Polish Hunting Dog

[An Taín Hunting Outfitter]

Does anyone currently work this breed for deer? Specifically, do you work your dog with/without a gps collar?

I am very interested in how a Bavarian differs from a Polish Hunting Dog.

 

[levigsp]

Sorry I cannot compare the two, but I can say the Gonczy Polski is easy to train, very easy compared to some breeds.
I haven't had one for a lot of years but I doubt they have changed much and when I had mine, there was no such thing as GPS collars.

 

[Jagare]

Does anyone currently work this breed for deer? Specifically, do you work your dog with/without a gps collar?

I am very interested in how a Bavarian differs from a Polish Hunting Dog.

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That dog looks like my Kopov. Great hunting dogs and can be trained to a very high standard for tracking. I read somewhere that the male dogs have a temperament like a Doberman. This in my experience is true. If you are thinking of buy one as a Stalking companion, its the wrong dog for you.

 

[HUNTING DOGS EUROPE]

Very similar to the Slovenski Kopov, which are widely used for their tracking ability, and readily available

 

[levigsp]

I am sorry to disagree with the two posters above, the two dogs might look similar in some photos but in real life they are very different in both looks and behaviour.
The

Gonczy Polski is nearly twice the size of the

Slovenski Kopov​

, its broader, taller and heavier.
The Gonczy is quite often Solid Liver or Cream showing its ancestry.
The Slovenski Kopov is quite aggressive towards strangers and animals, whilst the Gonczy is soft with people, wary maybe but never aggressive and will live with other animals, even though its a good hunter..
I think the breed is great for tracking, but I don't keep them because they are a nightmare will all the stock fences here.​

 

[HUNTING DOGS EUROPE]

With all due respect, I find your description of the Slovensky Kopov totally inaccurate, speaking from experience I have found them to be, a pack worker, working along side different breeds all in pursuit of the boar or deer and all very well socialised with humans, they will also work independently on tracking and I must say that I haven't encountered an aggressive Slovenski yet

 

[levigsp]

My apology, I must go to the wrong shoots and meet the wrong dogs.

 

[Jagare]

I've had ten years of owning and working a Slovensky Kopov. Its true they work OK with other dogs when hunting and make great tracking dogs. The many of the male Kopovs I've seen including mine can be aggressive to other dog when not hunting. My old cocker has a great knack of winding up the Kopov just with a little body language. My Kopov likes people and kids but seeing how quick his humour changes i would not trust him alone with either. He's the only one of my dogs i would not try and take away a bone he was eating.
Now for all those who think its not a good idea to have a temperamental dog, i have no kids living here and i live alone out in the forest. plus i know how to handle a Kopov.

 

[levigsp]

I've had ten years of owning and working a Slovensky Kopov. Its true they work OK with other dogs when hunting and make great tracking dogs. The many of the male Kopovs I've seen including mine can be aggressive to other dog when not hunting. My old cocker has a great knack of winding up the Kopov just with a little body language. My Kopov likes people and kids but seeing how quick his humour changes i would not trust him alone with either. He's the only one of my dogs i would not try and take away a bone he was eating.
Now for all those who think its not a good idea to have a temperamental dog, i have no kids living here and i live alone out in the forest. plus i know how to handle a Kopov.

Exactly how Ive found them, work all day no problem until they are left together with others in a yard, then all hell broke loose. I have had very few dog breeds have a go at me, farm collies nipping from the rear as you walk through the farm, Scottish type terriers ankle biters! as you walk past and Kopov's in their native country when I've gone to examine something they have, I know not all are the same, but enough are. They are great working dogs though.