HARD MOUTH.

[martync1967 64]

according to the book (the complete lurcher)a bunch of keys retrieved at an early age does the trick

[Gripper 1]

play fetch with a brick that should sort it :11:

[thewindcallsmyname. 3]

barbed wire around a stick then a rabbit skin.

Edited October 27, 2009 by thewindcallsmyname.

[whin 463]

hard mouth is either breding or bad entering , ive got dogs here not hard and some that are a little bit less gentle, both diffrent way bred ,some bruise the rabbs front, one crunches head same with roe preban [bANNED TEXT] on to head ,all dogs are diffrent but breeding and one to one trainig is amust to stop hard mouth ,me personaly as long as its edible and they dont mess the back legs waist a bit bruising to front ,the front ferret food any way , never had areal hard type of dog had game dogs but they new what qaurry was biting and what was not

[J Darcy 5,871]

my misses just takes her teeth out..mmmm nice n soft.

 

Yes, and pierced tongues arent too nice either.....

[J Darcy 5,871]

But seriously, having owned a few lurchers over the years i have seen both sides, some so soft you could let rabbits go and also some dogs that would mince them. Now i could be very wrong but i do not think there is a cure for hard mouth and i am very sceptical about anyone that says they have one. IMO Softmouthed dogs pass on their genes and i think it would be easier to get a softmouthed dog out of a soft mouthed bitch. If that makes any sense at all....AT the end of the day i feel it will always be something of a mystery anyway......JD

[stormyboy 1,352]

I've seen it done by starting from scratch. The dog in question was never properly trained by the idiot owner and passed on as usless. A very good trainer took the dog on and trained it using a modification of the forced method.

Get the dog to hold rabbit,then on to picking it up.the rabbit is moved away gradually until the dog is fetching a thrown one.

It takes patience and timing.Also the dog was an intelligent collie lurcher,keen to please.

When re enterd the dog retrieved every rabbit unmarked to hand.

 

As has been said though-its easier to prevent than cure.

[scoop and digger 1]

Opinions anyone?

 

I have to ask my boyfriend if i have ever been HARD MOUTH with him