I figured why not turn her prey drive into something useful instead of trying to suppress the instinct like most folks do so I’ve been working with her on keeping calm and stalking slowly till actually within striking distance and today we were successful! I’m so proud of her and we’ll be cooking this guy up for her this weekend.

Definitely need to work on getting her to release a little quicker as the hind-quarters were a little tore up but given the excitement of her first major kill I think we can excuse it 😅

*edit just to say this was my first time dressing a rabbit myself as well so please don’t roast me too well for it maybe looking a little rough

I’m a dog trainer, and the focus of my work has always been obedience or behavioral rehab. I have a rescue black and tan and over the years I’ve taught him to do fun things like find an alert to antler sheds, and other scent work. I love working with the hounds and bird dogs that come through for training and I want to try to branch off and learn more about training hunting dogs. Does anyone have recommendations on where to start looking? I’m struggling to find seminars or groups!