Originally
kept as hunting dogs, beagles do well with active kids, as they are sturdily built and never too tired to play a game.
Foxhounds that work at hunt clubs and Harriers
kept as hunting dogs are not necessarily part of the registered numbers, but they are working dogs not likely to be available to pet owners.
Not exact matches
Today the breed is still an excellent
hunting partner but is also being
kept more and more
as a family
dog.
Unfortunately, back in the day,
dogs were mainly
kept as useful tools - for purposes such
as herding,
hunting and guarding.
Over the centuries they have been
kept as guard
dogs and for boar
hunting.
A good example of this is the fact that you should avoid
keeping small pets such
as rats and guinea pigs with small
hunting dogs such
as chihuahua and king Charles spaniel.
This is definitely true of Jack Russells
as much
as any other
dog - possibly even more so,
as the Jack Russell is definitively a terrier: active, agile, with a propensity to run for miles and dig endlessly (these
dogs were bred to
keep up with the horses during a fox -
hunt, and to tunnel after prey that's gone to ground).
Early depictions of
dogs resembling the Chow Chow appear in pottery and paintings from the Han Dynasty (206 BC to 22 AD) and it is said that one Chinese emperor actually
kept 2,500 pairs of Chows
as hunting dogs!
If the buyer wishes to
keep the
dog as a
hunting dog and / or companion, that is the owner s option.
Because these
dogs live to
hunt they are generally not recommended
as companion pets and they should not be
kept solely for show.
Beagles will be placed with adults to be
kept as companion animals, not
as guard or
hunting dogs.
Unlike other terrier types, they often get along well with cats and other
dogs, but his vermin -
hunting instinct will kick in if you
keep rodents or rabbits
as pets.
Akita Inus would be used
as hunting dogs, often cornering bears and
keeping them at bat until the hunter could come and kill its prey.
Its affable nature, loyal and helpful disposition, ideal size and strength for assisting people in everything from search - and - rescue to
hunting to service animal has
kept the Labrador
as the top
dog.
The precautions I see for
keeping vermin seperate from
dogs is
as much for safety of
dog and handler
as for safety of the pest being
hunted.
There are a host of broad exemptions that will continue to allow breeding for (1) use of
dogs as service, guide or therapy animals, by search and rescue, law enforcement and other government agencies; (2) use of
dogs for herding or
as livestock guardian
dogs or
hunting dogs; (3)
dogs or cats registered with the American Kennel Club, the Cat Fancier Association or other recognized registry or trained and
kept for the purpose of show, field trials or agility trials; and (4)
dogs or cats whose owner has obtained an unaltered animal permit.
Breed fanciers describe their favorite
as a strain of fox terrier,
kept pure from the early days, much
as fanciers of some
hunting breeds have continued field strains of their breeds that today differ from the
dogs seen in the show ring.
They have always been very much working
dogs for
hunting foxes, with few
kept as pets despite their friendly temperaments.
Many make exceptional pets, but no matter which of the hound
dogs you
keep as a pet, they all have the inborn instinct that comes from being
hunting dogs.
Training Necessities Anyone with a
dog that
hunts waterfowl knows that to get and to
keep a duck and goose retriever in good working order takes lots of training from the beginning to the end of a
dog's career
as a hunter.
When humans were first working with
dogs and
keep them
as companions, they served the purpose of helping us to
hunt and alerting us to and / or protecting us from danger.
Originally bred
as hunting and guard
dogs by African tribes of nomads, these
dogs are incredibly fast, reaching speeds
as high
as 40 miles an hour, even faster than greyhounds and this means they need plenty of exercise to
keep them happy and healthy.
The argument for
keeping them in the hound or scent hound group is that they were originally bred
as hunting dogs and are similar in many ways to the Basset Hound and the Bloodhound.
Many of the
dogs in this category were bred for
hunting although most people who own sporting
dogs only
keep them
as family pets, rather than hunters.
The purpose was to encourage and cooperate with the numerous exhibitors and breeders endeavoring to
keep the Springer a
hunting dog as well
as a show animal of good conformation.
Although gaining notoriety
as the hunter of the King of Beasts, basically, the Ridgeback in Africa was an all - purpose
dog,
kept by farmers to guard the home and herds and to do a bit of
hunting.
For many years, the Shar - Pei was
kept as a general - purpose farm
dog in the Chinese countryside, used for
hunting, protecting stock, and guarding the home and family.
They do best, whether
hunting, competing, or just
kept as companions, if allowed to live
as a part of the family unit
as a housedog rather than a yard or kennel
dog.
The
dog looks a little like a Shiba Inu, was used for
hunting like an Akita, but has been
kept as a companion since about the 1930s.