Originally Posted by super_hunt54

If you have a couple of well trained dogs that have a good disposition towards pups that are in the 1 1/2 to 2 year old range then yep you will have the starting of a good set. You will need to teach the pups basic obedience commands and such to establish Alpha but other than that run one of the pups with the 2 experienced hounds and they will teach the pup well if they are any good themselves. But honestly you can get dogs already started for not a whole lot more than just unstarted pups. Search around your area to see if there is anyone around with Catahoula Cur or Blackmouth Cur dogs. I'm not all that familiar with hogging in Missouri. My primary states are Texas, Georgia, and Florida. But the Cat and Black are both fantastic dogs that are great around family and kids (and protective as hell of the kids) and make good multipurpose hounds.