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Posted by B&T12 on 02-16-2005 12:18 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by synoviaus
I thought the longer ears helped funnel the scent in hounds making them more efficient hunters? Amy

not at all

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Posted by BRYAN J on 02-16-2005 12:54 AM:

Just received my news letter from Purina and it does say that long ears do help funnel the smell molicules in the nose. Big article about this. Pretty neat!
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Posted by B&T12 on 02-16-2005 01:31 AM:

ITS A OLD WIFES TALE. ALL THE PPL TELL YOU THAT BUT I MANY A MAN THAT HAD A SHORT EARED THAT WAS COLLEDER NOESED THEN MANY LONG EARD HOUND

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Posted by P.W. Chapman on 02-16-2005 02:00 AM:

If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

Posted by coldtrail on 02-16-2005 02:04 AM:

If hes a sho-nuff coondog I don't even care if he has ears!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Richard Nethery on 02-16-2005 03:07 AM:

Short Ears Should,

Be Concitered a Fault, Hound Ears, should reach the tip of the nose.

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Posted by redhunter on 02-16-2005 12:54 PM:

short-ear'd hounds look a whole lot like bird dogs..........wonder why...

Posted by moon on 07-19-2009 06:47 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by P.W. Chapman
If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

I like this one. good post.

I want my dog to run a track not walk a track.

Posted by coonernc on 07-19-2009 11:11 AM:

ears

i am with richard, a hounds ears should atleast come close to touching their nose.........and the ear scent funnel,BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Plottluvr on 07-19-2009 01:35 PM:

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Originally posted by synoviaus
I thought the longer ears helped funnel the scent in hounds making them more efficient hunters? Amy

She's right. Look at blood hounds.

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Posted by bandithunter on 07-19-2009 02:28 PM:

I gotta agree with John Carroll on this one. They should look and sound like a hound, not a farm dog. Most people wouldn't know what a cold nosed dog was if it bit them in the butt.

Posted by TreeTex on 07-19-2009 02:43 PM:

I think long ears are pretty but I think our priorities have to be in order. In other words, find me the best all-around coondog you can find that consistently trees coons and is loaded with natural ability. Then show me his ears and that is what a dog's ears should look like. I don't care if there cropped and pointed on top.

Posted by John Carroll on 07-19-2009 09:02 PM:

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I think long ears are pretty but I think our priorities have to be in order. In other words, find me the best all-around coondog you can find that consistently trees coons and is loaded with natural ability. Then show me his ears and that is what a dog's ears should look like. I don't care if there cropped and pointed on top.

I think all of us would agree that performance is far and away the most important factor in coon dogs.

But if I can manage it, I want to feed one that not only has ability, but looks and sounds like a hound too.

You can get it all if you make it a priority.

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Posted by BRYAN J on 07-19-2009 09:58 PM:

Re: Ears

quote:
Originally posted by M MUELLER
I think WildBill is right have you ever noticed the longer the ears the slower they are on track? just an observation. Mitch

I have to agree on this!

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Posted by BRYAN J on 07-19-2009 10:01 PM:

quote:
Originally posted by BRYAN J
Just received my news letter from Purina and it does say that long ears do help funnel the smell molicules in the nose. Big article about this. Pretty neat!
Later
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Anyone ever read that article?

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Posted by SFWALKER on 07-19-2009 11:57 PM:

i've got one ugly little walker female here with real short ears.... she is cold nosed and unbelievably fast on track.... if having longer ears helps them 'funnel' scent better, i can only imagine what she would be like then!!! lol

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Posted by Bill(Chew) on 07-20-2009 12:28 AM:

How's this for long ears? On a hot running track she's only been beaten to the tree once and that was by her daughter and she was 9 years old.

Ear length has NOTHING to do with how fast a dog is.

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Posted by Jay Dangers on 07-20-2009 03:03 AM:

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Originally posted by SMOKIN' GUNS
who owns this dog and is he still alive, would like to get more info and a pedigree. thanks

Nope, aint alive anymore. I could not stand looking at them short ears every morning when I fed him. I feel I did the bluetick breed a favor by removing him from the gene pool, dont need any short eared dogs!!

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Posted by PlottChaser on 07-20-2009 04:32 AM:

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Originally posted by P.W. Chapman
If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

yep I agree a dog moving slow wnough to have time to funnel molecules up to his nosewith his ears is moving too slow. I want their head up and their butt moving on track

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Posted by PlottChaser on 07-20-2009 04:33 AM:

quote:
Originally posted by synoviaus
Still not sure what effect the ears have on making a dog faster. I have read that the longer ears help funnel the scent making them more efficient. That's why the bloodhounds with their really long ears have all other hounds whipped about scenting. I'm by no means an expert this is just information I have read I work in a library so have access to lots of books. LOL. The other posts have me confused about how the short ears make them better coondogs. I'm willing to listen to any information to learn more about making good dogs. Amy

Longer ears slow dogs down cause they trip over them with their front legs!! LOL...just kidding!

Posted by BIGCASTLEDAWGS on 07-20-2009 04:47 AM:

LOL...

quote:
Originally posted by PlottChaser
Longer ears slow dogs down cause they trip over them with their front legs!! LOL...just kidding!

This IS true though... our long earred AKC BnT has FINALLY grown out of stepping on an ear and falling over... but he still can't get his legs out of his own way....

If this dog had been bred to hunt...and trained...he'd have had no problem with the ears... he likes to WIND critters with his head UP in the air. Our bluedawg is always nose and ears to the ground sniffing out critters(especially honey bees in this season!)....

Long ears, Short ears... gotta be personal preference... I sure love a GOOD ear myself... But I loved my greyhounds too and... they didn't have big old ears...

To Each his or her own! Enjoy your hounds and Get out and tree one for me tonight if you can!

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Posted by l.lyle on 07-20-2009 08:22 AM:

Years

bin homeless,so to speak,for the last couple years. Which puts me in good positition for the next 7 years. Wish I'd abin a barr hunter,ilvin offa ten K per year stedda 2ook per year . Had I done don dat , I'd a ' only ben in debt to de U.Sl Govbment to de tune ob 6- K , plus tax an penaltis. .'stead a 299 k, and thats before they auctionred off my mamma's place,. which, since I had a life estate and did not own, I couldn"t GO to the bank and ask, with my hat in my hand' a loan for 200K in order to get the Guvinment off 'n my ass. So, guess what? I'm fixin to become a barr hunter! An learn to live off Nuttin.

Janice Joplin say "freedom is justa nother word for nuttn left to lose.

My buddy, Porgy, say, I got plent O' nuttn and nuttn's plenty fo me, Dey can steal de rug ftom de flo dat's OK wid me caus de moon an the stars, dey all free!!!!! .

Posted by coonbone on 07-20-2009 01:13 PM:

l.lyle,that is deep!

Posted by Bill Crow on 07-20-2009 03:15 PM:

l.lyle, you might think about going into politics. You have a real gift for putting thoughts and words together.

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Posted by mjflores on 07-20-2009 03:33 PM:

Ear length serves no useful purpose in hounds. If anything, they are a handicap. Seem to be the first thing a coon latches onto, and they get torn up in briars, sticks, etc. A torn ear bleeds A LOT! If you ask me, a shorter ear is far better for a number of reasons...but people have to have a set of long ears to look at or they aint happy.

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