Registered: Jun 2010
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I am raising a coondog pup as an indoor pet. Will it hurt it
as far as a hunting dog.....once training begins? Is it taboo ?
Have people had good experiences? thanks, "J"

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Never stopped Autumn from being a good to above average coondog! She is 9 yrs. old and our resident 'couch potatoe'! She still goes hunting with us and she stills puts em up!

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Has not hurt ours. She had alot of outside time and woods time when she was growing up.

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The closest thing I ever had to a house dog was a yard dog.lol

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I've had two. It never hurt their hunting ability and they never failed to hunt hard...but it had to be tough on them when they were out there in the weather after liviing inside when they were not hunting. You'd never know it though. They do get a bit muddy and dirty! Something to think about!

These were my 24/7 companions all of their lives. Gone but not forgotten. "Rock and Bella"

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Bluedogman.....GREAT PICTURES.....GOTTA LOVE THOSE HOUNDS...ARE SHOULD I SAY BEST FRIENDS

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The only problem is it makes them spoiled brats! Lol Mine is sound asleep on my bed right now, not her own bed but mine.

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The only problem is it makes them spoiled brats! Lol Mine is sound asleep on my bed right now, not her own bed but mine.

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from my experience its a plus for the dog, minus for my marriage. The female I made a house dog would sneak around and chew up anything that belonged to my wife. My wife still has no soft spot for a female hound.

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The only problem I can see with it and I speak from experience is if they don`t make it then what? You have a dog that you`ve got attached too and now you got to start over. Too hard on the family for me to do that anymore but I have now problem retireing one to the house.

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I might add that they are only "spoiled" while they are not hunting. When they hit the woods that's all over. The dog laying in my lap had nothing on his mind but hunting when he was cut loose. They have so much more sense when raised that way too. If you get one that is bred right to begin and you do your work your chances are very low that they won't turn out IMO.

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Trackman and several other big stud dogs are kept as inside dogs.

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my young female stays in the house at night and she is out side during the day and it does not hurt her hunting ability

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I like to bring pups in the house and help socialize them. I also think bringing a pup in the house helps it get accustomed to different smells and sounds and gives the pup more confidence when dealing with strange places, hunting grounds, show venues, etc...Ultimately though, I want a hound and not a pet. I think letting them continually live in the house takes that hardened edge off that I like on my hounds.

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Good Point Turman I don't mind retiring one to the house after they've "earned their place by the fire" as my dad says.

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I've raised several GrNt's & Dual Grand's in the house. One Dual Grand at my feet,another three win's from it & an up & coming pupil as I type. Pretty pooped from huntin last night. Pretty much all of our's go through some house livin stages but my focus is on them learnin their name's & respondin to them as well as basic obedience. Unless they create that special bond with me (ABILITY) first their stays are limited to a week here or there & at times more. I keep rotatin them but ya know what? I can walk outside rite now & anyone that cared to see would see me control a dozen dogs & probably more at a time with escape into the timber but a couple bounds away. Now if I use the magic symbol that same pack will vacate the yard like greased litening in what ever direction I choose.

It's pretty cool to see the whole pack focused & listenin to me. I'll ring the door bell from down below & my wife will come to the window & see me,barefoot generally,hair stickin in every direction,one of my stik's in my hand grinnin like a possum surrounded by my pack of four legged freinds & I'll ask her,"CAN I GET SOME MORE DAWG'S"?

Sure I don't need'ta tell ya the answer to that one ...LOL!!

Most don't get the run of the house & are kept in the cave. Untrustworthy model's are in a crate over night as well but my permanent residence's have their own bed on the floor. I draw the line at sharin furniture with them though.

Like someone said, They gotta have some brain's that work in their head & personality is HUGE to us anyway. Not everyone is housedawg material but once you had the rite one for a few year's you'll get addicted to havin them in IF your an inside dog kinda person of course. Some don't like them to get close to their house for fear of them poo poo'n or pee'n on the marigolds.

To each their own but my life is made a whole lot better by my Blue haired freinds & them followin every step I take because they want to inside or out. Leash's are used here for huntin sometime's, breakin pup's to lead & as a penalty/loss of freedom for messin up gig.

Not everyone has the time, place to or desire for that matter to share their air with a hound in the King's domain. Two thumb's up to them & the same to those that do. When I take that final nap I will have one hand on a dashing hound's head,"I HOPE"?

I guess to answer your question.........."NOT" !

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Not everyone has the time, place to or desire for that matter to share their air with a hound in the King's domain. Two thumb's up to them & the same to those that do. When I take that final nap I will have one hand on a dashing hound's head,"I HOPE"?




That is well said right there. Almost poetry. Is that yours or from somewhere else?

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my young female stays in the house at night and she is out side during the day and it does not hurt her hunting ability

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i love having dogs in the house. my wife complains when i bring a dirty dog into the house but she's quick to be sure i leave one dog in the house when i go away and she won't be happy with a rooky either. we have two that have slept with us for the past 10 years. they take up space and get in the way at times but they are nice to snuggle with. i kicked one out of the bed once as i was having a nightmare, she got over it pretty quickly. yes, you do become very attached to them. they get old and start making mistakes and having bladder problems and going problems. but it comes down to the truism , it is being better to have loved a dog and then to loose the dog than to have never loved the dog at all.

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When i was 1 my granddad bought me my first dog, a little black cocker spaniel pup. Im now 57 and theres never been a day in my life that i havent shared with a dog. Iv had hounds on and off for 40 of those years, and cant imagine lfe without them.

To answer the question, No you will not hurt your dog by having them in the house, the stronger the bond the better the dog.

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I agree with you.

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My $.02,

You should start all your pups in the house as part of the family, I think it makes them bond better to you and have more desire to please there fore making them easier to train.
They grow up learning with correction and discipline it becomes a part of life.

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Not everyone has the time, place to or desire for that matter to share their air with a hound in the King's domain. Two thumb's up to them & the same to those that do. When I take that final nap I will have one hand on a dashing hound's head,"I HOPE"?




That is well said right there. Almost poetry. Is that yours or from somewhere else?

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Registered: Nov 2009
Location: NW Iowa
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it don't hurt their hunting abllaty in the woods at tall they handle
better like calling up to you when you what to catch them and they seem to understand more of what you say to them. I've seen somewhere a smart dog has the mental ablaty of the averge 4 yr. old child.

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