Looking for a good rabbit dog

turkeycaller101 · 03-21-2007, 03:30 PM

I have two beagles one male and a female. Having a hard time teaching them to hunt. I was wondering if anyone has a dog that hunts that they are looking to sell. If they live near me i will trade a good dog for rights to a farm with lots of deer and rabbits. Please pm me if you can help.

huntinhick · 03-30-2007, 06:32 AM

where are you from

turkeycaller101 · 04-10-2007, 02:42 PM

I live in dorchester county md

coolbrze0 · 04-11-2007, 07:37 PM

I'm down here in VA. How old are your dogs? Have they been trained or are they unstarted?

turkeycaller101 · 04-14-2007, 09:22 AM

my dogs are 11months and 8 months they have been around hunting they just havnt picked it up.

coolbrze0 · 04-14-2007, 02:09 PM

They are definitely old enough to be taught. I like to start mine around 3-4 months, but some guys dont start them until 12 months. 1st suggestion is go to your local co-op and buy a tame rabbit and let them run him in a rabbit/coon cage. This is the best time of year to train beagles as there are rabbits all over the place since they're breeding now and in the spring & summer, there's a lot of scent on the dew. Take a spotlight or maglight out at night and shine one, then take the dogs over to the trail and get them psyched and praise them when they start running it.