What is a Squirrel Dog?
A squirrel dog is any dog that will hunt squirrels. The job of a squirrel dog is cruising the woods, scenting the squirrel and then announcing the find by barking at the base of the tree. Good squirrel dogs instinctively follow a fleeing squirrel merely by listening for scratches on the bark and the whoosh of the branches as the squirrel jumps from tree to tree. It is a lot of fun to follow a dog through the woods untill it sniffs out a trail or spots a bushy tail and gives chase and keeps it at bay until you arrive. The primary food of squirrels is nuts and you will find them in forests that consist of oaks, beech, butternut, walnuts, hickories and other nut trees. The instinct to go after sqiurrels occurs in Dachshunds, Terriers and a broad group of dogs known as curs and feists which have been bred to do the job for hundreds of generations. The difference between a cur and a feist is the size, with a feist being smaller. These dogs have terrier ancestry to some degree. Pure bred Dac
