put corn out to draw squirrels. let fido run around in the yard

She's just the right age to begin learning. Not the go deep get hooked up hunting but the fundamentals of come here, sit, and basic good handling training. Also a good time to start training for gunshots and loud noises.

Start taking the pup for walks in the woods when you can. Don't expect much. The idea is to get her to send to new places and learn to cross logs, creeks etc. She will probably start when she is ready.

So is she a catahoula?

so i would imagine squirrel hunting with dogs isnt much different than coon hunting getting your dog to tree on the right tree is one of the biggest issues with any good hound lots of times coons and i have seen squirrels do it to is jump on a tree and than jump off and go to a different tree giving a false tree you could waste a lot of time looking up a tree with no squirrel in it the other issue i can see with squirrels is they like to run up one and than use the branches to travel so the dog must be able to follow it through the trees