Blueticks and training to wind

Set you a pan of food out on the ground somewhere, turn the dog loose and sit back and observe, if you have to walk in the general area of the food and not say a thing or coax him at all let his nose become his eyes, make him have to use his god given ability, the more he uses it the more he is going to hone that skill, far as pups go use the same method all throughout puppy hood in various locations and times, if you can catch a breeze coming from a certain direction slowly ease pups into it and again let their instincts take over, ride them in the box as much as possible starting as soon as possible to get them comfortable with it, most hounds will naturally wind and rig, it’s usually a handler mishap from not knowing what they’re doing, make a scent drag and have a pile of good food waiting at the end, it doesn’t have to be hog scent or game scent of any kind, so as long as they’re using those genes and gaining more confidence in their own abilities the more they use them...