A good dog will get the fur in it's teeth, any which way but loose.
I found my bitch Black and Tan twenty feet up one night
where a dead fall crotched into a standing tree.
I could see her going up ok but totally feared she would fall
on the turnaround or decent. Those pads work way better than I expected.
She came down and went on to tree the coon.
I miss those days.
Zuma