RE: coon hounds
I'll agree with Dryridge about the obedience training.
My wife is an obedience trainer, and I have had my coonhound through obedience classes. She is really good on most of her commands, but her recall sucks sometimes. It has gotten considerably better, but I had a few times trying to get her to come to the truck that were comical to spectators, and iritating(to say the least) to me. I have started keeping treats in my pocket when I am hunting. Now, usually all it takes is a whistle and "Daisy, what's this?" and she comes running.
When it's time to go hunting, there is no problem with the box though. She loves to load, she knows that it means hunting, and at the end of the night, she knows that it means dinner is soon(I don't feed before I hunt them, and always feed as soon as I get home).