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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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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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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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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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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How to Handle a Coonhound That Trees Fast but Misses Under Hunt Pressure
Speed looks like ability. That’s the problem. A dog that gets to a tree fast, hits it hard, and stands
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Why Young Dogs Get Blamed for Handler Mistakes Too Early
Most handlers will not admit this out loud, but a lot of young dogs get written off before they ever
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How to Judge Progress in a Young Coonhound Without Lying to Yourself
Most handlers do not struggle because the dog has no ability. They struggle because they keep grading progress off emotion,
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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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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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