mez

I'll second that. It seems that most houndsmen don't socialize nor do any obedience training what so ever. It is very irritating to me to be around dogs that don't come when they are called and don't listen. Spend some time with a puppy and this stuff is easy to do and will make your dog much more enjoyable. My brother and I can both call our dogs off of a track if we want to go home or if they are heading where they aren't supposed to be. Very handy.

SWOSUMike

I would not wet downthe coon if you are going to use caged game. First off, that is just a plain sad thing to do to the animal in my opinion (and I am no anti), and second, the dog doesn't need it to be wet. If it is a coondog in the making, it will sure-enough smell the coon whether he's wet or not. I wouldn't help the dog in that way. I also would not shoot it out mad over a pup. A coon can do a number on even a tough grown hound. I'd let the dog get a dead one shot out first. Eventually you will shoot one out alive and the dog will figure it out (or not). Not trying to offend anyone but this is just my thoughts for whatever they are worth.

duckdog132

i compitition hunt alot with coon hounds and i hunt only walkers(mostly) and some blue-ticks walkers just seem to be much faster on track and harder tree dogs
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Bluetickhunter

my opion is for a tree dog walker now im a blue guy and actualy have a coonhunt tonight ukc but anyways Walkers are breed now to tree theres good and bad in this some wlakers will slick tree all day some wont its training what it comes down to walkers just seem to start earlier but then again my new blue pup is 5months and tree's pritty good but its all trainign if you ask me but be carful you dont want a slick treer

Chris_H

go with the bluetick or a walker

8mm

walker thats what i hunt with

wihunter1388

walk with wick is a good purchase and on coondawgs.com under the training forum has good information. in my opinion i like walkers have yet to run a deer but opposum and skunks a different story. break them the first time they run trash then 5 months old might be too young. take a cage coon water it down and let the pup out. if you know someone witha already trained dog go hunting with him. but a older dog does help out alot especially a slow one. if you do know someone with a trained dog bring that dog over and maybe your pup will get fired up. some dogs never get fired up on cage coons and work out treeing like a pro. but then let it go (coon) and hold on to the dogs until its out of sight and let the pup go first and see how it does. if it dont do nothing dont sweat it wait a month or two and try it again. dogs take patience i got one right now 18 months old and wont leave your side. thinking thats because some people told me to train obiedience and take walks in the woods when its a pup. wont do that again. not all dogs turn out we are at 6 pups and none turned out already and 2 more that are catching what to do. but blueticks another popular breed its tough sometimes to call them from strike to tree and redbones if you got a good one its worth alot of money and black and tans didnt hear much about them because no one really hunts them in my area. but good luck