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Im kinda in a delima and need some advice. i have about a nine or 10 month old walker male. Ive been taking him hunting every night for the past few weeks. Hes never seen a live coon and not that many dead ones for that matter but he is striking and runing a track a right good ways on his own but hasnt made it to a tree by hisself yet. He has ran all the way and locked down on a tree with other dogs but will not stay on it if there isnt a coon in it, he trys to keep goin and hell aventually loose it. Now I said all that to ask, Last night for the first time he treed a possum. After that i turned him loose again and he treed another one. I dont no whether to discipline him or not. I hate to cause hes not a finished dog by no means and I dont want him to stop staying on a tree cause he thinks im gonna beat him but i dont want to wait to long and make a possum dog out of him. Any kind of input from some of you veterans will be a big help. Thanks matt lewis

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I'd put the leash on him and fuss at him and get out of there FAST. Once he trees a couple of coons alone and then if he trees a possum I'd get after him a lil harder.

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yea that pretty much what I did with him and what I figured I would do, I just do no alot about trainin coondogs. Ive hunted along time but this is the first pup ive tried to train that even put its nose to the dirt, lol. I have some junk thats for sure.

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possums usually dont climb very high.he can smell and
even see them nothing wrong with it.try turning some
coons loose in front of him take a stick beat on the tree
what ever it takes.

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yea he was lookin dead at both of them last night, they werent but about 7 foot high on trees no bigger than your pinkie finger. Suprised the trees werent bent over to the ground lol.

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buy some possum scent n before u go out huntin soak a rag or something u can fasten 2 his collar cut him out should have no problem do repeatedly till hes gettin coon

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I'd put the leash on him and fuss at him and get out of there FAST. Once he trees a couple of coons alone and then if he trees a possum I'd get after him a lil harder.

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i came from the old school and i know i will catch crap for this but .. i would pet him up.. you can break him off them latter. you want him to tree and that is the hardest part of it all.. when he is treeing every time out then work on the this is ok and this is not thing.. but the main thing is at this point dont scold him at the tree just yet.

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I'd put the leash on him and fuss at him and get out of there FAST. Once he trees a couple of coons alone and then if he trees a possum I'd get after him a lil harder.

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if this dog has seen and ran coon already, i would get his mind off of possums as quick as possible..just don't do it at a tree..turn him out on a possum out in a field somewhere where it can't climb a tree..when he grabs it light him up or knock him to the ground..

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after you shoot out a few coon to him kick his butt if he trees a possum and get harder every time he trees one

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Got to know what to do before you can stop doing what not to do.

I'm with Trueblue get that pup treeing on his own with confidence. When he finds out you don't want nothing but coon he will tree nothing but coon.

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I agree with HOBO & Burdette on this one.....

whatever you do NEVER shoot the pooum down to him and hit him with it.....I would just fuss over it and let him now it is wrong....

what I like to do is use a skinny switch/twig. At his age I wouldn't though....once he finds that interest in coons It most likely won't be any problem because coons are more fun....

good luck!
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i came from the old school and i know i will catch crap for this but .. i would pet him up.. you can break him off them latter. you want him to tree and that is the hardest part of it all.. when he is treeing every time out then work on the this is ok and this is not thing.. but the main thing is at this point dont scold him at the tree just yet.

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Get a possum put it in a cage or trap,get yourself a shock collar and use it!make that dog run the other way when he smells or sees a possum.shocking is alot safer than wipping and beating a dog plus he doesn't know your the one shocking him!whipping and beating could turn him timmid especially doing it while hunting him.

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take a electric fence charger make about a 24-30 inch circle with the wire about 6 inches of the ground. put a fresh killed possum in the circle. turn the dog out where he can find it on his own preferably in a large fenced in yard. do this a few times over a couple months he wont mess with them any more. will work for deer too

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yea he was lookin dead at both of them last night, they werent but about 7 foot high on trees no bigger than your pinkie finger. Suprised the trees werent bent over to the ground lol.

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I'd put the leash on him and fuss at him and get out of there FAST. Once he trees a couple of coons alone and then if he trees a possum I'd get after him a lil harder.

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Get a possum put it in a cage or trap,get yourself a shock collar and use it!make that dog run the other way when he smells or sees a possum.shocking is alot safer than wipping and beating a dog plus he doesn't know your the one shocking him!whipping and beating could turn him timmid especially doing it while hunting him.

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Originally posted by Timsdogs
Get a possum put it in a cage or trap,get yourself a shock collar and use it!make that dog run the other way when he smells or sees a possum.shocking is alot safer than wipping and beating a dog plus he doesn't know your the one shocking him!whipping and beating could turn him timmid especially doing it while hunting him.

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He hasnt done it anymore since that night, not saying he wont do it again but maybe hes got it all out of his system.

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LOL


I wouldn't hold my breath....


Good luck with him.

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Yea I said that and he done it tonight lol.

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