Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

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.

RE: Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

where are you from

RE: Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

I live in dorchester county md

RE: Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

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

RE: Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

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

RE: Looking for a good rabbit dog
 

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.