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I find it hard to keep a dog around that u half to train to hunt! There are so many dogs out there that have the drive and determination that spending the time and money on a dog that u half to teach it what it already should know!That is to hunt i like to train a dog what not to hunt.
DON'T get me wrong i think its good what u are doing on giving this dog a chance i don't know the dog it might come on strong and fast giving the opportunity! GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HUNTING....

I agree on trying to train a dog to hunt. I don't even know how you would go about it...
Training for me has invovled simple obediance and then stoping them from running off game.

The hunt is in there already and its just a matter of exposing them to the stuff you want and shutting them down on the stuff you don't. I think I have been lucky, and also my setup likly has something to do with it. My dogs roam free on a 10 acre orchard surrounded by natl forest. We also have chickens running loose so all this draws in the critters. Bears, foxes ect like apples and the cats try snatching chickens once in a while.

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dont let em get ya down my red tick was the exact same story but he was older 5 if i remember right but he was one hell of a dog awsome pup trainer and hardly ever had a bad night i would say 95% of the nights i hunted here was coon treed with him glued to the tree but those are good lookin dogs just take your time with them get em trustin you and they should do good for ya i always bond with new dogs take them out for walks and truck rides even not hunting and when its time to hunt they dont let me down my two now just turned a year old and both hunt and tree like there will never be a thing to hunt ever again

old homer and sam after a short nights run

my two new pups

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ya it sounds like it they should be good dogs for ya bloodline don't mean everything i have had a few dogs that i ended up selling listening to what people say about free dogs that i wish i never would of cause i know the guys i sold them to and they like to refresh me every time on how dumb i was to sell those dogs

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I don't know where your from BuckNAze, but I know where I come from no local shelter is gonna let me "borrow" a cat to see if my dogs will take after it!
Also noticed you posted a comment about using barn cats to train those pups, is that Legal where your from? You probably should be keeping that shit to yourself, if not for your own reputation, for the other houndsmen on here.
Do or say what you want, I've only been on here for a short period of time myself and have only been bear hunting for 4 years, but I do enjoy this forum since I've been on it and if you've navigated around it at all you'd respect the fact that, thats the kind of crap you shouldn't be bragging about on a public forum!