One thing I have figured out is, if a dog has the "hunt" in them it really doesnt matter what you do their gonna go hunt when dropped in the woods. They either have it or they don't.
X4.......I pet my dogs when I'm feeding them.....I LIKE my dogs and I want them to like me,.....I get more out of them that way seems like. One dog of mine will let anyone catch her in the woods.....the other not so easy to catch....it's taken years for her to let some of the folks I hunt with catch her when they need to. I want mine to be easy to catch by the people I hunt with. If they're running a hog and one of my bunch kills it, I don't want to have to go all the way over there to get my dogs, I want them to let my buddies bring them back to me. As for the whip idea.....mine would come running and looking for the hog that you just shot at and be a bit chapped at you for missing it.
