Get em baying..HARD... not just bark a few sniff a lil. ... Slobbering and biting wire baying, straight hating a hog fighting you to get back at em baying. If they don't do this .... not much use goin to step# 2. Imo
Take pups walking in woods to test natural hunting ability without help from older dogs (watch the ones using their nose)
Drags with older dog
Drags without older dog ( should be able to find no questions in or out of water when complete)
Go to big woods with older dogs and hunt their butts off until they are independent. Then hunt as lead dog.
And CULL the sandbaggers along the way.
My training program. Some like it some don't.
Good adviec there. Got a gyp that was half started that way, then divorce and work got in the way, so now instead of a strike dog shes a solid help dog
