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what is considered a jump dog ?
what makes a better jump dog male, or female?
can u train a dog, or puppy to be a jump dog?

what is a jump dog? A dog who can not only find the initial scent, but can actually get the bunny out of his cozy home and get him running in a short amount of time. Many dogs can get out and "strike", but cannot produce a running rabbit. A jump dog gets the rabbit running.

What makes a better one, male or female? Couldnt say that one is better than the other.

Can you train one? maybe a little, but I'm more inclined to say no.

what is considered a jump dog ?

Often hunt is confused with jump and they are different. Hunt is getting into the brush and bumping rabbits, which results in a jump, through hard work. Jump is very special. It is going into the brush only after smelling the rabbit, they wind it like a bird dog. Some, will even freeze (point) like a bird dog. Hunt can be trained and breed for, jump can not.

what makes a better jump dog male, or female?

I'll take either one!!!!!!!!

can u train a dog, or puppy to be a jump dog?

NO, You can train them to have hunt and bump rabbits.

in 2 post they have answered ur ? jump dogs r few and far between u have seenn folks say i got 3 or 4 jump dogs no way! i have only seeen 3 or 4 in my life !i got some good dogs now they find rabbits pretty quick but i dont own a jump dog. wish i did!

Preacher is right. Anyone that has one, won't sell it, for sure!

I've have one in my life. I sold a couple of good ones a few years back, because they didn't have the brains to go with the nose. I might have a couple of real ones in the making. All from the same bitch. These, at 18 months, seems to have the brains. My fingers are crossed.

I have 4 Jumpdogs now. They were all bred by ME and born TRASHPROOF.they have HUGE noses and never cold trail 1 bark.

and u run ur car on the gas they produce >??i thought rebels name was herrel whitner not mike crabtree lol!just messing with ya mike but i seriouslyy doubt that is true! but if it is good job!

Oh yea I raised a 9 week old Cast winner too.

I think they are born with the trait. My sugar gyp has been jumping and running since she was 6 months old. All I did with her was take her to a starting pen one time. A week later she jumped her own rabbit and has not stoped since then. The other day in a pack of 8 we jumped 8 rabbits. She had 4 of the jumps. She is a very good running and check hound as well.

I have had better luck with females being the better jump dog. I have a very nice one that will never be sold. And she is pushing 15 inches which is another thing I like in a female.

yep, once you have one, he/she isnt for sale

burbba wrote:yep, once you have one, he/she isnt for sale

I agree. With that being said, everyone's got their price. I've got 5 dogs that arent for sale, but I'd sell them if the price were right. One is a once in a lifetime hound also. At least everyone thats seen him run thinks so.

I have a female that I think is a good jump dog, I have seen her go down a trail and throw her head up and she cuts in a pile of briars and the race is on. She is a good wind scenter. She has a half brother trying to do the same, I do think a lot of it is in the breeding.

coolbrze wrote

I agree. With that being said, everyone's got their price. I've got 5 dogs that arent for sale, but I'd sell them if the price were right. One is a once in a lifetime hound also. At least everyone thats seen him run thinks so.




Yep, I've heard of dogs that money won't buy, haven't seen any... maybe Donald Trump's dog, I guess

I have some dogs that can jump rabbits but I do not consider them to be real jump dogs. A jump dog is like a magician that seems to be able to pull a rabbit out of nowhere. A buddy of mine had a dog named Buster. Best I ever saw. Could go into strange new territory and find one in a hurry. Could find one other dogs passed by. Magical.