4 mo. old pup opened

coolbrze · Post by **coolbrze** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:27 am

My pup turned 4 mo. old yesterday and she had only opened a few times, starting when she was 3 months. I ran her last night and she really opened, like I've never heard a pup this young. This is the earliest I've ever seen a pup really open up while running a rabbit. I don't mean a yipe here and a yipe there, I mean full yipping and some bawling thrown in while flat out burning the rabbit up! We ran 3 or 4 diff. rabbits over the course of an hour or so. It was around 9 p.m. and dark outside, lots of dew on the grass, no wind or rain, basically absolutely perfect scenting conditions, but nonetheless, amazing. What do you all think?

tfk · Post by **tfk** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 8:21 am

Think you should take her back out, let her do it again! Had a litter about 5 years ago that i kept 6 out of. They all started at 3mo. old. I'll never forget one day i took all 6 pups out, conditions were perfect. They ran a rabbit like they had been doing it forever! It was a sight to see! 6 little pups runnin! Best thing about that day was that I had 2 buddies with me, who probably wont forget that day either. I love when they start early. Just something about watchin a dog not even half grown, learning to do what it loves best. Ended up keeping 2 from that litter, one killed on road, still have 1. 2 were trialed out of litter, both made champion. Havn't had litter like that since.

mybeagles · Post by **mybeagles** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 5:08 pm

My wife hates it when they start early.....means Ill be back at it night after night. Without a doubt, its nights like that, which make us keep coming back! Makes up for the days when your brag dog trees a squirrel in trial and doesnt want to give up.......