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Posted by Dave 84 on 02-28-2014 02:23 PM:

Tim told me that when they had insain janes litter she was the pup no one wanted so they kept her and she ran loose with a beagle until she treed a squriell then they started hunting her lol

Posted by wings on 02-28-2014 02:57 PM:

Re: Picking a pup Myths????

HI i had 21 litters or pups here in the last 40 years .it trow the pup no one picks will be the best.the pup that dont come out of the cop or will be siting off by it self.that is the pup that is doing all the thinking and that a fact jack

Posted by hillbilly56 on 02-28-2014 05:06 PM:

i always like 1 that is out checkin things out while others are just playing had some to turn out and some that didn't but like somebody else said they all don't turn out

Posted by hillbilly56 on 02-28-2014 05:06 PM:

i always like 1 that is out checkin things out while others are just playing had some to turn out and some that didn't but like somebody else said they all don't turn out

Posted by critter on 02-28-2014 08:22 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by mike thomason
Black toe nails
Black in roof of mouth
Dark eyes

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Posted by Dustin gay on 02-28-2014 08:56 PM:

Just take me along let me pick the one I think is best then your
Guaranteed there is one less loser in the bunch

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Posted by Backwoods_WV on 02-28-2014 10:30 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by critter
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Whats the idea behind the toe nails? For example the knowledge knot is said to be how smart a pup is. Ive just never heard of it, but that does sound interesting.

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Posted by John Book on 03-01-2014 04:06 AM:

I have had very good luck at picking the runt or keeping the one nobody wants. I have had 2 very exceptional hounds in my life, & picked the female out because she was the runt & the other one was a male that nobody else wanted till it was about a yr old then everybody wanted him lol

Posted by perry co cooner on 03-02-2014 04:14 PM:

I'd NEVER......

pick another pup with yellow/light colored eyes. Everyone I had like that was nutty.

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Posted by fycedogs on 03-02-2014 04:34 PM:

Re: Re: Picking a pup Myths????

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Originally posted by wings
HI i had 21 litters or pups here in the last 40 years .it trow the pup no one picks will be the best.the pup that dont come out of the cop or will be siting off by it self.that is the pup that is doing all the thinking and that a fact jack

That's about as close as you can get to picking the best pup out of a litter. And I'm glad most people ignore this advice.

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Posted by Backwoods_WV on 03-03-2014 04:26 AM:

BTT

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Posted by Ray Walburn on 03-03-2014 05:18 AM:

spot or dot on the back somewhere or the blaze between the eyes the wider the smarter

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Posted by skeets on 03-03-2014 06:19 AM:

i dont think theres no way of telling or somebody would have figured it out by now lol. read this one time,back hundreds of years ago the man wanting the best pup would put them all together,then he would make a circle aroung the pups with dry grass. he would set the grass a fire ,let the mama dog loose she would then jump the fire to get her pups,the one she picked up first was the keeper.dont know how true it was but i read that in the paper.lol

Posted by Wes Vondo on 03-04-2014 09:59 PM:

I like to pick the one that doesn't really care what the others are doing, does their own thing!

Posted by Backwoods_WV on 03-05-2014 01:43 AM:

BTT

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Posted by blackflagginit on 03-05-2014 02:04 AM:

Me and ol Kelly Stagner once had a 3hr conversation about picking a pup. we were in the barn with the female and litter and he asked what pup I wanted, each time I picked one he said nope, that's not the one you want :/

the first one was because it was the pup he was keeping.......finaly after half a dozen or more pups, I picked one he approved of :/

then we went in the house and sat at the table and talked forever about "how to pick the best pup"

1) always pick the tri colored if there is one in the litter
2) if not the darkest redtick with black mouth,toenails,lips, nose and pads.
(this was supposed to make them smarter and less apt to be lame from sore feet)
3) more spots the better, never a blanket back.
4)put the whole litter on the floor and the first one to wander off by itself.
5) take them away when tiny (a week or 2 old) and see what pup the bitch puts back in the box first.

I stuck with 2 and 4........the rest I ignored after a few years. I don't know as any helped, but jeeze ya gotta pick somehow

Posted by Troy Arnold on 03-05-2014 02:48 AM:

The only runt ive had was out of a litter of beagles and is the best beagle ive had.

I coonhunted with my gpa for years and hadnt done it for a while and 2years ago went to buy a redbone pup my wife told me she wanted to pick which one so i said go ahead turned out to be best dog ive owned haha i think i will let her pick from now on. By the way i asked her why she picked that pup and she said because he was the cutest haha.

My dad always flip them on their back craddled in his arm and most go crazy but he wouldnt take a pup unless one would lay calm. He always said if the pup aint willing to trust me im not willing to trust it. He usually ended up with pretty good dogs.

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Posted by roy mac on 03-05-2014 04:14 AM:

count the hairs under chin, I forgot what one hair stood for, but two hairs will never do and tree hairs it will tree four hairs four sure. this is what an old man told me once. personally I pick the ugliest or the runt of the litter and go from there.

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Posted by Backwoods_WV on 03-05-2014 04:22 AM:

Nice keep them coming I like to hear the different ways the old timers pasted down generation to generation.

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Posted by Autumn Clements on 03-06-2014 01:52 AM:

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Originally posted by Dustin P
What about runts? Does anyone like to pick the runt?

My father swears by it in his litters in later years

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Posted by Autumn Clements on 03-06-2014 01:53 AM:

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Originally posted by Mark V.
Sell them all and buy back the one that turns out.

That seems to be what I end up having to do.. If I'm picking for myself I never pick the best coondog of the litter

Posted by Backwoods_WV on 03-08-2014 03:48 PM:

BTT

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Posted by Bayemup34 on 03-08-2014 08:18 PM:

I've always been told
1) Black roof of mouth
2) Knot on head
3) Blaze the full length of the head
4) If its a walker it should have a red head

2,3, and 4 I have already proven wrong with the walker pup I have now. He has all 3 and still ain't worth what I paid for him

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Posted by capstan on 03-14-2014 07:38 PM:

Re: Re: Re: Picking a pup Myths????

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Originally posted by fycedogs
That's about as close as you can get to picking the best pup out of a litter. And I'm glad most people ignore this advice.

Have you had a bunch of barn burners using this method that you have been keeping a secret from us?

Posted by jawgaboy on 03-14-2014 11:27 PM:

My dad always told me to close my eyes and reach in there and pick one and no matter how ugly of a dog it was keep it but when i started paying $300-$500 for a pup i stopped doing that haha!

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