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Black and Tan Coonhound working a cold track alone through hardwood timber during early training

Young Hound Lacks Drive or Just Learning Alone?

One night a young dog is hunting wide, checking cover, working scent like it knows exactly what it is doing. […]

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Angler fishing for crappie in muddy brown spring water from a small boat, casting near a brush pile along a wooded bank under an overcast sky.

How to Catch Crappie in Muddy Water During Spring

Spring should be one of the best times of year to chase crappie. The water is warming, fish are pushing

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Feist squirrel dog pausing at tree base in thick leaf-covered hardwood timber

Why a Squirrel Dog Quits Tracks in Thick Leaf Cover

A dog can look sharp all winter long. Clean opens, good tree work, solid on the locates. Then the woods

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Young Plott hound working a track alone at night in hardwood timber during solo coonhound training session

Young Coonhound Checking Back? How to Build Independence After Too Much Company

A young coonhound that keeps circling back toward the handler or waiting around for the other dogs to do something

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English Coonhound standing at a tree baying alone on a solo hunt in the dark woods

Why a Coonhound Trees Hard in Company but Not Alone

Some dogs can fool you for a full season. You drop three dogs in the holler, the track gets hot,

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Young Treeing Cur pausing to check in with hunter at edge of oak flat during early squirrel dog training

Build Check-In Without Making a Clinger

A young squirrel dog that checks back now and then is not a problem. A young squirrel dog that hunts

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Treeing Walker Coonhound standing at base of tree during night hunt, nose up and focused before barking treed

Build a Young Coonhound’s Locate Without Guessing

A young dog that barks at every dark tree it passes is not treeing. It is performing. There is a

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Young Treeing Cur standing at the base of an oak tree during an early squirrel dog training hunt in hardwood timber

First 10 Squirrel Dog Hunts That Matter for Early Training

Most handlers start a young squirrel dog with the wrong goal in mind. They want action. They want to see

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Young Mountain Cur checking a white oak tree in a hardwood creek bottom during early squirrel dog training

Teach a Squirrel Dog the First 50 Yards Right

A young squirrel dog that burns out of the cast like something is chasing it looks exciting. It is not.

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Young Redbone Coonhound working independently through hardwood timber during early coonhound training

How to Start a Coonhound Without Creating a Me-Too Dog

Most handlers know what a me-too dog looks like. The pup piles out of the truck, follows the pack straight

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