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Title: Starting a young dog!!! Post by: zsewell on April 19, 2012, 01:48:00 pm I want to hear your advice you have on starting a young dogs 6 months old and some of the tricks you have used that have seemed to work.
Title: Re: Starting a young dog!!! Post by: gcarmouc001 on April 19, 2012, 02:15:19 pm Put the pup in a pen with a dog that will bay. Use a small hog, smaller than the pup to build confiedence. Dont spend a lot of time in the bay pen. Just enough to for the pup to bay or show interest. After you get him/her baying in a pen. I cant stress enough. Mock hunts really get a dog going in the right direction. You control the hunt.
Just drag a hog thorough the woods and tie it up to a tree. Or just hobble it and let the pup work the track. Be sure to wear rubber boots so the pup doesnt track your scent when dragging a hog. Stay doing that till it becomes easier and easier for the pup to find the hog. Then let the pup run with older more experience dogs in the woods. |