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peanut1
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how to stop my dog from treeing a possum!

i got a 2 year old bluetick that has treed 3 possums since i got her. it seems she only does it when i call for her though is whats weird. anyone got any suggestions?

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jason554
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Dump her out on one then light her up with a shocker when she opens up

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bkfleming69
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Tie him back, shoot the slick tail and cover it in ammonnia then turn him loose.He want do it much after that.

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Never ever , ever , ever , ever , ever .... EVER!!! shoot something out to your dogs you dont' want them to tree ... they cannot understand why you would want the possum then punish them for it ... it's beyond what a dog understands...

Never ... ever ... think that a dog is so stupid that he don't catch on to you slammin on the breaks to dump him onto a road possum and then shock him ... if you think that is gonna work ... the dog needs to be up front and you should be riding in the dog box ...

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We used to have a young male dog he was treein possums we shot one out to him and as soon as he grabbed it we shocked him he never treed another one after that

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jmo

switch that dog and send it on.

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bkfleming69
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If he is smart enough to know that breaks are being applied as your saying then he is smart enough to know that slick tails soaked in ammonia is something he should not mess with!Just my opinion.

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Justin Smith
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If he is smart enough to know that breaks are being applied as your saying then he is smart enough to know that slick tails soaked in ammonia is something he should not mess with!Just my opinion.

Being smarter than the dog is something the old timers say over and over for a reason .... you wouldn't put a twinkie in your kids mouth and then slap it out as way of getting them to lose weight would you ? .... never mind .. based on your first response maybe you think that does make sense...

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jason554
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Lol. I'm with you flemming I think some people give them to much credit for there intelligence. Maybe they are lacking there own

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Lol. I'm with you flemming I think some people give them to much credit for there intelligence. Maybe they are lacking there own

"there" refers to a place ... '' their' is the word you were looking for ... before you talk about intelligence .. you might want to go get some ..

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Take your dog away, shoot it out and tie it to your dogs neck for bout 3 days, they'll never tree one again.

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We did that to one of our dogs, he never treed one again.

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Re: how to stop my dog from treeing a possum!

quote:
Originally posted by peanut1
i got a 2 year old bluetick that has treed 3 possums since i got her. it seems she only does it when i call for her though is whats weird. anyone got any suggestions?

dont call for her

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Justin Smith
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The proof that some dogs are smarter than their owners is when their owner has a dumb idea about possum breaking that doesn't work ... but the dog is smart enough to overlook it and quit treeing them anyway ....

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Jim Hill
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The proof that some dogs are smarter than their owners is when their owner has a dumb idea about possum breaking that doesn't work ... but the dog is smart enough to overlook it and quit treeing them anyway ....

lol sorry not just your ideas work bud, i shot one down to my dog 7 years ago, shocked him when he touched it hasnt treed one since

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Re: jmo

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switch that dog and send it on.

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tmeredith
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MY PUP TREED AN OPOSSUM ONCE WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 10 months OLD I TIED HIM BACK SHOT IT OUT TURNED HIM LOOSE WHEN HE GRABBED IT I GRABBED AN OAK LIMB ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TENNIS BALL AN ABOUT 3 FEET LONG AND KNOCKED HIM COLD WHEN HE WOKE UP YOU COULD NOT POUR HIM ON A OPOSSUM HE NEVER TREED ANOTHER ONE THE REST OF HIS LIFE!

THE POINT OF THIS STORY IS NEVER NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER THINK YOU KNOW IT ALL , IF YOU THINK YOU DO YOU HAVE ALREADY LOST!!!

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quote:
Originally posted by Justin Smith
Never ever , ever , ever , ever , ever .... EVER!!! shoot something out to your dogs you dont' want them to tree ... they cannot understand why you would want the possum then punish them for it ... it's beyond what a dog understands...

Never ... ever ... think that a dog is so stupid that he don't catch on to you slammin on the breaks to dump him onto a road possum and then shock him ... if you think that is gonna work ... the dog needs to be up front and you should be riding in the dog box ...

So when you are talking about slamming on the brakes, then by your logic, I could not drive past a deer and slam on my brakes, dump the dog, and break him that way, right?
Well, I had a young dog that decided he really liked deer. It took only three times of driving around and finding deer to turn him on and then let him get a good lesson before he was broke from deer. Only three times! So yes, that method works. I have done it several times. This is only one example!

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TO: Justin Smith
AND BESIDES THEY ASKED FOR IDEAS OR HELP, YOU DIDN'T OFFER ANY ADVICE OF YOUR OWN YOU JUST USED YOUR" SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE" TO DOWN EVERY OTHER IDEA THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS PUT ON HERE INSTEAD OF GRACING US WITH YOUR WISDOM AND TELLING WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE, SORRY I MEAN WHAT WE (SHOULD) DO ACCORDING TO JUSTIN!!!!!!!

p.s.SORRY FOR ANY MISS SPELLING WRONG PUNCTUATION OR BAD GRAMMAR IN GENERAL!! ***HOLE!!!

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my dog used to catch them on the ground and i would take it away from and walk him down a little bit and recast him and then go stand by the slick tail and if he came back i would scold him

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EnglishBabe
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Never really found a tried and true method of breaking them off of them. I tried the Boatman over kill method, the tie it to their collar and let it wear off method, the shock them when they grab it method and still had a female Bluetick that was one he!! of a possum dog, but no coondog!

My male dog is sneaky about them now, he will run around a tree they are in, but never open up on it. He will also kill one if he finds it in a field, but unless you are close enough to hear him growling, you will never know, unless you find it stretched out dead.

I think that different methods work for different dogs. It all depends on how hard headed they are and if they are 'open' to learning a lesson or not.

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Take your dog away, shoot it out and tie it to your dogs neck for bout 3 days, they'll never tree one again.

I have seen this method tried once. Flys invaded the possum and maggots got inside the dogs neck and it cost the man alot of $$$ to get him well. So i would not suggest doing it.

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I think that different methods work for different dogs. It all depends on how hard headed they are and if they are 'open' to learning a lesson or not.

I agree 100%!

You guys need to take it easy on Justin. I don't think you realize how lucky we are to have someone who is so smart that he can lovingly explain to us how all of us are idiots and all our ideas are stupid. An oN top if tat he cin hep larn us how to spel an tipe gooder two?

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jason554
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lol i love it. we try to give some ideas and let the guy choose the method he likes and somebody who has no ideas wants to cut us all down. i hope i spelled that all right

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