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We all have different opinions and ideas of what we like or have to have in a coon dog. So my question is, what trait or action is so important to you that you will overlook things that you are not so happy about?

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You get into a can of worms here but I don't think one plus excuses a minus. I want a track dog first but that doesn't mean they can be weak on tree.

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For me its gotta start with staying treed. I'll deal with a few slicks before I will with one leaving trees.

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Tree dog! If I can't catch him on a tree I don't have much to work with.. IMO

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BRAINS !! If the dog don't have them none of the rest will mean that much if it can do any of it or not, If a dog is crazy or has no smarts you don't have much to work with and Brains is a trait in my book .

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It's not hard to find s specific trait. What's hard is finding it all over one hide. I've got to have big moter,independence, and accuracy over one hide. But Thsts difficult to find.

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I want a dog that handles good. I don't have much patience with one that won't handle good. It shows they have brains and their easier to train. I told my cur dog to go get in the truck today and I was about 150 yards from the truck, and when I got there she was in the dog box. When I got home I told her to get in the kennel which is about 75-80 yards from the house. When I got there she was in her kennel. Now that means alot to me.

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Show me the coon!!!

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Determination. By that I mean one that is determined to finish a track. I don't have much patients but I had rather listen to a dog work a feed track out and tree it right than anything else.

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BRAINS !! If the dog don't have them none of the rest will mean that much if it can do any of it or not, If a dog is crazy or has no smarts you don't have much to work with and Brains is a trait in my book .

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They have to be balanced too much of one trait won't work. I always look for the pup that is avg at everything. Avg. pups turn into great dogs.

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Coon treeing ability.

I define that as a combination of factors that culminate in a dog that just has a knack for showing you where the coon is, not just where he's been.

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To me a coondog must be a treedog-he must stay at the tree till you get there and not leave. Dave Dean bred this in his dogs without exception. Warsons Northern Blue Trapper was treed by himself-the other three dogs in the cast were thirty feet away-dug out and killed a kitten coon-Trapper would not budge!

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BRAINS !! If the dog don't have them none of the rest will mean that much if it can do any of it or not, If a dog is crazy or has no smarts you don't have much to work with and Brains is a trait in my book .

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Consistency, my old dog ain't perfect. He has a few holes but I know what to expect every time I turn him lose. Don't care for guessing games.

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If they don't have the meat why does anything else really matter. If a dog is extremely accurate he will have most traits mentioned.

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If they won't stay how do ya know if they have the meat lol

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Hunt if they want do that all else is lost. No amount of training or work will you have a coon dog without it.

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All things mentioned are very important but to me the end result in coonhunting is having a coon. Sure he got to stay to see a coon but if he stays and doesn't have one most times he's no good for me. Jmo

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