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Kelley:

Tell me this, how many times have you actually been coonhunting? Since you are making a chronical from all of your hunts and the "first hunt" was less than a month ago, and I have seen only 3 chronical stories do you really think it is time to add another dog into the mix?? Apparently you already have "the worlds greatest mix breed pup trainer" and a pup that is going to "kick all our butts" so really, why would you need another dog when you go twice a week? Not trying to be mean to you, but just being up front. Unless you are indpendently wealthy, or retired, or hunt 6 hours a night, the two you got now should be plenty.

Have as many dogs as you want, feed as many as you want, hunt as little as you want, I don't care. I am trying to get your to see that maybe another dog isn't a good idea. BELIEVE ME this is not the only 18 month old dog that just needs a "little work" to be a great dog. Check out the classifieds they are sold everyday. Nobody gets rid of a young dog doing a good job for a "good price". Save your money on the dog and get some tools like a light, a tracker, a shocker ect.....For crying out loud, where you live you have like a month left of hunting before you are burried in snow, why get another dog now??

I have no idea why I attempt to help people with all the anwers. It just makes me dumber than them.

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The only one that can save you from the trials and tribulations is a good dog.

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The only one that can save you from the trials and tribulations is a good dog.

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Don't the the sour pusses and blow hards and know it all's bug ya. Sounds like you are doin just fine and are happy with what you got and how things are progressing. Everyone is different and every dog is different and you have to take what EVERYONE says with a grain of salt and make the choices and decisions that best suit you and your dogs and ONLY you will know what that is. Hubby and I decided a long time ago that we are in this for the enjoyment we get out of runnin the dogs...we go to hunts and shows because we want to and they can be fun but it's not the primary reason we got the dogs. We got 3 hounds right now and hunt them when schedules and gas money allows which can vary from week to week...sometimes alone sometimes with other peoples dogs...but as long as it's fun who care what anyone else says!

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thats right, fun is where it is at. no matter what.
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The only one that can save you from the trials and tribulations is a good dog.

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i am not willing to give up on the dogs , nor the people associated with this sport. the stories of the "trials and tribulations" are what brings us together.
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i've never met mrs. kelly but she shore seems to have a lot of you guys jealous for some reason as long as she is having fun what difference does it matter and she seems to be having it.... you go girl

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the only pup i can actually call mine treed her fisrt at 13 months but i didnt start hunting her till she was 7 1/2 months old , but my granddad owned one that treed its own coon by its self all wild coons at 5 months old.

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I had a pup once out of HH Harry that treed a coon at 5 months and 18 days. He was a natural. Never reached his full potential though bc he got hit by a car when he was 1.5 yrs old. There may be some that have treed younger than that but that's the youngest I've ever seen.

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Have a Bluetick female that treed consistently at 6 months but at eight months started back sliding some but now at 9 months she is starting to do it right again. She gets hunted about three nights a week.

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i've never met mrs. kelly but she shore seems to have a lot of you guys jealous for some reason as long as she is having fun what difference does it matter and she seems to be having it.... you go girl

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i've never met mrs. kelly but she shore seems to have a lot of you guys jealous for some reason as long as she is having fun what difference does it matter and she seems to be having it.... you go girl

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this is a quote from an earlier post from john wick. "uncle john"
"Henry Ford said that a person becomes old when they think they know it all and stop trying to learn. It doesn’t matter if they’re twenty or eighty. The tree dog sport as a whole, and most of us as individuals, still have much more to learn. There’s a great deal we can each do to improve our sport and encourage all those folks around us who are struggling to succeed."

thank you uncle john
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this is a quote from an earlier post from john wick. "uncle john"
"Henry Ford said that a person becomes old when they think they know it all and stop trying to learn. It doesn’t matter if they’re twenty or eighty. The tree dog sport as a whole, and most of us as individuals, still have much more to learn. There’s a great deal we can each do to improve our sport and encourage all those folks around us who are struggling to succeed."

thank you uncle john
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since the storms are over and the front is here, spose i ought to go out tonight for a nice stroll with my O2 consumers. well, sheesh, i am one too. oh well, another edition of the chronicles yet to come.
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an english female out of little grizzly that treed at 4.5 months old by herself and had a coon. thats the youngest i have seen.

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"They don't all make it".

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should start a new thread, what's the earliest age you give up on a dog. or human.

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should start a new thread, what's the earliest age you give up on a dog. or human.

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LOL ..Where's my "LIKE" button???

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Here we go again. Dogs are not people ladies. So funny, even behind screen names you can tell when you are talking to a women on here. As was also stated by John Wick AS SOON as you see a flaw in the dog that will keep it from being a decent hound, do yourself, the dog and the breed a favor and dispose of the dog. It is all spelled out in that book as clear as day, but you can choose to keep skipping over the parts you don't like. What you don't realize is that people in the world even if they are not good at a certain thing have other talents and gifts that they can use to make a contribution to this world. Coon dogs really have one purpose, to tree coon, if they can't, their use is gone to those that are serious about their dogs. It would be like if in a sick world you were raising children and your only purpose was to produce NBA players. If one reaches full height and he is 5'2" It really isn't in your best interest to keep on training.

This isn't about anyone giving up on any dog. What this started off was me TRYING to give your pup the best chance to excell as possible and that means NOT getting another dog when you don't spend enough time hunting the ones you have. Thats all and thats it.

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1) uh duh....never thought, said, or implied that dogs were people....

2) I think it's quite ovbious from my screen name that I am female...again uh duh...

3) Coonhound CAN and DO serve purposes OTHER than treeing coons...they are used as Bobcat dogs, Bear dogs, Deer dogs, Pig dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs, Disabled Assist Service dogs, Guard Dogs, Family Pets...do I really need to continue???

Are you really so narrow minded and an unhappy with your world as you seem?

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1) uh duh....never thought, said, or implied that dogs were people....

2) I think it's quite ovbious from my screen name that I am female...again uh duh...

3) Coonhound CAN and DO serve purposes OTHER than treeing coons...they are used as Bobcat dogs, Bear dogs, Deer dogs, Pig dogs, Search and Rescue Dogs, Disabled Assist Service dogs, Guard Dogs, Family Pets...do I really need to continue???

Are you really so narrow minded and an unhappy with your world as you seem?

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Ron,
What age were you when you had to give up on the NBA dream and quit training? lol

Also, you should write a second edition to the book: "Making Friends and Influencing People."

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I will get working on that book..., I appreciate your support and you are getting the first signed copy.

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