Dog handling for ranging...using their nose to include and hunting...

I like your style! I bring my pups up almost identical to how you do. Actually didn't see anything different that you do that i do not. Reading puppies and having patience with them and setting them up to me is one of the biggest joys I get out of dogs. Only problem with me is all my dogs are catch dogs so as puppies their time is limited in the pastures because when they get so old, I have to keep them out of the pastures for their own good so they don't strike a pig and get themselves killed by trying to catch the darn thing. Often times I would hint the heck out of a pasture in the morning with good dogs and then take the pups in afterwards. Kinda how i get around them being catch dogs.