prey drive vs brains

[huntingalltheway 2]

Well ive had a good think about, and i would go for pre-drive. Ive had a few lurchers in the last 25years.[bullxs,colliexs,bitza's] and ive been lucky that most of them would give 120% on any quarry.The dog i have now Bryn will bust a gut to catch a rabbit, and that's how i want it. If they get a few bangs giving 120%,well its name of the game,and after all they are working dogs.And any dog running at 30-40 mph day+night, will get a few bangs.No a [trier not a thinker ]

agree totally

 

I only had to read one page to see if anyone had put something similar to me and i belive this bloke hit the nail on the head!

i think he,s missed the nail by a mile,nothing can give an 100% all the time its imposible. even the fittest human in the world could not run many 200 mitres flat out,they would be slowining at the end of the first run,if they had a couple minutes and tried a gain they would be slower still and struggle .theres also mental side of it

 

 

Correct me if i am wrong but is prey drive not ALL the mental side of it? A dog is giving 100% if it is mentally pushing itself as physically possible. Prey drive is pushing the boundies, ignoring the pain and countinuing on. The coursing dog they comes to a slow trot behind its quarry after a 6 minute course, yet still take the last step to strike its quarry. That is prey drive. The mind saying yes when the body says no.

IF THE MIND SAYS YES AND THE BODY SAYS NO,THE THE MIND WILL SOON FOLLOW SUIT.IF YOU LET A GOOD HARE DOG COARSE 6 HARES EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK,THE HEART WOULD GO OUT OF IT WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN.A GOOD HARE DOG PACES IT SELF ALSO

 

 

Of course it will, but that period where the body is saying no and the mind saying yes is surely the measurement of prey drive? The point i was making is completely about prey drive and has nothing to do with intelligence on the dogs part. Of course EVERY DOG has some degree of intelligence but thats not the issue. I have a brain so when the dog is physcially f****d i have the capicity to put it back on the lead and go home. Even though the dog may still want to carry on. By knowing my dog i know when its needs physical rest and how long for, even though the dog physcially want to go back out and chase its quarry.

 

 

A hero is never made of a man that takes the back seat. Same applies to dogs.

not to sure wether what im saying is relavante but look and marines and paras ask them how they got to the fitness they are now. simple they had to go past the point they thought they could go and have the right mental ampitude to acheive this. and by doing this repeatedly there distances and speeds increased dramaticlly and now can do the task now in a way above the normal. i think if you've got the right dog with the right mind by making them carry on you get something truley special which is way above the boundries of the average.so prey drive helps with this but you cant sprint a marathon as someone said this is the brains

 

 

I think its starts getting confusing as brains, prey drive, guts are so closely looped. To me, what you have described is prey drive. But i suppose for arguments sake your never going to get one without the other to some varying degree. Getting the balence right is key and differnt preferences for every person.

agree totally

Edited February 22, 2010 by huntingalltheway