Registered: Oct 2011
Location: West Virginia
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I just wanted some pointers and tricks to help make my dogs the best they can be. What's the best age to really start training a pup? And at 17 months, how much should a dog be doing, should he be treeing on his own yet?

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Registered: Feb 2012
Location: Xenia, Ohio
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I am not a walker man or a pro hound trainer, but I start my young hounds out on drags at 2 1/2 to 3 months old and if they can make show dogs I will start them on the bench at a young age also. I don't push them to hard while they are young just try to teach them the basics. At about 8 months old i'll show them a cage coon and see if they are interested and if not i'll wait a couple of months and try again. It takes a lot of patience when your training young hounds, so don't expect to much to soon. At 17 months old I would think the hound should atleast be running track and treeing on a good hot track. JMO

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