Pup wants nothing to do with hide.
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Pup wants nothing to do with hide.
The other day I decided to introduce a piece of bear hide to my 4month blue tick pup, initially she had some interest sniffing it but that was short lived. After a few sniffs it seemed she was almost skittish around it, she continued to sniff it but carefully. After a few minuits of this I decided it was time to put the hide away. Leading up to this we had done a couple hot dog drags when she was younger then moved up and did a couple drags with bear scent. I know she's young yet but Has anyone had a similar experience ? Or have any ideas on how to get her warmed up to it?
Re: Pup wants nothing to do with hide.
she is still young ,most pups instinct is to chase by sight initially,and something being dragged away from them is less of a threat then something sitting idle.
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Let her grow up run looose if possible.
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Re: Pup wants nothing to do with hide.
That hide is just a game,let the pup be a pup and then when the time is right( depends on each particular dog, no one set time) and then when the pup is mature enough to start going with some dependable dogs you can see what she is made of. And DON'T turn the dog into a known mean bear race till it gets some experience, let it have some good times to build on. Just because you are not hunting the pup with other dogs now doesn't mean you can't take it to the woods by itself and let it learn from those experiences. Riding in the box, coming when called, about creeks, different smells etc. These are all lessons that will have to be learned.
Good luck.
PS Read the article below "When to start a pup" and get some ideas from there. Lots of advice to sift through"
Good luck.
PS Read the article below "When to start a pup" and get some ideas from there. Lots of advice to sift through"
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Re: Pup wants nothing to do with hide.
I have a bluetick that has never ever gave a darn about a drag. She will track it, find it, give a bay once or twice try to climb the tree sometimes, but there's about 10 seconds of action and it's over and she's done. I thought she wasn't gonna make the cut so I said well screw it let's try a live cage. She saw it and didn't give 1 second though about it and once again I was so hurt. I honestly thought about throwing in the towel but said I'm giving her one last chance. Got another live one and absolutely nothing. Said screw it and opened the cage to let it go and as soon as that damn coon flew out you would not believe how the switch flipped. Some pups need the live stimulation to get them. I have anot her young pup that has tried to shred a drag since she was 10 weeks. 4 months might be young for a live cage as a nasty caged animal can get pretty intimidating, but your pup could be a live game only for training. As long as it likes to use its nose and explore at that age I'd say it's good.
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Drags with scent or no scent, roll cages, and what ever we do with a dog thinking it should react a certain way is just our expectation as to how it should be. Dogs can learn from it used as a game as someone stated but has nothing to do with how the dog will turn out for hunting. I have tried it all and believe the dogs that are most interested in drags with scent or look good on roll cages are the ones that don't work out for me. The exception is with field trial dogs, if that is what you are into them the dog that get easily excited over scent or what is the dog for you. Just one way to look at it. Dewey
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I have 2 dogs that do well on bear but don't give a rats behind about a drag and a matter fact if I turn them out on one will go looking for a real one instead. Have known several dogs that just don't care about running drags. Live game is the key to turn the switch on for a dog like that. Anything, rabbit, coon etc. but I'd also wait until 8 months or so to really start trying to work him hard, until then just let him be a pup and work on obedience so when you are ready to train it goes smooth.
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