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Why Young Squirrel Dogs Get Worse When You Hunt Them Too Hard

You had a young dog that was starting to look right. It was finding squirrels, staying on tracks, and showing […]

Most handlers will not admit this out loud, but a lot of young dogs get written off before they ever

A young dog can do some exciting things. It might strike a track fast, push hard to the tree, and

Most handlers do not struggle because the dog has no ability. They struggle because they keep grading progress off emotion,

You drop a young dog in decent cover, conditions are right, and the pup works a track clean and trees

You had one hunt where everything clicked. The pup hunted out, stayed busy, hit a tree with confidence. You told

You cut the dog loose and it just follows you. Stays inside ten yards. Circles back every couple of minutes.

A drag is not a training program. It is a door. You use it to show a young coonhound what

Your dog runs hard, barks up a storm, and holds that tree all night long — as long as another

Most handlers push young squirrel dogs too hard before the pup has any reason to trust the process. The pup