Need some advice about my coon dog

[Willy Dee]

I have a nine month old English Coonhound. Very similar to a Treeing Walker. I also live in the suburbs. Coonhounds are happiest on the hunt to appease that innate desire. As I like to squirrel hunt, I am training him to tree squirrels. We do this walking the neighborhood every day we are not in the woods. I have a long retractable leash. When he see a squirrel, I get close enough so he can tree it and bay. The neighbors actually love seeing it and hearing him sing. More importantly, I also train him to break off a chase. A training collar helps a lot. 99 percent of the time, the warning beep and a verbal command does the trick. Praise and treats for desired behavior. I also have squirrel tails on a string attached to a stick that we use as a toy. He loves to chase it. This seems to allow him to scratch the hunting itch and chills him out.
Coonhounds are incredible, but consistent training seems to be essential. If you are going to have him off leash, I highly recommend a tracking collar. I use a Garmin.

 

[Stevebob]

we pet ours when they tree ine and send em on to the next one. thats what we're doing right now

 

[hops2899]

Picked up a Treeing Walker earlier this month at the Washington Wilkes shelter. She is about a year old and a handful. I have the training collar as well, I just can’t keep up with her otherwise. Voice commands first, two beeps before shock on “1”. I hate to go that far but she is driven! BTW, let’s see yours.

 

[charlie hotel lima]

Hounds just want to hunt. They are good people dogs, but my son and I hunted years ago, Walkers and Blueticks..Load up, was what they wanted to hear. Yours will be fine, like's been said already, she'll calm down. On a side note, where I walk, a family has a beautiful brown bloodhound, he used to roam the yard, confined to a pen now in the backyard. Hate to see it, but he cuts loose when I go by.