Squirrel dog!

Man, squirrel dogs cost some bucks!

I don't have specific recommendations, but there are a hell of a lot of folks that have and sell dogs in the Tupelo, MS area.

Pro tip from experience

Between 4 months and a year old they need to be in the woods three times a week. Take the dog for a 20-30 min walk three times a week.

You can have the best bloodlines in the world and if you are not willing to hunt the dog on the reg you will end up with junk.

Good luck and remember. You get out of a dog what you put in.

I've had a couple rat terriers I trained my self as a kid. I kept a squirrel in the freezer and I'd drag it around the yard up the side of a tree then hide it in the tree. I'd let him chew it a second . Once we started killing squirrels with him I'd feed him the hearts and stuff. Killed many squirrels with him.

If you really want one to hate a squirrel wound one and let it bite the dog when it hits the ground. The dog will want to kill every squirrel for miles

I use my English coonhound (who happens to be a hell of a good coon dog) for squirrels. I love the big dogs too. Mine weighs 90 pounds.

Best thing I can tell you is you need time and be ready to go through some dogs. I went through something like 8 dogs before I ended up with the one I have.

Get a puppy, spend lots of time with it, teach it what you want it to do, and enjoy the results. Treeing hounds are very smart and very driven just like labs and need much of the same training. Be firm, be rewarding, and enjoy it. Some of those 8 dogs would have probably been decent if I had known what I was doing.

I wouldnt trade my dog for any I've hunted with. He isnt a world champion or anything but he handles fantasticly and handling is more important than treeing IMO.