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How old and how big of an area? With adults or just their litter?

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How old and how big of an area? With adults or just their litter?

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3 months 200 acre

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I usually just bring them home and let them be. I have one adult dog tied out and he as a feeder and he won't fuss with the pup at this feeder. I leave a house sit out somewhere but the pup usually sleeps with the big dog. Generally they don't leave for a few month, but when I can't find them and I hear them tracking something I put them up.

One will hang around much longer than 2 or more. I never wan't to raise two the same age at the same time anyway.

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at least till they start running deer out of the country

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It has its positives and its negitives, id let one run loose some erly in the morning when every thing is fresh and the game are sturing, but id shut them up in the day time.
The same thing could be done late in the afternoon, it just depends on your time frame


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# 1 it would give the pup somthing to look forward to every day or as often as you prefer, just to keep them from being pen stale

# 2 it gives you the chance to teach them some simple handling like come when you call and load .

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Absolutely let them run loose, it will give them a chance to get that puppy out of them. Just watch the coyotes.

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Yes, untill they get in trouble ,then in the kennel.

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If you have a farm or live in an area away from traffic let them run loose until they are 6 months old or until they start treeing house cats or squirrels or anything that climbs a tree then tie them up and never let them run loose again unsupervised .
They will have learned more in 6 months than a pup on the chain would have learned at 1 year of age.JMO.

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yes but pet and play with un every time u see um they be ok if u play and pet um

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yes but pet and play with un every time u see um they be ok if u play and pet um

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Several times a week of free time in the woods with you there walking along is about right. Letting them run loose you are taking some risks of them getting into mischief, stolen or onto a road. You get them used to being out with you and they will start to range out as they get confidence. Work with them on coming in when called, make it a good thing for them to come back to you when you whistle them in. You aren't really hunting yet but they are getting their nose and brain into shape for it, legs also. Plus tired puppies are good puppies.LOL
Let them get after squirrels and bunnies if they will. If you are using a training collar then let them look at some deer if they are there but make them know that deer are full of static electricity and getting closer makes them more sparky. Chasing one turns into a lightning storm.

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I have the perfect place to let pups run loose. My biggest problem is deer! I HAVE LOTS OF DEER. What to do? Ive kept mine in a kennel, but i think lettin em run would be better.

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I have the perfect place to let pups run loose. My biggest problem is deer! I HAVE LOTS OF DEER. What to do? Ive kept mine in a kennel, but i think lettin em run would be better.

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I LIVE ON A FARM IN MINNESOTA AND THE PUPS I HAVE RAISED I LET THEM RUN FROM WEINING ON MY HOUSE IS ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM MY FARM SO THEY WANT TO SPEND TIME THERE THEY HAVE FARM CATS TO TREE AND I FELL THAT IS THE BEST I AM THERE A MAJORITY OF THE TIME ANYWAY SO THEY GET INTERACTED WITH AND DEVELOP A PERSONALITY USALLY LASTS UNTIL 5-6 MONTHS OF AGE. OH AND 200 YARDS THE OTHER WAY FROM MY HOUSE IS A BUSY HIGHWAY AND HAVE YET TO HAVE TROUBLE BECAUSE ALL THE ACTION HAPPENS THE OTHER WAY AT THE FARM WITH THEM BEING THERE IT GETS THEM USED TO CATTLE, FENCE ECT. IT HAS WORKED FOR ME

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let all my pups run loose and play with them and they learn fast .if its got it bread in it they will learm more running loose if they cant learn to run a big rabbit and then start treeing coon on there owen here they are culled but i onley raise pups 4 my sealf and sale the ones i dont keep i cant train them all but i sure do love fulling with pups and if i dont like the way 1-2 pups ack they are culled.i have coon feeders on my farm and when they tree 2-3 on the feeders they go back in the kinnel but i hunt them one at a time with a old dog and i learn them to ride and how to load and fool with them alot pick the 1-2 i wount ans sale the others but if i thought they was culls they will be culled.last litter i raised they was no culls but one was messed up so bad by a young hunter i told him to cull it becauls he runed it by huntting it with a alagater ,and he was a littel ruff on the pup for its age ,it was a littel relife for me to know it was culled,i will never sale a pup to him again

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MOMS kennel dooropen when she starts whelping.stays open till there weaned then pups run free.till neighbors call or bring them home.. love to hear them run trash....

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last litter i raised they was no culls but one was messed up so bad by a young hunter i told him to cull it becauls he runed it by huntting it with a alagater ,and he was a littel ruff on the pup for its age ,it was a littel relife for me to know it was culled,i will never sale a pup to him again

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John Wick says the more they can run loose the more they will mentally and physically develop. Makes them grown and lets them learn all the new smells. Just my oppinion. If you live in the country I let them loose at night they might run off and tree on something on their own if its born in them. Good dogs aren't trained their born.

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David, Sorry, Can you explain this to me? I'm from ND, LOL!

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Most definatly!! Teaches them to cross fences, cross creeks, all the different smells.. I bought a pup from a buddy of mine nd there about 3 months old and he has a 8 hundred acre farm that i left my pup up there running loose till it starts treeing something.. Then illput here in the woods. I wouldnt care what mine run.. Deer, that aint bad.. If the got the heart and the energy to punch and deer 4 miles thats the dog i want. They will come around.. Just sold one that would punch one and i mean be 5 hollers over in just a few sec.. Jmo tho...

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Most definatly!! Teaches them to cross fences, cross creeks, all the different smells.. I bought a pup from a buddy of mine nd there about 3 months old and he has a 8 hundred acre farm that i left my pup up there running loose till it starts treeing something.. Then illput here in the woods. I wouldnt care what mine run.. Deer, that aint bad.. If the got the heart and the energy to punch and deer 4 miles thats the dog i want. They will come around.. Just sold one that would punch one and i mean be 5 hollers over in just a few sec.. Jmo tho...

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