Picked up Stef and met Paul down at the old hog farm. We sent Roy and Nitro into the woods. About 10 minutes and they fell treed. We got there & couldn't see a coon. Sent them on, they grabbed another tree, same thing. Sent them on again, same thing, this time I whipped Roy a little before sending them on. They started a new track but this turned ugly. Sounded like they were chasing a deer, so I shocked Roy & they both stopped. Finally Roy got off by himself and treed. Nitro came and joined him. When we got there it was a telephone pole with no coon! I whipped Roy a little for this & we decided to call it a night. Sometimes dogs do poorly & it's just better to go home. Roy had a pretty good week, but this showed me he still needs a lot of correction. He was such a good dog, wonder what made him crack? Oh well, a few months of careful hunting will straighten him out. (I hope.)
Posted by bruceo at November 1, 2003 12:52 AM