50acre low fence for training puppys

Jason, it all depends how many dogs you need to work and what its worth to you. I used to just ask guys to bring some corn or anything the hogs could eat when I ran my 20 acre facility. The most hogs I ever kept in mine was 7 at one time. IMO, you need more hogs at first, as your pups progress, the less hogs you need. Bottom line, its a great way to get pups started, knowing what I know, I would pay good money to use someones facility if I didnt have my own. I trained 2 sets of pups a year in my pen for 3 yrs straight with better results as far as getting young dogs finding there own hogs at a young age, compared to just starting them on live hunts. I would work mine weekly in the pen until they began finding hogs on live hunts and then I would only take them to the pen every 2 or 3 months or if we had a string of dry runs. Once again JMO, putting a young dog in a wooded pen, even if there are too many hogs and too much scent, he will learn more than he would have just sitting on the chain or in the kennel that day, or on a dry run if you dont have many good places to hunt. A few of the dogs I trained were real close range hunters, but when you got into hog sign they could smell, they would leave out and run a track until they bayed. The close range dogs I had before I built the pen would not do that. They would quit a track if they couldnt trail him up in 15 or 20 minutes. I believe it could be due to the pen trained dogs be so familiarized with the hog scent, but there is no way to really know. As long as you dont over do it, it has its advantages. I hope the guy shoots you a fair price, its can be a lot of fun watching those pups trying to figure it all out. Let us know how it turns out. Britt