what hunting dog breed do you perfer and why ?

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

If i hunted birds i would probably go with a Lab. For varmint (squirrel, raccoon, ect) I would go with a Russo-European Laika, West or East Siberian Laika or a Karelian Bear Dog.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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Why? Why not? look at them lol

 

[Kathryn4629]

Well she is not a hunting dog but was bred for hunting varmints. Ava is my wonderful schnauzer that may be small, but is really quick. So far she has brought back to me (dead) mice, rats, squirrel, ground squirrel, and gophers (she digs them out of the nest and eats the babies). Her newest obsession is the wild quail, sadly she has killed 3 this spring. All the while, our plott hound mix just lays there on the porch.

 

[Barred Rocks forever]

nice thanks for posting guys keep it up how does your dh hunt the cattle cara ?

 

[Jamie_Dog_Trainer]

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In order to follow the rules i'll post why i chose these breeds. Lab: because they are easy to train and live with for the most part. The others: great hunting insticts, best squirrle dogs IMO. No fear, great partners in the woods.

 

[Cara]

He uses the curs to find them and then hold them up until he can get to them on horseback. They drive them out of the brush. They will circle a bunch of cattle keeping them all together, otherwise the cattle will run off as soon as they see someone coming. They don't herd as such, they don't drive the cattle. Once he has caught up to them they leave the cows alone unless they try to run off and leave the herd. Basically they bay them up until they stand still, and will hang onto an ear or muzzle if they run. They don't hunt anything but cattle, so they know when they go out what to look (well sniff) for. There are different lines of Black Mouth Curs, used for hunting small game, hog hunting, and working cattle.

 

[dutchhollow]

Birds German Shorthair
Varmints German Shorthair
Blood Tracking German Shorthair
Ducks and Geese German Shorthair
Lay on the couch and play with the kids after work German Shorthair!

 

[Cindiloohoo]

American Pit Bull Terriers are the best dogs to rid your place of moles. They make a great squirrel dog too, but are bred to hunt wild boar...never done that. They make great lap dogs too and babysit the kids when they are outside

 

[Big Red's Mom]

Sunny our female 4 year old Golden Retriever getting ready to go fishing.

Golden Retriever

The are great at Varmints, moles, mice and snakes do not stay at our place long before they get played to death....

Mine is not trained for bird hunting but her Dad was a hunter. Duck mostly....

She can find a shot deer....so I guess that would be a blood dog....

She will also sit in the pond for hours fishing. She waits on then to swim by then catches them, brings them to the bank and plays with them to death.....Then back to the pond for more.

Her favorite thing to find is my son......She is a great family dog....

 

[Quail27]

I intend to take up hunting when I'm more settled. I am a researcher by nature, so I've already got it all figured out, lol.

I have a bloodhound. He could actually probably make a decent hunting dog if he were trained for it, but a lot of hunters are very anti bloodhound. They say they can trail people but not animals, but to me that doesn't make sense at all. All this cold/hot nosed crap doesn't make a lick of sense to me, at least not in the idea that a hot nose would be better suited to a hunt than a cold nose. If a dog can scent out tracks that are days old, it should be able to do fresh ones even better.

But anyway...

The area I live is very wooded, so none of the sight hounds would work for me.
A good bit of the land is also very dense, so the dog would need to be large, strong, and not likely to be affected too badly by thorns and sticks.
I intend to hunt a wide variety of game.
And I intend to keep my hunting dogs in kennels when they aren't working. So they should be able to tolerate hot and cold weather.

Otterhounds are large, strong, have coats to protect them from the weather and the brush, and have a history of being used to hunt a variety of critters.

Spinone Italianos have the same characteristics, but are better for birds.