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well i would like to hunt 5 days a week but cant but lone wolf and o a limb your both right some dogs got it some dont some are pros and some are miners but can get the job done i got a pup for my boy and i will tell you look out 5 day would make it faster but weekends are just fine for this dog

O.K. you all made your point. It's all about the hound and the hunter. My point was just the more a person and hound hunts the better they are going to get. An althete doesn't just work out 2 days a week for a good reason, he or she can't stay in shape just conditioning on the weekend. I learn something ever time I go, but I'm sure there are some hound guys out there that know it all. Sure the culls both hunter and hound my never get to the "Hall of Fame" know matter how many times they hunt- You plant potatoes-You get potatoes. As for myself, I think the more my dogs are in the woods, the more they improve. And at least if I decide I am going to get rid of a hound because it is't cutting it, I can say I gave it a fair shot by getting it into the woods.

Cold nosed dogs are going to take tracks backwards sometimes. I've yet to see one of those "go-to" dogs not be on the wrong end once in awhile. But lots of time they get on the right end when other dogs can't.

A hotter nose dog usually doesn't back track as much, because they can only go so far before they can't take it. Usually something tells them pretty quick that this track ain't getting any better.

Some dogs purposely take the back-track and it has nothing to do with nose and everything to do with not wanting to be on the business end of the track. Generally these dogs have had their ass put on a platter by a bear a few times and don't want it to happen again.

I've also seen some dogs that ALWAYS competed with each other for the track and would not run with another dog. They wanted to have their own track even if it was wrong. They were hard-headed SOBs but also would be able to grind out that nearly impossible track. But if you've got a couple dogs like that you are nearly guaranteed that one of them will have it the right way Once the track was a little more warmed up it was no problem, cause they wanted to be on the fun end.

I've seen all sorts of weird stuff happen with dogs but if an excuse has to be made more often than not, it's time for different dogs. This is on bear, on cats excuses is all I ever have.

Nolte, you pretty much said it all. Good post.

briarpatch

well said heck i have good dogs but my dogs dont like to be behind other dogs when where rigging down the road but they will run a track with other dogs no problem