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·My husband has put me up to this because he is a hunter.
He is curious how to get a basset interested in hunting. Our 1st basset Maggie(6yr) has absolutely no interest in hunting what so ever. He took her a couple times rabbit hunting and she sat under his truck while he walked. Once he had gotten a couple of bunnies she just licked them.(I know she is older now, but during her younger days she wasn't interested I would think it has only gotten worse now)
We've gotten a puppy basset(7 months old) who I really think would hunt. The reason I say that is we have a pet bunny and she is really interested in the bunny. One day they were all out in the back yard and Mollie started sniffing out Daisy(the bunny) she eventually found her and the race was on. Maggie has never even thought of chasing Daisy while they have been outside. She just likes to lick her when they bump into each other laying around in the yard. Daisy dosen't go out in the yard unless supervised though.
So my husband thinks he might have an acutal hunting dog now with Mollie. What can he do to train her and work with her to get her interested in actually hunting? And how not to scare them when the gun goes off?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[ November 29, 2005, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Mollie and Maggie ]
He is curious how to get a basset interested in hunting. Our 1st basset Maggie(6yr) has absolutely no interest in hunting what so ever. He took her a couple times rabbit hunting and she sat under his truck while he walked. Once he had gotten a couple of bunnies she just licked them.(I know she is older now, but during her younger days she wasn't interested I would think it has only gotten worse now)
We've gotten a puppy basset(7 months old) who I really think would hunt. The reason I say that is we have a pet bunny and she is really interested in the bunny. One day they were all out in the back yard and Mollie started sniffing out Daisy(the bunny) she eventually found her and the race was on. Maggie has never even thought of chasing Daisy while they have been outside. She just likes to lick her when they bump into each other laying around in the yard. Daisy dosen't go out in the yard unless supervised though.
So my husband thinks he might have an acutal hunting dog now with Mollie. What can he do to train her and work with her to get her interested in actually hunting? And how not to scare them when the gun goes off?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
[ November 29, 2005, 03:37 PM: Message edited by: Mollie and Maggie ]