I dont like a trashy dog either.
Walking 500 yards into what you thought was a bay but is really a dog trashing sucks. I usually dont trash break my dogs until they are about a year and hunting hard, Once they start hunting I show them right from wrong and what were hunting for. Ive seen real nice dogs that were completly trash broke at 8 mo old or a year but didnt hunt worth a flip and ranged a couple hundred yards. I guess what Im saying is give me the dog that is Go Yonder and WANTS to hunt, but may trash on a deer or kill a dillo once in awhile over a dog that ranges a few hundred yards and is completly trash broke. I believe if you do it the right way you can trash break most any dog on most any thing jus gotta put in the time JMO. Best gyp I ever owned would rig a dillo once in awhile, never killed it but would bail out bark a few times and come back. My lead dog now is completly trash broke and Ive noticed that when my pups are with him they never trash, they walked past a possum the other day looked at it and kept huntin
. Good luck with the trash breaking. SHOCK COLLARS are a GREAT investment
I hunt small properties. I'll take the dogs that range a few hundred yards & are completely broke.
Matt
