. If hogs aren't being located, pup will find something to hunt. I just think your doing more harm than good by running hunt after hunt and not getting pup on the preffered game, this is my point.
i dont agree with that either ... if there is no hogs the dog better not bark unless he is being honest i've got a dog in my yard right now that if another dog is trashin he'll go honor him to see but if he comes back like oh chit it wasn't me .. thats dogs trashin ... an as for puppies ... that just sounds like a good chance to break em ... head them off see what they are runnin dont yell at them catch them in the act an break them you gotta be smarter then the dog if your gunna hunt it
Depending on how much the pup has been exposed to hogs, i wouldnt discipline them for trashing when they are first starting out... IMO, they could take it as they are getting disciplined for hunting... Just get them off and move them on..
Like Bryant said, they're not born knowing what to hunt...
x3...IMO you should never break a pup from off game in the "WOODS" before they have been running hogs a few times...pup could get the wrong message which is... don't go off in the woods because it is a pain in the neck out there...the pup can actually think that it should stay by the hunter.
leave them in the dog box until you see fresh hog sign...or until the strike dogs are baying...but a little bay pen or mock hunt experience is always best prior to taking them to the woods so the pups know to bay and catch hogs...
it's all about the right moves at the right time...I like breaking the pups off of deer before they are turned loose in the woods, but only after they have bayed hogs in the pen a few times...I don't do mock hunts...lost that burning desire years ago...but there is a minimum amount of training that needs to be done...the right moves at the right time goes a long ways...sometimes it doesn't look like training because it can be something very simple. The simple things add up...the wrong moves can be a mojor setback for a pup...
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As always, lots of good points Reuben.
