Hey guys, thanks for the input. I truly appreciate it....As a California Houndsman, I know the importance of having a dog that comes from good dogs, and I have also had dogs that came from no name junk dogs, that turned out to be FANTASTIC hounds, but more times than not, if you breed junk to junk, you get junk................that being said, I just got my first dog to try to start as a coyote dog. She does not come from coyote hunting parents though. She is 1/4 Black mouth cur, 1/4 border collie, 1/4 mcnab, and 1/4 catahoula cur. She is 13 months old right now.
Im going to start her with obedience basics...(come and load up) I want her to come on command, and as stated by several here, thats of utmost importance. She already knows to load on command.
Once she will come on command or on tone, I would assume I would get her used to the gun by starting her out with a cap gun and going up from there if she takes well to the the gun....then I would assume I would take her out with me calling, and tie her up on maybe a 25 foot lead and let her just "hang out a few times" while I shoot coyotes and get her some what used to the gig...let her run in and chew on the yote after its shot...after that, take her off the 25 foot rope and let her roam while I call, keeping her within a moderate distance of course and when the coyotes come in, let her do her thing....pursue, and come back, etc....I would rather let her work the crap out of a coyote and maybe not even get a shot the first few times, than just cut her work short and shoot the yote too fast.....I dunno guys, again, Im new to the yote doggin business so take it easy on me, but do I have somewhat of the right idea????
Again, thanks for all the input and help.