What you think?

[texasboy11]

How long do you give a dog before u cull em? I haven't just hunted him real hard because it got hot but he has been on about 10.. He will bay his butt off just won't get out and hunt yet.. It's like he want to he will throw his nose up and go a little ways and come back and when the other dogs leave he whines like he wants to go or when they bay up he will run half way and start barking.. It's like he don't have any confidence.. He's a year old maybe a tiny bit older.. He will hammer in a pen.. Anyways what y'all think???

[slckhunter1978]

keep him in the woods as much as possible. To me that is still a puppy! i culled alot i still question myself on due to lack of patience. He is young and he has to trust you also! Have u raised him since a pup or did you recently acquire him? Sounds like he doesn't trust you to me. jmo

[Judge peel]

Just feed him tracks he willfigure it out and take off I don't think you should cull a dog till all efforts are done did you get algebra  the first try some people do but most don't if he show good want to then keep working with him and you will be happy good luck

[Shotgun wg]

On a dog like this I would spend some time just goofing off with him and I would also try to put him with some of my older dogs to buddy up. To me this is one bad thing about individual kenels and tie outs that don't allow them to interact. If u have an older dog u can pen him with or at least tie him close enough they can touch and play that's what I would do. It should let them bond and he should start going with this dog in the woods.

[Reuben]

Just take him with a dog he is buddies with and turn them loose in a good open woods area that has fresh hog sign...try to hook your pup up with a good dog that checks in often...turn the dogs out while they are fresh and full of energy...ignore the dogs and kick back in the truck or on the wheeler or where ever...be prepared to do this a while...hopefully the pup will get bored and roll out with the other dog...once he does this move slowly...if you are road hunting stop every time he gets interested and starts sniffing around...stop and walk in the direction you think the hog took to help start the pup...if the pup leaves out wait on him to get back before moving on...if he strikes then go from there...if you don't have another dog to start him with then take him alone...also, it is best you hunt alone when training your pup...hope this helps you...

[hoghunter71409]

If you have given him a lot of chances (and only know what a lot of chances is), you will know when the time is right.  I dont always believe in keep feeding tracks.  I've been at this a while and seen dogs under a year that hunt and dont come back.  I now have a certain standard and if the dog is not at that standard, they dont stay.  You have to deveop your own standard and answer your own question.  I asked the same question you did many years ago.

[Jmesonp1]

I would set him up by him self. either a mock hunt or a place you absolutely know the pigs are on. bring him in down wind and ease him in there.  Some dogs will depend on older dogs to do the work. if he doesnt have any one to depend on he will either go bay the pigs or he won't.

[AnotherRunner]

Sounds like he don't trust you yet and ain't sure if your gonna leave him when he goes. I had a dog like that, takes a little time

[Reuben]

If you have given him a lot of chances (and only know what a lot of chances is), you will know when the time is right.  I dont always believe in keep feeding tracks.  I've been at this a while and seen dogs under a year that hunt and dont come back.  I now have a certain standard and if the dog is not at that standard, they dont stay.  You have to deveop your own standard and answer your own question.  I asked the same question you did many years ago.

X2..lots of good advice but at some point you have to decide...I don't give many chances...I like pups that are born to hunt...

[texasboy11]

Thanks y'all I hate to let him go because once or twice he has been gone he just isn't consistent..

[Easttex91]

I don't think anyone can answer this for you. For starters everyone's cull is different and id hate to cull one and regret it ever after. Hunt him till your certain he's a cull

[Cajun]

If you have given him a lot of chances (and only know what a lot of chances is), you will know when the time is right.  I dont always believe in keep feeding tracks.  I've been at this a while and seen dogs under a year that hunt and dont come back.  I now have a certain standard and if the dog is not at that standard, they dont stay.  You have to deveop your own standard and answer your own question.  I asked the same question you did many years ago.

x 3

A dog either has the hunt in them or they don't. I have had young pups out hunting  hard. They did not know what to hunt but they were out there hunting.