Hunting, what should I do?

Whelp, I'm about to move to STL and I'll be in the MO area prolly in Troy, MO. But my dog is almost 2 and I knew the thing of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is all bull shit but I was wondering, How do I train my dog to hunt? I'm thinking of letting her retrieve fowl or go fishing with me, helping me retrieve the net or hell, just get her into badger, raccoon, fox or even deer hunting, prolly be more interested in the badgers, foxes and deer b/c im not too interested in fowl, fishes yeas but fowl not so much.

Alice is almost 2, 60 pounds and growing and one badass dog, full of power but she's been laying around...so have I and I need something for us both to do, Of course I need a gun and a license for the deer and the fuzzy "prey" lol but My dog has the potential, She just needs to be trained a bit. :dogtongue:

 

If the dog can do it, it can do it. Letting it at a deer is probably the safest out of the lot for finding out what the dog can do. I don't have a clue about Racoon's, but the badgers in England are capable of doing a fair deal of damage to a dog and the foxes where i come from in England are pretty big and are also capable of fighting back against a dog if cornered... though the ones where i live now in London are srawny weak little things that a Yorkie could take down...

 

You don't want to be putting your dogs on badgers, it's too cruel. Putting them in the box is less cruel in my eyes

 

badger is for small dogs that go into terriers

hogs maybe?
join some folks that hunt and ask to take your dog to see others work, then if you can, let her go, she must go after hogs not dogs lol

(if you go that way forget walk in forest off leash)

 

some hunting not allowed in uk right?

about dog on deer..(i think)you will only see how good the dog runs or not

 

Where I live in Ohio if a guy is out hunting and he sees a dog chasing deer guess which one gets shot............hint........it ain't the deer.

 

dogs on deers ? dogs on foxes? large foxes in the uk able to take on a dog ?.....LMAO

 

what he said....and....find someone to teach you and your dog, funny though, by the time you get it down, you may have found yourself have gone thru several different dogs to get a certain job done, not all dogs are good hunters

 

Well 60 pounds is way to big to be trying to go down a badger hole, You need your small hunting terriers for that. Something I would suggest is some squirrel hunting with your dog, Just about any dog can do that and do it well. I could go down to the pound and just pick out a dog I liked the looks of and make a squirrel dog out of him.

With bulldogs your kind of limited on your hunting, They do well on hogs, Bear, Squirrel, Coon and things of that nature. Take the dog fishing and you will more than likely have a dog that gets tangled in the net or gets hooked. Run deer with them and you will more than likely end up with either a dead dog like Yard boy said or you will wind up with a hefty fine and a slim chance of sitting in the pokey for a day and going before a judge. Now tracking wounded deer with your dog is a different story, And bulldogs have done well at that.

As far as training you need to first figure what instincts the dog has and go from there, The dog is either a hunter or he ain't and there is nothing you can do to make a dog that has no hunting drive want to do it for you.

 

thanks you very much friend!

 

the best way to get a dog to hunt is to work and school it with other experienced dogs hands down. its up to you to decide if your dog will get along with the others, the last thing you want is a dog that fights a working dog when amped up and then both get hurt by the quarry.

and just imagine how pissed the other guy will be if your dog hurts his best hunter!

 

Aloha I hunt my pits they are some of the best hunters This is the history of the breed this is what they were made for in there original form I hunt hogs I have hunted many breeds they by far in my opinion the best

 

:dramacorn::crap::fighting0050::letseat:

Its Only A Matter Of Time Now.............

 

For sure!!!!!!!!!!! check your facts !! they were hunting in 50 ad I will get the info and post it

 

Thats True it won't be long before it all comes to an end.

 

I think your just a little off on your information there, Unless you read something and just couldn't understand it.

 

Once in Rome, the British dogs were crossbred with their Roman counterparts. From the years 50 AD to 410 AD, the breed was widely disseminated throughout the Roman Empire for use as fighting dogs. Along the way they mixed with other indigenous breeds throughout Europe, creating a genetic melting pot for the bulldogs that are thought to have been the immediate antecedents of the American Pit Bull Terrier.

In 1406, Edmond de Langley - the Duke of York - produced a short treatise for Henry IV entitled, "The Master of the Game and of Hawks." In it, he described a descendent of the ancient Mastiffs that he called the "Alaunt", the most commonly used baiting dog of the era. A 1585 painting of the Alaunts hunting wild boar portrayed lean, muscular animals with profound similarities to the dogs we know as pit bulls.

When English immigrants came to America, their dogs came with them. Not surprisingly, dog fighting was common in America throughout the 19th century. However, as the immigrants traveled west, the pit bull took on a broader and more humane function. On the frontier, pit bulls assumed the role of an all-purpose dog. In addition to herding cattle and sheep they served as faithful guardians, protecting families and livestock from the ever-present threat of thieves and wild animals.

 

I was a little off sorry