How can i get my dogs to range out farther?

[aladatrot]

We have "culled" some damn nice dogs. Several of our culls have gone on to be top dogs in their packs. They darn sure weren't junk, but they didn't fit our hunting style at the time. Some may have been too rough, some hunted too far out for the properties we have. I'm not saying we have superdogs or anything, but we have culled some top notch dogs that some folks would love to own. They just didn't fit our program as well as another dog did. That said, some of what we considder our top dogs some of you wouldn't feed. For whatever reason, they produce pork for us and make us happy.
Cheers
M

[UNDERDOG]

We have "culled" some damn nice dogs. Several of our culls have gone on to be top dogs in their packs. They darn sure weren't junk, but they didn't fit our hunting style at the time. Some may have been too rough, some hunted too far out for the properties we have. I'm not saying we have superdogs or anything, but we have culled some top notch dogs that some folks would love to own. They just didn't fit our program as well as another dog did. That said, some of what we considder our top dogs some of you wouldn't feed. For whatever reason, they produce pork for us and make us happy.
Cheers
M

Good post...thats what I way trying to say here 

http://www.easttexashogdoggers.com/forum/index.php?topic=7640.msg66057#msg66057

[Kross Country Kennels]

aladatrot we have the same mine set!!! Thats the way it should be. I am just trying to help and give my two cents and I get hammerd but its ok cause I have a better judgment on people on this board and where they draw the line!! What works for me might be a cull to someone eles but I can tell you that the line that I draw is alot high than most!!

[Bryant]

"Breed em to go, and whoop em to whoa!"

I believe that statement to be 100% true.  I'm a FIRM believer that the range a dog hunts is 99% genetic, and 1% not screwing up the other 99%.

It's FAR easier to start with good stock, then concentrate on not screwing them up with the "nurture" side of things than starting with mediocre stock and trying to train into them what should have been there genetically.

In my experience, a rangy hunting dog is also an independant dog and a lot of those attributes can be observed in young pups.