? for the traveling houndsmen

[Jeff Eberle]

You guy that go state to state with your hounds. (from wet cold to dry cold to wet heat to dry heat) do your dog run the same as they do on your home ground the first couple of day? Or do they need time to climatetized. And if so how many day? Is it faster for the old dog or young dog? And I'm not talking a red hot track or a ice cold one let say one that they have to trail a little bit. When I say state to state I'm talking diffrent climates.

[BEAR HUNTER]

A few yrs ago I bought a 3 yr old female blk/tan Bear/cat dog from Canada. Drove up from Fresno and picked her up. I kept her for 6 months. She never did adjust to the heat. Did fine in the snow. I sold her back to a guy that hunted with her before I bought her. Once back in Canada she was a top dog again. Two years ago I bought my English dog from a guy in New Mexico. Only took her a few weeks to adjust. Don't know if the differance was in the dogs or the climate.

[pegleg]

for the most part you will see them behave differently if there's a big difference their nose may lie to them about scent conditions. but most hounds become better at it the more they travel back to the same area. I don't hunt alot of different areas and stick to the same ones in each state so they get used to it. however they don't do great the first few days after a long trip so i visit then hunt. I think when a hound gets shipped long distances they all have a tendency to dehydrate some and most don't eat very much so a day or two's rest sure helps. I also believe if they aren't hunted with new dogs and have the same handler/hunter they don't hiccup nearly as much as a single hound being sold will normally do. my experience with it.

[jasonrinebold]

It can be about all climates were I live depending on the time of year but it seems like if you take a dog from this area or a dry area to a coastal area with more humidity and brush to hold the scent. The scenting conditions are easier for the dog and they have little to know trouble with scent but the brush and big big timber can cause diffrent problems. On the other side of the issue some of the dogs I've tried from the coast can look like there standing on there head with cold trailing over here until they get used to it, but on a jumped track they are usually super quick because there isn't as much brush for them to deal with.