matt241075 12 Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hi all Teesside Lurcher Club is a new venture hopefully to be enjoyed by many ages. Our first meet was Sunday 26th July and many thanks to those who attened the meet. We now are asking for more people to come and take part in our growing lurcher club and enjoy watching your dog race agenist others. weather it be a lurcher, Whippet or terrier there are all very welcome... It dosnt matter what age you are, your type of lurcher/Whippet/Terrier whether your dog is a pet, a show dog or to work its all about fun. The race meetings are FREE it costs you nothing so why not come and give it a try.You will meet like minded people and get to hear and talk about all those storys we all hear about........ Teesside Lurcher Clubs next meet will be this Sunday, 6pm at Reivaulx Avenue playing feilds Billingham TS23 2BD. We need the surpport of all you dog owners local or not to come and help us get this club off the ground. many thanks for reading. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
matt241075 12 Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 hi all anyone on for this sunday ?????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Too far north for me, shame as it sounds a laugh. Do you book the land you run on specifically for you to use? 'Scuse me asking, it's just I have a friend building me a lure machine at the moment just for me and a few friends and I'm having to look for private land to rent to run on, as I've found that down here, as soon as you have any sort of gathering with dogs on public or public access land, somebody official turns up and starts muttering about public liability insurance, or else somebody unofficial turns up and wanders through the middle of it with a chihuahua on a flexilead... Even the local pet obedience clubs have been affected. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hunter 31 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Its @ a place where anything goes.Got liability insurance just incase somebodys Yorkie gets tangled in lure and dragged along @ 40mph.Once established will ask council so mark up some lines etc like they do for local whippet racing club.Good luck with lure machine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thanks, sounds cool. Wish I was nearer, and wish our council were like that round here! Good luck for Sunday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hunter 31 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Cheers.I just got day off so went out putting flyers up @ shops in the pit villages where lurcher lads are everywhere.Stopped agroup of lads there who have 20 lurchers betwwen them so if they turn up then its happy days! What starter etc you using for lure etc and controls? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Um, I dunno! I'll ask... a friend is building it for me. Because I'm not sure where I'll be setting it up, yet, and what the access will be like, he was trying to make something really light and portable for me, and I know there was an issue with his first go as it burnt out the motor and he had to start again with heavier duty stuff, and then the second go needed some kind of guard for the cable, but hopefully we'll be testing it this weekend. The control I think will be "thumb on the button" stop/go type thing. You may have guessed by now I'm not the most technical! All the racing I've done over the years (I had terriers before the lurcher) and I never really took any notice of what actually made the lure go... and my friend said he could probably make me one, how did they work... and I had to go off and find photos on the internet for him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hunter 31 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 I use scalextric controls for ours but ours is heavy but sturdy.Best starter to use is a Ford bendix motor and any solenoid.You need two red battery leads and two black and rest is easy.hardest part is having a sturdy wheel on motor and remember when controlling dont keep finger on trigger it will send lure to bout 70mph.unless ya running a cheetah haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Errr.... nope, "cheetah" is not exactly the thought that pops into your mind when watching my dog run! "Was that an earthquake?!" is probably more like it. Bless him. He starts okay, if I don't mess it up for him, but then it all goes pear shaped. Hence the lure machine, for practice... I think there was some kind of an issue with the controller on the first test that resulted in burning out the motor. Something about the lure getting airborne and turning up at the finish far, far sooner than expected. We live and learn, and the machine won't get used near a dog until we're sure it's safe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andrewdack 0 Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 went to billingham on sunday with my pup and my mate came with is pup to give them a run. it was a very good night and i be there again on sunday. thank you to all involed . i hope more people will come along to . you will meet more lurcher lads and have great laugh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hunter 31 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Cheers Andrew we will look forward to seeing you again Sunday.Had loads of calls from Durham area after i put loads of flyers out so hopefully Sunday will be better turn out.I still not got a dog myself but just enjoy watching others! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 What starter etc you using for lure etc and controls? Right I asked! Apparently we have a Ford Bendix motor.... and some other stuff: "A starter soleniod to do the on and off .. but i have been wondering about using a dynamo as a motor and a 3 ohm potentiometer to control the speed .. not tried it yet ... also have used a Bosch 70W 12v dc motor and a torque controlled dc variable speed unit " Friend says he's having problems keeping the line taut when stopping/starting, any hints welcome! He's an engineer by trade... I have absolutely no idea what any of what I've just copied in means Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Hunter 31 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Me neither kid i was talked thru process on on phone by my dad but i learn quick. as fore line make sure its weighted well otherwise it gets all tangled etc so use full bath towel or something but when first put line on wheel just get gloves on someone and pull line tight.another tip is use a sheet or summit placed over line after your finish line because this stops the wheel from spinning and also gathers up and hides lure so dogs dont grab it and sod off pulling it.ill try get some video footage and post it for you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thanks for the tips! My dog is a bit of a pain at the finish... he hits the lure hard and is forever busting muzzles doing it... the time before last we were running, somebody else started him for me and I went up to the end. They'd marked the finish line, then stopped the lure about twenty yards past it and put a bit of that heavy duty plastic tarpaulin stuff over that point - you know the stuff they make lorry sides out of? So I waited about thirty feet past that. When himself arrived a short time later he hit the tarpaulin so hard that he - and the lure, and the tarpaulin - all slid right at me with him sat on his haunches like somebody on a coach trip. We all survived, lure included. I don't want to put him off the lure but I would prefer him to be a bit better behaved at the end and not monster the equipment, so, again, hence the practice needed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kingoftoosh 15 Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 hi all anyone on for this sunday ?????? Awright bud. how did Sunday go, did you get a decent turnout? I was going to bring my patt down for a look. He is only 4 1/2 months but i just wanted to socialise him with some bigger dogs . i'll try to come along to your next meeting. ATB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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