[BigBadJohnG]

What are some of the best advice y’all have heard or learned over the years of running hound dogs or any hunting dogs in general. What did you wish you knew when you first started…,

 

[arkrem870]

Don’t give a dog heartguard.

 

[Jayepea]

Don't know what you intend to hunt with um, but if it's deer you need thousands of acres. And plenty of people to help cut um off. They'll cover several miles in a hurry.

 

[woodsman84]

Don't let bad habits get started and they won't have them!

 

[Onetrakd]

Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

 

[btech29]

Teach your dog manners. Use a collar for correction, and use it sparingly and consistently. Never correct a dog with your hands, let the collar be the bad guy and you the refuge. Never correct a dog out of anger, especially when you have not taught him correctly. Get him under control and the rest will fall into place. No means no.

 

[truck24hr]

Teach your dog manners. Use a collar for correction, and use it sparingly and consistently. Never correct a dog with your hands, let the collar be the bad guy and you the refuge. Never correct a dog out of anger, especially when you have not taught him correctly. Get him under control and the rest will fall into place. No means no.

All of that @btech29 said, and don't give a command you can't or won't enforce. Also give your dog opportunities. You're not near as good at training as you think you are. Put pup in a position where they can learn, without interference from you.

That means hunt in areas where you don't have to control them 100%. Give them time where it's them and the animal. You put a handle on them, and let the quarry train.

 

[ArkGirl]

Have a collar with current owner name and phone number! So many times one shows up here and the number is out of service, or that's not the owner anymore etc. We just want to get the dog back home.

 

[heacret]

One of the thing is talk to your local hound hunters, they will give you good advice and try talk to your local hounds man that is hunting whatever you're going to hunt ask around there usually a lot of older hunters around will try to help you just ask

 

[matt_jones105]

Don’t “turn them loose one more time”. You’ll be out the rest of the night trying to catch them

 

[QuailRidge]

Don’t “turn them loose one more time”. You’ll be out the rest of the night trying to catch them

But he struck and treed the last one in two minutes. Let’s cast him toward the truck.

 

[shady grove]

Don’t try and make a hound satisfy your ego, I’ve seen fine hounds ruined over stupid stuff

 

[K-Mo]

Much like women, a Man that's scared to cull a dog will seldom have a good one….

 

[shady grove]

Hounds are unlike men in many ways, one is they can’t be educated beyond their intelligence.

 

[williamryanmckee]

What are some of the best advice y’all have heard or learned over the years of running hound dogs or any hunting dogs in general. What did you wish you knew when you first started…,

Don't start them too early if hog hunting. It can ruin them if they get on a big one too young/kill their confidence.

 

[7600Rem]

I run beagles on rabbits. Here’s a few things I can come up with.
Be able to call your dogs back even if they’re running a hot track. I don’t like calling my dogs off a track, but being able to do so allows you to hunt more areas. It’s also nice to be able to walk back to the truck without having to lead all your dogs back.
It takes a lot of time to make a pup a finished dog, and some of them will not make it. Don’t get pups if your not willing to put the work into them.
Don’t be afraid to get rid of dogs that won’t work for you. Example: I’ve got a dog right now that will run the hair off a rabbit by herself, but she will not pack up with my other dogs. She’s young and I hope she out grows it. If she doesn’t, I’ll find her a new home. If selling a dog or giving a dog to someone else, be honest on why your getting rid of said dog.

 

[fatherof4]

"The secret to a good coondog is worn-out boots."

 

[mike mize]

Let’s tree one more is always a bad idea.

 

[mike mize]

You can feed a good dog as cheap as a sorry one.

 

[SA Doc]

If a dog doesn’t know what a command means, shocking the crap out him is not gonna make him understand what you want.
My FIL wanted to borrow my training collar once. The dog had no training. He’d tell the dog to do something, and when the dog didn’t do it he’d shock it. It doesn’t work that way. There are ways to teach a new command using a very low level of continuous stimulus that you turn off when they exhibit the desired behavior, but zapping the snot out of him for not following a command he doesn’t understand is just going to make him scared of you.