Do you know how to fine-tune a dog to hunt squirrels?

You have a great dog. The barking on a lot of dogs when they tree usually will come after you kill several squirrels with them and they realize the squirrel is what you are after. But due to her age you may jump start the process by really encouraging her when she trees. It is also important to try and kill every squirrel she trees. The reason she doesn't bark is because you have not killed the squirrels she has treed and doesn't know you want her to even tree them. But take the first squirrel you kill that she has treed, and let her muzzle it for a while then engage in a little tug of war with it for a minute or two. She will try and pull it away from you. If she refuses to let it go, lift up her ear and blow into it- she will drop the squirrel, then put it just out of her reach in a bush where she can see it. Encourage her to get the squirrel. Get her excited. She should start barking after a few trips and training efforts with the bushes and the squirrels.It is the breeds nature to bark at the tree. Curs make excellent tree dogs. I have had them that would tree squirrels in the daytime and coons at night. And like yours, since I do a lot of bow hunting the dog was great at finding deer after the shot when the blood trial could not be unraveled. Before I became a fanatic about bow hunting, squirrel hunting with a dog was my greatest sport.There is nothing like it.You have a very lucky boyfriend.(you have a dog that will track his deer after the shot) How lucky can he get? Good luck with your dog.