ebony1 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 hi how do you get your pup keen on catching rabbits my pups are nearly 6 months how do i get them keen? Quote Link to post
philipmurray 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 lure him first and then introduce a rabbit... Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just show him plenty of them. Quote Link to post
Hannah4181 260 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 All of the above, plus i use a flirt stick and have found this to be an excellent way of teaching the retrieve, the strike, and is a fantastic work out. Quote Link to post
ebony1 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just show him plenty of them. THANKS FOR THE QUIK REPLYS OM NEW TO THE THE COURSING GAME ANOTHER THING IF ITS IN THE DOGS BLOOD TO KILL THE RABBIT WILL I HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING THEM TO CHASE THE RABBIT WHEN I PUT THE LAMP ON IT. ALSO WHAT TRAINING IS NEEDED WHEN GETTING YOUR DOG TO KILL THE RABBITS I NO IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUPID QUESTION BUT IF I DONT ASK I DONT LEARN THANKS FOR YOUR HELP CHEERS Quote Link to post
ebony1 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just show him plenty of them. THANKS FOR THE QUIK REPLYS OM NEW TO THE THE COURSING GAME ANOTHER THING IF ITS IN THE DOGS BLOOD TO KILL THE RABBIT WILL I HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING THEM TO CHASE THE RABBIT WHEN I PUT THE LAMP ON IT. ALSO WHAT TRAINING IS NEEDED WHEN GETTING YOUR DOG TO KILL THE RABBITS I NO IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUPID QUESTION BUT IF I DONT ASK I DONT LEARN THANKS FOR YOUR HELP CHEERS WHATS A FLIRT STICK THNKS Quote Link to post
Cochyn 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just show him plenty of them. THANKS FOR THE QUIK REPLYS OM NEW TO THE THE COURSING GAME ANOTHER THING IF ITS IN THE DOGS BLOOD TO KILL THE RABBIT WILL I HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING THEM TO CHASE THE RABBIT WHEN I PUT THE LAMP ON IT. ALSO WHAT TRAINING IS NEEDED WHEN GETTING YOUR DOG TO KILL THE RABBITS I NO IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUPID QUESTION BUT IF I DONT ASK I DONT LEARN THANKS FOR YOUR HELP CHEERS WHATS A FLIRT STICK THNKS The ones I've seen are poles with a furry thing on the end. The furry bit is then dragged along the floor (around the user). It can be used to mimic small prey and looks quite effective (to me anyway). I took my 26 week old bitch out lamping the other night. She watched her mother catch and retreive a couple and just seemed to know instantly the object of the exercise. She started off very playful with the older dog, but once she saw what was going on became a different bitch. In another thread Chalk Warren seemed to think that her prey drive was kicking in and he was right. Quote Link to post
johnbhoy 1 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 ma pups 8months now and over the past 4 weeks there a went ferreting to get live rabbits for it. went down into a big park with the pup n let them go for it. ave let go about 25 rabbits for it and its got it as keen as mustard. get yourself out ferreting and do the same mate atb Quote Link to post
Hannah4181 260 Posted September 29, 2009 Report Share Posted September 29, 2009 Just show him plenty of them. THANKS FOR THE QUIK REPLYS OM NEW TO THE THE COURSING GAME ANOTHER THING IF ITS IN THE DOGS BLOOD TO KILL THE RABBIT WILL I HAVE ANY PROBLEMS GETTING THEM TO CHASE THE RABBIT WHEN I PUT THE LAMP ON IT. ALSO WHAT TRAINING IS NEEDED WHEN GETTING YOUR DOG TO KILL THE RABBITS I NO IT SOUNDS LIKE A STUPID QUESTION BUT IF I DONT ASK I DONT LEARN THANKS FOR YOUR HELP CHEERS WHATS A FLIRT STICK THNKS As has been said, a flirt stick works on the same principle as a lure. I use a horse lunge whip with a piece of rabbit skin attached to the end. All my dogs are worked on this, mainly as a fitness exercise. I have had nothing but positive results using it, however my dogs are pets which work as well. The are not exclusively working dogs out a few nights a week. IMO flirting is an excellent all round exercise for any dog, with my lurcher i used it as a pup and as soon as he caught it, i called him into me . . . . thus teaching his retrieve. Although only 16 mths now and just starting on the lamp, his retrieve is spot on with caught rabbits. Everyone has different ways of teaching pups and i'm not stating that a flirt stick will increase your dogs prey drive, but i do think it can have a lot of positives. The only thing i will say is, if you are going to try your pup flirting . . . please introduce him slowly and build him up in terms of time. It is an extremely intense exercise for dogs and really takes it out of them. My bitch can run with the horses for 9/10 miles no worries and still be ready for more . . . . .10 minutes flirting and she's done. Use it little and often 2/3 mins to start with, and use your common sense, do not ruin your pup with over exercise. Quote Link to post
Cochyn 0 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 (edited) I made a flirt pole last night. It consists of the butt of an old fishing rod and a light weight dummy with a rabbit skin on it. After three minutes the pup is really blowing and it looks (to me) like great practice for the field. Edited October 1, 2009 by Cochyn Quote Link to post
undisputed 1,664 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 What you do is get a live hedgehog & sew a rabbit skin on to it...tie the hedge hog to the dogs back leg with an elastic band and everytime the dog trys to shake it of it pings back and jags it on the ass. Drives the dog nuts and makes them keen as hell...never fails Quote Link to post
bird 9,926 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 hi how do you get your pup keen on catching rabbits my pups are nearly 6 months how do i get them keen? whats the rush, its just a pup. I didny start mine till he was 11-12 months old, had over the ton rabbits last season And still doing well now at 2 years old. Let it be a pup, you got plenty of time. last season 13 from 17 runs [19] months old [no rush mate] Quote Link to post
lofti 579 Posted October 1, 2009 Report Share Posted October 1, 2009 What you do is get a live hedgehog & sew a rabbit skin on to it...tie the hedge hog to the dogs back leg with an elastic band and everytime the dog trys to shake it of it pings back and jags it on the ass. Drives the dog nuts and makes them keen as hell...never fails very good advice, you wont go far wrong there! Quote Link to post
storm323 191 Posted October 2, 2009 Report Share Posted October 2, 2009 hi how do you get your pup keen on catching rabbits my pups are nearly 6 months how do i get them keen? whats the rush, its just a pup. I didny start mine till he was 11-12 months old, had over the ton rabbits last season And still doing well now at 2 years old. Let it be a pup, you got plenty of time. last season 13 from 17 runs [19] months old [no rush mate] well sed seems as tho your dogs comeing on nicely good luck with him mate Quote Link to post
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