Coonhounds......

Too funny. Aint nothin wrong with your dog. Looks by the pic to be a cross between a Bluetick and a Walker. That's not a bad thing. You say he's treeing squirrels in the backyard. In my neck of the woods that makes him worth $1000. That dog wasn't bred to sit and shake hands. That dog is bred to trail and hunt but to get him goin good you'll have to spend a lot of nights away from the wife and kids out in the woods where the coons live. Several of my old buddies always kept an old hound around their place whether it would tree or not. They would tell the wife they were going out hunting when they wanted to chase some *****. They would tie the dog up at some buddies house and go chasin tail then go get their dog and go home when they were done chasin the bitches. Keep him on the squirrels and find someone in your area that hunts coon and ask if you can take your young dog along. Lots of fun. Coons are good to eat too......young ones that is.
Small Block