Dave Richards
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Location: church hill tn
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Coon dog prices
Coon hunting is just a hobby for most folks, folks just enjoy hunting. Truth be told if a man counted his time in pricing a trained dog, most folks could not afford the price he would have to charge. Think about all of the time spent in training or hunting a dog from a pup to the age the dog is looking like a coon dog. How many man hours do you think it takes to get a dog to the finished coon dog stage? Four to five hours a night, 5 to 6 nights a week on average for 3 to 4 years adds up to a lot of man hours, not counting gas, wear and tear and depreciation on a hunting vehicle, equipment, dog feed, meds, shots, etc. Anybody with a brain can see just how expensive a dog would be if one only considered training a coon dog as a business deal rather than a hobby or pleasure deal. I dare say most really good dogs have over a 1000 man hours invested in them and at 10.00 [ cheap] an hour, that's 10K just in labor, not counting all the other costs. Now, luckily most folks do not count their labor, as they consider it more pleasure than work. I would not coon hunt and train dogs for anyone, they could not afford my labor costs. Who would actually coon hunt for 10.00 an hour, climbing mountains, wading swamps, fighting snakes, mosquitoes, poison vine, ticks and all the other unpleasant things associated with coon hunting. Thanks to ALL of the dedicated coon hunters that do train and sell coon dogs to THOSE of us who only want to hunt a trained dog. Look at the total picture before you complain about the price of a decent coon dog. You can always try and train one yourself and still have a coon dog price in something you just do not like. Dave
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