The American Beagler Forum

anybody ever had a dog for some reason or the other who knows why,, about 3 or 4 times a year, will decide to not come to next spot your hunting or go home for that matter . of course i have the garmin tracker on him,,so i know wheres hes at .

you can shock , scream ,whatever u want to do he aint coming ..u gotta go get him,get close and he comes right to ya .

man i have about had it . problem is he is a awesome dog all the other times. wont run trash at all. one of the best hunting males u ever seen . handles like a dream is a tattle tale ,good nose great brains ,will slow or smoke it ...quiet in keenel and box . all u could ever ask for . except for this crap he does just enough of to make u wanna kill him., anybody ever had this happen ..the dog is not close to 5

Hard of hearing!

If he only annoys you 3 or 4 times a year and does all the rest of the things you mentioned the rest of the time,I could live with it.
Joseph J Murphy

Selective hearing, my fiancé says I got that.

Casey, U will find that the selective hearing goes on the other way once U get married! I know my wife has a invisible switch that she says she clicks off and I can tell it when she does.

Here's my theory. Maybe he smells something he knows he is not supposed to run and feels trenendous guilt. He runs home to avoid the massive guilt he is feeling. Or just has selective hearing I dont know.

I seen dogs do that if a pack of coyotes have been in the area the night before. Took them to a new area and they did good!

I have a female that does that I put her on a check cord after and e collar zap and pull remind her what it means when I call it seem to help her

About 30 years ago I had an old female, excelent hunter, did the same thing every once in a while. One time I got so mad I pulled up and almost shot at her. I gave up calling and chasing her and we went back to the house, she beat us back to the truck. Sometimes we don't give our dogs enough credit.
Thanks,
Bob

I know his problem, he's a patch hound. Sorry preacher luv u bro

I have one of these too. Dang its aggravating

Least he is a good dog, nothing worse than chasing a worthless one around to get a collar. We have all had one or two like that, it's just part of it.i have to say the ole shock collar works pretty good on that part.