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What's your definition of a well started dog as far what they should be able to do.

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Minnesota
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You buying or selling?

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I would be interested in the right one.but was just looking what everyone's opinion was.

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Registered: Nov 2021
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My opinion of well started would be a young dog that trees 50-75% of the nights I take it hunting. The occasional possum but no other non climbing game. Slick trees would be 75% or less depending on the time of year. Hunting range wouldn't be factored in at this point as much due to the consistency of finding a track and treeing. This is what I would call a "well started dog". It's a notch above lightly started and below finished. Hope that this fits the question

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Registered: Nov 2021
Location: MO
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My opinion of well started would be a young dog that trees 50-75% of the nights I take it hunting. The occasional possum but no other non climbing game. Slick trees would be 75% or less depending on the time of year. Hunting range wouldn't be factored in at this point as much due to the consistency of finding a track and treeing. This is what I would call a "well started dog". It's a notch above lightly started and below finished. Hope that this fits the question

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Registered: Feb 2014
Location: missouri
Posts: 79

Loads, leads, no off game. Goes with the old dogs trail to tree
Alone maybe struggles with harder tracks; able to tree easy to medium long tracks .
Well started- needs boot leather and woods time.

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Registered: Nov 2011
Location: Freeport,TX
Posts: 1973

More than likely the well started dog I'm looking for is not for sale or I couldn't afford unless I got lucky…

Getting lucky find a young dog that hasn't been handled right…or someone hasn't the room for the young dog…

So I would look for a pup with lots of potential

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