Rocketman55
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May I offer a little insight to what you may be about to take on. I agree with others on here that this hound is probably OK to take on, as only time will tell what potential it will exhibit.
Having said that, let me offer one other point to ponder. I agree you will know in some time frame, if the potential is there, BUT it has been my experience that you may want to set your expectation level back just a bit from what you might have starting a 12 month old pup.
I say this as I have found (IN SOME PUPS) the triggered desire to search and bark treed has been suppressed for a longer period of time in a 2 year old dog than it has been in a 12 month old animal. Thus it may take longer, and more work, to get that two year old dog to start allowing its inborn triggered responses to override its learned behavior.
So when taking on this age of a dog, I would say to give this two year old dog, twice as much patience as you would a high bred 12 month old pup, before making any final decision as to if it is gonna have enough of what you are looking for in a hound to tree a coon.
Just my two cents, and thats not worth a quarter LOL
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