They are darn sure easy to look at Rueben! Best of luck with em. Unless they are used to traveling that first time off the place is tuff to judge em on!
yes sir you are right...I am hard nosed hard on my dogs when it comes to performance...but I am very analytical about age, what exposure they have had...how often they have been trained, hunted etc...I will not let a pup go very easily until he has had a good chance...new bloodlines require more patience on account I don't know how they progress towards maturity...but my feeling is if I had fed them a few raw hog heads at 2-8 weeks and toted them around a few times they would of fired off because they want game...
something else that probably made them hold back is that I am always on their buts about baying birds in trees and cats walking down the rail road tracks...
I need my own hunting place so I can drop them off and just let them roam and explore...I now have 3 good dogs and those four pups so it is time to fork out a little cash and get me a big place... in Brazoria/Matagorda or Fort Bend counties...