How to spoil the pup and make a Coon Hound

coonhunterssupply.com Carl Moore

I got that new coon hound pup. What do I do now? That is the big question. You have picked a pup after a lot of research, picked the breed, the parents, hopefully you hunted with them, and of course picked your favorite pup.

Now you got him home the first thing to do is take him to your vet. Let him give the full check out and give the shots needed. Your pup should get used to the handling and probing by his vet. Give him time to get learn to trust in his vet. Use the same vet for each visit, the pup will feel more at home with someone he knows and his vet will know all about him.

OK now that is done. Take your strong healthy pup home. Introduce him to the family. Let him play with the kids and your wife, he should know he is a part of your family. House break him, teach him manners, how to lead, stay close, sit, follow directions and most of all to trust you and the family to protect him and love him When the time comes he will do his best to please you when training to make you a great coon hound. Not all pups will turn out just the way you want, but don`t give up on him. He may just be a pleasure to take to the woods, and only tree a few coon, but give lots of love tell him how great he is. The more one on one time you spend with him the better he will get. Make sure you take your children with you often. The pup wants to show them how much he learned from you. Make day trips to the open spaces with the pup and the kids, let them play in the woods, streams and fields.

Yep make him a lap dog.

I think I can hear you screaming. Think about it you want a well behaved hound when you go hunting don`t you. One that only wants to please you and make you proud of him. Coon hunting is not fun if the dogs only hunts for his own pleasure.

You can make up a game for the family when the pup has grown a little. play hide and seek with him. Let the kids make drag a trail with a hot dog or sausage, and let the little guy find it. Of course that is his treat. Make it harder each time for him and hide it a little higher. After while put the sausage just out of reach. Cheer him on get him to tree that thing. Always give him his treat if he earns it. Before long the kids can put down a trail in the back yard and put the treat in a tree. Now you have a tree dog and trees how you want a real coon hound.

With lots of hikes in the woods and knowing how to tree you now have a hound that is ready for training.