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I have a 13 month old pup will try to snap at my hand when I go I pat the tree or pat him, or even if someone else does. Iv never had a problem with him showin aggression towards me or anybody else. What is making him do this and wat can I do to stop this? Thanks

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It's like a dog guarding his food , a dead coon or his spot in the dogbox ... it doesn't happen overnight , you can be he's shown the signs for quite awhile and they were missed.

You will have to set him straight on all accounts ... he has to let you take his food without argument , teach him to sit and stay .. or shake hands ... and then get him back around a tree and lay down the law .. if you don't do your part , you will get him culled for allowing it .. if you do your part and it don't work , he got himself culled... good luck

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Find him a new home! I'm not going too feed one that try's too bite me

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Next time that dog snaps at ya grab his collar flop him on his back and beat the crap outa him.
Sounds harsh but not as harsh as what will happen to the dog if you let it go.

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Ok thanks for the help, I'm 15 only been coonhuntin for a little over a year. John I've though about doin wat u said but I was wondering if that would ruin him from treeing too?

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You can't just let him bite you your his master.

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He hasn't bit me, he just snaps at me or someone else wen they get close to the tree. Wen he does this I hit him on the the head and tell him no, but it's not workin

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And it's not every time thing. Sometimes i can get next to him and pet him and he won't do nothin, but other times he will snap at me

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You have a E collar?

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I'm trying to get one, just don't have enough money yet

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Understand that not sure if that would help, I do know this you got too let him know who's in charge!

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Yeah I'm tryin. I just don't wanna ruin him from treeing

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Go buy you one of those plastic baseball bats from walmart or the dollar store every time he snaps at you pop him on the head you dont have to hit him hard the noise it makes will give him enough of a scare. If that doesnt work and he keeps on you are going to have to make a decide if he is worth keeping. If he bites at you what would he do to another dog trying to tree with him?

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I'll try it. I hunt him with other dogs all the time, I haven't had much of a problem with him jumping on other dogs or nothin.

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I'll try it. I hunt him with other dogs all the time, I haven't had much of a problem with him jumping on other dogs or nothin.

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Ok thanks for the help.

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Ive seen a lot of dogs do that and its usually not done because they're mean. Its just signs of a hard aggressive tree dog. When I say aggressive, I'm not talking about mean. If that's the only time he does it and is not showing to be ill towards other dogs at the tree, then I wouldn't worry about it. Just keep your hands out of his mouth!! Ive seen several nuts ruin nice young dogs beating them for this and theres no need in it. If they're mean, that's different.

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no need to pet him on the tree, pet him when you are walking away from the tree when he is not barking.

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I have a male B&T that's around the same age. He's not aggressive, but every time I put my hand out he will "mouth" my arm. Looks like he's trying to bite me or someone else but that's just how he greets you.

If it gets worse i would get a switch and show him who's boss, but could just be how your hound greets you also. Good luck.

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He hasn't bit me, he just snaps at me or someone else wen they get close to the tree. Wen he does this I hit him on the the head and tell him no, but it's not workin

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i had a pup out of a well known stud that would flat eat me and my kidds up around the food bowl ,,he went back to mother earth,,seen a old english dog eat his handler up one night blood running down his arm he said ya he gets excited around the tree,,lol

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I personally never rev a dog up like that around the tree no matter the age for the reasons from your post. I am not saying your doing anything wrong that's the way I have always done it. And I only squal at trees during nite hunts. From your post it sounds like you have a radical tree dog that doesn't need much but a pat a the back . Get u a thin Willow switch and switch him across the nose every time he tries it or keep your hands away lol!! I personally would not worry about it either.

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Originally posted by B&T Coonhunter9
I have a 13 month old pup will try to snap at my hand when I go I pat the tree or pat him, or even if someone else does. Iv never had a problem with him showin aggression towards me or anybody else. What is making him do this and wat can I do to stop this? Thanks

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Thanks for all the info, I did go huntin last night and I went up to him and he didnt try to snap at me, so I back backed off and let him tree then I went back up to him and he did try to snap at me, I was gonna try the plastic bat but didnt have one so I took and empty two liter and smacked him on the head and he didnt try to snap at me again wen I started to get him off the tree. Maybe that will work.

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Yeah ky show girl I never thought of that. Thanks

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