Thread: how do you stop a dog being a Trail barker

I had a couple of pig dogs I inherited they where litter mates & around 4yo geez they had some bad habits , never chased stock but deer , possums where bad enough & 1 of them was a bit of a freak he'd hunt a k or more away by him self getting up to all sorts of mischief I had to get the gps gear to find the dam things , I dealt out all sorts of hidings & suprizeinly it didn't work he just bugger off & do his own thing!! I actually caught a couple of pigs looking for him after he'd got the beats for catching a possum, one thing about the situation was I'd only had them for a few weeks I hadn't really struck a dog like this fella before & was running out of ideas until someone pointed out to get control & watch them like a hawk..bloody good advice I went all out & resorted to something I'd never done before...putting the worst offender on a lead �� Man it sucked for both is us but blow me down after a couple of weeks progress was made , they stopped playing silly buggers & started catching some pretty good hogs I think In The end they new I wasn't taking any shit & we got along pretty good they turned into my mates & started listening so if u want to put the effort in it does work .