Hunting

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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

Any dog can look useful when squirrels are moving fast and making mistakes. Throw a dog in the woods on

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