Registered: May 2006
Location: centralia,il
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I got a 22month old I have been singling out this meat season. I recently discovered that he is scared water and wont cross the creek to finish a track. He will bark treed on a creek bank, but doesn't have the balls to cross it. I threw him in the creek last night, he ended up doubling back up the same side he was on. Anybody have any ideas of how to break him of this?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks, Josh Neff

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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: SE Ohio, Glouster
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I have a buddy who swears by this but I have never tried it. He says wait till those hot summer days and then take the dog swimming. He told me he would lead is dog into a creek that was deep enough that the dog had to swim, and then lead him back and forth several times.

You might even put a coon in a cage on the other side of the creek and then let him cross the water and bay at it.

I would try something that the dog liked, so that not everything was a bad experience while crossing the creek.

I sure wouldn't want to start this process in the winter LOL>

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Registered: Jan 2006
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take him with a dog that will let coon out of cage make it swim creek with them watching turn him loose then other dog if he don't go on his own he should follow other worked for me

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Registered: Dec 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
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Is that how you would teach your kids to swim, just throw them in, in the middle of winter?

Why do you think he is afraid to swim?

Probably because he doesn't know how?

How do you teach anyone to swim, you lead them by encouragement and example.

Be smarter then the dog, not tougher.

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Originally posted by Rocketman55
I have a buddy who swears by this but I have never tried it. He says wait till those hot summer days and then take the dog swimming. He told me he would lead is dog into a creek that was deep enough that the dog had to swim, and then lead him back and forth several times.

You might even put a coon in a cage on the other side of the creek and then let him cross the water and bay at it.

I would try something that the dog liked, so that not everything was a bad experience while crossing the creek.

I sure wouldn't want to start this process in the winter LOL>

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Registered: Feb 2007
Location: BURLINGTON, NC
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i had a pup the same way. i hunted from a boat on a local game lands lake and dropped him in the water where he could touch the bottom every drop for a few nights and rewarded him with the coon when he got it treed... he got out of it pretty quickly

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