Catching birds

[wuyang 513]

My dogs never get much of a chance to catch birds, so i was wondering if any of the dogs you have owned were any good at it on land or water.

[Fat-Ferret 857]

My dogs never get much of a chance to catch birds, so i was wondering if any of the dogs you have owned were any good at it on land or water.

 

My little lurcher caught a pheasant...She scented him right up to a bush, and when she got level with him he tried to fly up and away, She nabbed him about 3f off the ground, class!

[whip x grey 276]

when i take my dog,s to park in early morning,s,,,,,i cant resite,,,them having a go at wood piegons,,,,,my white/parti whippet has been the only one so far to catch,,i,e he used his brain and jumped 4/5 feet in air when piegon took off,,,,,my other dogs have been very vey close but no cigar (yet)

 

 

as for other bird,s ,,,white/parti,,,nearly got a seagull about month ago

 

 

all good fun thou,,,

[Sorley x 32]

My dog regularly catches pheasants his favorite way of hunting them is to work up a scent trail in cover and then position himself so he can pounce on them before they fly. He loves it. Another bitch I had would also take all manner of birds in the local park, where they aren't that wise to dogs lol. Bit embarrassing really.

Edited January 16, 2010 by Sorley x

[cassshantia 16]

my lurchers over the years have caught numerous pheasants but the

most awesome sight i witness with this whippet x who s not that

special on fur actually caught a wood cock in flight as it left the hedge back she jump and caught the bugger

[sambam 8]

my pup has had a few pheasnt but he misses most of them, he had a blackbird once it was amazing to watch we where walking down a lane with hedges on both sides one foggy morning and there was blackbirds everywere and he was running back and forth chasing them when one flew out the hedge right in front of him and was flying straight down the path, he put his head down and stepped up a gear and nailed it in flight, i was gobsmacked but the little bugger didnt retrive it. iv been taking him on the local playing field on the morning and theres always flocks of gulls and crows and he will chase them all day if i let him they seem to tease the dog by staying low and just out of reach he tries his hardest and is fun to watch him flat out. il try and get a video one time

 

atb sam

[mattyg 1,862]

one of mine once killed my parrot...does that count? was the birds fault, he was an escape artist! bloody expensive though! the insurance paid out so that wast too bad! not looked at a bird since...lol

[foxlamper80 28]

one of my lurchers kill 2 of my hens the fcuker

[iceman001979 1,316]

My two dogs have never caught any birds but in the summer l found away off keeping them fit and l be doing it with the pups this year.

In the summer house martins come over till lreland and when am walking the dogs in the park the birds are flying low over the football pitches feeding the flys etc and when they come low the dogs love chasing them dont even have till walk them just sit on the bank watching.Some off the runs wounld last as long as a run on the lamp good stuff but it does drive the dogs abit nuts but all good.

[gnipper 6,411]

Its difficult not to catch pheasant and partridge where I am. My old whippet took a woodie in flight once that was skimming the ground and i've caught loads of partridge at night but thats not too hard, we catch them by hand sometimes. My present lurcher has had pheasant, french and english partridge and a pricked duck.

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

ive caught 1 or 2 partridge on the lamp but never during the day

[lovearun 1]

first dog i got was an ex racing greyhound killed all me chickens and ducks and acouple of me mates geese but a good mate of mine who sadly isnt with us anymore had a brindle and white deerhond greyhound dog whoose speciality was partridge on the lamp killed half adozen regular sen him jump at leist 1.5 meters in the air and take them

[Guest Daks]

my dogs first kill was a duck!!! only out walking him no lamp nothing just heard it and seen him bringing it back lol

[nasher1 258]

I used to have a staffy bitch which used to catch ferals in a local park, could be quite embaressing but interesting to watch, she used to spot the birds blindside em behind a tree to build her speed up and whip round the tree and smash into em, first time she did it i thought it was luck but after the 3rd n 4th time I decided to go to a park with thinner trees

[Guest Mass_G3nocide]

My boy had a seagull the other night i let him out to roam and heard an awfull screaming found him with a seagull stuck to his face (Still alive) i grabbed it and the seagull let go of my dogs face and i let it fly away the dog was fine a bit puzzled.