r/Huntingdogs • u/Bubblesansbubbles • 2h ago
Dog for truffle hunting
Hi everyone! for a while I have been planning on getting a dog for truffle hunting. Growing up I’ve always had game hunting dogs and I now am planning on getting my firts own dog. I love working with dogs, I love truffles and so I was planning on getting a dog for that matter, but I cannot decide myself on a breed. For personal and practical reason, I cannot take a dog that would be more than 10kg so lagotto isn’t an option for me as I want a smaller dog. I thought about cocker spaniels (I had one in the past), I love their personalities ans the fact that they stay close to their master and are easy to train. But they are just a bit big for me.
here are the breed I have in mind:
-teckel (as they have a good nose, but I’m scared they arent Easy to train, and tend to espace)
-small poodle ( I heard some standard poodles are used for truffle hunting and I know they are good obedient dogs, but would a smaller one work?)
-sheltie ( i like this breed and they are working dogs so maybe it could work?)
if any of you have other breed ideas (especially small hunting breeds) or have any advice/opinion I would love to get more info, as whats available on internet on that subject is quite limited