Boerboels

I'm looking into getting a South African Mastiff, aka Boerboel... My interest is three fold- 1) home family dog, 2) hunting camp guardian, and 3) try to train blood tracking (i've trained 2 under the Jeanenny model. Has anyone had experience with these?

well, I'm gonna do it... l will keep you guys posted.... should be a dog that can track a wounded deer and drag it out of the woods, too!

ran a 40 yard blood track for the first time yesterday... more to come

Post up some pictures of the dog. Those are some sharp looking dogs.

[img]https://imgur.com/a/Q7FDH0b[/img]

Here is Zorro watching the camp... worked a few trails... we will get him there!

btw, he's just 16 weeks and 50 lbs in the picture... more to come.

good looking dog

Pretty dog. He looks happy to be there!

I've been running one track a week. Deer liver and blood. He's starting to get it. He's a little slower, but deliberate in his search. I like that he works it slow. I haven't gotten to take many pics during the tracks because I'm working him, not being his photographer. He's 4.5 mo's old now and 57 lbs.

[img]https://imgur.com/QTw939P[/img]

Any updates on this guy?

Hes purdy

Zorro says he's gonna do a training track this weekend... been a few weeks... He seems to be more visually oriented right now and I have to get him a little of his energy out before he will work the trail. It's hard to take pics while he is working. Here is one of him riding with me. He could be a cartoon character!
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What a great friend ! Thanks

He's pretty

Good looking dog!

Zorro found his first deer... my first deer with a crossbow...

You need to buy that big joker a harness so he can drag them out also. Lol

Zorro got another one on Monday. 75 yards... he tracked the whole thing. I think he gets that this is his "Job" now. He loves it!

finding that first one put the fire in him!!! Dang good lookin dog!

It sure did! I think that was the big deal for him. He had been doing liver drags during the summer, but finding that first deer was the ticket. When I cleaned it, he was yanking on the skin and wouldn't leave it alone. He's hooked! More adventures to come!

Zorro found his third deer yesterday. It was a doe.... ran 350 yards. Shot with a crossbow, the bolt was covered in stomach material. The hunter bumped it when he got down, but he didn't know that. (We found the bed only about 60 yards from the hit site. No visible blood, but it must have been leaking something, because he found it within 15 minutes. I'm having a ball watching him work and learning to read him. He is so excited we I tell him "Find It, Zorro, Find it!" he loves it!

Found another one last night… gut shot doe. 4 for 4 so far!

Zorro got his 4th deer last night. He and his best buddy, RoRo tracked a gutshot doe about 800 yards. We didn't start till 10:30... took us 2 hours. I got back home to Gulf Breeze at 2:30... long night, but a great lesson and training track for a dog who turns 11 months old tomorrow.

Looks like you are having a big time, keep up the good work. See you around the Breeze Jack.

Keep us informed on yours and Zorro's exploits. This is a really cool thread.

Thanks BPI and Ace! I will post pics of our next adventure as soon as it happens!

Enjoying this thread!! Keep it up

cool dog, thanks for the pics/stories

Well, Zorro found two deer this week. Both were short tracks, but good for his confidence and good for me to learn to read him. The first was a doe shot in the evening and the second was his first rack buck that my daughter shot. The buck was was a weird one with 5 pts on one side and 2 on the other. It had an underbite and short nose... odd, but great hunt for my daughter who is home from college in South Florida.