How do you teach a dog to roll off?

This is definately one of the more difficult things to teach young dogs but also one of the more beneficial. When you get your dogs to roll, not only is it nice to have them out of your way but your hog numbers will greatly increase. I would say more times than not, when your dogs find a hog it was not the only hog in the area.

Usually, the more catchy the dog the harder it is because they want to hang around and bite on the catch. What you don't want to do is come across to the dog like he/she has done something wrong such as scolding or hollering. What I recommend is as soon as possible, lead the dogs back out and don't let them come back. Usually this will mean standing between them and the hog and when they try to come back, tell them to get ahead and block them. It helps if you have someone along that knows whats going on and can help. As soon as the hog is under control, one person needs to be responsible for getting the dogs led back out. Just as young dogs learn that if they go look in the woods they can find a hog, they also learn that if they leave back out they can find another.

It usually takes a while and quite a bit of experience on the dogs part, but once you get them going it sure makes things more enjoyable at the bay.

Also unless circumstances require you to do so, I don't like to put my dogs (except catchdogs) on a lead and walk them out once a hog is caught. This can inadvertently teach them that once a hog is found and caught, their job is complete.