Beagle Training

[terrym]

Buy yourself a Garmin GPS tracker.

[ninepointer]

My best training spots were public lands along semi-urban trail systems such as rail-trails. No gun hunting allowed and good cover that holds rabbits. My buddy and I would go at the crack of dawn and get in a couple hours of chases before most of the people showed up. Most walker/joggers we encountered were amused by the sounds of beagles on-chase.

If you want a rabbit dog, then first and frequent exposure to rabbit scent, with lots of praise, is essential to reduce the chances of your dog taking a liking to deer.

[Sharon]

Save your money Frank. At some point you are going to need a GPS unit. None were available when Dad and I were breeding /training beagles, therefore some were lost .

[Bo D]

A good time is now before you start running your dog and that is some obedience training. Walking on a lead, sit, come and come to a whistle before you ever turn him loose...

[jaycee]

A good time is now before you start running your dog and that is some obedience training. Walking on a lead, sit, come and come to a whistle before you ever turn him loose...

Obedience training is a must, start it now!
A lot of owners want to get their dogs into running game, forgetting about obedience training, then get all upset when their dog takes off on game and for all their worth, they cannot recall or call the dog off when necessary.

[Fox]

Obedience training is a must, start it now!
A lot of owners want to get their dogs into running game, forgetting about obedience training, then get all upset when their dog takes off on game and for all their worth, they cannot recall or call the dog off when necessary.

Hounds can be the most obedient dogs out there they flip the switch when their nose gets into it, hence all the beagles in shelters that ran away, no, they were let off leash and they got on a scent, they are stubborn things. We had 1 beagle that would no chase anything until you left the front lawn of the hunt camp, then it was hunting time. Another would smell the guys who set in the block line and turn around, rarely kept going on a deer, those were the only 2 that kept their obedience once on a track or around game.

[MikePal]

Hounds can be the most obedient dogs out there they flip the switch when their nose gets into it,

No kidding....our dogs would do everything commanded of them till their nose picked up a scent. Then they were running till the deer was shot or crossed the river.....even then we had a few cross and get lost on the other side until some kind stranger called us to let us know they had our dogs.

[Fox]

No kidding....our dogs would do everything commanded of them till their nose picked up a scent. Then they were running till the deer was shot or crossed the river.....even then we had a few cross and get lost on the other side until some kind stranger called us to let us know they had our dogs.

5+ miles on 1 deer for one of our boys, the camp shot the deer and set the dog loose again, on the way back he got on to another track and ran another 3+ miles before he was picked up, this was the ridges of the Ottawa valley. That dog had a couple days rest after that very long day, this was a beagle/walker cross.

[cedar]

I agree. Obedience training is a must. Worried my first one wouldn’t hunt and spent all my time training him to hunt Once he got on his first rabbit he was like a machine but there was no way I could call him in once we were in the field. Spent hours trying to get him. Just got a second beagle pup and I’m spending all my time teaching him to come to a whistle. The hunt drive will just kick in once he’s in the field like his older brothers