This is more out of curiosity, but has anyone here actually gone down to the dog pound/Humane society/animal rescue and adopted a dog that turned out to be a good hunter? If you have what were the circumstances; breed, age, previous training, etc?

I'm not trying to get into a "my mut can beat your pure bred" thread but I've seen questions regarding this on this site (usually, I have a 5 yr old dog, can I teach it to hunt or I have a part X, part Y, will it be a good bird dog) andknow the answers (it depends) but was curious if anyone here has actually pulled off a pygmallion/eliza doolittle on a rescued dog.

Spud

I know of someone who pulled an Audrey Hepburn out of a My Fair Lady. Five year old GSP, calm and quiet, listens well and former owner was a hunter. Too bad the new owner doesn't.

Mite so he found a trained, calm GSP at a shelter and he doesn't hunt. Yes that is sad, but at least he found a good dog.

Thanks for the input.

http://www.boykinrescue.org/

You can adopt or foster a great little dog from these people!

I love the way boykins look but don't know much about their temperment. I mainly do upland hunting, no waterfowl yet, but I hear they are very versitile. That would be awsome to rescue a good gun dog. I hope to get me a good one when the kids are older and i have more time at home. It would probably be more likely than finding one at a doggie orphanage and trying to train it. Just to clarify - I'm really not looking to do either one but am interested in other's success stories.

Spud

I've had and known approxamatly half a dozen boykins and everyone of them would hunt with you in the morning and nap on the sofa with you in the afternoon... I take my year and half old male fishing with me and he just sits and watches the world go by... Great little dogs

Deke, now why did you have to go and tell me that? Now I want to start looking for dog.

Sorry spuddog, butthey're adictive little rascals!

I know some fellas that had some luck getting hog dogs doing this. Most that worked looked to have a lotof Catahoula in them. Pretty common in Tejas pounds.

dad and i went and brought home a adult treeing walker...wasnt from the pound, but might as well have been! guy had him chained up out back..GAVE him to us FREE. said he wanted to be a coon hunter but never had the time...only coon that dog ever saw was a nasty ole pelt that the dog carried around the back yard since he was a pup.

who knows what dad was thinkin, but we brought that sorry ole Walker dog home with us...

dad showed him a caged coon and that was the only training it took...he was a pure coon dog no doubt about it. ive since ran with a pile of coonhounds and i would still to this day put him up against any of them...and ive ran with a pile of grand nite champions and real good dogs.

he was just a natural coon hound i guess....he was one of those once in a lifetime hounds i think....still cant believe how it all played out...all the odds were against us...that dog should probably never treed a coon for us...just usually dont happen...if you dont train them as a pup and all their life, chances are great that its just gunna be a mangy ole mutt that doesnt hunt....