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If I was technologically smart emough, I might consider making that my ringtone for my phone!

If you took that bark in the video, and add a little yodel/roll to it, that's exactly what Old Bob sounded like when he treed.

Folks who never worked with hounds might not realize how if you really knew your dog, you could tell just by the type of bark/length of bark/frequency whether he was on an old trail, or a fresh trail... whether he was having difficulty staying on the track due to some kind of obstruction/ water/briars/fences, and finally, if all worked out well, when he was done chasing and  located the tree that the raccoon went up.

That bluetick in the video has a good nose.  If you look close, at some points in the video he is "wind'ing" meaning he's holding his head up at a 45 degree angle and opening his mouth a little and sampling the air, figuring out what critters are or have been in the area, and how long ago it was.

Hounds are really pretty amazing.