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Hi new to this site but have some questions. I have a 6 month old blue tick pup that is driving me nuts haha. I'll lay a drag and send him out with my older dogs and he goes a little ways and turns arounf . so I will walk him to the tree on my drag line to where the dogs are treed and he will get really excited but won't bark tree or anything. He will bark at a caged coon but won't get overly excited. I tied him and another 6 month old to my truck and ratteled the cage around and they both got excited. So I dragged the cage out of sight and let them go. The other pup was running around looking for the track he was sniffing around but nothing crazy. He likes getting in on it when the older dogs strech a coon but any advice will help. I did let the coon out in front of him and that other 6month old any they both took off after it.

This exact question gets asked pretty often. There are some great answers to it on here already, and you might even get some new ones. I will try to find a couple threads for you.

Here's one:

http://biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/viewt ... ag#p205044

That should get you started. Read all those threads, and if you still have some questions, let us know. Keep us posted on how you are doing with your pup.

Thanks I appreciate it. I keep seeing not to push him. I guess one question is should I let him run with my older dogs on a drag or keep him in the box and work him with the younger pups. If the pup sees a coon or critter run from the cage he loves it. Should I wet a coon down and let it go and if he can't figure it out let the older pups finish it for him? And when they have treed should I tie him away from the tree or let him mosey around

I have access to a lot of coons. Is it bad that every time I run a drag with my older dogs there's a caged coon up in the tree. I'm running 1 to 2 mile drags

Well your seeing to not push him. I'd go that route. Very few pups are ruined from slowing down.

OK thank u

I found the trading section a lot of questions have been answered

I'd stop with all the gimmicks and cage work and take them pups for some walks.

I agree with Dan on stopping the "gimmicks". Your pup will learn very little about running lions from releasing coons to him and I personally think drags are an absolute waste of time and will just screw a young dog up with hunting real game. If ya just have to do it I'd limit it to a total of two drags. If you want a lion hound train him on lions.

cory wrote:I agree with Dan on stopping the "gimmicks". Your pup will learn very little about running lions from releasing coons to him and I personally think drags are an absolute waste of time and will just screw a young dog up with hunting real game. If ya just have to do it I'd limit it to a total of two drags. If you want a lion hound train him on lions.

Open the paper or talk to some ranchers. Get some ol' nasty barn cats out in front of him. Soak them down and let them go in some taller grass in the direction of some forested areas. Stay away from areas where it will go down a hole. Try to get it in an area where it has the opportunity to tree within a half mile or so. Give the cat a good 15 minute head start and then let the pup go. If he looses the trail help him get back on it. Be a team! Once he finds it let him tree. For added training, tie him up and knock the ferule cat out of the tree and give it another head start.

I haven't done any "training" in so many years I honestly cant remember. Just go for a walk til the dog can hang with the older dogs.