Squirrel Dogs
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Cameron Kelsey
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Any of you guys run squirrel dogs? I got a young Treeing Feist pup a couple months back. Plenty of experience with coonhounds, but not much experience with squirrel dogs.
This pup I have seems really smart. He goes crazy over a caged squirrel, and seems really gamey. It was a breeze house breaking him. Can't wait to put him in the woods this fall.
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Re: Squirrel Dogs
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07/25/20 04:34 PM
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Why wait? give him some woods and weed time to get the butterfly chasing/gopher digging out of the way.
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Re: Squirrel Dogs
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Got a Mountain Curr squirrel or coon either one she is on em.
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Got a Mountain Curr squirrel or coon either one she is on em. Mine also!
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Re: Squirrel Dogs
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07/26/20 10:32 AM
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Cameron Kelsey
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Most Feists are naturals. All you really need to do is take them to the woods. Give lots of encouragement when they do good and don’t be too heavy handed when correcting them. One thing you want to watch out for when getting them started is to make sure they show you the squirrel before you shoot it out. If you start shooting squirrels out without them settling on the tree they will start watching you look up at trees and start treeing where you are looking. It’s very tempting to shoot squirrels you spot but the dog hasn’t treed. You can get away with that on seasoned dogs but not on young dogs. I could see that being a problem with a young Feist. Mine is very alert and really seems to really use his eyes and ears when he is out exploring. Definitely different than hounds.
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07/26/20 11:40 AM
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Most Feists are naturals. All you really need to do is take them to the woods. Give lots of encouragement when they do good and don’t be too heavy handed when correcting them. One thing you want to watch out for when getting them started is to make sure they show you the squirrel before you shoot it out. If you start shooting squirrels out without them settling on the tree they will start watching you look up at trees and start treeing where you are looking. It’s very tempting to shoot squirrels you spot but the dog hasn’t treed. You can get away with that on seasoned dogs but not on young dogs. This!!! One million times over. I’ve had several, have a good one now and am waiting on a pup when the guy calls me that the litter is born. Love those dogs.
I keep desperately hoping that one day someone will call me "Sir" without adding "please calm down" or "you're causing a scene."
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07/26/20 01:17 PM
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[video:google] https://photos.app.goo.gl/uQ4P9aoH8fHzBsB46[/video] See if this works but this is my little duke, not a real hard tree dog get a few barks never strays to far so you can't get to him, always looking up to watch the squirrel to bail out
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Yes differnt then hounds almost bugs me!! However I got use to it, mine is coming around to using his nose however I know he has missed squirrels in trees because he uses his ears and eyes more. Like stated before get him. In the woods and start popping out squirrels when he does tree That’s just how these dogs are. Especially when they’re younger. I’ve had feists that didn’t trust their nose until they were 4-5 y/o. Still very good dogs but just didn’t trust all their senses. Others have been so strong in the nose they’d have given a good hound a run for his money. Regardless the hunting style, I’d rather have one of these dogs around vs another hound. Their size is less intimidating for my wife and girls and they’ll flat tree some squirrels.
I keep desperately hoping that one day someone will call me "Sir" without adding "please calm down" or "you're causing a scene."
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