mark to ground

junospider

Anyone know how to train a beagle,harrier or any hound to mark or are these dogs born rather than made,,Basically I want him to stay by the earth and bawl his head off if charlie is at home!

marty555

Have a little exp with them and what I have found out, is that if its in them they will do it no problem. As a side question by any chance do you know where I might one or two ??

round tower huntsman

imo you cant train em to do it, they just do it. young dogs can pick it up off older hounds but generally you'll see that the markers are related. marking is something,like everything else in hounds thats in the breeding.

you'll find it hard to get your hands on a marking hound tbh. no one gives em away and if they are there's usually a que.

round tower huntsman

the more marks they see and join in on the more likely they'll start themselves, especially if they from a long line of markers.

thelurcher

You have until September to find one so time is on your side - as you no doubt know the season is well and truly over.
No one with any shred of cop-on would be out from now on.
Disrespectful - to say the least - to both land owners and quarry.

It's very difficult to get marking hounds - especially beagles and harriers. Foxhounds are a different matter - may be a bit big for you you'd think but they're a lot more manageable than other hounds in the field.
Be careful though - if there's one thing worse than hounds coming away from a genuine mark it's hounds false marking.

I presume it's work for the terriers you're looking for? Why not try and get out with a local registered pack. No idea of your circumstances obviously but there are so many 'maverick' packs around now farmers are getting well pissed off - you could find yourself loosing some permission?

dicky82

marty555 wrote: »

Have a little exp with them and what I have found out, is that if its in them they will do it no problem. As a side question by any chance do you know where I might one or two ??

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/dogs/4734590

marty555

Cheers dicky. I seen them and tried to get in contact with owner. But no reply back. At 50 quid each I find it hard to believe that they are starting to work.
Do you not think ?

dicky82

i don't really have any experience with the breed to be honest so i wouldn't be too sure but as they say if it sounds too good to be true then it's too good to be true. have you tried contacting any of the registered packs?

marty555

In my area I've tried a few but if their are dogs or even pups their promised well ahead of me... Hense trying to get contact with anyone on this.

dicky82

what about asking the NARGC for a list of registered packs in leinster surely you could be put in contact with someone, hard t believe that no one would have o couple of dogs/pups for sale?

Shoot2kill

I know a lad that has a few hounds (not for sale mind) but he keeps them around the mouth of the burrow for a few digs, drives them banana's. Most of the hounds he has will mark ground once they have seen a few digs.

junospider

we have a few beagles in the gun club and hunt fox from christmas to paddys day,several times this year they failed to push the fox out of cover and we assume he went to ground.one time i saw the fox go into a shore,the dogs hunted right up to the shore and then lost interest.as i have 2 russels i view this as missed opportunities.Looks like i am in the market for a pup from a good marking bitch.

patdahat

dicky82 wrote: »

what about asking the NARGC for a list of registered packs in leinster surely you could be put in contact with someone, hard t believe that no one would have o couple of dogs/pups for sale?

This might be of some use.
http://www.hai.ie/hunts.php

Cork Rebel

As said above they are hard to come by, a bit like hens teeth, unfortunately.

Some hounds just seem to be good markers while others will never mark even though they would have been around plenty of digs and at plenty of marks.

The marking hound seems to have a greater desire to get to the fox.

I would also agree with what has been said above, the foxhound seems to be more inclined to mark, imo.

Best of luck and hopefully you will get one to suit you.

dicky82

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/dogs/4749842