Thread: Pup for family pet and deer stalking

Originally Posted by Ruff

So much of it will come down to you and your training mate. The end result will, given everything is even, be the same. With a Lab, Lab X, Heading dog, Heading dog X, Viszla, GWP, Drathaar anything... they will all perform too.they will all do the job. Some of these breeds are higher maintenance and will require 3 - 4 times the amount of time in training to get the same result as you will get from one of the less demanding breeds. I believe the breeds that require the most work have the ability, with the right handling and work, to reach much greater heights, but you really need some dedication to that. If you have a casual attitude to training, and there is nothing wrong with that if you are happy with it, then you need to get one of the "lesser" breeds which will still become a workable dog with the amount of work you are prepared to give.

Hey @Ruff , what do you determine to be one of the lesser breeds?

dogo argentina if you can get one. awesome dogs though mine is crossed with bull terrier. very friendly but amazingly powerful ( he chewed my alloy framed mountain bike)

Originally Posted by gonetropo

dogo argentina if you can get one. awesome dogs though mine is crossed with bull terrier. very friendly but amazingly powerful ( he chewed my alloy framed mountain bike)

seriously a dogo as a deer dog?????
they are usually mixing it with big boars not deer

Originally Posted by madmaori

Hey @Ruff , what do you determine to be one of the lesser breeds?

Dogs not bred with the specific purpose you have in mind as the main goal. Any dog will hunt, some will hunt better than others, some will train easier than others. Some will achieve with less work, some will achieve with more and if bred appropriately will achieve more than an y other breed provided you do the work. Lesser breeds are dogs not bred specifically for the task at hand, but if you put in the work will make a fist of it.