Rocketman55
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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: SE Ohio, Glouster
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Cold Nose
Every dog will get better at working a cold track if given the opportunity to (practice) work them. To say they will become great at it is nothing more than a gamble. Some dogs truely do develop into GREAT cold trailing dogs, while others will, only be good cold trailing dogs, and them some will only be average cold trailing dogs.
They will all get better at it if you let them work until they are finished, and then praise them when you find a coon at the end of the track, and discoursge them when they failed to correctly finish the track.
This all takes time and will not be accomplished in 30 nights of hunting. It will take consistant hunting & consistant training for a dog to reach its full potential, then you won't know what you really have until you see your dog out preforming a majority of the other hounds they compete head to head against, or you still see some other dogs outworking your hound on these cold tracks. Then you will have a better idea where your dog fits into the overall scheme of coonhunting.
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