Jim Hill
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quote: Originally posted by redtide
you can definately teach a dog to stay treed...yes it does take patience. some are more natural, some need more teaching.
As already mentioned, tie her to the tree as much as possible and leave her longer and longer, rewarding her for being there (whatever your method - praising, shooting out coons, both, etc.).
One other thing you can do is trap a live one and run drags with the coon in the trap (like a field trial). When she gets to the tree, be sure she can see the coon - at first even dangling it real low. Progressively put it higher and higher until it is as high as you can get. Each time, tie her to the tree and have her tree as long as possible before she gets bored or too tired. It will be a patient progression. Just don't give up on her. A lot of dog become "cull" dogs, not because the dog didn't do their job, but because the owner/training didn't stick with theirs.
id lisen too this guy , ive had a few that would mill a little at tree or meet me at the tree, worked with them a little and one became very very good
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