andyhorvath234 wrote:
I have a new 6 month old blue tick. I have a piece of coon hide with some sent on it he plays with n loves to have. But I can't get him wound up to open up on it. Is it because he is young or is letting him take the hind in his dog house and have it all the time a bad idea? I'm kinda lost and don't want to waste a dog with good potential on my lack of knowledge. Any advice?
not many of them will get wound up enough to bark on a hide. its hard to get them to really want it bad enough to... a pup barking and jerking on a coon hide aint really gonna give him much education toward hunting and treeing them any more than treeing on your hat or chewin and jerkin on a shop rag would.. read up on how to work him using released live coon. NOT A COON IN A CAGE, but a coon released from a cage.. that will get him and you both headed more in the right direction.