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« on: November 17, 2020, 06:59:34 pm » |
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My opinion is this...knowing what potential a dog has now that you have had a really good one is a benefit. You have to be realistic though. Your great dog may have started out doing really well out of the gate but he wasn't a great dog the first few hunts. It took consistent hunting and exposure. Some dogs come out of the gate on fire and then end up hitting a plateau and never getting any better. Some come out and just get a little better every hunt and before you know it they are pushing the old dogs to step up their game. To me, the great ones never quit getting better. It's like just when you think you've seen everything from them they do something else to amaze you. If you have a young dog that you think is doing pretty good in spite of not being hunted correctly it tells me they might make a hand if you focus on them. You're fortunate to have the older dogs to help educate. I like to put my young dogs out first once I know that they know what they are there for. Give them the chance to think they are lead dogs. If they find hogs then I will send the old dogs to them and each time after that I wait longer, it's all about confidence. The other thing is to start with dogs that are out of dogs that are as close to what you want as possible. Have your old male collected that way you don't totally lose him. A lot of people get too many young dogs at once and either end up having to rotate them or have too many youngins on the ground at once. In my opinion one is just as bad as the other. Unless you are hunting every day then the same young dog needs to be hunted every trip. Consistent hunting and confidence are key. In making good dogs. You know what you can tolerate and what you can't. If they have the you can'ts then don't waste time on them. I'm like Cajun, I like the more natural dogs. I want hustle and try every trip. I'm not gonna wait six months or a year for a dog, no matter what age, to start showing want to. I don't expect stardom that soon but I do expect try. Don't lower your standards but understand that a couple of good dogs are a whole lot of fun.
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