Registered: Jan 2009
Location: pana,ill
Posts: 533
Dr. jeckyl/mr.hide
what do you do with a dog that is a sure enough hard tree dog,has almost always gotta coon(prolly 90%)of the time,honest,a real pleasure to hunt(when he's alone),and then with almost any kind of company he'll just jam the he** outa possums,and it just make a fella sick,what do you do with that?
Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11948
pussom
does he tree poussoms when he by hisself if he yrees one i would tie him back from the tree shoot it out then use it and beat the crap out of him with it i mean beat him might use a shock collar on him but i never did shock a dog on tree i always used the old method i from old school when didnt have collars new gen might have another method that works
Why would you shoot something out to a dog (reward) and then beat them with it (punish). Never shoot something out of a tree that you don't want your dog to tree.
Seeing how he doesn't tree them alone, hunt him with something else and make life hard for him for a week or so, if you have a E-collar use it. Every possum should carry a heavy price. Then after he stops with company treeing them with company, find the possum treeinest dog in the country and proceed to start over again.
Registered: May 2010
Location: NorthWest Louisiana
Posts: 715
old guy
I don't fall into this category. I have seen my uncle break dog by shooting them out and beating them with the oppossum. People have all different methods. If he wants to tree a oppossum he probably will. I heard shock on it, tie it on its collar and let it rot off, put it in a barrel with a dog and roll down a hill. I have seen dogs that were tough to break. I thought one time about putting one in a cage in side the kennel and leave it for a long time. You will probably have to feed and water it to keep it alive. Maybe the dog will get tired of it and leave them alone or it may make him worse about. I have never tried this if you have what was the outcome. Can't wait to see the comments on this one. LOL
Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11948
quote:Originally posted by Chris.S Why would you shoot something out to a dog (reward) and then beat them with it (punish). Never shoot something out of a tree that you don't want your dog to tree.
Seeing how he doesn't tree them alone, hunt him with something else and make life hard for him for a week or so, if you have a E-collar use it. Every possum should carry a heavy price. Then after he stops with company treeing them with company, find the possum treeinest dog in the country and proceed to start over again.
i come from the old school thats the way we did it when i was young and thats the way i would do it today i wont shock a dog on a tree to me the dog will think every time he trees he gonnna get shocked this is my way but you younger gen does things differnt and thats ok this is just the way i did it i dont see any differnce in shocking a dog if you whip him with a poussom he knows he gonna get a whippin you are not happy with treeing poussoms if you shock him you punishing him to not trying to be a smart but thats been my way i 61yrs old wouldnt do it no differnt but every body has thier way jmo
I won't say how old I am but I started following coonhounds 33+ yrs ago and I'm not talking starting when I was 10 years old._ And today I do alot of things differently today then I did just 10 yrs ago.
I've had to break EVERY dog I've owned off possum for the past 15 yrs. Different methods work for different dogs but shooting out and beating has always done one thing for me, it makes them leave the treed possum just as I get to the tree._ I'll shock one in a hearbeat if I know they have a possum treed as long as the dog knows I don't like possums and I can kill it the next coon it trees.
What works for me might not work for you, but I've had more luck finding a live possum and doing all my work away from a tree._ My philosophy is "If they won't run a possum, they won't tree a possum".__
Registered: May 2007
Location: fairmont wv
Posts: 11948
chris
dont be scared to tell your age lol i know us old fellows did things differnt i just aint much on trying alot of these new ideas not sayingthey wont work better than mind i did have a buddy talk me into buying a shocking system used it on a couple beagles that started bumping deer used it 3 times its been on the shelf in the case for about 3 yrs i get it out and charge it every once in awhile to keep it working i havent been able to hunt scince last jan due to health but i sure do miss it i always was in the woods every chance i got from a real young age always loved running hounds and starting young dogs watch them mature in in to a good dog take care
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