Cooper, the hunter.

Cooper's treed raccoon

Cooper proved he is a coonhound last week. On the road to the dog park, Josh and I spotted a raccoon in the timber.  We decided to test Coop's instincts and, lo and behold, he tracked the critter into the timber and ran it up a tree, barking the whole way.  Josh is now encouraging him and this little game.  Since the first raccoon, he's managed to tree a squirrel off-leash inside the dog park and yet another raccoon on-leash in the parking lot.  We captured his latest hunt on video!

Note: I haven't figured out video editing yet so it's kinda long...the good part starts around :40 in. :)