whats better basset or beagle for rabbit hunting?

Answer 1

basset hounds run them slower but beagles are better in the snow. I prefer a black and tan myself

Answer 2

From having raised and hunted with Beagles all my life they are the best for hunting rabbits.* The basset's are very slow and resist going into heavy cover like brush piles, jaggers, slashings etc.* The female Beagle is a better hunter and trailer than the Male, they stay on the trail without losing the trail temporarily and having to check where the rabbit has run.*Whether Male or Female they are the best Breed for hunting Cottontail rabbits.* Happy hunting.*

Answer 3

Bassets are short slow and liable to trip over their own ears. Beagles are way more athletic. You are more likely to catch rabbits with the Beagle, but which ever dog you chose, you should make sure to train it till it comes automatically when called. I have a jack russell that normally listens to me, but she gets so focused on a rabbit or anything like that that she wont listen or can't hear me.

Answer 4

beagles, just train em right and invest in some good radio collars. or ( I know this is a little unconventional) find a good set of mutts. had a beagle/basset/blue heeler that was the best rabbit dog I ever owned.

Answer 5

The issue is that dogs are poor generalizers - it's not that the dog is "sneaky, greedy" etc, but that they have no intrinsic sense of morality or "rightness" and so only think something is "bad" if it has bad consequences. If it has never had bad consequences except with a human in the room, then how on earth are they to know that the rules still apply with the human out of the room? You need to train in such a way that corrections and rewards occur when the dog does not think you are present - i.e. hiding around the corner. Read here https://tr.im/J27jk

I personally owned a Labrador Retriever (read: chow hound) that could be left 6" from a hot dog in a sit-stay for half an hour and not touch it - the word was "mine" and it meant that you don't touch that, even if I am not in the room, even if whatever, you DO NOT touch that. You could leave a plate of food on the floor for hours and not only would she not touch it, she would also keep the other animals (dogs and cats) from touching it.

In all probability, these dogs studied were just not properly trained/proofed before the experiment. With "proofing" to set them up and catch them in the act to give

Answer 6

Beagle..HANDS DOWN!
the other mutts are too slow.