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Posted by Kelly Arnold on 01-20-2007 04:28 AM:

Training puppies

I need some advice on training puppies. I have three walker puppies, one is five months old, and the other two are four months old. does anyone have any good tips that might help me?

Posted by Dwils on 01-20-2007 04:38 AM:

get one started and if he shows good signs-- hunt himby himself- no matter what-- even if you take him and he dont make a peep

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Posted by dirt_devil79 on 01-20-2007 05:02 AM:

Get them a cage coon and let them have it. If you hunt them with older dogs make sure they can keep up so they dont run dog trax.

Posted by J. Hill on 01-20-2007 05:08 AM:

Re: Training puppies

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Originally posted by Kelly Arnold
I need some advice on training puppies. I have three walker puppies, one is five months old, and the other two are four months old. does anyone have any good tips that might help me?

where u from ?

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Posted by Kelly Arnold on 01-21-2007 05:23 AM:

Re: Re: Training puppies

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Originally posted by J. Hill
where u from ?

I'm from Vaiden,Mississippi

Posted by nitechamp bud on 01-21-2007 05:31 AM:

At 4 and 5 months old, just let them be puppies. Dont worry about starting them yet.
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Posted by Thenglishrules on 01-21-2007 05:45 AM:

They won't forget what they have already learned...too many people beat the pi$$ out of these 4-5 mo olds and they lose interest. Then there's another post on the classifieds.

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Posted by Thenglishrules on 01-21-2007 05:58 AM:

happened to me this yr

You can't train a pup with a pup. I about ruined my good 2yr old who was running and treeing by himself by putting a 8 mo old with him. It was totally my fault...long story short-- both of them found out the hard way that they couldn't out run a tracking collar, lighted collar and a 4 wheel drive pickup!!

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Posted by Ron Ashbaugh on 01-21-2007 03:35 PM:

Re: Training puppies

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Originally posted by Kelly Arnold
I need some advice on training puppies. I have three walker puppies, one is five months old, and the other two are four months old. does anyone have any good tips that might help me?

Pick your favorite one and sell the two others. Personally I believe it is nearly impossible to start and hunt 3 pups that close in age together and there is just not enough time unless this is all you do to hunt them seperate.

Once I had the one I wanted, I would introduce it to a caged coon. If it takes to it, put the dog back in the truck, turn the coon loose and have a friend watch what tree the coon goes up. Give it a couple minutes, get rid of the cage, and let the pup go. If it locates and trees that coon praise it like never before and shoot it out.

I would do this one, maybe two more times but never show the pup the coon again, and maybe even do it at night. If the dog trees the turnouts. start hunting it where it has a good chance of success. Usually at this time of year up north, I would wait till March to start really running it. You want to give the pup the best chance of success and save the hard stuff for a year or even two from now.

I agree with Dwills, hunt the pup by itself. Too many dogs just gets too confusing out there and you can't concentrate on what the pup is doing if you are running after trained dogs. Training pups can be a slower process than most like and can be filled with alot of frustraing nights. Keep your expectations realistic, praise when deserved, punish when deserved, and DON'T expect every pup you start to turn out to be wonder dog.

The real key to training is reality. Every dog has different potential, they may never become what YOU think they should. Once you set the stage for success all you can do is hunt the pup and let the chips fall where they may. Training will never replace genetics.

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Posted by Wesley Sanford on 01-22-2007 05:23 PM:

Get a copy of "TREE MY DOG" video or DVD

Posted by Lance Johnson on 01-24-2007 12:16 AM:

tree my dog video is definetly worth the $20.00!!! It has alot of good tips that has worked on every puppy I have started using the tecnics shown!!!!

Posted by William Lay on 01-24-2007 12:22 AM:

Get the Video

it's worth every penny. good sound practices, plus you get to tree coons on those cold nights right from the couch.

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