Rocketman55
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30 times out is really NOT that many nights for a dog to learn to hunt. Especially so when 50% of the time you have been training it to not rely on it's self but to follow another dog around.
If you want a dog to hunt by it's self, then that is the way you have to hunt it. There are NO short cuts. If the dog will go FAR in company, it will learn to go pretty far by it's self. It simply takes dedication AND patience.
Yes you can get around messing with a dog like this. There are some dogs that have been bred to get gone, flat out get away from you. Yes they are out there. But remember this, The more NATURAL drive to get gone, you have, the more trash problems you will deal with also. Now a very small number of dogs that have a lot of drive, are not TOO junky, but the majority that have the natural drive to get gone, also have the natural desire to run anything and every thing. So choose wisely when choosing which battle you prefer to take on.
If you truly want to allow the dog to reach it's full hunting potential, then hunt it by it's self for at least 100 nights before you ever put it back in company. It will by then have learned to start depending on it's self to find a coon, and not care as much about what other dogs are doing. GOOD LUCK!!
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