Hello,
I've been getting into hunting with hounds and I have some questions for the houndsmen on here.
I have a 11 month pup who has recently switched on, lighting up on tracks whenever we're out. Previously she was dead silent, and kept within 200 yards of me (I was worried I had ruined her w/ too much training), now she's taking off baying tracks running quite a ways before I call her off. We don't have snow here yet, how do you tell what your dog's on when there are no visible tracks? Currently we're in between seasons so I'm calling her off tracks after she runs a bit, but I don't want to be sending her the wrong message, should I just let her run whatever it is? How close to last light will you let a dog run a track?
Second, I heard someone say it's best to keep your dog's outside, as they adapt to the climate and do better if they're lost for a night or two, sounds good to me and I want to setup to move the dogs out of the house, however I've got two concerns: cold and predators. What's your setup for your dogs living outside (no kennels) so that they don't freeze when it gets really cold and the snow is high? Every winter lions kill a few dogs in the town I live in, and this past winter I had a lion kill a deer in my yard, how do you keep your dogs safe from predators?
Many thanks,
Kyle
I've been getting into hunting with hounds and I have some questions for the houndsmen on here.
I have a 11 month pup who has recently switched on, lighting up on tracks whenever we're out. Previously she was dead silent, and kept within 200 yards of me (I was worried I had ruined her w/ too much training), now she's taking off baying tracks running quite a ways before I call her off. We don't have snow here yet, how do you tell what your dog's on when there are no visible tracks? Currently we're in between seasons so I'm calling her off tracks after she runs a bit, but I don't want to be sending her the wrong message, should I just let her run whatever it is? How close to last light will you let a dog run a track?
Second, I heard someone say it's best to keep your dog's outside, as they adapt to the climate and do better if they're lost for a night or two, sounds good to me and I want to setup to move the dogs out of the house, however I've got two concerns: cold and predators. What's your setup for your dogs living outside (no kennels) so that they don't freeze when it gets really cold and the snow is high? Every winter lions kill a few dogs in the town I live in, and this past winter I had a lion kill a deer in my yard, how do you keep your dogs safe from predators?
Many thanks,
Kyle