Fox Dogs Wanted

furandfeather

Hey all, wondering if anyone could point me the direction off locating top quality fox dogs for hunting heavy cover. Dont want beagles, hounds or harriers or terriers that go to ground. A good leggy terrier or barking springer would be ideal. tanx

Shoot2kill

furandfeather wrote: »

Hey all, wondering if anyone could point me the direction off locating top quality fox dogs for hunting heavy cover. Dont want beagles, hounds or harriers or terriers that go to ground. A good leggy terrier or barking springer would be ideal. tanx

+1 on the barking springer or sprocker!

pugw

Shoot2kill wrote: »

+1 on the barking springer or sprocker!

Or labrador/springer crosses, just out of interest how come you wouldnt have a beagle? Best thing to do is try and get in contact with someone decent near enough to your area that might sell you an experienced dog and one or 2 promising pups to get you started. There is an awful lot of cowboys trying to ofload sh*t in that game!

yessam

do beagles work best in packs.

i like the idea of the springer with a bark

Shoot2kill

pugw wrote: »

Or labrador/springer crosses, just out of interest how come you wouldnt have a beagle? Best thing to do is try and get in contact with someone decent near enough to your area that might sell you an experienced dog and one or 2 promising pups to get you started. There is an awful lot of cowboys trying to ofload sh*t in that game!

Just a preference for the spaniels is all.. Hard to beat a barking Springer!

furandfeather

pugw wrote: »

Or labrador/springer crosses, just out of interest how come you wouldnt have a beagle? Best thing to do is try and get in contact with someone decent near enough to your area that might sell you an experienced dog and one or 2 promising pups to get you started. There is an awful lot of cowboys trying to ofload sh*t in that game!

We ve one beagle in the pack already. Iv no time for them really, there more trouble than there worth too us. If (or WHEN more likely) a fox gets away its goodbye beagle for few hours! Mate of mine has a unreal barking springer bitch and plans too breed her in the summer, so he promised me a pup. But its experienced dogs im looking for now. 3 off mine got killed in a accident. Fed up with done deal, i must have met half off the dodges in the country!!!!

palo

Hello.

Don't rule out a good working shepard or two they will bark and will return to you un like the Beagle and you wont need a bugle either. A good working sheppard will mark a fox to ground and most of the time is too big to enter a den, all the best.

furandfeather

do you mean a collie type dog or you talking about german shepard?

palo

Yes a Collie type Dog but it would have to be a working dog (hunting) sheep or cattle or else it wont have the hunting instint in it. A creeper is not much good, a dog that does not bark at cattle or sheep for the hunting. A lot of sheep farmers would have there working dogs well used to the smell of a fox, as any time they snare one there dog is with them and they got to know who Enemy No 1 is fairly quick.

EastTyrone

what is the difference between a barking springer and a normal springer? is there lines of dogs that will bark?

kemen

dont let him get away will solve that problem
we run with 1 beagle at the min as 3 retired last year and we have 3 pups coming on nicely, but she works 100% on her own! ya'd miss all the rest hunting at the same time!

palo

Most people I know would never want a springer that would bark for rough shooting Wood cock or phesant, to be honest I have never seen a springer barking while hunting. Ground game a different story.

kemen

my mates springer will hunt game all day an not a peep! but if there is a fox in the cover she will yelp. i dunno why this is! heard of a lad gettin a feild trial cocker for very little money because she just started yelping out of the blue!

Birdnuts

Got a collie/springer cross who does the business in this area - a real joy to watch as she goes about her work:)

Terrier

We used a Cocker that only barks on foxes so brilliant when your on the line.. works with 2 foot beagles and 2 beagle\springer pups which are starting to show promise.. our issue is fox numbers are low which is not helping there training.