msinc
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I am for the squirrel thing too...watch going in the woods right after dark. This seems to be the time when a lot of dogs act this way if they mess with squirrels. Not always though...as posted, flying squirrels operate later {actually all night long} and they will really drive a dog crazy sometimes. Usually, if you are going in the woods right after dark and the dog makes a few trail barks then trees it might be a gray squirrel.
Not always, but later at night if the dog just grabs a tree and blows it down it is those stupid little flying squirrels. They will drive a dog nuts because until you get there they will run down the trunk where the dog can see them and whistle at the dog. Gray squirrels will come out on a full moon especially in the dead of winter for food but this is rare. Flying squirrels are nocturnal and like a coon they prefer a dark night.
Are you hunting this dog alone or with another dog??? Usually when I see dogs acting like this it is out of jealousy. Even if there is a smoking hot coon track that they jump up right there a jealous dog that wants the attention will ghost trail or grab a tree and blow it down to get you to come over and check it.
The only way to "fix" this that I know of is electricity. A lot of guys will say, "oh my god no, you'll ruin that dog" or "she wont tree right anymore"...what I say is: What have you got to loose???
The bottom line is that it really don't matter why the dog is doing it and it don't matter what the dog thinks it's chasing, at three years old the dog does know it aint doing right. If it's a tick bite that's doing it somebody needs to tell us why these particular ticks prefer to bite mostly walkers!!!!
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