The American Beagler Forum

Don: would that cross be outta any siblings to the female I have ( wiggly..shooter/striker).. If so, I'd be interested in how the breeding turns out.

Well my young pups finally started opening on tracks in the wild..They have been hunting real hard for me trying to get one going the past few days so i took them out with a few older dogs and I was real happy to hear a new mouth when my older dog had one up and running..by the end of this morning I...

Anyone else having some good runs? These past 2 weeks it seems as tho the dogs are Jumping the right rabbits that wanna run far..today both rabbits took the dogs outta hearing range for quite some time before turning around. Would this be typical of running in the spring? I hunted this spot earlier ...

Joe is a good young dog..hunts real good and stays busy..he had some speed when I saw him..would be a good dog for someone who has some faster hounds..Nick I will deff have to get back down there, that's a
Real nice place to run some dogs.

Nick would this be the Joe dog that you had?

Likemfast: haven't seen or ran on coal dirt fields. Would they be similar to a paved road? I could see that being pretty tough. Deerhost: Andre your right those gravel tracks can be tough. But from the videos ive seen of your dogs they have no problems with them..you have some good dogs When trackin...

What would you consider to be the most difficult scenting conditions for a dog? And why?

Glad to hear your dog is coming around for ya..I saw your previous thread about him giving ya some problems..looks like you made the right decision about keeping him and putting some time into him..hope he keeps improving for ya

Thanks for the replys

What do you think it takes for a dog to be considered finished? Or what are your thoughts on what a finished dog means??

Nice!! By the way that vanilla worked pretty good..next day had one in the trap.

I like the first tip..let Em bath themselves.

Deerhost: I have tried something similar to what you said..I showed the pup a trapped rabbit and he opened up but when I let the rabbit out that fast little bugger got threw my fence before me or the pup knew what happened, gonna trap another one and let him out in the field next time so he can atle...

Newt: was the 4 month old pup exposed to rabbits before you took her? I took a 5 month old pup out to tag along while I ran 1 older dog, pup was all in and threw the bush and thick stuff, wouldn't say he was hunting, just exploring and running around the thickets like a puppy..he was right With the ...

What are some things you Like to see outta a young pup on it's first trip out in the wild? Or what do you expect outta a young pup when first put in the wild?