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I just got this 5 year old male and he hunts good and runs a real good rabbit the problem is he will stay at the hole or wont leave the loss i`ve tryed shocking him and he still does it till the other dogs open on another rabbit then he`ll leave and join them. Any suggestions will help i`ve tryed every thing from shocking to going getting him and he`ll just go back.

Does he know to come to you when shocked under normal field conditions ( not holed) ?

If so SHOCK him harder


Buddy

He does come to me when not working a rabbit to the shock collar but when he is he`ll take every thing the shock collar has and wont leave i have to go get him and leash him and drag him out of the field.

You may not like what he's doing but he sounds like he has a lot of hunt in him. I personally don't like a dog staying at the hole. I hope you can break him of this.

beagletrainer

Sounds like a nice dog that is determined to account for his game. When I was growing up a dog like that was valuable. Money was short and I remember going hunting with just one or two shotgun shells and coming back with 3 or four rabbits sometimes. The dogs we had at the time accounted for most rabbits they ran. I remember taking many rabbits out of holes in trees or in the ground. They just wouldn't give up unless we got the rabbit. I know it's a pain when you are just joy running, but dogs with that determination don't come every day.

Good luck to you with your dogs.

John

Thanks John for reminding me of the good times im going to give him a chance and work with him some more this summer hopefully he`ll start to come to the collar when called. Its just a pain in the $$s haveing to go get him every time out when my other dogs all come in when called.