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Young Mountain Cur pup working the base of a hardwood tree during an early squirrel dog training session in open timber

How to Start a Squirrel Dog Pup Without Rushing the Woods

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

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Young Bluetick Coonhound bawling at base of tree during a solo night hunt in hardwood forest

How to Start a Young Coonhound Without Making It Dependent on an Older Dog

Most people start a young coonhound the same way. They’ve got a good older dog. They figure the pup will

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Young Mountain Cur tracking a squirrel through dry leaf cover in open hardwood timber during an early training session

How to Keep a Young Squirrel Dog From Quitting a Track Too Early

A young squirrel dog that quits a track too early is one of the most common problems handlers run into.

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Young Mountain Cur circling in dry leaves while working out a lost squirrel track in hardwood timber

Why Your Young Squirrel Dog Won’t Work Out a Loss Track

The dog moves a squirrel, runs it toward the timber, and then the track goes cold. And instead of working

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A Treeing Feist with its head raised, standing at the base of a large hardwood tree in fall woods

How to Get a Young Squirrel Dog to Bark Up the Tree

A young squirrel dog that finds game but goes quiet at the tree is not a broken dog. It is

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Mountain Cur pup with nose to the ground at the base of a hardwood tree in a timber setting

How to Start a Young Squirrel Dog on a Cage Squirrel Without Creating Bad Habits

A cage squirrel can wake a young dog up. It can trigger something that was sitting quiet in a pup

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Bluetick Coonhound standing at the base of a hardwood tree barking treed at night

Why Your Coonhound Trees But Won’t Stay Treed

A hound that locates, hits the tree, and shows bark is doing something right. But if it drifts off before

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Redbone Coonhound baying at the base of a large hardwood tree in foggy river bottom timber at night

Best Coonhound Breeds for Hunting: What Actually Matters in the Field

People ask which coonhound breed is best. That question does not have one answer. Every breed in the coonhound lineup

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Treeing Cur hunting dog standing at the base of an oak tree looking into the canopy in open hardwood forest

Best Squirrel Dog Breeds for Hunting

The question comes up every time a hunter decides they want a squirrel dog: which are the best squirrel dog

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Young Mountain Cur squirrel dog pup with nose to a tree trunk in open hardwood timber

How to Start a Young Squirrel Dog the Right Way

Most young squirrel dogs do not fail because of bad breeding. They fail because somebody pushed them too hard, too

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