Message #547507

[Reuben]

those shy pups just pop up once in a while seems like for no reason...those pups I tend to give extra attention every chance I get...they will come out of it but they require a lighter hand and lighter discipline because it does not take much to correct them...sometimes thes pups grow up to be as good as the best...in the wrong hands these pups could possibly be ruined...

Handling my pups start when the pups are a week old...I handle them and at 2 weeks I will throw an old sweaty T-shirt or old sweaty socks in the whelping box so they can smell me 24/7...I feed them a wild head at about 6 weeks...I make sure they are hungry and throw the head out in the yard and turn them out...I do this 3 or 4 times...at about that time I also turn them out always before feeding...I let them play for a good while until they are a little bored and I step out with some liver or treat and call them to me...they will come running because I have already conditioned them to raw meat...as they come running I shoot a few blanks to condition them to gunfire...I always watch to make sure they are ok with it...once they are the next time I shoot down by them as they mill around...I want them to smell the burning gun powder...after 4 or 5 sessions I am done with that part of training...around the 7 or 8 weeks They will really like the raw meat...I scatter tidbits in the yard upwind so they can wind the tidbits...I open the gate and his them on like I was hissing the big dogs on...I watch to see who took to it naturally and who finds more consistently...I do this 7-10 times over a period of a month or 2...
I take them to the woods at a young age and watch and see who ranges and Leads etc...

a couple of bay pen sessions here and there and always observing to see who will be a keeper and a breeder...