Lynn Wilson
UKC Forum Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: East Texas
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Well i gotta lotta hounds but I'll talk about the two i've actually hunted with.
True - now retired 10 y/o walker
Now True is not a comp dog and never was, she was our pup trainer and pleasure dog, so what i consider GOOD traits for her may be bad traits for a comp dog, but this is why I liked to hunt with her:
1. She would check in after 10 minutes without a strike - good for us since a lot of times we were hunting small patches and/or had to be at work in the morning, and gave us plenty of opportunities to decide to go ahead and pack it up.
2. You could call her back at any time during any condition, and she'd drop what she was doing and COME right back. You could call her off the trail or even off the tree - again good for us hunting small patches if she got over on someone elses land we didn't have to go fetch her, just call her back.
3. OK I have to go a third on on true - 100 percent trash free dog. Dwayne has had her go into a bush and seen a deer run right out and yet when you heard her next she was headed the other direction. Even hunting with other dogs that would get after a deer, she'd go off and get her coon.
Mama - 7 y/o redbone:
1. Would swim through molten lava to get to a coon - RABID prey drive. She's a genuine "slobber mouth tree dog", love to see that enthusiasm.
2. Very patient and understanding with the youngest and most annoying of pups, even the weanling babies can swing off her ears and she never so much as growls at them. We can trust her to lead the young dogs right.
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Lynn Wilson Hill
Howling Hills Kennels
www.coonhoundcrew.com
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