All my beasties have had strong prey drive (not too far down the line from African heritage) and it has taken a lot of work to partially control this. If you can find a special treat (takes trial and error but piece of steak maybe) that the dog gets ONLY when responding to "come", whistle, or whatever you use for recall, and work that relentlessly and regularly, then you can develop the "whiplash turn" (as described in "Control Unleashed"). BUT this takes a lot of consistent work and finding the right treat isn't easy. My 2nd male would instantly turn away from a squirrel when I used the whistle (even when on a dead run after a creature) but I have yet to find the right treat for my current female who sometimes will respond nicely. I'm still working on her.
Need some hunting info
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Greetings,
I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.
Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.
I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.
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Greetings,
I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.
Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.
I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.
I have never hunted my Basenji's, but have thought about trying them on upland game as I've trained a pointer in the past and find it very interesting.
I don't know how a Basenji would work out hunting rabbits in the traditional way(shotguns) as I would think they would tail too close to the game to shoot safely. -
Greetings,
I am new to this board and we live in south La. We are looking to start hunting Basenjis on Rabbit/Hare soon but wanted to hear from other experienced hunters.
Personaly, the rabbit hunting w/Basenjis will be new to me. But, I believe this is important because it preserves and enchances this breed's natural abilties and instincts. It keeps the breed true.
I was refered to a Jeff Schettler by this duck hunting peerson but I have no contact links to him.
Jeff is in Northern California, Lisa might have his email address, I can't find it at the moment….. but if she doesn't I will look for it...
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Here is the link for Jeff's yahoo group. It is "The Basenji Native Traits Preservation Project". I am a moderator there, but it is Jeff's baby. Please join, and share your experiences.
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Thanks for posting that Vegas!!!!!! I could not remember the yahoo group name either…
