I never showed these batch of dogs I got now a pig in a pen, just started taking them to woods at 10 months old mostly cuz I was so busy.
Now my internet hog dogs is different. They better be slobber mouthed baying by 7-8 weeks, and better trail hogs and finding on their own by 3-4 months old, and if they can't stop a runner by 6 months, they're culls, BUT that's my Internet hog dogs.
Understand what your sayin bout bein busy. Heck, I've just been gettin my 10-12 month olds started. I have a brother sister pair of 6 month olds that hadn't had much work at all. Just gonna start taking them out one at a time with the other dogs when they hit 8/9 months.