First love

[craigos1234 17]

hey guys just wondering if the first dog you had holds the best memories for you? or the best dog you have ever had? i suppose its abit like your first love you never forget it? what was your first dog? and any storys to share with your first dog and your first few outings as a novice?

Edited November 2, 2009 by craigos1234

[sky08 3]

my first dog was a collie grey wasnt my best dog tho but still had me quite a good few things probally my best dog i had of hav its a mixup between the dogs i got now or the 1 that died

[James Doyle 59]

i dont know the breed of my first lurcher which i still have... i got Fly about two years ago now he was around a year old when i got him and he came from a housing estate in a local town he was very poor when he first came and was underweight and had worms and fleas and what not. i started off by giving him a good worm dose and then start off feeding him well and when he got a bit of weight up i start bringing him out walking.

 

he got reasonbly fit from this so we decided to bring him lamping. My friend mick and i went to a local spot to get him started Mick had his very good bitch molly a whippet x collie to show fly the ropes after givin molly a run or two we let off fly who was eagerly chasing rabbits around. after a few of these un succsesful runs for him we decided to give him a run on his own that run i will never forget as he caught his first rabbit for me

[flint67 2]

my first dog was born the day rhyme and reason won the grand national in 1988 , she was a 23inch brindle smoothcoat , bred on the camp and i walked her and walked her and walked her !! We were inseperable when she was from 5 to 7 months i ran her on rabbits and behind another dog on deer . . Too young really , but so was i !! Her first single handed deer was a roe pricket , her second was a sika pricket. She was never much of a hare dog , missed more than she caught for sure , and i soon got out of the rabbiting game too many days laid up with dew claws, she was a daylight deer dog , not the best by any means ,coz when she missed her recall was ,well lets just say i would be banging my head on a tree !

[whin 463]

my first dog was called sandy a mongrel terreir a good rabbit dog , but a pain for a scrap , we used to chase hares with the poor bugger he thought eh could catch them he died of the parvo when it first came out a good dog he was ,and showed us aklot about bushing and generaly finding game

[Wxm 1,638]

a bitch called jess i had she was 22" / 23" tts, saluki collie whippet greyhound she was red/fawn with a white chest.

i just left school and my mum told me i had to get rid of the dog as i would'nt have enough time with looking for a job and sorting the dog out.

she was a cracking bitch the 1st lurcher i trained on my own.

 

i sold in the quids-in paper to a bloke called owen he drives limo's or did do at the time.

 

if he's on here would like to know how she got on must be about 5 or 6 years ago now thou

 

atb steve

[the great white hunter 1]

my first dog was a bedlington whippet first cross it was a good ferreting dog but the dog i hav got in now is the best ive had had some realy good nights out hes now 4 but in his prime cant wait untill the proper winter nights come atb great white

[craigos1234 17]

suppose you'll never forget atb