Rabbit hunting with one beagle?

I am thinking of getting a beagle pup. Do you have some tips for me for just hunting with one beagle. And at what age should I start training him at. ThanksRabbit hunting with one beagle?
It's a chore to train a beagle by yourself when you don't know what you're doing.





You'll have to get him excited about rabbits. When it's a pup, you'll want to put a rabbit (preferable a wild cottontail) and the dog in a confined area together. Maybe your unfinished basement or make a large chicken wire pen. In short order, the pup should be interested in chasing the rabbit.





You can take him outside, put rabbit scent on a rag, and drag it around and have him follow it too.





As the pup gets older, you can try to find some land where you guys can run rabbits this summer/fall (check state regs for training but it's usually not a problem)





Then you're going to have to train it not to run coyote or deer. If they like chasing deer, you might as well take him straight to the pound or sell it.


Take some scent on a rag and drag it in the yard.


As soon as the dog crosses that path and smells it --- you pop him so hard he's dizzy for a week !!! I wouldn't use your hands though as you don't want him to fear you. Whack him with rolled up newspaper or something.


You keep on doing that until he ignores the smell or puts his tail between his legs. A buddy of mine one time took a fresh deer hide and dog into the local laundry mat --- tossed the both of them in a commercial dryer and let it spin around for a while. Probably be a good way to get thrown out though.


A deer hide, barrel, and hill will work just as good.


Just be sure to praise him when he crosses a rabbit scent/drag trail again. You don't want him afraid of rabbits





Now you have to make sure he's not gun shy. Fire some 22lf or blanks if your property allows for it. If not try to take him to some public ground where you can do it. If you must take him to a shooting range, I'd park pretty far away and just let him get used to everyone's racket. Gradually you'll want to introduce a shotgun maybe 50 yards or so away. Many dogs are gunshy and love to run rabbits though.








Of course nothing beats having the dog run with other dogs and I'd certainly recomend trying to find a friend, people on chat forums, etc that might be willing to go out with you.





You should really try to find a professional (I use that term loosely) who either trains your dog or sells trained dogs. Ask him a bunch of questions - how long would you have to keep the dog there, what age should it be, pre-training requirements, how he disciplines them (many abuse dogs), how close the bloodline is (inbreeding is often a big problem with dogs being born with 3 ears and all kinds of weird stuff), etc.





Good luckRabbit hunting with one beagle?
Start taking them into the field when they are Five (5*) months old.* The more you take them out the quicker the results will be.* You don't have to do anything but get them out there in the field in order to train them.* They have a natural instinct to hunt rabbits.* All you need to do is take them out so they can hunt them and chase them.* They already know what to do, you don't really need to train them at all, just get them out there in the field.* E-mail me for more tips on how to train and hunt with them.*
I'm not a dog expert but right now i am training a pup and it seems you need a lot of pacience. Personally i would get a vizla, very good all around and can do anything. u can do anything with any dog so one dog would be fine.
Forget the dog. Simply go out into the woods, and if a rabbit jumps up, shoot it. Dogs throw sh-t into the game by jumping game too far ahead of the game.
get a doberman pinscher, easy to train, natural hunting instincts