EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Got a catahoula from my buddy Jamenson up in Oklahoma yesterday  that he was nice enough to give me after my mt curr got killed last week and so i took her and my almost 4month old mt curr/plott pup out this morning with another buddy's dogs and I was pretty pleased already with the both of em.. buddy threw his plott on my hood so I decided to test my luck with mine.. that dang pup rode up there without any problems what so ever along with my catahoula.. none of the 3 was tied down or anything my 2 just took right to it... well we had a couple of races but never got one to stop but was still a fun morning..
post a picture tomorrow Photobucket keeps going to blank screen on my phone >:(

4 month old pup on a real hunt?

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yep

Not doubting it...just wondering why

lol well my wife tells me that whenever i go hunting that she barks and barks and just goes crazy until she hears my truck pull back up.... ssssooooo i went out on a limb and took her just for chits and giggles

Your pup brother but at 4 months.....woooweee...

why not? I tote my young pups on hunts with me all the time.........I don't turn em loose at a bay that young but its nice to get em accustomed to everything and be able to deal with/correct a 20lb dog instead of a knucklehead 60-70lb dog down the line......by the time mine are ready (or willing) to start running with the big dogs (6-8mths depending) they already have the obedience side of things down.....just makes it easier in my opinion  ;)

That parts understandable Justin...the hunting part was what I was more referring to.

I hunt mine when they try to get in the truck usely at 4 or 6 days old lol

We normally put a pup down when we cast. A) there's no better teacher than experience and B) it's fun to watch a puppy play hog dog! "Casting" over to there "trailing" that scent over to there. Taking some time to build its confidence in the woods. Makes for a fun day. You should try it.

what better way to learn then do it and watch others that know what there doing???

Your right Jon...learning by example is great. I'm not telling anyone it's wrong to start a pup this way.
I just think 4 months is early to be on the ground running with the big dogs....at that age a pup doesn't even have all its motor skills going good. Typically they are still a bit clumsy. Another thing to think about...if a 4 month old pup is lucky enough...and only gets rolled up by a hog and not killed....it can seriously set them back.

I think 6 months is fine with some but not all pups.....but 4 months is pushing it.

JMO so it don't mean nothing, lol