We have a coon hound that we adopted at about five weeks old and has NEVER been abused but to watch him you would never know it.
If I pick up my back scratcher he zooms out the doggie door. He pretty much stays outside during football games where there is a lot of cheering or jeering.
Once I clapped my hands loudly and he jumped out of the window. Living in Houston the windows are seldom open but I guess he must have remembered it was open and used it because it was the quickest escape route.
Yikes! It sounds like you have a heck of a beta hound. If we could mix mine and yours, we would likely have a wonderfully middle of the road hound!
What kind of Coon Hound did you adopt? I have an American English coon hound. Have you studied the history of the breed?