if you don't like the dog It will never work for you period. every really good track dog I have ever seen had a little bit of extra fire or something even as a pup, They were different. a gut feeling unadulterated by second guessing is really suppressed experience that is trying to make its way to your conscious thought process.Blood tracks to me are the first phase. Early as possible. the ones who take it immediately have an genetic desire to use their nose independently . everything else can be developed by handling (for the most part) the desire to run a track has to be 100 0/0 there at birth. So thats what I look for. if its there then I know the dog wil do something. hasn't been wrong yet.
95 folks out of a hundred will tell you to close your eyes and pick a pup...
