Originally Posted by
sakohunter
The boots just mitigate the amount of cactus you have to pull out of your dog. The cactus might be a little tough on the dogs but hunting is what the dog is for. A good bird dog is pushing to get out of the kennel to hunt birds and doesn't care about cactus.
"A good bird dog is pushing to get out of the kennel to hunt birds and doesn't care about cactus."
That is very true....until after the fact. I don't see much difference between knowingly sending
your dog into beds of ground cactus while being fully aware that it's eagerness will result in it
suffering from the consequences, and that of sending it into coils of barbed wire or ponds full of sharp
and potentially lethal sharp pointed branches of fallen partially submerged trees. If you care for
your hunting companion, you pick and choose the places where to use it and provide protection such
as booties and chest guards if need be....but that's just my opinion.