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Indoor coonhound

Question for anyone with experience. I am thinking about raising a pup inside for hunting and a companion dog. I have never trained a coonhound pup but have two pretty good ones that stay outside. I understand some of the pros and cons but I am interested to know how do you keep the dog from flat disappearing on you when you let it out to use the bathroom or when you turn your back for a second. Anyone that has raised one inside please feel free to chime in.

One big con in my opinion to think about is the temperature change from inside to out when hunting. Dog sits inside in the a/c all day and will run and find a coon that night in heat and humidity. This situation could lead to some potential health concerns such as heat exhaustion or in extreme cases a stroke. Same can be said about winter time for me in Michigan I know of people that have had dogs in the house but I prefer to keep them outside 99 percent the time. Plus as mentioned when its bathroom time in the evening and you want them to stay close that may set back training and confuse a young dog when you want it too go hunting.

Don’t get attached. Jmo

get a redbone !!good pets !! guard dogs !! not sure about coon tho !! RICHARD

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get a redbone !

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Ive known three dogs here in michigan raised and stayed in the house. Killed at minimum 100 coon a year with no problem.

When we had one Redbone pup, we took her out several times a day. When she got older, we took her out with the e-collar or tied her out several times a day. Now that we have 2, we have a 35' x 40' kennel out the back door. But they usually don't do their business there...they still wait to go in the orchard on the way to the barn in the AM to try to find the barncat.

My male dog has been an inside dog since day 1. Listens around the house won't generally take off if you let him out to use the bathroom, on a rare occasion he will get a wild hair. The cold don't bother him one bit but he ain't a fan of hunting when it gets much over 70, probably a result of having ehrlicia a few years back. Trees plenty of coons come hunting season. My brother's female was the same way until she died except the heat didn't affect her as bad. We both have pups that are inside now that we are gonna be starting this fall and we have high hope's for them. I have heard of others with dogs better than our pleasure hounds that lived indoors as well. I don't think it hurts their hunting too much and the increase interaction of it being in the house helps in being able to call your dog back if it gets close to road or a piece of property it is not supposed to be on. One negative thing is they do like to hog up space on the couch or bed and can make themselves weigh 300 pounds when you try to move them out the way. Good luck and feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.

Dogs Inside

Makes them listen better. Doesn't hurt hunting ability!

It can't hurt, but could help. I've seen some outstanding dogs that were kept inside.

Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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Originally posted by JiM
Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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If the dog doesn’t turn out to be the greatest I am happy with it being a pet. I am just a pleasure hunter that hunts one dog at a time. I just like the idea of a hunting companion and if it doesn’t work out I have my outside dog to continue treeing coons with. I have never tried to train one and was wondering if this might no be the way to start.

I live in NW Pa, the temps range from the 90's in the summer to -20 in the winter. That being said I keep my dogs in the house, especially in the winter. Summertime they spend the days in their kennels. These dogs will flat out hunt and handle great. I run them on coons spring thru fall, and in January and February run them on bobcats. The temperature changes have never affected them, they give it their all hot or cold. I'm not saying they are the best dogs out there but they are very good. The only posts I see saying don't, are making up supposed problems. The only problem I have is muddy dogs at quitting time.

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Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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Ole Reezen was a housepet was Griner owned him. dropped him off at the front door a couple nights. Id say he was as nice as any when he first got him and he was actually hunted. Idk what he's like now that Lance and the boys went back to hunting him.

i raised one inside and wont again- just because it seemed to take the want to out of the pup. i think that "laziness" may have already been there but was amplified when raised inside in "the good life".

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Here's my question. At least some will be culls in terms of hunting ability. So, has anyone ever culled the family housedog?

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I have two inside hounds that hunt just fine, but I got them each as started dogs. I did have one awhile back that I got as a pup. He was a decent bear dog even when he lived in an apartment in Brooklyn NY for most of the week. He only went out on leash in the city.
These days, I live way out in the sticks. I have a fenced area out the back door where I let them out to do their business or just hang out. They do escape once a week or so, usually when I am going in and out another door., usually one hound or the other, not both. A more disciplined approach to "STAY" is convenient.
I will bribe them with treats to get them back, but they will take themselves hunting if there's a coon or bear hanging around. That's ok with me. They will open if the game is outside the fence and they are inside, and I've been known to let them out to hunt if I'm not in bed already. They don't open on off game, but they do follow rabbits and woodchucks under the porch, and they occasionally kill one. Occasionally when they escape they go visit other neighborhood dogs or just stretch their legs for ten or twenty minutes. Eventually, they get treed or come back.
They are more prone to trying to run off if you don't take them hunting enough. My old dog rarely goes far for long, but the one in his prime is desperate to go hunting as often as possible.
My biggest annoyances with them are indoors---they will help themselves to any food left within reach, even for a couple of minutes. For instance, one of mine got a pie I made this morning when I went outside briefly. Ate an entire key lime pie! It was covered, on the counter. More often it's something like a stick of butter that I've turned my back on for a minute when I'm cooking. Others I've had raided the laundry hamper for stinky socks to chew on. A friend had one that stole his dentures (left on a bedside table). They are way worse about this kind of thing when less than two years old or so.
Mine are allowed on the furniture, but you should be forewarned that all indoor hounds love to nest obsessively. If you share your bed, they will rearrange the blankets and pillows obsessively, whether you are in it or not. They rearrange the couch cushions. They drag blankets from their dog box on the porch into the house. They put the bathroom shower mat in the kitchen. They move these things back and forth whimpering all the time until their nest is just right., then decide they can make it better ten minutes later. It's not the worst of faults, and can be charming, but there are times it gets annoying!
Hounds are headstrong dogs . You either have to be relaxed about housekeeping or very disciplined about teaching them house manners. They make great pets for people who can deal with their hunting instincts, but you don't want to deal with the consequences of one "treeing" human meals like one of mine did in his old age. Made dinner table conversation impossible!
They are eager to please. Consistent discipline with a squirt bottle is enough to curb routine bad habits.

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