Any ideas

[kbe119]

So I'm new to this and only have one hound that I got as a pup. Its been a little slow going with him as I expected with trying to train him on his own. Took him out today just to try to build his confidence cus he has been hunting closeand keeps wanting to check in with me. We had been out a couple hours just hiking through the brush and he was starting to work a little further away but not much. He was probably only out 200 yards tops when all the sudden he blew up with this super high pitch ball. Normally he has a real deep growly ball. He kept it up for about a minute as I bailed over the hill then went silent. He met me about half way back and all the hair was up on his back. I dropped my pack on the groundto check him out cus it sounded like he got his ass kicked. He hunched down and looked at my pack like it was going to get him.. checked him out and went down around where he blew up but didnt show any more interest. ANY IDEAS? Is itnormal for a younger dog to get scared the first time they strike or see something. I suppose he could have got hung in the brush to it was really thick. Thanks

[swwoutdoorsman]

I noticed with a lot of young dogs that they'll get "tunnel nose." They reach point where they've figured out how to use their sniffer and being so intrigued by all the smells they can be easily startled by anything. They're so tuned in on smell they forget use their other senses (sight & hearing) even bumping into stick may cause a yelp.

[kbe119]

Thanks for the info. Took him out again yesspongy and roaded him. He took off over the hill and a few minutes later was baying up a storm. This time it sounded a lot different but after about five minute's he came back to the truck. I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what he's doing. I'm half tempted to put a camera on him so I can figure out what the heck he's doing. Oh well guess it all part of learning