at my house pups are on a learning curve...if they are lagging behind I don't keep them...early starters beget early starters...some pups hunt hard and can't find...others make it look easy...all that counts on who stays and who will eventually breed also...
Agree with the "hunting hard" and not finding or making it look easy. Notice the parenthesis.....
You'll hear about a dog burning up the woods...lol, that don't mean JACK. Just because a dog is hauling butt non stop, never still, never under your feet don't mean he's actually hunting......or at a minimum....good at hunting, lol.
I'd much rather have a dog that worked the area diligently and didn't miss anything.
