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Can you train a pug to be a gundog or to retreive birds?
Question by coho310. Uploaded on October 30, 2009
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if you put the time in you can train any dog to be a bird dog it may not come as easy to the dog as it would to the traditional breeds of bird dogs but you can train any dog to do anything
i have a pitbull and i can put treats on his nose and leave the room go make a drink and comeback and there are still there on his nose he wont get em until i count to 3 i can point at him like i got a gun and go BANG DEAD DOG and he will flop on the floor and play dead i can throw a treat infront of him and tell do the dead man crawl and he will crawl across the floor on his belly with time you can train your dog to be a bird dog but like everything it takes time
You can. At least you can train your pug to go out with you, work birds to the best of his/her ability, and have a fantastic time. since I assume your dog has pretty short legs, you won'thave to worry about him running way offf and flushing birds out of range, which is a plus. He might be gunshy, and you can work on that with a .22 and bacon treats every time you shoot it, to get him started, and not ruin him by trying to shoot a shotgun too close to him, too soon.
If you can get him past the gunshy, or if he does not have it, he'll do something good, and at the very worst, you'll get more birds than you ever would alone. And have whole lot more fun.
I have an old pit/ Am staff, a wonderful old battle axe of a dog. And she's a great bird hunting companion-and oddly enough, this season, she has done the best she's ever done.
when she was younger, she would leave birdhunting to attack porcupines, which meannt the day of hunting was through (vet time and $$$), which was a real drag. But you shouldn't have that problem with the pug. Good luck. Your dog is going to have a great time.
You can make just about anything a hunting dog. It is recomended to use the well known ones because they have the best instincts.
I don't know but they are awfully damn cute.
As the owner of both a lab mix and a couple of pugs, I have to ask, even if you do succeed in getting your pug to be a gundog - is it really worth your dignity?
I guess you can get a dog to do pretty much anything but might be a little difficult for a pug to drag back a nice big fat goose.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Well maybe he could carry a Quail, but not any thing really big,such a a goose so why try?
Wow,the answers suprised me! Thanks and I'll get right to training!
no you couldnt you could only teach obedience it wouldnt have the natural ability to retrieve anything and probably would be gunshy but you could teach obedience
Moishe- If he could carry a quail, that's perfect! I love quail!
A straight answer...no.
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As the owner of both a lab mix and a couple of pugs, I have to ask, even if you do succeed in getting your pug to be a gundog - is it really worth your dignity?
i have a pitbull and i can put treats on his nose and leave the room go make a drink and comeback and there are still there on his nose he wont get em until i count to 3 i can point at him like i got a gun and go BANG DEAD DOG and he will flop on the floor and play dead i can throw a treat infront of him and tell do the dead man crawl and he will crawl across the floor on his belly with time you can train your dog to be a bird dog but like everything it takes time
You can make just about anything a hunting dog. It is recomended to use the well known ones because they have the best instincts.
I don't know but they are awfully damn cute.
if you put the time in you can train any dog to be a bird dog it may not come as easy to the dog as it would to the traditional breeds of bird dogs but you can train any dog to do anything
You can. At least you can train your pug to go out with you, work birds to the best of his/her ability, and have a fantastic time. since I assume your dog has pretty short legs, you won'thave to worry about him running way offf and flushing birds out of range, which is a plus. He might be gunshy, and you can work on that with a .22 and bacon treats every time you shoot it, to get him started, and not ruin him by trying to shoot a shotgun too close to him, too soon.
If you can get him past the gunshy, or if he does not have it, he'll do something good, and at the very worst, you'll get more birds than you ever would alone. And have whole lot more fun.
I have an old pit/ Am staff, a wonderful old battle axe of a dog. And she's a great bird hunting companion-and oddly enough, this season, she has done the best she's ever done.
when she was younger, she would leave birdhunting to attack porcupines, which meannt the day of hunting was through (vet time and $$$), which was a real drag. But you shouldn't have that problem with the pug. Good luck. Your dog is going to have a great time.
I guess you can get a dog to do pretty much anything but might be a little difficult for a pug to drag back a nice big fat goose.
Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should.
Well maybe he could carry a Quail, but not any thing really big,such a a goose so why try?
Wow,the answers suprised me! Thanks and I'll get right to training!
no you couldnt you could only teach obedience it wouldnt have the natural ability to retrieve anything and probably would be gunshy but you could teach obedience
Moishe- If he could carry a quail, that's perfect! I love quail!
A straight answer...no.
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