Pound Dog?

Anyone ever get a hunting dog from a pound? There is a lab (appears to be pure bred with block head - beautiful dog) that is 2 years old at the pound. Good idea or bad? Have not met/interacted with the dog. Just wondering your opinion

My beagle was a lost and found dog. Starved out, no training, scared of kids. He came around and is a good hunting dog. In the yard, gunshots send him under the porch. In the field, he loves it because it means dead bunnies. He has lots of other issues, though, and that is why I won't take in another stray anytime soon. Rescue dogs are for pets, don't expect them to be anything else.

As cheap as good Labs are as pups why take the chance IMHO? Sure it might turn out to be a great hunter but you're starting out with something that you have no idea of the pedigree, temperment, if it's gun shy, etc. You might get a great hunting dog but you also might get a POS that someone else dumped off at the pound and now you will be stuck with it for 10 years. If the total cost of the dog the initial price of a good pup is nothing.

Sure it can work I have friends that just needed a pet and found out later that the dog would hunt a little.But when you look at the big picture, with the price of vet bills and the cost of feeding a dog for 10 or more years I personally do not think its a good idea.If you do not have a family it could work,but how do you give a dog away if you have a child that loves the dog?So now your stuck with a pet for 10 years and still do not have a bird dog.So now you have to get another dog that you have to feed so in the end it cost WAY more.I am talking from experience here LOL.

Not a bad idea at all. Just never know what might be sitting in that pound. One of the best dogs in my kennel right now. Came from a pound. Could go the other way though as well. reminds me of a britnay I got years ago. Hell of a dog on game. But the slightest loud sound and that dog was gone! Heck, a good fart would send that dog running. Perhaps the reason it was in the pound. All you can do is try it. Then hopefully do the right thing if it does not work out.

I know a couple of people who have rescued pound dogs that hunt. If the dog has a nice temperament and looks solid, I would take the chance. Could be a dog that just needs the right home.