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Not to sound stupid, but what can such a dog be trained on? I know you intend to hunt squirrel but can they be used for other game?
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Great to see that someone even knows what a cur or feist is!! I had a brindle cur (Original Mt. Cur) for 14 years. It was rough when I had to put her down. She saw me through some hard times.
Well, some folks hunt coon with them, especially the curs. They will also chase rabbits, and I've heard that they are pretty decent as flushing dogs for game birds.
According to their history, they were bred years ago as a do-anything farm dog.
Here are a couple of pictures of dogs from a previous breeding of my pup's parents:
According to their history, they were bred years ago as a do-anything farm dog.
Here are a couple of pictures of dogs from a previous breeding of my pup's parents:
Thanks for letting me off the hook :haha:
If anybody is interested, here is a darn good book on how to train up a squirrel dog!
"Squirrel Dog Basics, A Guide to Hunting Squirrels with Dogs" by David A. Osborn. ISBN 0-9671700-0-1. The book does a darn good job of how to train a dog, and it covers about all of the breeds we use for squirrel hunting. Feists are well covered as well as curs.
I've got a Rat Terrier that is darn good, and I've got an Airedale that has a Menser IQ, but shows little interest in squirrels! Next set of squirrel dogs I train up are going to be Jagh Terriers (Jagh Terrors may be a better name :grin: ). Three of these little fellows will catch and hold a 300 pound black bear!!! I honestly think a couple would catch a gator on land!
If anybody is interested, here is a darn good book on how to train up a squirrel dog!
"Squirrel Dog Basics, A Guide to Hunting Squirrels with Dogs" by David A. Osborn. ISBN 0-9671700-0-1. The book does a darn good job of how to train a dog, and it covers about all of the breeds we use for squirrel hunting. Feists are well covered as well as curs.
I've got a Rat Terrier that is darn good, and I've got an Airedale that has a Menser IQ, but shows little interest in squirrels! Next set of squirrel dogs I train up are going to be Jagh Terriers (Jagh Terrors may be a better name :grin: ). Three of these little fellows will catch and hold a 300 pound black bear!!! I honestly think a couple would catch a gator on land!
fw,
Although I still am an avid squirrel hunter, I have not had a squirel dog for some years. I have
used a few beagles a couple of currs but by far the best and last I had was a little weinner dog.
She was my wife's lap dog until she saw my .32,then and only then she was my squirrel dog.
Her name was Nibbie and could not smell her own
butt, but had the eyesight of an eagle. Could not get much more than a foot off the ground, but thought she could climb trees. You that know
squirrel dogs, will know what I'm talking about,but she had three yips(barks).(1) I'm looking (2)I found it (3) yip,yip double yip,shoot it or I'll go find someone that will.
Damn I miss that dog's sence of humor.
Squirrel dogs don't get trained,they train
you.IMO and everyone has a different way of training you. I'm glad God gave them to us.
snake-eyes:hmm:
Although I still am an avid squirrel hunter, I have not had a squirel dog for some years. I have
used a few beagles a couple of currs but by far the best and last I had was a little weinner dog.
She was my wife's lap dog until she saw my .32,then and only then she was my squirrel dog.
Her name was Nibbie and could not smell her own
butt, but had the eyesight of an eagle. Could not get much more than a foot off the ground, but thought she could climb trees. You that know
squirrel dogs, will know what I'm talking about,but she had three yips(barks).(1) I'm looking (2)I found it (3) yip,yip double yip,shoot it or I'll go find someone that will.
Damn I miss that dog's sence of humor.
Squirrel dogs don't get trained,they train
you.IMO and everyone has a different way of training you. I'm glad God gave them to us.
snake-eyes:hmm:
They look to me like terriers. Are they so hard, tough and sharp as terriers? If so you can use them for bigger game, too, especially searching and[url] driving.In[/url] GE we use terriers for driving hogs.
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Roy, I noticed you are from Georgia. I'm getting my pup from a guy in Moultrie. :winking:
snake-eyes, it seems like some unlikely candidates make good squirrel dogs sometimes. A buddy of mine had a chihuahua that would tree every squirrel in the woods. She usually got tired towards the end of the hunt and he'd carry her home in the game bag of his hunting vest. :haha:
Kirrmeister, I'm pretty sure that most of the feists have a lot of terrier in their backgrounds. They look like a cross between a Jack Russell and a rat terrier to me. They are usually very tough, alert, and pretty much fearless on game.
snake-eyes, it seems like some unlikely candidates make good squirrel dogs sometimes. A buddy of mine had a chihuahua that would tree every squirrel in the woods. She usually got tired towards the end of the hunt and he'd carry her home in the game bag of his hunting vest. :haha:
Kirrmeister, I'm pretty sure that most of the feists have a lot of terrier in their backgrounds. They look like a cross between a Jack Russell and a rat terrier to me. They are usually very tough, alert, and pretty much fearless on game.
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That's a fine lookin' feller. Brings back some memorys for me. They are good on 'possums and I've heard some say they will go after coons. Had many a meal of fried squacks, pan-drippings/browned flour/milk gravy and smashed taters and fried okra when I had mine. 
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When i was a kid I had a cocker spaniel that was on hell of a treerat dog.
They will chase em if you just take em in the woods for a walk with you and let them do their thing. Can even break em from runnin deer if you teach em when they are young.
I like dogs better than most people.
People who tell me that their dog is mean get a real puzzled look when I let their dog approach me and then I rub their ears with out getting bit. Seem a dog can tell right away if you are affraid of them or not.
Sort of like some hidden energy they sence . I don't know what to call it.
I have always had some kind of hunting pal and some were really good rabbit dogs too.
The fun is watching them mature from pup to pro at hunting. Some just have a better knach for it than others but all seem to make really good hunting buddys. Enjoy the time spent with them. :thumbsup:
They will chase em if you just take em in the woods for a walk with you and let them do their thing. Can even break em from runnin deer if you teach em when they are young.
I like dogs better than most people.
People who tell me that their dog is mean get a real puzzled look when I let their dog approach me and then I rub their ears with out getting bit. Seem a dog can tell right away if you are affraid of them or not.
Sort of like some hidden energy they sence . I don't know what to call it.
I have always had some kind of hunting pal and some were really good rabbit dogs too.
The fun is watching them mature from pup to pro at hunting. Some just have a better knach for it than others but all seem to make really good hunting buddys. Enjoy the time spent with them. :thumbsup:
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