Message #77592

[btpp]

i have been around hunting dogs for almost 20 years i don't think i know everything but if u think u can just go buy a puppy out of hog dog stock then ur wrong i would say that 80 percent of pups don't turn out i would personally never own a pup because of exactully what happened to u i have raised pups out of top dogs before and out of 9 pups one made a decient dog it is cheaper in the long run to go buy a year old dog and try it they r usually cheaper than a pup and u can try them right then and get rid of them if they don't work out.  i dont' know the situtation but if u expect pups to just go bay pigs that won't happen either u need an older dog to show them what to do and the pups may not be mature enough to start yet i have seen dogs that would not start hunting until almost two years old and then they make a heck of a dog so give the pups a chance they may turn it on this is just my 2 cents