Detecting with a dog. Discuss.

[GioTheGreek]

I was thinking of having a permanent hunting buddy out in the great outdoors with me. I'll be in fields and the woods most of the time, and the odd riverside beach.

There are pros and cons to having a big mean dog, but at the same time, I definitely can't have a chihuahua out there with me.

How many of you go hunting with your dog? What sort of breed are they?

It just seems like a win-win situation for everyone. I find treasure, he/she gets exercise.

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

We are dog-less at this point, but I would take my dog with me especially in remote areas where you need a buddy.
I would like to teach one to find paper currency. I've also read that some have been trained to sniff out gold.
Mine did neither he liked to eat! He would also not let anyone near me, German Shepard/Doberman mix, which got a little dicey.

You have to be sure the dog will obey your commands or it can be more of a hindrance than a help.

 

[mark v]

I cannot leave my house with my detector without my dog coming with me. He beats me out the door every time! He is my detecting partner. He's a rescue we got a few years ago. Supposedly a Golden Retriever, German Shepard mix. He's 85 pounds, is totally harmless, but will bark at strangers when they come close which alerts me and causes them to keep their distance. Once all is OK he allows people to pet him. And...he is the most obedient dog anyone could ever ask for. He bothers no one and nothing. I get compliment all of the time.
So, yes. Having a dog to detect with is great but I guess a lot depends on the dog. A mean, biting dog or a dog that runs off wouldn't be too pleasant to detect with. And I don't know how anyone could detect if they had to hold their dog's leash the whole time.

 

[SusanMN]

One hour picking ticks off the dog for every couple hours detecting. Otherwise dogs are great companions.

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

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My dog is always with me hunting at the beach. Even though most beaches do not allow dogs on the beach, all beaches are dog beaches between 5:00-7:30AM before the authorities arrive Beach front home owners with dogs are out there with their dogs also.

My dog is in training to sniff out gold and silver jewelry and I will sell you that pier in the photo below.

 

[GioTheGreek]

One hour picking ticks off the dog for every couple hours detecting. Otherwise dogs are great companions.

That's something to consider. We do have a lot of ticks around here.

 

[Wishbone]

Put out of your mind metal detecting (hard I know), pretend that you've never heard of MD'ing, and never want to.

Do you still want a dog?

There's your answer.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I did try detecting with my ex once...

 

[dirtscratcher]

I have the perfect metaldetecting dog, shes totally blind so a dog or deer or what have you has no attraction for her. And she can't run very fast because shes fat.

 

[danloop]

Nothing wrong with getting spooked about a place.

 

[Newfiehunter]

Once I had a beagle follow me to an isolated site which took about 45 minutes to get to. Actually he was good company, although he gave a fright every now and then by popping out of the woods. He stayed with me for most of the hunt and when it came time to return I thought he lost his way and was a goner. But when I finally got back to the car he popped out of the woods again and went to a nearby house. Made me think it would be nice to have a dog for company on hunts like that. After all they are mans best friend....

 

[relicmeister]

I'd love to try it my mix breed spaniel'Lab would stick to me like glue, but I'd really rather have my Husky (see avatar) only I can't
fully trust her w/o a leash when her instincts take control . I want to give each one a try this year so we'll see.

 

[Muddyhandz]

Well, this couple wouldn't have found 10 million in gold coins if they weren't out walking their dog.........

California couple find gold coins worth up to $10 million | Toronto Star

Personally, not for me as I don't think there's any dog out there that could keep up with my insane hunting hours!

Cheers,
Dave.

 

[mamabear]

If I go out locally she goes with me. She is good at finding snakes. & helps protect me from frogs & other such dangerous critters. I would not take her by a road or in town. But for local wanderings she is by my side. Wouldn't be the same without her. Recently found mountain lion tracks by my favorite fishing hole. I'm sure she would let me know if it was around.

 

[xrunndonex]

I was thinking of having a permanent hunting buddy out in the great outdoors with me. I'll be in fields and the woods most of the time, and the odd riverside beach.

There are pros and cons to having a big mean dog, but at the same time, I definitely can't have a chihuahua out there with me.

How many of you go hunting with your dog? What sort of breed are they?

It just seems like a win-win situation for everyone. I find treasure, he/she gets exercise.

I'd get a pit bull train it really good there really loyal. They would die for you. Also they are super strong they are also really energetic.

 

[BosnMate]

I have a friend that's a timber scaler, which means he goes out in the woods and measures a cross section of the trees, and then tells the owner or the buyer of a timber sale how many board feet of logs they have in that section.
He takes his black lab to work. Lab's are retrievers, not a hound inclined to tree a bear, and they are also friendly, loving pets who have brains enough to be afraid of bears. Then one day they came upon and surprised a bear, who got up on it's back legs for a better look, and the non aggressive dog ran to him for help, which drew the bear toward him also. He packs heat on the job, but didn't have to use it, he hollered and the bear ran off. Just a thought, my dog is a boarder collie pup, supposed to be a stock dog, but she's scared of cows, and some heifers came running up to check us out one day, and my dog was hiding behind me, peeping around my leg, scared to death.

 

[Frankn]

Well this has a good side and a bad side. I have a pit bull. He is 60#s of energy that is afraid of nothing. If he see someone( human) he barks and stays at my side to protect me. He always stays between the other person and me. I once got charged by a deer. Having a little bull fighting experience, I side steped when he was about 6 feet away heading towards my. He just shot by and hit some bushes. He turned for another charge and Blue my dog rammed him in the side.They got into a battle. I went went to help Blue and the deer took off. Here is the bad side. Although he has come upon black snakes and is fast enough to pull back when they strike, I worry that a rattler might be faster. There is also the problem of thorns in his feet. Out west That might be a big ploblem and also goats heads. Another thing is he does not like opossums. He kills them on sight. The cats are safe as long as they don't run. If they run he runs up beside them and buts them over with his nose. It is a game with him. He also digs out moles. Frank...
Blue

 

[RGINN]

I don't own a dog these days, but he could come along if I did. The only liability up here is the moose population is growing and they consider dogs their natural enemies and you could provoke an attack. Interesting about dogs being trained to sniff out gold, as I've heard something about that. Anybody got more info on it?

 

[Frankn]

I don't own a dog these days, but he could come along if I did. The only liability up here is the moose population is growing and they consider dogs their natural enemies and you could provoke an attack. Interesting about dogs being trained to sniff out gold, as I've heard something about that. Anybody got more info on it?

Since gold is inert, that is it doesn't corrode in any way, I would think that it would give off nothing that the dog could smell. Just a thought. Frank...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

I read it years ago that dogs were trained to search out gold, but not sure where. Could be what ever else is with the gold or it could have been processed gold I don't think it said, I found interesting.
Trying to get my daughter to train her lab to find paper money.

If we still had a dog our house would not have been broken into, if they had broken in they would not have left!