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Need some help. We have a Male, almost 2 years old, that we compete in LP. At the end of last year he really cranked up with top 10 placements in 7 of the last 8 hunts, two being second places. Over the past 2 or 3 weeks it seems like he has gone crazy when we take him to the field. He runs around real fast and barks like he is hot on the trail but there is not anything there. He chases the other dogs and barks like he is running hot on a rabbit trail. If we use the collar on him to stop his crazyness, he comes and sits down beside us and won't do any hunting. He will run okay once another dog has a rabbit up but may blow way past a check and only returns after the other dogs have come back to the true point of loss. He is really messing up the other dogs with him. Is this something that will go away? Will running him solo help? Any other ideas on how to get him back on track!!!

solo might help pressure is a bad thing for a mind some can handle it some cant may be a bad sign for this dog (blown up )

Solo is all that can help except for putting him up for a while. Likely he is blownup.

Can you say blowed up ? Was them trophies really worth it ? Field trailing has ruint many a good hound Lay em up . Keep your fingers crossed . good luck

I don't know if anybody has tried this or not but it might be worth a shot.
Ask your vet about giving him an anti-psychotic drug. When we get a horse that is speed crazy, same thing as blown up, we give them a shot of prolixin. It is a drug for people with split personallities. (I don't even want to make an attempt to spell that word!) It really brings them back to earth and they race like they did before the competition got to them. Heres the thing though, it will work one way only. If the hard hittin hound is the dominent personality thats what you will get. If the screw up is dominent, well lets just say you won't be taking him out of his cage for about 30 days. Has anybody tried this on hounds?

Have run him a lot lately with our champion dogs, another male we have that is extremely good and fast, and with Frank Fulks' Grand dogs. May be just to much pressure. Will try just running him solo for a while. Have spent a lot of time and enery with him, sure hate to give up on him now.

to fast to young spells disaster you will ruin him if you keep doing that.

Got some good news. Ran this dog today in a field trial, and he done really well. Acted like he had some sense and ran well. Placed second in his cast, but drew out against a really good dog. Just got beat. So we were pleased with him today. Still going to watch who we run him with during the week though.. maybe just some good slow gun dogs. Thanks for your input.