Thread: Why mixing headers and pointers?

@Efalk No worries hope it helped you understand a bit more ,another common misconception is that if a dog has a Bee's Dick of Huntaways blood in it ,they will all bay like a Blood Hound all day ,mine is trained not to make a sound us less l give the command "Speak Up", as a example again that large Boar in my recent post ,was tracked & scent trailed by my pup in such silence it was blissfully asleep in a sunny patch.

I would not have a dog that was voicing the whole time during a tracking/hunt or chased game unless on command ,or was not trained to know when to voice & when to remain silent ,again it all comes down to training or lack of .The Transylvanian Hounds l hunted over were all trained to work with the hunter ,no different to other "Gun Dog" breeds & as l say l was amazed how similar to our Huntaways they were in both looks ,temperament & hunting style .
@Moa Hunter Yeh a reason not to scold a dog that has put you on to game when it is excited to sniff & lick blood from the game on the ground & why l always make a fuss of giving the dog a deserving treat while cleaning the game on the spot,but l think the thing most have a hard time getting to grips with is how a good Stockman uses Cattle that have learnt that if they comply with what the Stockman wants ,they are less physically harassed by the dogs so they also look at keeping the "leader of the pack happy " for their own reasons & these can then are used to train upcoming herds & leads to much calmer Cattle when being worked in yards etc .

The old man went to Scotland for around 7 years with the dog training as well & brought some Highlands back with him he had been gifted & they were particularly smart at twigging on to the what is good for the stocky is good for them & they really were a pleasure to work with in the end .