Hard Ground

[Meerihunter 7]

Depends on the dogs, some have been bred for millennium for running hard/rough ground. Some bred for running manicured sand tracks. Its a case of getting the balance right and deciding what is more important to you, all out speed vs durability.

[Johnnybum 0]

Only immature fools run their dogs on hard ground. Experienced dog people wait for the rain. Then they can have as many runs as they like.

[UNFIT 0]

just got back from ole george drake the greyhound vet and told him about this debate on running dogs on hard ground he just smile theres dog men and theres men with dogs a good 2/3 weeks of rain then run em as hard as like and thats a man who knows

hes a grey hound vet not a lamper or lurcher owner ,a big difference .

wrong he deals with some of the top fen dogs running and if he was on fen running a dog i no were my money be

and me .my mate CN if he was still at it full time .and lamping is different kettle of fish . Edited October 5, 2009 by UNFIT

[UNFIT 0]

Only immature fools run their dogs on hard ground. Experienced dog people wait for the rain. Then they can have as many runs as they like.

[Meerihunter 7]

Only immature/inexperienced people run the wrong type of dog for ground conditions. Unfortunately this maturity/experience doesn't come easily or without a degree of suffering for all involved.

[desertdog 149]

this thread seems to have turned into my dogs feeet are better than your dogs feet, there is no argument about it, ,the ground is fekkin hard at the moment and if you want to fek up your dog go run it, no foot , no, dog, no, lamping, another hijacked thread, which started out well.

[Catcher 1 639]

As far back as i can remember.Running a dog on hard ground has been a no no.atb. Catcher

[desertdog 149]

YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, YIPPIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, ITS RAINING HERE nice and steady, but its no good till its rained all day.

[stevemac 433]

as stabs knows if we waited for soft ground we would never go hunting. we try and breed dogs with tougher skin and therefore pads and condition the dog as well as their pads for the job. this doesn't help every situation though at the start of last season my bitch put up a big buck hare that took her out of the paddock and up and down a gravel road 3 or 4 times this managed to blow 3 of here feet taking her out for a month.

stevemac

[youngy 1]

lads who run hard ground must go threw some dogs , dogs for life not one season atb

[Stabs 3]

as stabs knows if we waited for soft ground we would never go hunting. we try and breed dogs with tougher skin and therefore pads and condition the dog as well as their pads for the job. this doesn't help every situation though at the start of last season my bitch put up a big buck hare that took her out of the paddock and up and down a gravel road 3 or 4 times this managed to blow 3 of here feet taking her out for a month.

stevemac

 

How's it down your way Steve?

 

Dry as a nun's chuff up here

 

[UNFIT 0]

give it another 5 to 10 years and the lurchers of this country will be the same as the cruffs brigade ,all washed out through being treated with kids gloves .and bred of rubbish .i suppose it all comes down to having you meat in plastic bags .so you dont need to work your dogs ,ONLY ON MUD .

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

I have both scent and sight coyote hounds. We do not take into consideration at all what the ground is like. I am not tryin to act macho but we just dont care. We hunt 5 or 6 days or nights a week when possible and sometimes 7. The ground has been hard as a rock over here until last Saturday. I have two staghound gyps that have not had a night off in over 3 weeks. Did they get sore footed a day or two? You damn straight they did. Did I stop running them? Hell NO! Why would you? I have told dozens of people this and nobody has the balls to even try it but the facts are that if you run the pads off of a dog, then run the sumbitches back on. You might not catch a bunch of game while they are tender footed but they will slow down and learn to run even with slipped pads. They will take care of themselves. Them two bitches arent real "keen" right now cause they are tired but they are ten times smarter and in my opinion 10 times more efficient at being a true hunting dog, not just a rush of adrenaline for some poser.

[UNFIT 0]

I have both scent and sight coyote hounds. We do not take into consideration at all what the ground is like. I am not tryin to act macho but we just dont care. We hunt 5 or 6 days or nights a week when possible and sometimes 7. The ground has been hard as a rock over here until last Saturday. I have two staghound gyps that have not had a night off in over 3 weeks. Did they get sore footed a day or two? You damn straight they did. Did I stop running them? Hell NO! Why would you? I have told dozens of people this and nobody has the balls to even try it but the facts are that if you run the pads off of a dog, then run the sumbitches back on. You might not catch a bunch of game while they are tender footed but they will slow down and learn to run even with slipped pads. They will take care of themselves. Them two bitches arent real "keen" right now cause they are tired but they are ten times smarter and in my opinion 10 times more efficient at being a true hunting dog, not just a rush of adrenaline for some poser.

will you please stop giving good info out ,otherwise i just might have compotition when the ground is hard ,then i wont get to catch so much stuff .

[Dan Edwards 1,134]

unfit, I am truely sorry. HAHA!