curdog675 wrote:
I have seen EXTREMELY broke, straight coon dogs, run bear. several actually. I dont know what it is, but most coon dogs will run bear. I would be very cautious trying to break them off.
Sounds to me like they weren't very broke, then. Funny how extremely broke dogs have run several bears.
I've seen plenty of coon dogs that wouldn't run bears. That being said, try running them with some good bear dogs and you won't want to break them off anymore. Bear hunting is WAY more fun than coon hunting. Too bad they hibernate.