What would you have to have for him?:biggrin: I never really liked walking to a tree just see that it was a den tree.
I raised rat terriers and a few fiests for about 8 years prior to switching over to Mtn. Curs....as far as most of them treeing that way, I only had 2 out of all my time that just treed by sight. So they dont all do that. From my experience of dealing with squirrel dogs at the age of your dog if he is just treeing by sight there is a strong possibility thats all he will ever do. I not gonna say it wont happen for him to tree by smell but its likely he wont. I know this isnt what you want to hear but im just throwing in my .2 cents and being honest with you. Ive never had luck in changing one like that.Im not sure but I think most of the feist and rat terrier dogs tree by sight. Mabe some one with more knowledge will jump in there.
i second this. i had 1 fiest for 4 years that never would bark treed. he would however whine and whimper at the tree. he would trail some but mostly depended on sight. he got stolen from my driveway. the next fiest i had was a barn burner. had all the hunt anyone could ask for. she had a good nose and would trail a squrille ok but she was strongest with site. she could see a bushy tail from a mile away and keep her eye on it till i got there. she would bark some on a hot track but did most of her treeing by site. she was allways looking in the trees. this was ok by me because i did not comp hunt. my point is if you are not completly happy with a dog that hunts this way. you should give it a new home cause you aint never gona be happy. 3 years old and only treeing by site ? that is most likely all he will ever do. i have a cur that will stick his nose in the air when he winds 1 then trying to find just witch tree it is in. if he comes on a hot track you would think he was running a deer the way he barks. but most of the time it is a bushy tail he finds in a tree. good luck with your dog and make him your best friend. you will get more out of him that wayI raised rat terriers and a few fiests for about 8 years prior to switching over to Mtn. Curs....as far as most of them treeing that way, I only had 2 out of all my time that just treed by sight. So they dont all do that. From my experience of dealing with squirrel dogs at the age of your dog if he is just treeing by sight there is a strong possibility thats all he will ever do. I not gonna say it wont happen for him to tree by smell but its likely he wont. I know this isnt what you want to hear but im just throwing in my .2 cents and being honest with you. Ive never had luck in changing one like that.
But hey you do have a dog that will tree....thats a plus. All I have at this point in time are a couple young dogs, nothing to depend on all the time to tree.
Ryan
First off....welcome to the board!!!I was wondering if any of you may know if a snake bites a dog on his nose can it affect his smelling for hunting? My fiest is 19 months old and was bitten by a copperhead snake on his nose in August. He seemed to be doing better with the squirrel hunting before he was bitten.
I'm glad to say you were right. He treed 6 Tuesday and treed 7 today in about an hour and a half.IMO if you have only had the dog out once or twice you have no idea what the dog is capable of. He may have been haveing on off day or the squirrels weren't acting right. Hunt the dog every day possible from now to the end of season, then you can see what the dog is truely capable of.