Well I'll start off by saying this... His treeing skills will need work, but by God if I lose him I can count on him being at the truck when I get back. Gonna need to invest in a tracking collar.
I found that the dogs do much better later in the year. Many more squirrels on the ground for them to get used to chasing. I lost my squirrel dog last year, and I'm still mourning.
Shoot, with all the leaves on now that's a great dog hunt! If he treed enough that you could find 5 in the tree and kill them this time of year you've got a superstar! I don't even take my dog till November.
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