I think once you have started a pup and got it going good in the pen it's worse to hunt a pup over and over, dry run after dry run than it is to just hunt him sparingly (once a month) on successful hunts. Am I just being obvious man here or does anyone disagree?
i dont put mine in pens my dogs go to the woods from an early age an i feed them tracks sometimes i'll catch a small hog an take it an turn it loose then go get my puppies turn them loose an work them in that direction ... i wont ever put a cur dog in a bay pen jmo ... its good for a dog to realize that its not going to get a hog every single time it goes it out but makes it wanna get out there an find one i think my puppies run everytime my big dogs do they gotta learn somehow an i dont think a pen is the way to do it but thats me
