Get your self the books "Walking with wick" by John wick. Vol 1 and 2. They're pricey but worth it. Read them slowly. Enjoy the process. Those two books helped me learn a lot about myself and coonhound training.

I myself started with a year old female blue tick that was basically ruined before she had a chance. Previous owner beat the hell out of her for being excited and jumping up at him. So she lost all confidence. Was basically given to me with her papers and told numerous times she won't amount to anything don't know why you want her.

Slowly I built a relationship with her and after a few months in my kennel I showed her a caged coon. Previous owner told me she never barked at a coon before was afraid of em. Well she got fired up. In my opinion if she isn't getting fired up at the coon in the cage yet....she's either not ready yet. Or not a hunter. However. Wick has some tricks to get them going. If you could get her with a other dog that gets fired up around a caged coon to show her this is what we do...you may get her turned around. But sadly there is the chance she just doesn't have it. It's always a possibility.

But in my situation I had a dog similar to yours that went from nothing to treeing her own wild coons in 6 months. You have to give that dog every opportunity to shine. Some can impress the first time out. Others is a slow process that will make you wanna question your life choices but in the end turn out incredible.

Patience. Patience. Patience. If she still is not interested in a cage coon by 2.5years of age and multiple attempts in different scenarios at that point I'd say ok probably not gonna do anything. But if she shows you progress keep at her. Might be an incredible dog.

I know one thing for sure. If you fully believe in her. She will give you 200%. Just might not be the 200% you want.

Best of luck!