[quote=Platz]State Farm, Alstate & Farmers Ins. all will insure Rottweilers, so I'm pretty confident they'll insure the other Molosser breeds. I used to Hunt baor in East Tenn. annually. In that 1/2 of the state boar & ferral pigs are concidered a nuisance animal NOT a game animal so they can be hunted all year. Think Bully-type molosser breeds that were developed to catch. IE . American Bulldogs, Dogos, Presas...even the Rottweiler. You hubbie could hunt the jack & a bulldog together for boar. The jack could find & bay until the bulldog catches. Jacks are so fast they will be safe. Of course Jacks are also completely insane dogs so it might try to catch the boar too :lol: :lol: :lol: Two opposite sex dogs, one an adult & the other a puppy pretty much will always bond and be a great team.[/quote] If they'll insure for Rots, they should insure for some of the dogs we're talking about here. Do they jack up the premium, if you know? Hubby is excited about the wild boar in Eastern TN. He really wants to get at them. I'll be going with him from time to time, although upland game birds are more my thing. But just for the record, I killed a wild boar with an ancient Colt .45 single action while standing on a tree stump in Colusa County, CA a good number of years ago. I hit him low on the forehead about 1" off center at about 4+ yds.. I was out boar hunting with a boyfriend and a couple of his friends. I was allowed to go because I'd hunted deer and pheasant with my brother and dad before and wasn't a wimp. Boar hunting seemed like a bigger deal, though, at least to me. Amusingly, I was the only one who got anything that day. :D :P :o The thing was black with reddish eyes, was snorting steam from his nostrils as it was very cold out, and was about to charge me. It reminded me of a locomotive engine. Bang! And he just folded right where he stood. Lights out. How would the breeds you mentioned relate to the JRT? That really is my only fear about getting a solid molosser guard dog when the time comes. And, LMBO :lol:, yep, our JRT would have no qualms about chasing a boar and making its life a living hell. If it turned on her, she'd just jump back out of range. She's chased llamas and horses in the past and manages to stay out of range of their hooves (or whatever llama feet are called, lol). How does a rot hunt? I mean, what's its tactic? I would guess sight over scent and full attack. How would a male rot, from a pup, be with a spayed female JRT as far as not trying to kill/attack her? What about neutering? Another question.....with both the rot and the JRT at a full run, can the rot catch the JRT? Our JRT has been officially clocked at an average speed of 23mph over a two-mile course, with bursts up to 25mph and sprints of a couple hundred yards at about 28mph when she really gives it the gun (she has the longer legs of a Parson Russell). She can also climb chain link and wooden slat fences to get away, sharply turn on a dime and jump 5-6 times her height. I have no idea how fast a rot is or if it could catch her if she pissed it off....unless she was cornered.