Message #116684

[uglydog]

Good luck and theres no way of really telling what will happen I have seen it go both ways.
I agree some of it is heriditary and some it is socialization. I have worked with some I that we just ended up putting down, and others with the right owner worked out just fine. I happen to be lucky enough that I got a couple of guys that are reall good with dogs, if I get them some basic of hunting and loading up, that will take the dogs and do great with them. I will give example of Clayton, he is soft spoken and lets the dogs out of kennels goes to his stock trailer and will patiently put cut collars on the dogs and let them in the boxes, after just a couple of weeks these really shy "nearly untouchable" dogs get in the routine and give him the best they can, in turn he treats them well and never pushes anything on them, or stresses them out. I have a really skittish dog out in the yard now awaiting for him to have kennel space. The dog Bays good, gets out with the other dogs, and will load in the the dog box, and allow me to put a leash on him, thats it. I feel this dog has potential or I would not have spent 6 months with him already. I have had some that wasted many months of my time that did not turn out, and so it has to be a judgement call on your end. will I ever get back out of this dog the money I have put into him, NOPE. I feel I do get more experience in learning each and every dog that I handle and thats the only return I will get from it. Good chance he dog will be shy around strangers and may act different tin the woods when strange people are around and I have also seen ones that will hunt no matter who is around but could barely catch them to take them back home. So Thats why I say it has to be a judgement call on your end, and good luck.