I got a chance to take my dog with a few guys with dogs. Is that a good idea or do I need to just hunt solo with my pup and let him figure it out on his own

Has your dog treed on its own yet ?

No he just a little over 4 months old. A work in progress I guess. He too busy running around smelling

It doesn't hurt them but I'm not sure if it really helps either. My dog won't tree with anyone else's dog. She doesn't care if your dog is treed or not she's going to find her own squirrel. I like that

When I have a puppy that's not teeing yet I don't mind hunting with other dogs. It gives them some socializing and they can learn from the other dogs too. Once they start treeing good I like to hunt them solo.

With a cur I always been told to hunt solo till they figure it out or as much as possible but I don't know what it would hurt. I would just ask the guys if they wouldn't shoot any game down unless your dog got in on the action

My opinion is to hunt them alone till they are treeing good. If your dog is trailing game and working tracks, it won't be long. Especially if it gets a chase on with a squirrel.

He isn't doing much of nothing right now he smells and runs around like a chicken with his head cut off. Been having trouble getting around a squirrel.He will Chase a tail on a stick. I'm green at this just keeping him in the woods much as possible

Still a pup at 9 months, I hear all the time that some start at 5 months. My best dog didn't really start good until a year old.

To young for that. Hunt him on his own till he starts treeing and staying treed with the meat. You can ruin a pup hunting him with strange dogs and picking up bad habits. Beware of a mean tree dog.It only takes one time to ruin a young dog. Hunt him for a year and then think about taking him with others.

Best thing I ever did was hunt a little fiest mix I had with some older dogs, its like it just clicked with her after that.