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Hi I bought a Cameron hound Male directly from Del and he was very timid from the get go . told Del I was not happy with him but just said he found that odd maybe it was but have heard some are timid also so maybe not that odd. anyway I think for the 800.00 I paid for him he could have at least tried to offer me another one but he died anyway at 8 months old so who knows if he would have ever made a dog but I know they are a good line I just got a dud that happens anyway good hunting to all and have a happy new year.

I dont doubt Del has some good dogs but I bought 1 once and that dog never run a track, was scared to ride in the truck, and slobbered constantly. I even starved that dog for three days when he was six months old then ran a bacon trail 20 ft long and left it on the ground. He had eaten bacon many times before. 2 hrs later he still hadn't found it & my back yard isnt that big. I tried every trick I new of but at a year and a half old I got rid of him. He was the only dog I ever had that didnt turn out & Ive owned lots of dogs. He was also very timid.

I had two dogs from Del back in the early 90's that were great hard pounding dogs,they were gritty and not the least bit shy about anything.They were some of the best dogs I have ever had.Used them for bear,cats and coon. Ww were catching coon with those dogs on aregular basis at 9 or 10 months old. Dunno if they have changed much,except the price is a lot higher.

ive have two of them now and couldnt be happier with them i didnt get them from del but got them from jim bundrick in utah sorry you didnt get a good one

when i got out of the marine corps my buddy was going to get me a dog from del he told del that he wanted a female i guess it was all going good until the last week when my friend was suppost to go pick it up del told him he will get what del picks so if its a male to bad my buddy ended up telling del no deal and got a cameron bred dog from bret williams from idaho when i got home i got it as a present one of the best gifts i could ask for she is coming along real well she is almost two and is a pretty cold nosed little dog i run her on cats coon and bear and she does great on all of them. sorry you got a dud dog

Bluedogs ,is your female out of Brett's Max dog.How does she do on bears on a scale of 1-10 ?

Trueblue wrote:Bluedogs ,is your female out of Brett's Max dog.How does she do on bears on a scale of 1-10 ?

Trueblue..

I have bear hunted with some of Brett's blueticks.. Gosh, it's been 3-4 years ago. They were all young dogs.. Not sure who the sire was but they were hitting a 7 for me at bear and it was their first year of running.. Seems like they were going to be good ones.. Brett Williams knows dogs and is a heck of a trainer...

I have made this coment on a few other post on Cameron pups I have seen. had 2 buddies get two pups from Del about 10 years ago, both were timid they took them both back and they got 2 more and they were also timid to the point you couldnt catch them. All four were junk. maybe just a fluke but thats not good odds to me.

Ive got a 100% bred cameron female from Jim Harrell out of Swan Lake. She is not timid in any way and is starting very fast at 5 months. From what ive seen out of the cameron line the only thing I would change is their size. They seem to be a little on the large side,other than that they seem to have a good nose and mind.

For $800 they better all be the best dog you have .

sounds like a lot of hype

My brother bought one from Del a couple of years ago. 2 days before going and picking it up, we called Del and he informed us that he decided to keep the pup because he really liked it and would give him the pick of the littter on the next batch of pups. Needless to say he got his money back and would have drove to Mt and would have no pup to bring home.

A buddy of ours got a male form Del and it took 3 years for that dog to turn on. Once he did he is a hunting machine. He felt he paid to much to not let him try for a really loong time. We got a son of this dog and had to put him down at 2.5 years of age due to health reasons, see medicial forum. We got a dog from Coery Daily that is half Camron (dad) and quater plott and walker. She is a tracking machine!!

Mel

ive got a full cameron and hes turning on fairly slow. hes now about 17 months old and he will tree a trainer but its taking him a long time to figure things out. he hates trainer cats but likes to play with dogs instead of hunt right now. im frustrated with him but i think he will turn on real well in the up coming season. he will fight a coon like hes been doing it for years but he wont tree on his own yet so i have to walk him into the tree. just seems like hes catching on just very slowly.

A buddy of ours got a male form Del and it took 3 years for that dog to turn on. Once he did he is a hunting machine. He felt he paid to much to not let him try for a really loong time. We got a son of this dog and had to put him down at 2.5 years of age due to health reasons, see medicial forum. We got a dog from Coery Daily that is half Camron (dad) and quater plott and walker. She is a tracking machine!!
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Regarding the above case and just some food for thought.

Do you think that this 3 year old hound "turned on" so late due to lack of exposure, physical reasons, immaturity reasons or just overall lack of a bred in natural desire to strike trail and tree at an early age.

If it is the latter, namely a lack of an early natural desire to stike trail tree and fight game. Then we would contend that maybe the hound finally "turned on" simply from the repetition of exposure to hunting situtations. And certainly, this is not something hound dog breeders should be happy about producing. In fact, with enough hunting and game I believe your average stock dog or other breed could be trained to tree game on hot tracks and tree if they could see it.

A natural trail and tree hound should be showing something the first time a rabbit jumps up in front of them or a squirrel runs up a tree at anywhere frome 6 months to 1 year of age. We have had several hounds over the years that split off from older dogs and got treed on lions and cats before a year of age.

Just some food for thought. We often have our mind made up about a dog by ten months and 1 year to 1 1/2 years is our cut off for a young dog depending on the hunting they have had and the opportunities they received.

Let's all strive to produce the NATURALS!!!

Good luck.