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February 2013

Tony Hogg & dog Hemi

I was over due for a trip down south as Richard Hand had made me some more muzzles for the dogs so that was a good enough excuse to get a hunt in while I was down their. As it turned out one of Richards main dogs is pregnant to my dog Fog’s brother and […]

New Zealand Pig Hunting Association 3/2/2013

On Sunday the 3rd of February I left home at 3.30 am to drive to Christchurch so that I could fly to Auckland then drive down to Hamilton for the NZPHA committee meeting. I was travelling to and from Christchurch with Garry Ottman so I had someone to talk to on the trip. There was […]

Black boar charges dogs

I have finally worked out how to get footage onto my web site so expect to see some good footage in the future. This bit was filmed a while back and no dogs got injured.  

Dagging the sheep

Having a pig dog training block I also need other animals as a pig dog has to know what to chase and what not to chase. Getting the sheep down off the hill can sometimes be a bit of a mission. My wife, Janice and I have worked out the easiest way to muster the […]

Dave & Caleb Farris with bitches Star & Goldie

I first meet Dave years ago when coaching my sons Geraldine rugby team as Dave was coaching the Pareora rugby team in the same age group. Dave obviously recognized me from the pig hunting magazines as the subject quickly turned from rugby to pig hunting. That was about 10 years ago now but we have […]

Hamish & Henry Pearse with dog, Baxter

Baxter is a 14 month old Foxy/collie/ lab cross and has done a bit of hunting already but he tends to be a bit hard so Hamish had booked in to do a session in the pig block with Baxter. For the first run I took Breeze knowing that the pigs would come down to […]