Reuben
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Registered: Nov 2011
Location: Freeport,TX
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I raised 6 or 7 generations of pups...I used to test them for winding, trailing and casting into the wind and finding...
I wanted to see who had a natural inclination to just wind and go find without any training just doing it naturally the first time on their own...and the ones that could find the most treats when casted...
The main reason I did this was to see who did what naturally...and who worked the best...because I wanted to breed and keep the naturals in hopes of improving each generation...
I also wanted to see how they used their brain...
Also, I saw it as a good training exercises...
You see an 8 week old pup on the first time to wind standing with nose to the wind...open the gate and something inside his head tells him to run into the wind and run straight to a treat and starts circling looking for more...I see this as natural...I also envision him in 10 months to find a hog 300 yards in the woods by just running off the wind currents...
Some dogs brain won’t click unless it’s a real hot scent in the wind...the natural doesn’t need much scent to click...
Always work the pup or pups before feeding time...you want them focused and full of want to...working after feeding their interest levels won’t be as keen...
Hungry pups when given tasty treats will go crazy for them...feed them the treats in the kennel the first few times so they get excited when you show up to the kennel...always come to them from upwind side so they are scenting the treats...scatter them in the yard where they can smell what’s out there...see if any pups are focused on what’s out there...open the gate and hiss them on and watch...
Don’t let the pups eat to many treats...you want them wanting more...
The best dog I ever raised showed me as a little pup what he could do and I knew he was going to be a good one...he made it look easy in the woods...
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Training dogs is not so much about quantity, it's more about timing, and the right situations...After that it's up to the dog....A hunting dog is born...
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