Fisher13
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Re: Re: Re: .
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Originally posted by msinc
Maybe I am reading into it wrong {usually do} but...I think what Mr. Conkey has been saying all along is that track power cannot take them to the wrong tree. I believe that track power or the lack of it is a direct cause of the accuracy thing. Accuracy, that is treeing on the tree that has the coon, is secondary.
I guess another way of saying it is how can a dog with a bad enough lack of tracking ability {power} ever get to the right tree consistently???
Another over simplification Track Power is more complex then this. Track power doesn't = accuracy.
Seen a lot dogs smell a coon, or at least strike right away, bawl there way into the woods like there tied to it, and come up slick.
Seen a lot dog that have lots of track power, that will switch tracks or tree for a little and take off another track nearby, or that will run track or boohoo around the woods for an hour or 2.
I think this is another area we have little understanding because we don't know how a dogs nose works.
The dog I'm hunting now, is not much of a track dog. She has a fair nose and will run those long feeder tracks, but she is a nose down dog and isn't very quick. Just steady, consistent and accurate. Shes not flashy and is about average in about every way but is extremely accurate and consistent, and has a ton of intangibles. Never trashes, opens according to track, can tree any type of coon, complete independence, never leaves a tree,very effective, and efficient
I have a pup, out of a popular line trending right now, known for being deep and lonely with lots of track power. At first I thought she was an extremely fast track dog, opening quick getting deep quick. However after seeing her work a bunch, with very little coon treed. The only thing she likes to do is run and bark. She is annoyingly wired, hops tracks consistently therefore is never really learning to track, Barks constantly and rarely gets treed. Lots of speed, big mouth, lots of track power.
Simply breeding for more track power is blind generalization imo, and be very careful for what you wish for.
The walker breed is missing a lot of intangibles we have been so caught up on the chrome, I think because its easier to market. I hear a lot of guys say "these dogs today are missing something, I'm not sure what it is?" That's because sometimes you can't put your finger on it.
Out of all the traits, the intangibles are tough to spot in a few nights of hunting with a dog. There even harder to market or promote. What most guys see and breed for is chrome imo. Thats what I see in most walker lines a whole lot of chrome, but thats about it. I have a feeling if we start breeding for accuracy, you will see start seeing a lot of these intangibles start showing back up.
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