Adopting A Bluetick Coonhound From A Shelter 

I tell him that all the time!

Thanks he's come a long way since this video!

Thank you for taking IN THE OLD HOUND. tHEY can be MOODY AND SLEEP A LOT.

tHEY NEED TO GO OUT IN THE WOODS ALMOST DAILY THANKFULLY WE HAVE WOODS NEAR HERE AND IT HE=GETS ME SOME EXERCISE AS WELL WALK AM[ND LIVE LONGER! i LOVE MY HOUND SO MUCH!

I try my best to satisfy him! I made a video of some of our hiking adventures you should check it out

I can’t wait to start hunting with him!

If I had to do it all over again I wouldn’t change a thing!

If you want to see more of him check out his Instagram (trapperthecoonhound).

My goal is to hunt with him actually! I’ve been a lifelong pheasant hunter so I have more experience with bird dogs. This is my first hound but he has a stronger prey drive than any other dog I’ve ever seen. Currently on a waiting list with a trainer so we can channel that strong drive and help him focus.

ThatDudeVinny You'll have fun. No offense to your bird dogs, but a good hound doesn't just fetch dead poultry. Even a coon is like a little bear, and cats (bobcats and lions) are a real kick. That blue dog of yours looks to me like he's out of good stock. And I'll bet you dollars to donuts he's got a better than decent voice-- deep and melodious. Wait and see what you feel like when you hear that bluetick open up on an old track on a crisp, clear fall night with a long drawn out mournful bawl. Very haunting. It will send a shiver down your spine and you'll be hooked. Good luck.

@@RowdyRory I posted a few vids of his howls you should check them out!

@@ThatDudeVinny Thanks, i just did. He has a beautiful voice. You're very lucky.

He howls a lot! Check out my other vids I got a bunch of him making noise. But he also is very whiney.

He's healthy now. He must have had a rough life because he's very sensitive and gets scared easily.

I did a DNA test on him and it came back 100% bluetick.

You should definitely check out my other videos if you are curious about baying. Coonhounds are loud dogs so they might not be the right choice for you if you are in an apartment or a place where you have to keep noise down. Trapper is the loudest dog I've ever met, he bays when hes happy/excited, when we have company come over, when I bring him places, and especially when we are out in the woods and he can smell animals. At the end of the day they were pretty much bred to make noise.

I plan on fostering her first. At any rate, Trapper is very handsome and I’m glad that he is in a loving home! I am a sucker for retrievers, pointers and hounds! They are sweet, eager to please and loving.

I wouldn't do any off leash stuff without a GPS collar because these dogs are controlled by their nose and will take off as soon as they get a scent but they are great for hiking. Check out some of my other vids with him we do a lot of hiking.

It’s hard to put a label on it. He’s very low energy indoors until I take him outside and then he turns into a different dog and he really comes to life.

Oook. I have find out that exist an American Blue Gascon Coonhound Asocciation too. These dogs ard a little bit longer tdlls the standard; but it's quite the same breed.

Blue tick coonhounds are direct descendants of the grand bleu de gasgogne. In the early days of America the french settlers brought their gascogne hounds to Louisiana and crossed them with other hounds that were here to breed a dog that was good for tracking and treeing raccoons and other animals native to America. Grand bleu de gascogne's are larger and heavier than most blueticks. Trapper here is a definitely on the larger end of the spectrum for this breed and he could actually be one of the "American Gascon" hounds. The American Gascons are actually nicknamed "old-fashioned blueticks" because they kept more of the features from the old french gascognes. Since Trapper was found as a stray before he ended up in the dog shelter there's no way of knowing exactly what breed he is so I'll be getting a DNA test for him soon since the only thing that's for sure is that he is definitely a hound.

Yeah he was about 20 pounds underweight when I first got him. He's now at a healthy 100lbs and his vet said he's at a perfect weight for his body type now.

Ruben If I just want him for a house dog for my young daughter will he be ok if neutered?

I don’t think so…I have owned several neutered dogs and they all had prey drive and could hunt. It did cut their dog on dog aggression though which was nice.