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First time starting a young dog

I have a young male walker i been messin with. hes been just runnin around our feet like a retard for a while now but acually got his own coon treed tonight! That was a pretty awsome feeling seein that. I think i understand the pasion people have for starting pups now. I hope he keeps it up.

Re: First time starting a young dog

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Originally posted by mike sheridan
I have a young male walker i been messin with. hes been just runnin around our feet like a retard for a while now but acually got his own coon treed tonight! That was a pretty awsome feeling seein that. I think i understand the pasion people have for starting pups now. I hope he keeps it up.

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bout 15 months old. he was 7 months when i got him. I havent put him in the woods probly as much as i should have but i was leading the older dog i have out of the woods n he tore off n treed one on his own it was an awsome feeling. I hope he keeps it up! The older dog is a buddy of mines dog that is finished by the way. I didnt start her i got her that way.

youll start really haveing some fun now. good luck with him.

Yes , the fun starts. Just a suggestion but not advice, Always stay on the heels of a young dog if you are young and man enough. I always start a pup with a trained dog. If that trained dog can be counted on not to lead him astray if he is only two years old or if the trainer is 10 years old, no matter, the first time the young dog stays up or especially passes the trainer and will hold a tree, it is time for him to go by himself. I myself want a trainer to be 2-3 years old so that when the pup can do right , he is two about years old. If I only have a ten year old pup trainer to start one with, I only let him go with that dog till I figure he has no more to learn from it. But that is just me. I have trainers from 10 years old all the way down to 3 years old that can be trusted. When I only have a old trainer , I hunt a pup by itself to strike and get it going, then turn in the old dog to check him out. That's just me. If a fifteen month old can't walk off from a ten year old after a very few hunts , he probably won't be with me long. Just some thoughts. But that is where the fellows that think you need to start a pup clean by itself are wrong. They either out do what is around them or they don't in a few nights. If they mee too that is the stupid pup's fault. Not anything you can do about that and age, after they are grown with some experiense, won't cure that.

Thanks for the advice. I wasnt sure if i should try to stay up by him or back off tell hes treein hard. makes sense tho to stay up with him so i can watch what hes doin n keep him on the tree once hes treein. lookin forward to gettin him in the woods some more