I suppose there really is no rite or wrong answer... And I'm more in to the huntin end of things than the training end...IF... I have a young dog I'm training, which isn't often, I teach it manners, the old dogs teach it to hunt and if they are I'll mannered or won't range out and hunt they get culled early on, harsh rule possibly, but I rarely have the patience to train a dog that just has no promise for whatever reason it mite be...Bad Breeding, spoiled, overweight... I just rather spend my time huntin good dogs than tryin to keep dogs in shape and worry if their gonna range out or be too hot... When the tailgate drops the bull $@!& stops!!! No offense meant to anyone, it's just the way I always done it, I keep 4-5 finished or near finished dogs, breed when I need sum new ones, and only fool with one or two pups a year, don't have a bay pen or nothin so they grow up eatin sleeping and huntin with some dogs that'll steer them in the right direction
