Dave Richards
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Registered: Apr 2015
Location: church hill tn
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quote: Originally posted by Ron Ashbaugh
Totally up to you, but here is the deal, you got a minimal amount of time in your life. You can spend it with a dog that makes you excited to go hunting or keep one around that you have to ask people if you should give up on. For me its a no brainer. I can't take a kennel barker let alone a kennel barker that can't tree a coon at 15 months old.
When I start a pup I keep written track of what is actually going on. I usually set a limit for myself....very few dogs make it to the limit because I have had enough before that time comes. I am really not that much into standing around in the dark listening to dogs bark up trees anymore. A dog better make it at least tolerable pretty quick for me to keep buying $40 a bag food and spending $4 gas hauling it around.
My guess is when you find a dog that really does a nice job for you, you will look back on this and wonder why you wasted so much time on this one. Good luck though.
Ron, I have read a lot of posts on this Forum and this is the best advice one could possibly give in this situation. I learned this early in my coon hunting life. NEVER waste time on a dud or dog that does not make you enjoy hunting with it.Cut your loss and look for one that will at least make you enjoy coon hunting. I see a bunch of at least decent dogs these days, unlike the early years, so there is zero need to hang on to any dog that age that will not tree. Dave
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