What small things have you noticed make the biggest difference when training pups. These guys just getting started as well as some of the seasoned hunters need tips because lots of people don't pay attention to the little things.
Now that is a hard one on account we all have different type of dogs...however we can have the exact bloodline of pups and they can be taught to hunt one way because the handler likes a certain style...and a different handler that hunts a totally different style and those same pups can be taught or conditioned to hunt a totally different way...
See the two examples below. Same type of dogs with different style handlers...we are talking about well bred pups...
Example one;
This handler is always in a hurry...it’s more about him than the pups...he unloads the buggy and turns out the pups and moves out at a good pace...the pups want to keep up and also hunt but are more worried about keeping up...they are hunting down a pipeline and the pups smell a somewhat cold track and they work it a little while and then give it up to catch up to the buggy...a little further down the pups hit a smoking hot track and that gets the handlers attention and now they are on a pig...hunting this style then after a while the pups will learn to take the hotter tracks even though their noses can track colder tracks...
Example two;
With this handler it is all about the pups...he wants to bring out the very best in the pups so he does not get in a hurry...he loads the pups in the buggy and goes to a good spot down the pipeline and turns in about 25 yards in the woods and casts the pups on good Hog sign and he makes sure the wind is in the pups favor...once the pups roll out the handler gets back on the pipeline and slowly moves along the pipeline and while tracking pups...pups come back and are roading the pipeline...pups get to working a track and the handler stops and waits on pups to strike or come back...the pups come back and now they are roading again and this time the pups are winding and they go in the woods about 150 yards and come back...the handler figures hogs about 250 yards in the thick brush so he gets off the buggy and walks the pups in with wind at his face...and the pups go in and Bay a boar in his bed...they are now back on the pipeline and he pulls in to the woods and just sits back and urges the pups to get ahead and the pups cast out on account they want to hunt...these pups feel confident and secure that the handler is always there with them...these pups also learn to free cast, wind, and will also take all tracks they can handle all because this handler wants to bring out the best from his pups...
The pups in example one will make good dogs...
But I would rather train and expose my pups per example two...
What I have written is simple enough but to the new guy it could really bring out the best in their pups with proper handling...
There are many little tricks to make it easier on ourselves by setting up the pups in the right scenarios and then helping them to succeed by us doing what is needed as needed...
