Hunting Dog Under 25lbs

[texansport]

Hi there - looking for a small pup suitable for hunting. Loyal lookout, stamina, and potentially blood tracking, don’t necessarily need a retriever as I hunt larger game most often.

I have an amazing Aussie who’s getting up in age and I want her to help teach a young one. I can spot game, tell her to stay, walk 100 yds, shoot, and she’ll remain in her spot until I recall. She’s also very protective. I like having a partner on “solo” backcountry hunts/camping.

Only thing is that she can’t travel with me on flights because of her size.

Is there a smart hunting breed that will be under #25? Jags seem like too much because I have 2 cats. Looking at Boykins or Jack Russel’s right now.

 

[Turkeytider]

Hi there - looking for a small pup suitable for hunting. Loyal lookout, stamina, and potentially blood tracking, don’t necessarily need a retriever as I hunt larger game most often.

I have an amazing Aussie who’s getting up in age and I want her to help teach a young one. I can spot game, tell her to stay, walk 100 yds, shoot, and she’ll remain in her spot until I recall. She’s also very protective. I like having a partner on “solo” backcountry hunts/camping.

Only thing is that she can’t travel with me on flights because of her size.

Is there a smart hunting breed that will be under #25? Jags seem like too much because I have 2 cats. Looking at Boykins or Jack Russel’s right now.

If Jack Russel’s were the size of German Shepherds, I would have serious fears for the future of the human species! They know no fear, which at times leads to a shorter lifespan. They back down from NOTHING!

 

[Wellsdw]

Small muntenlander. Maybe a little larger than 25lbs. I track with my dog (malinois). I have a friend with a small muntenlander and have been impressed. As for blood tracker, its hard to beat a teckel. Word of wisdom for a first tracking dog, go with a slower dog so you learn How to read them. Small dogs with stamina also tend to be spastic which makes for a big learning curve.
Best of luck

 

[wesfromky]

If I was wanting a small hunting dog, a Teckel would probably be what I would get.

 

[TSAMP]

How about a dachshund?

 

[KenLee]

Female Boykin on the smaller side seems workable, but fairly rare under 25 pounds grown. My male is on the smaller side and still 33 pounds.
At the end of last season, he was 18 months and worked wounded deer trails pretty well.
I had to leave the 9 yr old long legged 10 pound yorkie-poo at the house, or she'd blow right by him on a track and frustrate him. The Boykin worked slow and methodical.

 

[texansport]

How about a dachshund?

Terrain is frequently mountainous/rocky. Don’t think they have the legs for it but maybe that’s a bias. Remote Colorado, Utah, or steep West Texas primarily. Don’t know if it would help me sleep better around bears too.

Cool dog though, not discounting their drive or nose.

 

[texansport]

Small muntenlander. Maybe a little larger than 25lbs. I track with my dog (malinois). I have a friend with a small muntenlander and have been impressed. As for blood tracker, its hard to beat a teckel. Word of wisdom for a first tracking dog, go with a slower dog so you learn How to read them. Small dogs with stamina also tend to be spastic which makes for a big learning curve.
Best of luck

Looks to be a little too big to fly unfortunately most airlines limit at #25.

My Aussie works cattle/horses, so I understand reading (as a casual owner). I would lean towards a malanois or GSD if size didn’t matter (working GSD line, hips of “show quality” gsheps are an issue)

 

[go_deep]

Had a Jag, bought him out of the back of a car as a pup in a Perkins parking lot for $50. He was an amazing family dog, and hunter. He would go harder and longer than an person could. It did take awhile to train him though, he was very stubborn, maybe just him and not the breed, but maybe not. Once he was fully obedience trained, he was great though!

 

[Quandary]

I went out with a blood trailer looking for a deer a buddy shot a couple of years ago. Guy showed up with a Dachshund.That little dog was amazing. Heart, drive, stamina, he had it all

 

[WRO]

Had a Jag, bought him out of the back of a car as a pup in a Perkins parking lot for $50. He was an amazing family dog, and hunter. He would go harder and longer than an person could. It did take awhile to train him though, he was very stubborn, maybe just him and not the breed, but maybe not. Once he was fully obedience trained, he was great though!

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[texansport]

Had a Jag, bought him out of the back of a car as a pup in a Perkins parking lot for $50. He was an amazing family dog, and hunter. He would go harder and longer than a person could. It did take awhile to train him though, he was very stubborn, maybe just him and not the breed, but maybe not. Once he was fully obedience trained, he was great though!

Would you trust him around cats, unsupervised?

Jags are the most interesting to me but I dont want to come home to a x kitty. Where can I get him for $50

 

[go_deep]

Would you trust him around cats, unsupervised?

Jags are the most interesting to me but I dont want to come home to a x kitty. Where can I get him for $50

He was not raised with cats, so no, but I think any puppy if raised with any type of animal will leave them alone if you spend time with them and train them. We had every kind of critter you could imagine on the farm, every dog we had left everyone of them alone, but when a skunk or raccoon, or something like that showed up, it was go time.

 

[weekender7]

Be careful with Jack Russells. We have one we are training to blood trail and she is doing great. However, she knows no fear and will go after anything that moves from a cricket to a great dame.

 

[dtrkyman]

Maybe a Bavarian mountain hound?

Saw one track whitetail back in the day, bad ass lil dog.


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[dtrkyman]

Maybe a Bavarian mountain hound?

Saw one track whitetail back in the day, bad ass lil dog.


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Never mind, bigger than I remember!


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[brca005]

I’ve got a mini goldendoodle who’s 17 lbs, he’s smart as a whip, very trainable and has quite a sniffer and set of ears on him, his eyes are something else as well.

We hiked Little Devils Tower trial in South Dakota last summer, the last 1/4 mile or so is essentially bouldering to get to the top and he did it with no help. I also have yet to find his quit button, anything we do with him, he always looks at us with a “what’s next?” look.

I’ve always said, I’d love to hunt him but I don’t have the drive to at the moment. With the popularity of blood tracking, I’ve thought about training him for that.

Regardless, based on what you described for what your looking for in a dog, mine (a mini goldendoodle) checks every one of your boxes.

 

[TSAMP]

Terrain is frequently mountainous/rocky. Don’t think they have the legs for it but maybe that’s a bias. Remote Colorado, Utah, or steep West Texas primarily. Don’t know if it would help me sleep better around bears too.

Cool dog though, not discounting their drive or nose.

If i recall their are hunting specific lines of these that are more sporting than your typical weiner dog. Anything under 25 lbs is gonna be a boneless wing for a bear.

 

[displacedtexan]

So not really a hunting dog, just a dog to go on your hunts?

I'd just pick a dog that I thought was cool.

Nothing that size is gonna do anything to a black bear. Which aren't a problem anyway.

 

[texansport]

Anything under 25 lbs is gonna be a boneless wing for a bear.

Made me lol, not asking it to fight a bear, just asking them to give me a heads up. I carry in black or brown country.