JORDAN LINGLE
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Registered: Feb 2011
Location: Salisbury, NC
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A little history on the pups.
At 4-6 months old I worked each pup individually on drag maybe 4 or 5 times. They all done good, they would work the track and tree good. Also during this time I walked them through the woods during the day to get them used to the woods and hunting. At age 6-8 months old I showed each pup 2 cage coons individually. The first coon my only goal was to show them a live coon and introduce them to the sent and to encourage them without them becoming timid or afraid. It went very good and was a huge success. They hate a coon. The second coon I showed them I just let them see it and turned it loose at dark. I turned all four pups out together at the same time and they all went directly in the direction the coon went. They tracked and treed it about 300yds across a field no problem. I could not have asked for any more out them as far their performance goes on that particular coon. During that same period of 6-8 months old I alternated hunting each pup individually with older finished dogs. I have hunted each pup probably only 10 times, maybe 3 or 4 drops each time. Every pup has went hunting with other dogs from the beginning
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