Coon Dogs

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

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

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

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

Speed looks like ability. That’s the problem. A dog that gets to a tree fast, hits it hard, and stands

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

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

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