Julie Dutton’s amazing coonhound Ginny is a total super star !!! For anyone that ever doubted that coonhounds can be agility, obedience or any other kind of trained — well here you go !!!!
https://www.messenger.com/t/julie.dutton.714
From Julie – the story of Ginny !
I adopted her three years ago (at the time she was estimated to be between 1.5-3yrs old). She was originally found as a stray in West Virginia and ended up at a Greyhound rescue in MA where I adopted her. I convinced my parents to let me visit the rescue for my 19th birthday (to actually originally look at a different dog) and within a few minutes of meeting her, I knew she was the one. Two days later, we brought her home and she has been such a blessing to have. I was working at a kennel at the time, but for the last two and a half years, have been working as a dog trainer at a training facility in Massachusetts. This has given me the opportunity to work with her around various distractions on a regular basis and as I learn more in the dog training world, challenged and inspired me to begin teaching her new things as well as practice what she already knows in various situations and environments. She still has a lot of potential in her training to learn more and while generally very good around every day distractions, still occasionally has trouble listening around certain distractions (I.e. deer), which we are working on. However, she has come a long way since I first adopted her, and I can’t imagine life without her!
Julie thank you again for sharing your amazing story and welcome to the family !
Your partnership with Ginny is just awe inspiring !!
#hounddogsuperstar
