Duckassassin
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Originally posted by heckler
Hunt a road runner alone and control the dog from the box. Don't hunt a dog with another dog that teaches bad habits. Leash him up from the box and point him in the direction you want him to hunt. A dog like that needs to calm down and smell the wind, piss, etc., before he is unleashed. A dog that takes off running down the road is not hunting and has to be taught that road running won't be tolerated. Repetition till he gets it right and needs to be taught from the beginning. If a dog wheels around and crosses the road to strike a track because he winds it in the other direction is not a fault, but showing where the game is.
Are those close hunting dogs treeing coon before you load them up to chase down the long ranging dogs? Which pair of dogs are treeing coon? Dogs that hunt close can be just as guilty of pilfering as a road runner.
Who is the master, the owner or the dog? I don't allow a dog to stand up and put his feet on me because I think he is trying to dominate me, and other people think it means nothing and they pet them for it. Don't mean I am right just one of my quirks I have about dogs trying to rule over me. It's the same way I feel about a dog that goes 300 yds or runs a road 2 miles and not hunting. A dog will not control my hunt with pilfering.
My buddies dog who hunted close did pick up and start working a track, however we loaded her up and went picked up the other two runners and brought them back where the one dog got a track. So we dumpped her and one of the road running dogs on the track and he went to take off and i hollared at him and he came back and they both worked till treed, shined the tree and the fur was sitting there. so we let them tree and i released the 2nd road runner and he ran into the tree sniffed it up and around and started treeing,
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