Hosoda line Kishu ken (graphic).
Not sure if this video has been posted but a great clip of some of the most impressive Hosoda line Kishus in Japan. I can watch this over andover again. As most know, My dog Taro and Shigeru's dog Baron are both Hosoda line Kishus. Taro is still a work in progress but I hope one day he and Koyuki will become awesome boar dogs.
Took them out today and Taro again missed a nice size hog. It seems that if a hog is over 100# he has a really hard time stopping it. On the other hand we did catch a 60# sow which I ended up releasing. Yuki had a blast barking her head off at the little sow andeen went in and pulled on the sow's rear leg.
Took them out today and Taro again missed a nice size hog. It seems that if a hog is over 100# he has a really hard time stopping it. On the other hand we did catch a 60# sow which I ended up releasing. Yuki had a blast barking her head off at the little sow andeen went in and pulled on the sow's rear leg.
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The Yu Shoku Kishu was a badass. He (she?) was fast as hell too. I love the colored Kishu Ken, it's like looking at what the Shikoku Ken used to be.
Then the white at the end was tough as nails, I lost count of how many times he got hit.
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What fierce tenacity and endurance!
Kaiyak: its a blast for sure but be careful on releasing feral hogs. Its a federal offense to transport feral pigs across state lines and to release. Its legal to have penned hogs though. Maybe you should get some for your new kai!
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Too bad there aren't any hogs around here. I'll have to take hunting vacations. You know, in the distant future when I have a hunting dog!
Look at the difference between Shibas, which are sometimes used to hunt boar, but were bred for hunting small game vs. the Kishu that were bred specifically to hunt boar. A few times on this forum I've talked about my experiences training Tyson to hunt birds, and I've said he's a wonderful hunting companion who will be a very functional bird dog when I finish training him. He will never be outstanding at it. The contrast between the Shiba and Kishu in this video highlights exactly what I'm talking about. Could you hunt boar with those Shiba? Absolutely! Would it be fun? Absolutely! Will they ever be as good at it as those Kishu are? Not a chance.
But I am not familiar with the hunting style shibas are bred for, so I could be misunderstanding totally
But you can difenately see the difference in the way the two dogs act toward a animal much larger then its self. Taro is half and half. He will bite and hold smaller hogs but once he finds a hog that is over a 100#s or so its much harder for him to hold the hog and so he tries to keep his distance and bark.
Not that I'd ever have a hunting dog, I could never kill an animal! Sometimes it's really a pain, since I'd even have trouble with a mercy kill, to save the animal from pain or suffering. *sigh* I do have sence enough to get someone who can though!
What I'm always amazed is the fact that a Kishu can go hustle with a big nasty rank boar and go home and let a toddler play with them while they are relaxing after the hunt. I read the discription for the Kishu as it is written on various different sites about the Kishu temperment and they always say that the Kishu requires to be raised with kids or requires supervision around kids. I seriously have yet to see any of the Kishus I have come across show agression towards kids.