There also is another factor in this idea of positive reinforcement. Along with the mentor type training i feel this positive experience needs to be repeated at least 5 or 6 times successfully before training collars are even hung on a young dogs neck. ex...say you are trying to install a new comput...

Great analogy Mike in regards to the pain addiction we both know a hound with that issue! Another way to deal with these stubborn hard running pups is set them up with positive reinforcement. Whether it be trainers or a Hot track. One technique I have found useful is send that pup down one with a go...

All good points. I too agree with Mike and dwalton on how we hunt trains our dogs and in-turn determines their ability to be cold nosed. I believe there is a lot to do with a dogs ability to cold trail that goes back to the environment it learned to hunt in. Take a line bred natural cold trailing do...

Need a pup hauled from Helena to Craig. May be able to be dropped off in Northern Wyoming as well.

970-326-7891

Need a pup hauled from Helena to Craig. May be able to be dropped off in Northern Wyoming as well.

970-326-7891

Need a pup hauled from Helena to Craig. May be able to be dropped off in Northern Wyoming as well.

970-326-7891

Dan,
What percentage of cats are you catching on the ground with these first crosses? Are these first dogs bay dogs or catch dogs?

A word of Caution on this petition...I have been told from a very reliable resource that this petition was started by the staff of Ken Logan who is in bed with HSUS. I agree that we need to manage females and i fell for this petition before i did research on it...signed it and commented. That said t...

Last night in Carbondale we had a great turn out of approx 30 lion hunters guides and other sportsman. Wendy Keefover did not present the information she had advertised to the group assumingly because of this overwhelming presence of sportsman and ranchers. The information she is presenting to the p...

Last night in Carbondale we had a great turn out of approx 30 lion hunters guides and other sportsman. Wendy Keefover did not present the information she had advertised to the group assumingly because of this overwhelming presence of sportsman and ranchers. The information she is presenting to the p...

Last night in Carbondale we had a great turn out of approx 30 lion hunters guides and other sportsman. Wendy Keefover did not present the information she had advertised to the group assumingly because of this overwhelming presence of sportsman and ranchers. The information she is presenting to the p...

Hey there CO guys... this is a post from Four Courners Houndsmen Assn. PLease lets get together and fight this, below are some meetings all of us ought to be at. Hello ladies and gentlemen, This is Sadie Jo Accashian, I'm the vice president of this association. Many of you have heard rumors of a bal...

Hey there CO guys... this is a post from Four Courners Houndsmen Assn. PLease lets get together and fight this, below are some meetings all of us ought to be at. Hello ladies and gentlemen, This is Sadie Jo Accashian, I'm the vice president of this association. Many of you have heard rumors of a bal...

Thanks for throwing this up here Mike! Not just the Colorado guys all of you in WYO NM and UT need to get on board with this. Not only are you at risk of them coming after you next...Where do you think all these CO guys will be headed to run if this gets through!? I know you dont want a bunch of gre...

I have my dogs in Concrete kennels and yes these can cause foot problems if you don't keep your dogs exercised regularly. That said not all of us have the room to let our dogs run around in a 1/2 acre enclosure. The crusted up snow conditions are hard to get by no matter how tough footed your dogs a...