The American Beagler Forum

The best gun dogs are dead. Most anyone will tell you no dog alive today good run like old "what's his name" could. He just got better and better after he died.

Got me thinking maybe it's the electronics ???? Some dogs will not tolerate much tritronics. I've had a couple, one that I gave away and the other I sold because I recognized they would not ever take the shock collar. The one I gave away, the guy loved and kept him until the dog died. Under his car...

If he didn't turn off his collars before transporting the dogs that mileage would be added on also.

mybeagles wrote: A dogs that can cold trail and jump a rabbit is priceless, a dog that barks all over is worthless.

Spot on!!! Thanks for that!

I've seen plenty of big nosed dogs with tight mouths that get plenty excited before the game is moving; I can honestly say in 37 years of running beagles on snowshoe hare I have yet to see a good snow hound that could handle the cold dry snow from 10º F and below that had a tight mouth. Especially ...

Welcome to the board hare chaser Dan. I thought that sounded like Bud running your hound. The fresh dusting of snow and jump had your hound screaming, she sounded nice. I think you double posted the same clip, I couldn't get the one where he caught her up after the hr run. Again welcome aboard. SRP...

This topic comes up all the time on here, and I read it every single time, LOL, it's like a broken record. It intrigues me because guys will argue it's big nose, other say it's a moronic cold trailer with no brains. From what I can see, no one is changing anyone's mind. I have an idiotic oversized ...

Well I am new to this board as far as responding/posting goes but not new to hunting with hounds. I have had hunting hounds continuously since 1977. I shot my first snowshoe hare within 10 miles of the Canadian Border in Northern VT in 1972 in front of an old grade female beagle. I was hooked foreve...