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Is independance bred into a dog or is it taught and encouraged through training and hunting?

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TreeTex , It is my experience that it is a natural trait , that is passed on ...
Not to all the pups in the litter but to some ...
Also if you hunt a dog by himself for long enough , he will learn he dosen't need another dog....
I have seen first hand some of my Coma and Swamp bred dogs just come by it naturally.............

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Thanks Conrad. How are you doing?

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I don`t want to hijack your thread but I have a question about independence too. I always thought an independent dog was one that took a track and got treed and wouldn`t pull to another dog for nothing. Now I`m learning that most mean a dog that won`t tree with other dogs, must get off by it`s self. What happens with a dog like that if it gets struck and another dog strikes behind it but pushes the track faster? Does it quit it`s track and go look for another rather than take second tree?

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I don`t want to hijack your thread but I have a question about independence too. I always thought an independent dog was one that took a track and got treed and wouldn`t pull to another dog for nothing. Now I`m learning that most mean a dog that won`t tree with other dogs, must get off by it`s self. What happens with a dog like that if it gets struck and another dog strikes behind it but pushes the track faster? Does it quit it`s track and go look for another rather than take second tree?

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Everyone is going to have their own opinions. I have one I consider independent almost to, if not to a fault. He will run a track with others maybe 10% of the time and the same with treeing. I've seen him work a track with two other dogs, they treed about 75 yards in with the meat, he worked a track right by them knocking the wood back and never looked over at the tree. He seems to duck and dodge other dogs. I know he has never been hunted with anything rough and was only hunted maybe twice before I got him as a 2 year old. He has potential but, really isn't for pleasure hunting which is mainly what I do. When you cut him it is a surprise if he opens anywhere near another dog. LOL!

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Originally posted by CONRAD FRYAR
TreeTex , It is my experience that it is a natural trait , that is passed on ...
Not to all the pups in the litter but to some ...
Also if you hunt a dog by himself for long enough , he will learn he dosen't need another dog....
I have seen first hand some of my Coma and Swamp bred dogs just come by it naturally.............

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Is independance bred into a dog or is it taught and encouraged through training and hunting?

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Its mostly bred into one but can be trained into one to some degree.....

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