Bosun11 537 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 mate ive had my two pups out over the fields sence they were 10weeks old.... i might add that they werent getting alot of walking just free running threw the fields sporting with each other and chasing birds.... they are 6months old now and are showing great interest in chaseing and sniffing about cover....they arent getting slipped onto anything but if a rabbits gets up and runs they will chase... they dont learn anything on a lead or locked in a kennel... my mate also has a 8month old whippet and his is going threw cover like nobodys business and is hunting up itself and caught its first rabbit in cover at 7months... Thats a good reply Dogman and good advice. Get that pup out, let it become accustomed to the surroundings you will later hunt it in, smells, sights and sounds. It will soon find sommat to run and if it does, great. It'll come to no harm and only learn from the expierience and want to do it again. By all means, carry on with your basic training too, retrieving etc. As far as i'm concerned, for pups of that age there is no such thing as a 'closed season', it needs the best start in life and that would be free running through fields to learn the basics of its future vocation BUT with no pressure, the key thing is, with all pups 'do not expect', to much, do not overmatch it, it all should be fun. Best of luck Quote Link to post
sam3009 4 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 just wondering lads ive heard it from some folks that you dont run/work a dog untill its such an age i have a pup its 6 months and i cant hold it back he is a demon mad as a hatter just wants to do his job now do you surprese that or let him go my opinion is slip the young upstart and let him do what comes natural to him i think its the making of a great dog i hope whats your thoughts on this give me some feed back i started mine at nine months collie grayhound but i would pick her runs try give her the easy rabbits and dont give her too many runs take it easy because if they get frustrated by not catching they will open up and start to yap thats the last thing you want in a dog uve put all your time into i would probably leave it till septembre good luck Agreed Quote Link to post
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