It was quite impressive. EWO

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I don't have a pic capable phone. I will see if one of the other rides will forward me one. She is a good looking dog. Working this weekend but will ride next weekend. Will try then. EWO