I just like to train dogs. - Rodney

We are kind of going off the rails here but I see one of the biggest pitfalls for houndsmen I have hunted with that have hope that their dog is doing the right thing. That isn’t a recipe for success.

Being right, as much as possible and consistently putting your dogs in a position to be successful ...

In my experience, dogs with good breeding want to run tree game more than anything else. Like a Cowdog likes cows, and a bird dogs like birds.

With today’s Technology and breeding from good breeders trash breaking is fairly easy even with a stubborn dog. Just takes a handler that knows, not ...

A good, motivated dog trainer can turn almost any pup into adequate game catchers.

It’s about finding a pup that really makes you excited to go hunting with, whether it makes sense to anybody else or not!

I agree with Dewey in that picking the litter is the most important part of the equation.

That being said, when I look at a litter of pups I want the best looking dog. I am picking pups that are hopefully going to be bred down the road, looks and color are only a small part of what makes a dog ...

I’d like to hear a story or two about that dog Log you had for awhile.

I am really enjoying the stories, thanks for you taking the time to put them down.

Rodney

Not to mention the time that takes away from me being able to find a second track. It’s much easier to get cats on multiple tracks a day with the GPS. You just have to know how to use it and be honest with data it’s sending you. And your probably right that I wouldn’t be able to understand a lot of ...

If a dog is behind on the GPS and barking. I have more than enough time to comprehend what’s happening. And to be honest with however much correction will probably never be a dog I want.

I am glad I started hunting on foot. But I would never go back to that, for many reasons but mainly I want them ...

Seen a person walking into a lose slow a race down quite a bit too. Your presence will pull them back to you. Have even seen a dog false tree in those situations. Don’t think it would’ve happened if dummy A and dummy B “Me” didn’t stand around looking for a track out.

Being able to comprehend what ...

Sorry, I was grumpy..

sorry was grumpy again

Sometimes there is an addition by subtraction.

Taking a dog out of the mix can really help define things. But I would strongly advise you not to trust your dogs but to always question and overanalyze them. Dogs can’t lie but they can do a damn good job of makin a liar out of us!

If you trust ...

Are these bears baying or just runnin? I would suspect you have a dog or two that like porkys but when they got a bear caught and it sounds good they show back up. My two cents, but I don’t ever give the dog the benefit of the doubt.

You think they locate the cat in the tree itself? Or the end of the track? Both?

Mule man, I have seen one dog wrecking crews too. That’s all fine and dandy as long as you KNOW that one dog will turn out. Fact of the matter is when you start a pup there is no way of knowing whether or not he is going to be worth anything... so wasting a year and a half trying to start one dog by ...