Starting a young dog!!!

[zsewell]

I want to hear your advice you have on starting a young dogs 6 months old and some of the tricks you have used that have seemed to work.

[gcarmouc001]

Put the pup in a pen with a dog that will bay. Use a small hog, smaller than the pup to build confiedence. Dont spend a lot of time in the bay pen. Just enough to for the pup to bay or show interest. After you get him/her baying in a pen.  I cant stress enough. Mock hunts really get a dog going in the right direction.  You control the hunt.

Just drag a hog thorough the woods and tie it up to a tree. Or just hobble it and let the pup work the track.  Be sure to wear rubber boots so the pup doesnt track your scent when dragging a hog.  Stay doing that till it becomes easier and easier for the pup to find the hog.

Then let the pup run with older more experience dogs in the woods.