Sookster

I attended a big coon hunt this weekend (see Nova's 52 weeks for more info) and my dad decided to buy a puppy. Of course, he also decided to send it home with me. So now I have a baby coon dog puppy at my house, howling and disturbing the poodle peace.

I'm posting because I am having the darndest time coming up with a name for her. Her parents are:

(mom) Dixie Hammer Style and (dad) Hardwood Bean

I know. Terrible names. But my dad wants her registered name to having something to do with these. We need a call name too. She's quite spunky, and loud as most hounds are. Very curious of everything, and very brave. Any ideas welcome.

My dad really wants me to show her UKC. I haven't participated in any dog shows since I was a really young child and I did some junior handler stuff with the dogs my dad had back then. Any tips for getting involved in that are greatly welcome.

And enjoy hound dog puppy cuteness:
Coondog puppy playing - YouTube

Video quality isn't exceptional as I took it with my cell. Apologies in advance!

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partial2poodles

God bless ya child. That baying drives me insane. She better not teach your poodles to bark like a coondog. My bather has a black n tan coonhound....dad says he's to pretty to hunt (might get acratched up) but OMG he is constantly hunting...that nose never rests

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petitpie

Dixie Bean Baby, Dixie Style Grits, Dixie Hardwood Bean, Dixie Dogwood Bean (I like Dixie), Dixie Dogwood Blossom, Bonnie Blue Dixie, Bonnie Blue Bean......

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petitpie

Bonnie Blue Butler Bean, Cherry Blossom Hardwood, Hickory Smoked Hardwood, Smokin' Bay Cherry, Walnut Hardwood Dixie, Smokin' Dixie Style, Stylish Dixie Hardwood, Stylish Bonnie Bay, Zat 'Nuff Smokin' Dixie

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Countryboy

LMBO, Sookster!

My 'Thanx' was just a tiny bit sarcastic. heeheehee They do have a mournful sound, eh? lol

Best of luck with that!

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petitpie

Sunshine Dixie Style, Scarlet Dixie Style, Scarlet Hardwood O'Hara, Miss Mellie's Hardwood Beauty, Dixie Bean's Hardwood Beauty, Fay Bay Hammer, Sippin' Hardwood Whiskey, Sippin' Blossom Whiskey

......love naming dogs and horses!

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petitpie

Happy Tails Who Dat is named for the Saints' Superbowl win 2 years ago. She was born that season and I had just gotten her as a baby. She is a Phantom and has a howl....woo woo-oo-oo! I call her my "hound puppy"!

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Sookster

Bridgette (my poodle pup) howls like no other. Thanks for all the name suggestions, they are giving me some good ideas! And this coon dog thing is surely going to be an experience. We will see if I can really handle her for the 6 months to a year that my dad wants me to keep her.

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outwest

Wow. I want to buy a beautiful puppy, give it to someone else to raise and then take them back when they are all civilized! You're a saint, honestly. LOL Why doesn't your Dad want the puppy he bought?

Dixie is an adorable name for a female coonhound. Can you use that for her call name? Look up Southern phrases and names for ideas. She is cute!

Sookster

Yeah we are kind of leaning toward Dixie as a call name. Though I think there are probably a lot of other Dixie's in the coonhound world lol.

My dad just doesn't quite know what to do with puppies lol. They are way too much work for him. But he loved this little girl, and she has pretty nice working bloodlines. The two dogs he is currently hunting are getting a little age on them and he wanted a young pup to get started and be ready once he retires those from hunting.

Most coon hunting dogs don't get much in the area of obedience or "manners" training, which didn't really bother my dad when he was younger and could handle an exuberant hunting dog, but he really wants this girl to be well trained. I'm going to crate train her, do some basic obedience and leash walking training, and then when she's old enough he will take her and teach her to hunt. He wouldn't have bought her if I hadn't agreed to take her, and of course being my dad and all, I couldn't let him walk away from something I could tell he wanted so badly.

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