Bells

LR Patch · Post by **LR Patch** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:25 pm

Who carries bells small enough for beagles??
Thanks

bkg · Post by **bkg** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:29 pm

Go to http://www.lioncounterysupply.com Just the right sizes for any beagle good tone but not annoying. Hope this helps.

Brian

bkg · Post by **bkg** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 12:30 pm

Sorry http://www.lioncountrysupply.com

tnbeagleman · Post by **tnbeagleman** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 8:22 pm

BELLS just curious!! While judging a cast a few weeks ago there was one dog in the cast that had on a bell and at times they would get in the cover so thick you couldn't see what they were doing. Can you guess which dog I was going with in those situation. there was usaully acouple of the other dogs right along with it but I was starting to depend on that bell to help me keep track of where they were and have been considering putting them on acouple of my gun dogs. are there in downfalls such as hearing loss or anything?

bowhunter59 · Post by **bowhunter59** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 10:57 pm

down fall is sometimes they can get hung on things and hurt or kill a dog but that is rare thing .. i use them on some of my dogs may g0 to all of them

Robert W. Mccoy Jr · Post by **Robert W. Mccoy Jr** » Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:24 pm

I always use bells.

I think they are great.

Espeacially if you gun hunting in thick cover and a dog gets seperated from the pack..

Ted Peercy · Post by **Ted Peercy** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:55 am

Farmers Co-Op carries several sizes. Also, tractor supply has them sometimes.

timberdoodle · Post by **timberdoodle** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:26 pm

use them all the time on both beagles and bird dogs. never had dogs hang up in the brush. bells break off first as most are just pop riveted to a nylon loop. only problem i've encountered is they fill up with snow and freeze during winter but then the cover isn't as thick either for spotting the dogs. most all dog supply catalogs carry bells.

Little Dog · Post by **Little Dog** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:17 am

I'd go through a bell a week when I used the ones with nylon straps, then I went and bought 5 of the small Swiss bells and still got all 5 a year later. It annoys the heck out of some guys, but I've got to were I like it and I can always tell where my dogs are when things get quiet.

I don't put them one when I am with guys that might not like em, but I enjoy hearing the bells and knowing exactly where the dogs are at work. Plus, it seems to keep them together better. I don't really like dogs wondering off and it helps me keep them closer also. I just love bells. I've noticed no hearing loses, except when they don't want to hear me.

Little Dog · Post by **Little Dog** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:20 am

PS, dogs ain't dumb - mine seem to handle better with bells on. They know I know exactly where they are. ding ding - ding-a-ling.

One downside, sometimes when the bells are ringing and a dog strikes a rabbit a ways off the other dogs won't hear them as clearly, but that is not too often and they eventually hear them.

Homer3109 · Post by **Homer3109** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 12:24 am

Try gettting your bells from a craft and hobby shop. There alot cheaper than any of the hunting dog supply houses. I get mine for 1.99 for 3 in a package.

Little Dog · Post by **Little Dog** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 9:10 am

I found the link for those Swiss bells -- they last 10 times longer than any I was tried before. I think they are the 3rd ones down on the list:
http://store.yahoo.com/gundog/loosedogbells.html

beaglebill · Post by **beaglebill** » Sat Nov 15, 2003 1:46 pm

Hi Sean, i think i might give them a try. How did you fasten them on? Have you been gun huntin yet? I have been about 3 times.

Little Dog · Post by **Little Dog** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:19 am

Hey Bill -- nope I have not been after them yet -- I had that deer bug from the end of October when a big rutting buck went runnning a doe through my backyard -- But that is over now. Now I'm sittin at home wishing deer season was over. I am dieiing to go -- but with a man in orange in every other tree I don't dare.

Bill, how old are those pups, did you get rid of all of them?

Those swiss bells attach directly to the coller the loop is metal. They were super tight on my E-Collars, but not too tight on the regular collars.

beaglebill · Post by **beaglebill** » Sun Nov 16, 2003 12:51 pm

I think i will order a couple monday. I thought by looking at the picture that was the way they hooked. Yes i sold them all but one i call her Loco that might give you an idea what shes like. I still have a Bruner female left also i sold the male...i may have sold the wrong one he was doing pretty good i just didnt like his mouth. I got out this morning for awhile just to run some i didnt take a gun. IM also afraid of the deer hunters.