Believe it, you can buy anything on EBAY. I purchased two bottles of pure rabbit urine and it was good stuff. Type in the search engine "All Natural Rabbit Scent". 2 4oz bought cost me less than a single 2oz bottle and that was including shipping. This was about a year ago. Well, there you have it. Frank, I still have the bottles if you want to try it.

Are there any training pens in the Ohio, Indiana, Mich. area? In the past I have taken a couple dogs to a Cliff T. in Indiana. He is retired from that so I'm looking for someone else. I have a pup that shows good potential, but we have a lack of time and bunnies. I know Ron Hunt has one, but I don't think he does it this time of year. Thanks for any help on training pens.

Tim there is a guy here in southern Indiana, I will have to find his name and number for you. He has a very nice training pen, but i have to warn ya he is a die hard beagler. Droop was the first basset ever in his pen

I've been waiting to write a story for a variety of reasons...mostly to do with faith, work and family. But I find myself here at home with the boys. One is too sick to go hunting today, the other can't wait! When my wife gets home, we will go! About two weeks ago, I went out on a weekday afternoon - I work a rotating shift at a power plant, so I have days off during the week and work 2 of every 5 weekends. So I take my dog, Copper (18 months - out of Hess' White River Brio and Angus Cowpup) and Annie, loaned to me by Jim Rogers. We've been hunting maybe 10 minutes when Annie gets one going. I see it streak across the snowy hillside with Annie hot on its tail. I miss the shot, twice. Copper decides he wants some of that and heads off that direction. I see the rabbit stop in a brush pile while Annie runs past it. I keep watching the brush, and see the bunny hop out. Annie must have seen it too, because she lets loose again and comes back. The rabbit runs up the hill and out of sight. Annie follows, but doesn't get it moving again. So that wasn't the end of our adventure. This was forecast to be the coldest night of the year, and Annie didn't come back to the car with me like usual. I put Copper in the car, went looking for Annie. No go. I spent another 1.5 hours waiting for her at the car. Still no Annie. Well, as I stated, Annie belongs to Jim, so I call him and ask for advice. He was very understanding, let me know to leave a coat or something that smells like me for her to curl up in, and go ahead and go home. She would probably be in the coat when I returned in the morning. I did those things, plus one more. I knocked on the door at the farmer's house and let him know what was happening. Turns out he has a Basset (also named Copper). His wife wouldn't let him leave the dog - so they used their Copper to go find her. They found her and took her into the house for the night. A tough night for me, but it turned out alright! And since I was off the next day, I went hunting again!

frank i used this methed and have tried starting pens. my methed i think helps the dog learn your comands better.take the dog out just you and the pup leach or carry your preferance.start stomping brush untill you kick up bunny put dogs nose in its set let it get its nose full of sent may have to assits its head down in set but dont get ruff with it u might dicourge it. this may take several times. when it starts showing interest walk it in the path that the rabbit went. takes a bit of work but evently the dog will go and respct you as you would respect it. rember be gental as you know they act more like a human than a dog they like setting in the recliner as much as u do. lol :lol:

Great posts!!! I agree with night shift. Frank your being nice is quite offensive. I bought the rabbit scent from cabelas and skinned a rabbit we shot and used that for a while with one of my dogs when he was a puppy. I think exposure to real rabbits cannot be underestimated. If I could take every puppy I had to missouri or one of these other rabbit infested places I would. The amount of rabbits they get infront of thier face is great for getting them started. I guess the only problem with that density of rabbits could be if the dogs eventually figures it out and stop running good lines and just jump from rabbit to rabbit as they jump them.

Yeah - I think Annie jumped lines on me yesterday. She jumped a rabbit right in front of me. I missed it (twice - again). Then I just waited. She kept the rabbit moving, and about 15 minutes later I got a sitting shot. Annie got very quiet when the gun fired. But a few minutes later she sounded off and started working the line. However, she got hung up on a check about 80 yards away. Kept going back to the same spot, but not advancing the line. Anyway, after I shot the rabbit I left it lay. Then I took Copper about 40 yards up the line and let him work it and find the the dead rabbit. Then I let him play/mouth the rabbit for a few minutes. That seemed to excite him, and after that he went to searching with a new attitude. So it was a good day for both dogs, my youngest son, and me!