Puppy Raising Questions

"You can make a pet out of a hunting dog" its alot harder to take a pet and make it into a hunting dog!

Social skills with humans and other animals is very important, however so many dog that come to me from pet homes to be trained are " overkill" with being taught to stay close, WHY? well you don' get out of the vehicle and let your PET run around an go hunting in the streets or neighborhoods, that would be irresponsible, so you teach them to be obedient and come when called, the dog learns boundaries and won't go as far as it has been COPNDITIONED to stay close, in order to be safe. Thats just one example of the things I try to UN-Condition out of pets that are here to be trained to work hogs.

I have no problem taking a full grown dog thats already hunting if it a good one and making it into acompanion, they can and do understand the difference if they are really a true hard hunting dog, being in the house does not change this. I have had some that decided they liked staying home in the AC better then hunting, THOSEARE NOT REALL HUNTING dogs, those are the Occassionall weekend warriors, hobby hunting dogs.