Hunting Dog Training: Selecting the Right Dog

January 6th, 2009

When you’re looking for a dog to use for hunting dog training, the most important thing to think about is temperament.  You don’t want a dog who is not trainable, either because it wants to make its own decisions or because it is aggressive, fearful or easily confused.  You want a dog that is compliant, obedient, and intelligent.  When selecting a puppy, you can do some basic tests to see what kind of personality the dog has.  Basically, you want to determine whether a puppy is dominant or submissive.  Rolling a puppy over on its back is a good way to see if it is dominant or submissive.  A submissive puppy will get very still and be unable to make eye contact.  A very dominant puppy will fight you, biting, wriggling, and trying to escape.  What you will be looking for is a puppy that will wriggle a bit and try a little bit to get away but that won’t fight you.  This is going to be a hunting dog who is obedient and submissive to its owner without being so submissive so as to be fearful. 

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