best way to break dog on porcupine

chopperdog · Post by **chopperdog** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:24 pm

hey guys and gals, i have a friend thats running a 5yr. old red tick and cant keep him off porcupines. last night treed 4 porkys and 1 coon. anyones best methods of breaking would be appretiated. thanks

montananative · Post by **montananative** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:04 am

has the dog been hit yet? if he/she got brains thats all it takes. thats all that needed to happen to my dog. seen one the other night and i was tryin to kill it but didnt have a gun. spooked it over the river bank toward my dog. never seen her tail tucked so tight and her run so fast in my life. lol. she got a good dose of quills the time she got whapped. also a socker will do the job. when he trees a proky give him some juice, when he trees a coon lay on the praise... good luck in breakin him, its no fun pullin quills, adn take some needle nose with you in the field

TKC · Post by **TKC** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:48 am

My dog must be stupid because he loves to eat a porky!!!

He's not real fast either but them porky's never seem to make it to a tree in time.

I've shocked him a few times but it doesn't seem to help.

Have the same problems with skunks.
In fact the other night he killed a skunk and never even barked!!!
I figure he will get sick of the smell sooner or later but he hasen't yet.

I'm a big-game hunter and just coon hunt for fun. I don't think my dogs have ever left a bear race for a skunk or porky before so I don't let it bother me.

montananative · Post by **montananative** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:00 pm

ya stupid may have been the wrong word, hard headed more like it. porkys are freakin slow to, so theyll catch em most the time...

Bearkiller · Post by **Bearkiller** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 4:10 pm

Most dogs will just get more aggressive on them after they get quills. Good luck on breaking them. Just shock the crap out of them. I can guarantee after the first 2 my dogs wouldn't touched a 3rd and 4th.