How else do you describe a coonhound without saying “She’s a coonhound” (my coonhound parents out there will get that – truthfully, they’re a really unique breed).
She’s got a redtick coat despite being (like her sister, Shelby) a redbone x redtick coonhound. She’s fiercely determined and I’m pretty sure she’s part goat? In all honesty, I’m gutted I didn’t have this hound as a puppy, because my instinct is that she would make a phenomenal agility dog. and I mean that! I’ve never seen a coonhound do agility? But Lucy is unbelievably confident in her body and how she moves? She’s fast and agile and she would work a course! Ugh… gutted haha.
Like most of her breed she is enormously prey driven. She helps keep all sorts of squirrels and mices out of the yard and makes a good effort with everything else too. I’ve never know dogs like her (and I’ve worked with a LOT!).
Occasionally she forgets herself, it’s very much a coonhound thing that they don’t feel feelings, they FEEL FEELINGS>!1!!!!!11 They’re either at a 2 or an 11, with very little grey area, and Lucy is a prime example of that. She is either OVER THE MOON!! or asleep. She’s really ANGRYYYY or she’s Running around like a lunatic. She dials everything up 20%. Which means that sometimes? She really struggles to remember manners. It’s something we’re working on though!
The Name…
Age
At this age? She’s in great health (and still ranking amongst some of the highest active coonhounds and dogs in the state, according to Fi — not that we’re proud of that at all hehe), active as can be and enjoys a wonderful life of running, sniffing and chasing the occasional thing.
Diet
About Lucy
Lucy’s my pickle.
I struggle to understand little Luce, whilst she’s a lovely dog, her mind and my mind are not aligned sometimes and it takes a bit for us to work together.
I put that down to the fact that I wouldn’t have ever picked a coonhound as a breed? And actually, I’m a strong believer that 90% of coonhound owners are not appropriate homes, luckily, we are if we were on a checklist, but just the way lucy’s mind works, I struggle to line up with her.
Like her sister, she is more nose than dog, and I find it really funny to see how her and her sister differ? Despite being full sisters, the variance between them is huge. For example Shelby? Will lift her nose to the air and follow the smell directly to the source.
Lucy? Nose to the floor and follow every step that the thing she’s following has taken.
Lucy is also smarter with her smells, I think, she is more atuned to when something is no longer there than Shelby. Which I find quite funny. We tease the coonhounds a lot and say Lucy’s telling us that Shelby’s gone noseblind, and that she’s the smarter coonhound… Ahh little jokes.
Lucy is the more driven of the pair, Lucy is easier to motivate, I would also say that she’s the more intelligent one too. She picks up new cues and actions really quickly, and she loves to please. She loves to make you happy. Which I love too. But, she does struggle to relax.
Equipment Preferences
Tricks Lucy Knows
Author, Ali Smith
Ali Smith is a professional, qualified, and multi-award winning trainer is the founder of rebarkable. She has always believed animals deserve kindness and champions force free methods. Believing that dog guardians will all choose the kindest options if proper information is provided, she aims to help all dog guardians who need it and make dog training as accessible as possible
Ali lives win Maryland, US with her husband and her three dogs.
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