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I thought the longer ears helped funnel the scent in hounds making them more efficient hunters? Amy

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Just received my news letter from Purina and it does say that long ears do help funnel the smell molicules in the nose. Big article about this. Pretty neat!
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ITS A OLD WIFES TALE. ALL THE PPL TELL YOU THAT BUT I MANY A MAN THAT HAD A SHORT EARED THAT WAS COLLEDER NOESED THEN MANY LONG EARD HOUND

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If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

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If hes a sho-nuff coondog I don't even care if he has ears!!!!!!!!!!

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Be Concitered a Fault, Hound Ears, should reach the tip of the nose.

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short-ear'd hounds look a whole lot like bird dogs..........wonder why...

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Originally posted by P.W. Chapman
If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

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i am with richard, a hounds ears should atleast come close to touching their nose.........and the ear scent funnel,BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I thought the longer ears helped funnel the scent in hounds making them more efficient hunters? Amy

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I gotta agree with John Carroll on this one. They should look and sound like a hound, not a farm dog. Most people wouldn't know what a cold nosed dog was if it bit them in the butt.

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I think long ears are pretty but I think our priorities have to be in order. In other words, find me the best all-around coondog you can find that consistently trees coons and is loaded with natural ability. Then show me his ears and that is what a dog's ears should look like. I don't care if there cropped and pointed on top.

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I think long ears are pretty but I think our priorities have to be in order. In other words, find me the best all-around coondog you can find that consistently trees coons and is loaded with natural ability. Then show me his ears and that is what a dog's ears should look like. I don't care if there cropped and pointed on top.

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I think WildBill is right have you ever noticed the longer the ears the slower they are on track? just an observation. Mitch

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Just received my news letter from Purina and it does say that long ears do help funnel the smell molicules in the nose. Big article about this. Pretty neat!
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i've got one ugly little walker female here with real short ears.... she is cold nosed and unbelievably fast on track.... if having longer ears helps them 'funnel' scent better, i can only imagine what she would be like then!!! lol

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How's this for long ears? On a hot running track she's only been beaten to the tree once and that was by her daughter and she was 9 years old.


Ear length has NOTHING to do with how fast a dog is.

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who owns this dog and is he still alive, would like to get more info and a pedigree. thanks

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If a dog is moving slow enough to depend on long ears to stir up scent...you're getting nowhere fast.

I do like a houndy looking dog, but c'mon people. If you're depending on an "ear sweep" to be able to follow a track....

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Still not sure what effect the ears have on making a dog faster. I have read that the longer ears help funnel the scent making them more efficient. That's why the bloodhounds with their really long ears have all other hounds whipped about scenting. I'm by no means an expert this is just information I have read I work in a library so have access to lots of books. LOL. The other posts have me confused about how the short ears make them better coondogs. I'm willing to listen to any information to learn more about making good dogs. Amy

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Longer ears slow dogs down cause they trip over them with their front legs!! LOL...just kidding!

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This IS true though... our long earred AKC BnT has FINALLY grown out of stepping on an ear and falling over... but he still can't get his legs out of his own way.... If this dog had been bred to hunt...and trained...he'd have had no problem with the ears... he likes to WIND critters with his head UP in the air. Our bluedawg is always nose and ears to the ground sniffing out critters(especially honey bees in this season!)....

Long ears, Short ears... gotta be personal preference... I sure love a GOOD ear myself... But I loved my greyhounds too and... they didn't have big old ears...

To Each his or her own! Enjoy your hounds and Get out and tree one for me tonight if you can!

Good night, HappyHuntin Heather

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bin homeless,so to speak,for the last couple years. Which puts me in good positition for the next 7 years. Wish I'd abin a barr hunter,ilvin offa ten K per year stedda 2ook per year . Had I done don dat , I'd a ' only ben in debt to de U.Sl Govbment to de tune ob 6- K , plus tax an penaltis. .'stead a 299 k, and thats before they auctionred off my mamma's place,. which, since I had a life estate and did not own, I couldn"t GO to the bank and ask, with my hat in my hand' a loan for 200K in order to get the Guvinment off 'n my ass. So, guess what? I'm fixin to become a barr hunter! An learn to live off Nuttin.

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l.lyle,that is deep!

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Ear length serves no useful purpose in hounds. If anything, they are a handicap. Seem to be the first thing a coon latches onto, and they get torn up in briars, sticks, etc. A torn ear bleeds A LOT! If you ask me, a shorter ear is far better for a number of reasons...but people have to have a set of long ears to look at or they aint happy.

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