Black and Tan Coonhound pups I got for bear hunting.

[brodieross]

A couple weeks ago I made a thread in the dogs section saying I was looking for a couple Black and Tan Coonhounds to run on bears. Well, I ended up getting some that were 8 months old and hand just lived in a kennel. They had seen a caged coon once I believe but that was it. I drove down from Peterborough to Michigan to get them. I've had thm for a week and a half and although I've trained them for at least an hour almost every day since I got them, I'm really happy with how fast they're progressing, it's great. Can't wait to get them on a track. Here is a video I put together showing myself training them a little bit. This was only 3 or 4 days ago and they're already doing a lot better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q14gQlDYdDE

[MikePal]

Thanks for taking the time to post that...made my day..LOL

I have owned two RedBone coon hounds thru the years and just love the sound of them when they get on a run.

Great dogs that have a ton of natural tracking ability. Both times I got one they were neutered house pets that had never been off leash (3-5 yrs old).
It didn't make a bit of difference, the first time I took them out they were on game. Great tracking dogs. Besides dogging deer I also used them on blood trails tracking wounded deer...never failed me.

Have fun with them.....they are a hunter's best friend !!

[fishhawk]

Congrats on the new hounds, looks like you’re already having a lot of fun with them. Some of the most memorable and fun times I had with my GSP was training it when it was young. Didn’t realize it at the time, but you also have pride when you trained your own hunting dog. Keep at it they are naturals.

[thunderbelly]

A little trick I used when running beagles. When I yelled " YO YO YO YOOO" the beagles knew I was onto a rabbit, the buggers would come to me even out in the woods. It took a while, me actually jumping a rabbit, marking the spot, yelling like a fool, then bringing the beagles to the spot. I assumed, the dogs were baying to tell the pack they were onto something, and my "baying" meant I was onto something as well. Whatever the reason, it worked. I would suggest something that carries better for hounds that run further, but a whistle may help. Then again, may be totally useless on big dogs.

[SongDog]

Awesome job man, been following the progress on Instagram.

They are really coming along. your smart training them separately, that way they both learn at their own pace.

Hope for a good snow storm for ya so you can run them with some older hounds on a live yote lol

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[brodieross]

Thanks for the comments boys! Looking forward to showing you more with them!

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[TroutSlayer]

Very nice! Great looking dogs indeed.

[SK33T3R]

Word of warning. Make sure they respect the game they're chasing. Of the 5 black and tans I had owed I know that 4 of them would have been killed within their first 4 or 5 bear runs. I never did run them on bears but the writing was on the wall. Those 4 in varying degrees were real aggressive on coons of any size. 3 of them could kill multiple coons on their own every night they were out. I'm positive they would have been too aggressive on bears and hence they're bear days would be limited.

I had a little female (Daisy2) from southern Ohio that was from a famous bear strain from northern Michigan. You could tell right away that this little female would have been a GREAT bear dog. She only got bit by one coon and then that was it for her. She stayed back and would bay till the coon went deaf. Only when the coon was dead - confirmed dead - would she bite, tug and pull. That type of dog might be called a chicken by some standards but dogs with intelligence and respect get to run another day. Bear dogs become famous because they get to run multiple bears and to do this they need to live another day.
My aggressive dogs all had the art of killing down to their own science. Barney was a rib crusher, Daisy1 shook till the coon broke, and Bud was a strangler. Bud would get a hold of the throat and just lay down with his eyes closed and squeeze like a wrestler in the sleeper hold. The coon would thrash all over until you could hear the last gasps. Then Bud just stood and let go and sniff 2 or 3 times and walk away.
Joe, a walker hound of a friend, would take the entire coons head into his jaw and bite down real hard until the coons skull popped. Like a big walnut in a vice.
Anyway, they all have their own personalities for sure.

[Hunter John]

Great looking hounds .

[Fox]

I have them in the house because they were barking quite a bit, ha ha ha, you lost, they will be indoor dogs in no time , I love that sound, hounds are the best.