Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Roosevelt, Utah
Posts: 586

http://www.ingramwildlife.com/moonwalk.wmv


Last fall I had Gunner and Goldie over my house loose in the backyard and they treed a cat in the yard. (I can't imagine an animal like that dumb enough to cross my yard when it's full of hounds?) This video is of Gunner doing the Moonwalk on that tree.

Anyway, he is my son's hound out of my red Choco and Rui Li and hadn't been over all winter. He recently arrived for the spring hunt on lions and bears and went over to that same tree and got on the wood, looked all over for that cat and began to open a little--go figure! So do hounds really have a memory like that?

__________________
Living the Dream, making it happen and taking photos to share with others along the way!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jul 2008
Location: upper wi
Posts: 96

in my opinion they must have a memory otherwise when you train them you would have to train them all over again every day

__________________
Listen to your hounds they will tell you what you need to know!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Jan 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 52

I had a bluetick that would look for one of the guys that hunted with us. Remembered the guy from one bad experience.I didnt mind i liked the dog more than him.lol

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Sep 2006
Location: bluefield,wv
Posts: 2936

Do Hounds Have Memory?

Yes sir they do!!! now if we could get them to thank ahead, we
would have a perfect hunt every time we went out--lol

__________________
Home of the Luke dogs!!!!
Nt.Ch.Gibson's Sunset Titan
Gibson's Sunset Maggie
Sunset Blue Ruby
Lightfoot Frostie
Sunset High Ridge Dan
Gone but not forgotten
Gr.Nt.Ch.Gibson's Sunset Luke
pkc.ch Gibson an Bates Sunset Buck
Gibson's Katie
Gibson's Ruby
304-320-7202

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 39

I absolutely 100% believe dogs have a memory like that! I have seen it many times,

__________________
Rob Hopkins

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Western Virginia
Posts: 745

Do! My dogs start barking at the sound of my truck in the evening before they can even see my truck. They have remembered the sound of it and only raise heck when they hear my truck.

My old dog heck I've had to leave her in the mountains before and when I wake up she's laying in her box...she knows where she gets feed at.

__________________
Devin Duncan, Bath County Va. 540-292-1176

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Oct 2004
Location: Roosevelt, Utah
Posts: 586

Yes, it is obvious that a hound has memory or how would they ever learn to trail and tree any game. I told that story to an old hounddogger at the coffee shop the other day and he thought it was a cool story, then he told me one.....

The old dogger explained that there were some guys doing well at the field trials every year because they set it up, ran their dogs down the drags and got in some lead time. Then a few years back somebody hunt that coon in a different tree and those guy's hounds all went to the old tree and located on an empty tree and the gig was up.........

This friend was then convinced they had trained those dogs to run head up to the old tree where the goodies were hung and not really using their nose......

Funny story as well........

Ike

__________________
Living the Dream, making it happen and taking photos to share with others along the way!

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Mar 2011
Location: Georgia
Posts: 217

To me Dogs are just like People!!!! They have an active mind. Some are smart, some dumb, some stupid, some mean, some dominant, some docile. They have their language and comunicate. IMO Lots of breeders today are breeding stupid dogs so they can train them to be like a tool instead of a knowlegable companion.

Any one who thinks dogs dont have Memory and can think just needs to be around dogs more.

__________________
Robert G.Jones

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Nov 2009
Location: NW Iowa
Posts: 280

they sure do.

__________________
Regans Blackland Black&Tans

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged

Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 39

quote:

---

Originally posted by Plott55
To me Dogs are just like People!!!! They have an active mind. Some are smart, some dumb, some stupid, some mean, some dominant, some docile. They have their language and comunicate. IMO Lots of breeders today are breeding stupid dogs so they can train them to be like a tool instead of a knowlegable companion.

Any one who thinks dogs dont have Memory and can think just needs to be around dogs more.

---

__________________
Rob Hopkins

Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged