Message #547409

[Slim9797]

Still tons of trial and error ahead of me before I can say there's some method to my madness. But I've gotten a couple pups going okay that I've raised. Usually just show them a pig when they're real young, a few times until around 3-4 months when they're real fired up about a hog. Then I put them up until they calm down, get their legs under them, and seem like they can be serious around the big dogs. Then I take them hunting. No break in period, no turning them into bays. They get kicked out with the big dogs from the get go. When they start hunting good and staying with big dogs. I'll do mock hunts with them. Turn a shoat loose, wait 15-20 minutes then cut the pup loose at the same spot and just wait. See if he will go get bayed, as long as he shows some effort of running the track I'll be happy, then I'll turn out a older dog for the puppy to follow and they go bay the pig. Do that a couple times until they find and bay the pig without help. Then it's back to hunting..... I don't mess with pups at all unless they're working, don't pet them, nothing, try to teach them their name and that's about it. I've come up with that regime from talking with older successful folks and just kind of trying out stuff and seeing what I thought worked and what didn't.


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