Quote Originally Posted by CYJ View Post
Great picture Jack. See you kept those dogs nice and tucked up. Best be sitting on ready when the time came to get one ready. Seen dogs snatched off the chain hog fat and tried to be put in shape in four or six weeks. The results more than often were never good.
Was one advantage in the South. Warmer weather and less harsh winters allowed one to keep dogs leaner.
Yep, exactly.

I was in the high desert ... 110-115 degrees in summer ... no trees ... a dog's shade board was (literally) the only thing between life and death out there ... and you definitely didn't want them fat if you had to make "roll call"