Im new and I have two 5 month old pups. I just picked up two piglets and today was my and the pups first training experience. I dont have a finished dog to teach them, but luckly my pet boxer seemed to hate pigs and was pretty good at barking at the hogs from outside the crate. The pups however were not so interested.
After a while, one of the pups finally showed a little interest. I took out one of the piglets out of the crate and held him from the back legs and moved it towards the pups. They didnt know what to do until they heard him grunt.............and then it was on!!! Both pups just ran up and started tearing into the hog. It was crazy how pissed they were at it. they each locked on an ear and I could not get them to let go. The poor pig lost half an ear by the time I could get them off. I put them outside the pen and they did their best to jump/climb back into the pen.
(At this point I am grinning ear to ear) I dont want them to learn to just try and catch and want them to bay, so I let the bigger pig out into the pen and figured he would attack the pups and show them to respect the hog.
( I was also scared they would become afraid if it hit them....didnt really know what to do) I let both pups into the pen and boom dog on each ear. The pig could not fight them off.
I took one of the pups out and put only one back in. The pig would stand its ground but the pup still got him . The pig did get a few bites in but the pup acted like she didnt feel them and kept going till she got the ear. I thought it went as good as I could have imagined.
The only thing I am worried about is how do you teach them not to catch all the time.
Do I let them do this until they learn on their own with a bigger pig?
Both pups are females they are 40 lbs and are BMC/Boxer cross
Here are some pics of the pups first one is Button the 2nd one is Thumper
Link to more pics
http://pets.webshots.com/album/577090515Hzgccx