EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

I have a jagd gyp one day she will bay a pig in a pen one day she won't, I don't understand y, she may try to eat a pig up catch it, then one day she will try to chew the leash into to get away its crazy. I bought the dog out of alabama he said she was finished, she just went out of heat so I haven't so I haven't got to take her but a cpl times to the wood and was dry hunts.

Some of the best strike dogs I ever seen wouldn't look at a pig in a pen. I know plenty of people that'll say the same I know Boar Collector has seen some top notch strike dogs that wouldn't look at a hog in a pen. Idk Wat to tell you about the dry runs....

x2...I have seen some very good hog dogs that won't bay in a pen...sometimes I think they were trained in the bay pen too often or too long and the dogs learned to just not bay...but in the woods they are some sure enough hogdogs....

Why will she do it one day I mean just go crazy over it then the very next day she don't want no parts of it

don't really know why...could have been the previous owner over trained her in the pen.

could be you are leaving her in the pen too long or maybe you are baying her too often... Cut her back to once a week and only for about 5 minutes at a time and praise her good when she does well...

to me a few times here and there is best and for short periods of time. This will keep her interested and her mind on hog.

Then every once in a while a 20 minute bay might be good so she can learn how to work and stop a hog...If she needs help to do this then have another bay dog help her.

It doesn't matter what she does in the pen. Make decisions based on work, not practice. Some terriers have to build up to their excitement levels. What I've seen is curs tend to work for the handler, and terriers tend to work for the their own enjoyment. Both can do the same job, but not the same motive.
I hunt with a mixed pack, and this has been my experience.

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