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Comments (10) left to “Sweet.”

1. bubba wrote:

   *death of cute*

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 1:50 pm | Permalink

2. celticess wrote:

   Awwww… I actually have a dog question for you. I was watching NCIS and Gabby says something about her “coon dog.” Is that a breed of dog like the Main Coon cat? Or is it simply a dog trained to hunt/scare away raccoons?

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:02 pm | Permalink

3. mcnutcase wrote:

   It’s trouble.

   Very cute trouble, but definitely Trouble.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

4. mortaine wrote:

   It’s both.

   There are breeds known as “coon hounds” like the Black and Tan coonhounds, which are hounds that hunt by scent (hounds are generally hunters– bloodhounds and the like hunt by scent, sighthounds like greyhounds hunt primarily by sight). But a generic term “coon hound” or “coon dog” is any dog, often mutts descended from a scent-hunting hound, whose primary evolutionary purpose is hunting small game. This can include raccoons or other “varmint” game (vermin, such as raccoons, gophers, muskrat, rat, or even rabbit, though rabbit is usually hunted by sight because they move so darn fast). You could have a “coon dog” who had never gone hunting, I suppose, but why? Usually, your coon dog does not hunt birds with you– most bird dogs are retrievers– the human has to find the bird himself.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:23 pm | Permalink

5. llyrfish wrote:

   I need to give it a hug.

   Spencer

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:24 pm | Permalink

6. mortaine wrote:

   Oh, and I don’t know what NCIS, but if it’s some kind of crime show, the coon dog might be used like a bloodhound to hunt a suspected criminal or track a lost child. The scent hounds are used mostly for tracking and search & rescue nowadays.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:25 pm | Permalink

7. ciannait wrote:

   Ohhh!

   I just want to smooch his sudsy nose.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

8. celticess wrote:

   Thanks for the explaination and no this is before Abby became a CSI/Lab tech.

   NCIS:
   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364845/
   http://www.tv.com/ncis/show/16772/summary.html

   It’s a JAG spin off show that is sort of like CSI and Law and order CI.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 2:36 pm | Permalink

9. trelana wrote:

   Redbone coonhounds are actually my second most favouritist breed in the world, after Dobes. I’d never, ever have one unless I had a good amount of acreage, though, since their baying is insanely loud and carries.

   Posted on 29-Sep-05 at 8:23 pm | Permalink

10. silsbycarr wrote:

    *love*

    Posted on 30-Sep-05 at 5:48 am | Permalink

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