How Are Hunting Dogs Trained?

Article Title: How Are Hunting Dogs Trained?
Author: Gray Rollins

Information on training a hunting dog.

The term hunting dog is applied to any dog that is able to
assist a human in the act of hunting. There are several
different types of breeds of dogs that are quite useful as
hunting dogs and each has a particularly unique and useful
talented that is used during hunting.

Hounds such as coonhounds are often used for stalking prey
either by sight or sound. Sight hounds generally kill what they
are stalking for their masters, while scent hounds are very
likely to corner prey in some manner so someone in the hunting
party may kill it.

Hunters that hunt small game such a wild turkey and pheasants
normally use gun dogs. There are pointers who point at game
birds that are being tracked by the hunting party and will
additionally flush out the prey for the hunter. There are also
pointers that basically freeze and point when a game bird is
spotted and allows the hunting party the opportunity to flush
out the prey. Retrievers are a class of hunting dog that will go
out an retrieve the carcasses of prey that have been shot by the
hunting party.

Curs and terriers are also in the gun dog classification of
hunting dogs. Terriers ferret out animals in their habits (dens
for instance) and then kill them with brute strength. Curs are
hunting dogs that are very well known to take on creatures that
are much larger then they are.

When you begin to train your hunting dog the first thing you
need to do is to begin getting them used to the great outdoors.
A dog that is going to assist a hunting party needs to be able
to handle all types of weather. Allow your dog to roam around in
an empty open area with your close supervision. When doing this
you want to make sure that your dog is given plenty of water.

You are also going to need to teach your hunting dog how to
track. This task can be accomplished by purchasing a container
of animal blood and create a small trail of it that your dog can
follow. Leaving a treat at the end of that trail can further
encourage your dog to take to tracking.

If you are extremely patient with your dog while training it to
be a hunting dog in time you are going to have a very faithful
and useful member of your hunting party for years to come.

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