Posted By: redgineer
Feist Training - 01/24/23 02:37 AM
I got a 3 month old female a few days ago. She aint got no papers, but looks and acts like one. I plan on training her to tree squirrels. She will be an indoor dog, which I believe compromises their hunting prowess, but her primary job is companion. Any tips for squirrel dog or general dog training would be appreciated.
First impression... she's a killer! She's fierce and relentless, I've never seen a little puppy be so confident. Won't be long before she is alpha over my 70lb dog. Once she's had her exercise, she is very affectionate. Stuck to me like velcro and eager to please.
I have a 3 year old hound/lab mutt that is obedient and good at scent tracking. I'm hoping he can help with training. He'll often correct behavior before I can get to it, and I've been having her watch him track. I've done a pretty good job training him, but that doesn't make me think I have nothing to learn about dogs.
I'm waiting until she has her parvo shots before taking her out to the woods, but I plan on getting her out as soon as possible. I have a couple squirrel tails that she has been playing with, and I plan on getting some squirrel carcasses for training. I've also been thinking about getting some haveaheart traps to give her live ones to chase. My plan is to hide the carcasses in trees then bring her along to find them. I did this with my other dog, and he always looses squirrels once they get up high. I'm not sure if that was caused by the training, or him not being the right breed. Any tips on how to train her to track them in the tree tops would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently thinking that's something she will have to teach herself. She should be able to train future squirrel dogs though.
I've never gun broken a dog with pointy ears before, which has me concerned. I've shot a pellet gun around her with no issues. She does get scared when I run loud equipment though. I think I'll stick with pellet guns and suppressed 22 (which is quieter than my pellet gun) for now.
First impression... she's a killer! She's fierce and relentless, I've never seen a little puppy be so confident. Won't be long before she is alpha over my 70lb dog. Once she's had her exercise, she is very affectionate. Stuck to me like velcro and eager to please.
I have a 3 year old hound/lab mutt that is obedient and good at scent tracking. I'm hoping he can help with training. He'll often correct behavior before I can get to it, and I've been having her watch him track. I've done a pretty good job training him, but that doesn't make me think I have nothing to learn about dogs.
I'm waiting until she has her parvo shots before taking her out to the woods, but I plan on getting her out as soon as possible. I have a couple squirrel tails that she has been playing with, and I plan on getting some squirrel carcasses for training. I've also been thinking about getting some haveaheart traps to give her live ones to chase. My plan is to hide the carcasses in trees then bring her along to find them. I did this with my other dog, and he always looses squirrels once they get up high. I'm not sure if that was caused by the training, or him not being the right breed. Any tips on how to train her to track them in the tree tops would be greatly appreciated. I'm currently thinking that's something she will have to teach herself. She should be able to train future squirrel dogs though.
I've never gun broken a dog with pointy ears before, which has me concerned. I've shot a pellet gun around her with no issues. She does get scared when I run loud equipment though. I think I'll stick with pellet guns and suppressed 22 (which is quieter than my pellet gun) for now.