Fresh start

[Newbe]

Im supposed to be getting a new dog the first part of next week. She's a
Bluetick pup about 3 months old. I've got a 50lb shoat in a pen at home, but I was wanting to ask what the best way was to try and get her started and maybe build her confidence up. The last dog i tried, I let him bay outside the pen for a few days then I let him in there and he pisses hisself everytime the hog looks at him, don't know if im doing something wrong or not. Any advice would be appreciated

[5150hogdogs]

Smaller pig man

[catchrcall]

i haven't  been doing this forever, but maybe you should let the dog grow up some. 

[outlaw14slayer]

The two guys I got my hounds from advised me to not let them get roughed up until they were over 8 months old.  They said it would set a puppy way back to make that mistake.  Allegedly hounds on average start later than cur type dogs.  I have been raising my own puppies.  It is costly and a crap shoot as to whether I will even end up with a good one.  If you are really wanting to get into hunting soon, it may be best to go ahead and spend the money it takes to buy a good one then try to build around it.  By the time you figure in everything that goes into hog hunting, $800 is a drop in the bucket.  I have no doubt you can buy a dog that finds pigs on its own for that or less.  If I didn't hunt with guys that have good dogs and I wasn't neck deep in what I've started with these puppies I have now, that's what I would do.  There is a real good chance that there are people on here that would be willing to sell you a good dog pretty cheap that just has some tendancy that pisses off the dog's current owner    

[BULLMASTER]

i haven't  been doing this forever, but maybe you should let the dog grow up some. 

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[SwampHunter]

Most hound pups you gotta give them time to grow up , I have a blue tick that was kinda scared of a coon till like she was 10 months , noes she's a year old an will grab one an kill it no problem , plus 50 pound pig is to big , start it with a 5 or 10 pounder first you may even have to hold it by the back legs

[Heaven Sent Kennel]

I don't never had a hog smaller then 50lbs til here recently. had a lil wild pot belly pig that started 4 of my pups. when they started chewing on him I'd bump up the pig size. If they don't show much intrest they go back to the pen for another month and try it again. Everyone has their own way of doing things. I'm more of the slow and stead wins the race type of guy even though it eats at me that my 6 month old ain't acting a year old lol. Patience is a virtue when starting pups and try not to get too discouraged. I finally got fed up and bought some started dogs and got one dog that can find a pig just takes her some time she's a lil on the old and slow side but if she finds them my younger dogs take over and hopefully they start going out and finding their own pigs.

[skunkhounds]

if you want to start them that young you need a smaller pig and more then one pup at a time has worked best for me with pups

[SCHitemHard]

either put a smaller pig, or a older dog inside with the pup outside and let em learn, i had a really skiddish catch dog but once he saw how to do work he hasnt held back

good luck with the new pup

[Bo Pugh]

i have seen dogs that dont like to be hemmed up in a pen with a hog and do pretty good out in the open because they feel more confident because they can manuver around better than being in a little pen, but since your gonna start out with hounds you would be money ahead to go buy a dog that already doin something, since your gonna hunt hounds the barking on track is not gonna be a issue and you can buy a dog that barks  on track already doin something for a little bit of nothing their not as pricey as the silent currs and you would have something to run your pup with when the time comes

[jdt]

just play with your pup , feed her , and let her grow up .

[Newbe]

I'd like to find a decent priced cur or cat, but people around here are wanting atleast 200 for a pup that's just baying outside the pen. The only dogs I've been able to find r hounds

[tnhillbilly]

Do you have any coon dog trades in your area?  If i was lookin for a cheap hound to start on hogs thats where i would be.

We have them here, and i guarantee i could go pick up a truck load of the not so good coon dogs and make jam up hog dogs out of them. You just have to know what to look for and fine tune them.  Look for dogs that hunt good but wont tree.

Most range from free to $25 to $50

There is a big dog trade up in joplin missouri I think, i seen it in the full cry.

If i lived where there was plenty of hogs, and had the places to hunt i would have some of the best dogs in the country.  If my rich uncle ever gets out of the poor house,  IM MOVIN!!!!     

[dub]

I just take a pup with a bay dog to either a trap or a cheap pen I make so the hog is inside and the dogs out. It is just to load up go and let the pup see what is going on and see if the pup shows interest. It is not make or break just taking the temp. But always with wire the pup can't fit through. I personally want the dog to stay off the pig so I only work them like that. Between nine months and a year I let them hunt. I may drag a pig and toss it in a pen to check the nose. But as a puppy it is play time. But I don't have the years with hog dogs. There are a couple people I would like to see train a dog. But it is more just seeing what the dog wants to do and getting them to work with your style when training any dog. If a dog does not want to roll over they ain't gonna roll over. Just that simple.