Registered: Sep 2013
Location: KY
Posts: 644

I have a just turned 10 month old walker pup. She has just started running track and never treed yet. The last 3 times out she has barked a little on track. Well last night she hit a track on her own and was barking every breath on it. I know it was trash my 3 year old broke male went with her but never made a peep on the track and they got gone in a hurry. I am pretty sure she was running a deer. So my question is when do you guys start trying to break your pups off of trash? Keep in mind this was the first ever track she opened on by herself. When should I start to break her from trash? I have a shocking system and had one on her I toned her and she paid no attention to it. I got closer and toned her again and called her off the track. But by that time she had pretty much quit running it. The 3 year old male I toned and he came back hauling butt..

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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: KY
Posts: 644

Wow, I must be the only one to ever train a pup. Got it don't ask for advice.

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Registered: Dec 2013
Location: ky
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i dont ever break mine!! some ppl say im stupid but ole well. i let them run it for 5-10 mins then i just bump them a lil. sometimes they will go back and try to run it again this time i let them run it for about 2-3 mins then turn it up a lil more. they learn how much time they got to get off of it and get on with the buisness.

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Registered: Feb 2012
Location: airville,pa
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1st ur dog is tone broke congradulations ur a step ahead of most! although u said it didn't respond when u toned it,grounds for shocking. he should respond. make sure u no what he is running before u shock him. i break mine at whatever age it needs done(hopefully later than sooner) but u never no for sure how things will turn out. goodluck!

everyone has there own opinion but letting them run trash is a waste of my time and there ability.

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Registered: Sep 2013
Location: KY
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Thanks for the response guys. Yeah my 3 year old dog and dads 2.5 year old are tone broke. I always tone before shocking it gives them a chance to come back. If I tone I watch my Garmin if they don't start heading my way they get the juice next. Mine and dads older dogs pretty much got this down pat but every now and then I have to give them a little juice to get them to come. But my pup just turned 10 months old this was the 1st track she had ever run by herself. I thought it might be a coon then when my 3 year old got to her and never made a peep I knew it was trash. Its been a LONG time since I had a pup and I just wanted to get an idea of how others train their pups. I sure didn't want to shock the crap out of her on her first track . I have put a lot of work into just getting her to this point. Hopefully, I can get her on the right track soon. She has seen 1 caged coon (that I didn't get to turn loose to see if she would put it up Because my aunt passed away. My brother in law turned it loose where we hunt at.) and I put 1 out on her during taking season. I will let it slide a time or 2 but that's about all. I tried toning her but she just kept on going. When I toned the 3 year old he come hauling butt. I figured I would hunt them together for while then single her out. I pretty well know what he is doing. If he runs any trash it isn't for long. But if another dog runs trash sometimes he will come back and go on hunting and sometimes he will stay with them but not open on track. I'm just trying to get an idea of when to start correcting her for running trash. I know for a fact a shocker is a very useful tool but in the wrong hands it can ruin a dog quick. Thanks for the input guys,,,,

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