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Young English Coonhound pausing on a track in hardwood timber during a night hunt

Why Young Tree Dogs Regress After a Few Good Hunts

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

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Young Feist squirrel dog at the base of a hardwood tree looking up into the canopy during an early season hunt

Why Your Young Squirrel Dog Looks Worse After Showing Promise

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

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Treeing Cur squirrel dog moving through open hardwood timber ahead of a hunter during a fall hunt

How to Get a Squirrel Dog to Range Out Instead of Hunting Under Your Feet

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

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Young Treeing Walker Coonhound following a fresh drag track through fallen leaves in a hardwood timber edge at dusk

How to Start a Young Coonhound on a Drag Without Making It Track Too Slow

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

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Redbone Coonhound standing alone at the base of a tree during a nighttime solo training hunt

How to Fix a Coonhound That Trees With Company but Won’t Stay Treed Alone

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

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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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