Naturally Trashproof??

[Hunter]

Say what you like. I have a female that I got at about 4 months old. I took her out by myself and tried to put her on rabbits with no success. I then caught a rabbit in a trap and put the trap in front of her. That must have flipped a switch. She started barking like crazy and tried to eat it through the cage. When I let it go she took after it barking. She managed to catch it twice. After that I took her to the field and she sounded on rabbit scent. She saw a deer one day and took off after it for about 40 yards. I think she was just trying to figure out what it was because since then she has not chased one. The only thing she does if she sees one is run over to where it went through smells the scent and then comes right back. We had a deer run one day and did not realize it but she came back to me and I told the other guy something is funny then I ran her toward the other dogs and told her to get to them. She ran about 70 yards to get to them meantime we where walking to cut them off and we were about to get to where we wanted she came running up behind us. Well Lo and behold she was with us when the deer went by within 20 feet ran up checked the scent and came back to me. I dont think we need to cover what happened to the other dogs. LOL I believe the only thing that could have contributed to her being this way is genetics. Keep them running and gunning, Paul

[jumpmaster]

I have never owned a dog that didnt try to run at least one deer, and I have owned probably 30 hounds in my life. I do run with other people's dogs that have never run one. I am so cofident that any new pup I start is going to run a deer, that after starting them in a pen, I walk them over fresh deer trails, so I can try to get it over with. It takes two times of shocking off them most times, but sometimes up to four or five times. I never run them with out a collar untill I see them turn one down, with another running it. If another dog is shocked off a deer, my broke dogs will come back to me with their tails between their legs, hoping thy arent next to get it. Another tip is to never let your dog get away with running off game, ever. If it does, figure on it taking twice as long to break them. Consistancy is the key.

[B.Trull]

FYI- relating to all types of dog training. research has shown that a dog has a memory span of appx 4 seconds. I just completed canine basic training with my doberman and that a correction must be adminstered within 4 secs for the dog to associate it with the behavior. For example, go to housebreak your dog come home find a mess and smack it around. You this several times and wella. You come home and see dog cowering under table and see a mess on floor. You think " See this dog knows I am mad a going to get him ; look at him hes knows he is in trouble " Wrong cranston, the dog associates you coming in the door with get his fanny beat and now cringes when he sees you come home. Specific to trash proof , scent hounds in my opnion can be made to track any animal scent from pup age. Exposure, circumstance , age, strength of reinforcement, duration of training , age of pup all play a part wether a pup takes a strange scent which hunter does not wish it to run. quik, intensive correction a key to getting dog to run selected scent for hunter. Just my 2 cents

Brad