To the lads who enter late, who on here have actually held their dogs back until they're 14-24 months old?
And by holding back do you mean do actually nothing with them until that age, no rabbiting, no lamping, no runs on fresh cut fields?
You absolve them from any sort of hunting until that age, it's not something I've ever done tbh.
If so how do you think it benefits the dogs, don't you think wrapping them up until that age could lead to injuries, something that you're trying to protect them from?
I mean surely that won't be building the tendon strength up like actual