Tips for training a bay pen dog

Julie you have some good tips. I am of the belief that a "GREAT" baypen dog is born not made just like a hunting dog. They can learn to get better with work and time, however when I say great I mean a dog that consistently bays a perfect score twenty or more times in a row, does not matter what pen, what state or if it five minutes or two, perfect bays mean no mistakes consistently. I prefer hunting he woods but I paid my dues in the pen competition also. I have had some good ones, some junk and a couple of great ones that have made alot of money, won bunches of trophies and won a a fancy aluminum dog box for a 4 month series of perfect bays.

My biggest tip is this a dog won't stay bayed in front of a hog that sits perfectly still, then it won't be a "money earner" and I would either decide to get another dog that will work, or decide I like my dog enough to do it just because I enjoy being involved and watching the dogs work.

Alot of the looping out is because either a dog is being charged and does not know how to get out of the way, or a dog that has too much anxiety / frustration and wants some action. Most woods dogs look out/over their shoulder that is the nature of the dog and is not trained out of a dog.