I only believe in using barn cats at one stage in a hounds life. 12-14 weeks old turn him loose were he can see the Big male barn cat clearly, Believe me the cat will not get hurt and he might not run, Imprinting your young hound to the cat scent at this stag is important but most importantly he will gain a huge amount of respect and hate by being beat up by the barn cat.
If you train with barn cats too much your dog wont give cougars any respect and there life will be short lived. First time you bay up a big cat that wont tree your hound will just bale in for a chew and die a sudden death.
They don't need live animals to be good.
I travel all over every year to field trials and night coon hunts, Good hounds are consistant if they do well at the field trials and night hunts generally they do well in hunting season for bear and cougar, now a bobcat, lynx dog that consistantly trees is at the top of the list when it comes to hound hunting ability.
|