Introduction
Beagle is a perfect hunter that is able to trace small or medium-sized wild animals and lift birds after they have been shot by a hunter.
As a rule, people who keen at chasing wild animals, are prefer to by a young Beagle who is already trained with basic hunting skills. But how to train a small Beagle puppy if you want to use it as a hunting dog?
Chasing a Rabbit
- Stage 1. When your Beagle puppy is 8 weeks old, you can start to give it wild rabbit skin to play with. This way, Beagle puppy learns the rabbit smell and wants to chase the fur. After 2 weeks of playing with the skin, you should begin to play hide and seek with it. When a puppy has found a skin, begin to drag the fur along the ground to and fro so that a puppy can see it. The puppy will put its nose to the ground and begin to track the trail of scent.
- Stage 2. When your puppy has already known a rabbit scent, you can take your Beagle outdoors to chase a real rabbit. When you see a rabbit, put your puppy on the trail and let it to chase the animal. Make sure, that a dog doesn’t see a rabbit, so that, it can rely only on its scent.
- Stage 3. After several weeks of placing your dog on fresh rabbit scent trail, your puppy is ready to search for a rabbit on their own.
- Stage 4. When your puppy is able to run a rabbit for a moderate time (10-20 minutes), you should begin to run the puppy with a good rabbit hunting dog or group of dogs.
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Fox Hunting
- Stage 1. Teach your dog some basic commands that will help you during tracing a real fox: “stay!”, “sit!” and “come!”
- Stage 2. Teach your dog to fetch that is necessary to return the fox to you on your command. Start with playing, a puppy should know how to fetch and bring you a toy.
- Stage 3. When your Beagle puppy is 8 weeks old, you can start to give it wild fox skin to play with. By doing so, a puppy will be get used to a fox smell.
- Stage 4. After your puppy have remembered a fox smell, you should begin to play hide and seek with it. When a puppy has found a skin, begin to drag the fur along the ground to and fro so that a puppy can see it.
- Stage 5. When your puppy has already known a smell of a fox and can find a skin relying just on its scent, you can take your Beagle outdoors to try to chase a real animal. When you see a fox, put your puppy on the trail and let it to chase the animal. Make sure, that a dog doesn’t see a fox, so that, it can rely only on its scent.
- Stage 6. When your puppy is able to run a fox for a moderate time (10-20 minutes) and have been shown a fox kennel, you should begin to run the puppy with a good rabbit hunting dog or group of dogs.
How to Teach to Fetch a Bird?
First of all, your puppy should know how to fetch a toy. Then, play with your dog by fetching a bird’s trunk.
Slightly, but surely your dog will understand what to do with a bird and will bring it to you on your command “fetch!” As soon as you perfect the command, you can teach your Beagle at “real” environment during hunting.
Сonclusion
Beagle is a very skillful hunter that will be very useful to a man, who is keen at chasing wild animals. Begin to train your Beagle at every puppyhood using our tips to make your dog a swift and quick hound.
