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re: Decided to get into deer recovery/blood tracking (new pup) 2/14 update (End of Season)
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:24 pm to Yukon7
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:24 pm to Yukon7
Great looking little pup! I love hounds of all flavors.
I'm gonna piss in your cheerios a bit here:
It's a tough game to play with a purebred hound. They want to chase live things, not find dead things that dont run. It's going to be very tough to keep that dog focused on the track when it jumps another deer/rabbit/etc. You'll have to be better at training dogs than I am.
Hounds mature slow. Old coondog wisdom is you dont even start trying till they get close to a year old. You can start making little tracks early for it, but dont expect great results early on. Focus on discipline and handling, get that down before worrying too much about tracking. Handling is 85% of a good tracking dog. Hounds are slaves to their noses and you'll have to overcome that. It can certainly be done. My English redtick loads up in the truck, comes, sits, calls off the tree, heels on a leash, all that good stuff. It's taken years to get him there, with my old man doing most of it, and a good shock collar to boot.
Best of luck and enjoy the ride
you're on the right track with liver and short trails
I'm gonna piss in your cheerios a bit here:
It's a tough game to play with a purebred hound. They want to chase live things, not find dead things that dont run. It's going to be very tough to keep that dog focused on the track when it jumps another deer/rabbit/etc. You'll have to be better at training dogs than I am.
Hounds mature slow. Old coondog wisdom is you dont even start trying till they get close to a year old. You can start making little tracks early for it, but dont expect great results early on. Focus on discipline and handling, get that down before worrying too much about tracking. Handling is 85% of a good tracking dog. Hounds are slaves to their noses and you'll have to overcome that. It can certainly be done. My English redtick loads up in the truck, comes, sits, calls off the tree, heels on a leash, all that good stuff. It's taken years to get him there, with my old man doing most of it, and a good shock collar to boot.
Best of luck and enjoy the ride
you're on the right track with liver and short trails
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Posted on 5/13/20 at 1:04 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Absolutely, i believe that having control of your dog comes first. No one enjoys a dog that doesn’t listen at all. I have 50 acres with plenty of rabbits to introduce during training, hopefully she picks up on what she should/should not be tracking.
As far as starting them early/waiting a year. Born to track covers this a little bit. They recommend that you start them as early as possible. And for some reason, a lot of dogs get in a slump between the age of 9 months-2 yrs old. They recommended that you just pull back on training a little bit , don’t force the dog to do it. Eventually it comes back to them.
I’m not really expecting to have a polished dog ready for this season, but will use every opportunity to allow her to track a deer even if it’s an easy blood trail.
As far as starting them early/waiting a year. Born to track covers this a little bit. They recommend that you start them as early as possible. And for some reason, a lot of dogs get in a slump between the age of 9 months-2 yrs old. They recommended that you just pull back on training a little bit , don’t force the dog to do it. Eventually it comes back to them.
I’m not really expecting to have a polished dog ready for this season, but will use every opportunity to allow her to track a deer even if it’s an easy blood trail.
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