all i cansay is hell yeah!

some little things...

take him to the woods and turn him loose...don't give him much attention. This encourages the pup to range out. Once he ranges out walk slowly and give him a chance to hunt. Give him the time to work out a track.

when he is working a track wait on him. This gives him the confidence to work and concentrate on the track. after a while the pup will know you will wait for him to finish the track. so he will learn to work the track thoroughly because he knows you won't leave him...if you keep moving when the pup strikes a track the pup will work it and leave it so that he can catch up to you. This teaches the pup to half a$$ look for the pig...If he comes back because he couldn't figure out the track then you as the pack leader should slowly walk in the direction where you think the hog could be located... this encourages the pup to look harder for the pig...what you want is for the pup to pick up on the positive things whether it be training or conditioning...

negative conditioning or sending the wrong messages to the pup can be done because you are thinking one thing and the pup understands it as another...an example would be that you call the pup to discipline him and after a while he learns not to come because of the punishment he received when you called him...

another scenario

you are riding the four wheeler and you are not paying attention to how the pup is hunting...he strikes a track and he goes with it but you keep traveling...the pup leaves the track because you are leaving him...several negative things here...the pup learns that he should only runs very hot tracks and/or he learns to pass up good tracks...and it is very possible that you are training the pup to be a half a$$ hunting dog without you realizing that you are the problem... and not the pup...These are the little things that can make the dog a better hunting dog or not....

lots of other scenarios...so you just need to use common sense...

proper dog handling can take the pup to a higher level...