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Title: question on training young dogs Post by: TJR89 on July 21, 2009, 11:35:59 pm i have a finished redbone that me and a couple buddies hunt behind. she is open on track. my question is will she make all of our young dogs open if we keep hunting our pups with her?
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: cward on July 22, 2009, 08:05:01 am I don't beleave she will most cur dogs are silent....It might effect some but I don't think it will hurt.. Sometimes a dog that barks on track is good for pups when they bark they keep the pups hooked to the race where a silent dog will loose a pup!
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: W-tate on July 22, 2009, 11:57:56 am Ttt. No other comments I intrested to know too
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: muleman on July 22, 2009, 11:59:48 am I have seen dogs that started opening on track when hunted with open dogs. Some do not. If I were worried about them opening on track I wouldnt hunt them with open dogs.
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: Mike on July 22, 2009, 12:25:28 pm I have seen dogs that started opening on track when hunted with open dogs. Some do not. If I were worried about them opening on track I wouldnt hunt them with open dogs. ...what he said. ;) Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: oklahoma hogger on July 22, 2009, 03:07:03 pm I've always wondered the same thing but just the opposite.
if you ran a hound pup with a bunch of curs would he be silent? lol :) Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: sfboarbuster on July 22, 2009, 05:22:04 pm I've always wondered the same thing but just the opposite. if you ran a hound pup with a bunch of curs would he be silent? lol :) I wish, ive tried a couple times but those hounds just cant keep their mouth shut. ;D Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: Noah on July 22, 2009, 06:09:07 pm I just hunted with a guy last night that had one hound and 4 young cur dogs he ran together... loudest group of completely open dogs I've heard in a long time.... I definitely think an open dog can rub off on young dogs...
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: Mike on July 22, 2009, 06:33:07 pm I just hunted with a guy last night that had one hound and 4 young cur dogs he ran together... loudest group of completely open dogs I've heard in a long time.... I definitely think an open dog can rub off on young dogs... I've seen a lot of older, silent dogs run open behind open dogs. :o Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: TJR89 on July 22, 2009, 08:14:28 pm thanks guys, keep em coming would like to get quite a few opinions on this before i decide what to do
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: scdogman on July 22, 2009, 09:11:09 pm It depends on the strain. Some strain of curs will go both ways. Some in the litter some will open and some will be silent. IF you have a strain that has both, I would really worry if I didn't want opening dogs.
Title: Re: question on training young dogs Post by: hogtied on July 23, 2009, 01:49:15 am I don't beleave she will most cur dogs are silent....It might effect some but I don't think it will hurt.. Sometimes a dog that barks on track is good for pups when they bark they keep the pups hooked to the race where a silent dog will loose a pup! I agree with you, keeps young dogs on their toes and gets them going with them more and going to a bay,lets them no something interesting is going on and keeps it interesting for the pups and holds their attention better. Most curs are silent, but if a open mouth hound gets them started barking on track then they probably would have anyway sooner or later...all mine are silent but I have started lots of puppies with open mouthed dogs and they never became open... As for running a hound with a cur to try and keep them silent, i tried it many times, had a few plots that turned out silent and hunted like curs, but I think that was just luck, them hounds have a mind of their own, if they want to bark they are going to...if it were me id run them with the hound...mayb not every time...but sometimes, it will speed their progress in my opinion. |