I need some experienced help!!!!

[eskinner45]

New question for all you experienced guys I gotta 8 month old pup from a guy and she's a running bred cross dog. I have been trying the walking stick method but I wanted to get her to understand that the smell of the trailing scent is associated with live game because she hasn't really been barking to trail it or anything. So I walked her along the trail I put out, just a short one, and when I got there I had a house cat in a cage the I let down out of the tree and she didn't get excited or anything over it she just kind of sat there and looked at it so I got my coon dog and had her bark and carry on at it and still I got nothing outta the pup. What do I do will she become more interested or is it going to be a lost cause?

[pegleg]

Most dogs intelligent enough to make cat dogs figure out the trainer scents pretty quick. I've never had much luck with dogs more interested in treeing then catching game. Once a dog has a basic understanding of what we are doing wondering around the desert and what to do in certain circumstances I take them out hunting with older dogs. They either have the drive and interest to start helping out and learning or they don't.

[eskinner45]

Yeah well that's my biggest problem I don't have a dog that wants to run anything but a coon.