How to Train a Squirrel Hunting Dog

[@laudanum669]

Mossy Oak, I agree most of the time it's a process. I grew up on a farm in WI at 7 we got a runt Border Collie. From the start my dad and I would use a Squirrel tail to play with her. A few weeks later she caught a rabbit , I skinned it and used the hide to train her.Three months later come hunting season she was on it. She had a different bark for each. Now to your point about legwork at first she wandered to far out and would bark or if she treed one and you didn't shoot it she wasn't leaving. 90% of the time if you looked hard enough their was a squirrel. Thanks for the post.

[@Berrytheberry1]

Thanks my pup has started to track me when I Hind from her. Edit yesterday she saw a squirrel ran up to the tree and pointed.

[@michaelcrane1215]

My cousin had a larger terrier mix of some sort. He was the best squirrel dog ever. I think he just had a natural instinct to hunt squirrels. If he saw you pick up a rifle, off he went to the timber. And sometimes he would go to the timber and start barking and try to lure you to come hunt with him. He would stay on a tree and bark and bark and bark. If the squirrel tried going through the treetops he was stay right with it.

[@Johnmanning7142]

I have a pure bred German shepherd I her at a animal shelter and she knew the word squirrel we found that out fast but then she showed me where they where and she would wait at the tree for a long ass time until I said to leave and I told her get it when one dropped and she brought it to me

[@catchemalive]

Awesome tips!!! Watching a pup get it all figured out is 90% of the fun!! Once they are finished dogs, it’s not as exciting. Then it’s time to start the next generation off them and keep going. 👍

[@Knight_Stories]

Wise words

[@JoshGaming05]

thanks for the help

[@MossyOak]

Happy to help!

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

I asked a military buddy of mine from Arkansas (the kind of guy that never buys meat at the store because he hunts for everything except the chickens he raises for meat and eggs) which kind of dog in his opinion was the best for all around hunting. His response: “toy poodle.” I said B.S. and he laughed at me. He said he stopped feeding his wife’s toy poodle but kept lots of fresh water available to the dog. He said after 36 hours of no food he took the dog into the woods and when he found a squirrel he shot it. He went to where the squirrel fell he let the poodle smell it and put his mouth on it, then he gutted the squirrel and threw the guts on the ground and let the toy poodle eat the gut pile... he said he can’t go Anywhere without that poodle pointing out squirrels, even in places he didn’t think there were squirrels (like a tree in the middle of an indoor mall), that dog is pointing out where the squirrels are..... he said it took a few more trips to the woods to teach it to retrieve every time, but the dog is completely reliable and it took less than a couple weeks effort.... Toy Poodle, the best squirrel dog.... who woulda thought?

[@deltanovember2296]

I can believe that. My sister has a cavapoochon 🤦‍♂️, it is a cavalier x toy poodle x bichon. I take him out sometimes so he can get some real exercise. He will tree squirrels constantly with no training at all. The only criticism I would give is that toy poodles and their crosses are prone to being short sighted so he does miss a lot of them. Luckily there are so many where I am that you don’t wait long for the next one.

[@a_mustache_of_great_repute]

Poodles are close relations to dobies

[@outdoorswithroostercurrie6984]

That’s a beautiful dog in your video. What kinda dog is he?

[@Keonyoung22]

Rooster Currie looks like a mountain cur

[@BirdsMan55]

I had mountain curs.... That dog is a weimaraner

[@nickers1889]

BirdsMan55 that’s a cur

[@jaybeenblossom6283]

I have a mullin feist she is 2 yrs and 3 months old she isn’t treeing very well she will bark a few times then gives up should I give up on her? I’m very frustrated with her!

[@williammurphy630]

Any more ideas

[@lucianobaldinelli4769]

How do I get my beagle stop hunting squirrels...because he's trail dog for rabbit...and he pick up this bad habit...he hunts a good rabbit..but he might switch in the trail..and looks up the fucking tree

[@Rick_Sanchez_C137_]

Hahaha, that’s funny... sounds like you have a great hunting dog with a bad case of ADHD....

[@johnkitchens1823]

Who know it could be treating tree rabbits

[@rogerlpeterson5536]

I have. JUKE'N AN JIVE'N 's JACK ASS IN THE BOX. his granpa. Is. JAMMING JUKEBOX his. Mother is ABBYS DOLLAR GAL. His dad is Lloyd's Jamming juke box just a super powerful breed JJ. IS SPECIAL !!!

[@sageandrews1486]

noice💩

[@ELEubank]

THIS VIDEO DOES NOT ACTUALLY TEACH YOU HOW TO TRAIN THE DOG. IT PROVIDES A FEW TIPS, BUT THE TITLE IS MISLEADING. MOSSY OAK SHOULD KNOW THE DIFFEERENCE.

[@BlazeFaceDogs]

It does

[@simontonpiland29]

I am 18 years old

[@davinbacon]

No one cares.

[@millcreekgamerecovery9401]

@@davinbacon exactly

[@arrwchips2515]

And I'm 14 :D

[@patrickmeyer9905]

You crawl out of the landfill?

[@williammurphy630]

I got a 16 month old mountain cur. Hunts really good. But walking me to death. I'm trying to catch a squirrel Also . He's looking up an smelling trees. In more ideas. Sir

[@haydensoutdooradventures98]

I have a 6 month old pup never messed with a squirrel before that I know of but has been in woods .. will I still be able to train him ?? I’ve always had beagles but got out of it and went and got a feist/cur mix just yesterday

[@keatontimmonsyt]

Yes I have a feist/cur mix and I had shot squirrels over him and trained him on scent drags and taught him the word squirrel just kill you a squirrel let the dog smell it and get it in his mouth and repeat the word squirrel so when you go in the woods he knows what he’s smelling for it might take a while but if you’re consistent he will catch on and start treeing squirrels.

[@JAMESlock1911]

Some dogs naturally want to hunt. I rescued a mix Lab that loves hunting squirrels. She is pushing me into squirrel hunting again. She loves it so I'm going to train and let her hunt.

[@willisjones3795]

No I think he ment kick the shirt out of it

[@DomesticAnimo]

My 3 year old beagle just recently became obssessed with squirrels. She has always been prey driven but now she just seeks out squirrels in trees and will wait at the tree and it takes alot to pry her attention away...its almost fustrating...i live in city/suburbs not the country. I like that she has that prey drive and i want her to have chances to get those oppurtunities but I have no experience with hunting :/

[@justagirlandherdogs615]

i have a rat terrier mix who has a crazy prey drive. do you think i can do this with him?

[@chrisgentile3521]

Absolutely

[@justagirlandherdogs615]

@@chrisgentile3521 how could I get started?

[@chrisgentile3521]

Get you a squirrel tail and get him excited over it. Tie it high so he can't get it. Get him in the woods for walks. He'll sooner or later find a squirrel and tree it. Praise him a lot so he knows that pleases you. Even if it's not hunting season you need to get him in the woods to hunt. You may want to make sure he's not gunshy also. Start with a pellet gun. Whenever he sees you with a gun make sure he knows this means fun and rewarding. Best of luck

[@justagirlandherdogs615]

@@chrisgentile3521 he chases the squirrels at my job like his lifes depends on it and will ignore his e collar. He will stare up a tree for minutes at a time. As he runs around he will check up all the trees and and will try and jump as high as he can to get to them. At home his exercise is a flirt pole with a squirrel toy at the end and we have been doing this every day for a couple months now so his speed has gotten crazy. He is only 26 lbs but is slim with decent muscle on his body. Is this a good dog to work with?

[@chrisgentile3521]

He'll yeah. Sounds like a good dog