Early Starters vs Late Bloomers

I agree Catchrcall. I spend a lot of time getting them used to loading up and going places and working on a few commands and body language before they actually hunt.

My old yellow dog was almost 3 years old before he really turned on. I had pretty much given up on makin him a hog dog and was fine just keeping him as a pet and one day he decided he would hunt hogs. The old man I got him from kept telling me to be patient with him and he was right. His father was the same way. He would stay right under your feet until he was 2 years old. Then he made the best hog dog I've ever seen. I've had some that acted like they were maturing a lot faster but always had some other problem they couldn't get over and usually went down hill instead of getting better. I prefer a late bloomer and to take my time training a dog.