howard i owned my own pen for 5 yrs .i built it from scratch.140 acres.i keeped pen well stocked bought and trapped plenty.always in late summer or early fall game was down some.thats life.had a good customer ran almost every friday night him and a friend.always on time everytime.first question i ask sat morning how was running.always got the usual answer good.sometime with conditions wrong well not so good.that went on for over 2 yrs.1 morning i go to pen ask same question,he say hardly no running all nite .i tell him no problem keep your money.next sat morning same question ,i get same answer.so i tell him keep his money .the next sat morning i ask same question same answer,now keep in mind all these past 3 weeks other people and myself was running during the week with good running,game was down but i still had plenty and good season game.on the morning of the 3 rd sat i drove up to my pen around 3 am and sat on out side of pen and listen to a few hounds running until daylite.drove in the pen after daylite and everybody was asleep .that included about 12 dogs.i drove down to the bus and woke guys up after a few minutes i ask well how was running.his answer was the same not much.i told him i had been there at 3am listening to dogs run ,came in and found most of their dogs a sleep at the cast and trailer.i ask him for his money ,then told him to find another pen he was not welcome in mine any more.nothing else said.a lot of times the less said the better.human nature is very funny sometime.this guy was and is a really good man ,but for what ever reason he thought he was getting over on me.it cost him a place to run in the end.so dont let the little things in life bother you and try and keep as much as you can to your self.dont give the devil or anybody else a chance to rant and rave or gossip about something that dont concern them.you know me well enough not to take offence by what i have said.it comming from a friend .god bless randy king
RANDY. I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME FUN ON THIS POST SO FAR BUT SERIOUSLY, AS A FORMER PEN OWNER, I HAVE SEEN GUYS BRING DOGS THAT NEED A COYOTE AROUND EVERY TREE SO THAT WHEN THE PATH THAT THEY ARE RUNNING ON TURNS, THEY CAN RUN INTO ANOTHER COYOTE. WHEN THE GAME GETS A LITTLE LOW, THESE GUYS WOULD NOT HAVE ANY RUNNING. I PROVIDED THE PLACE FOR THEM TO TAKE THERE HOUNDS AND HUNT THEM. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NOT AN OVERABUNDANCE OF GAME, THE OPPORTUNITY WAS THERE. IN MY OPINION THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THE PLACE TO TRAIN THEIR DOGS. AFTER ALL, I SPENT ALOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO BUILD AND STOCK THE PEN. AFTER ALL,DENNIS HARRIS DOES NOT REFUND THE MONEY THAT HE CHARGED TO PUT UP THE FENCE IF THE PEN DOESN'T RUN WELL!
howard you are 100 percent correct.training a dog does not just mean running 1 when dog see,s it .it means learning how to hunt and trail 1 up also..hope things are good .take care randy king