help with bitch

[luckyplum 50]

anybody got any advice for me ? i have a two year old bitch beddy/whippet x beddy/whippet who has been slow as anything catching on to the rabbiting game,at last she,s started to catch a few but she strugles to hold onto them, this week she caught one which wriggled free only to be caught again by the dog but still managed to free its self and away it went down a hole ! i own this dogs mother who is the opposite, she was doing too much at six months old and lets nothing go once she,s caught it,any sugestions please ? cheers plum!

[steveS.Yorks 161]

Strange trait for this breeding mate,beddy blood ussualy makes them very keen takers?

 

Ive seen 2 whippets and a collie/grey with the same problem,slow to come on and then letting them go,none of them have got any better and are write offs.

 

Maybe some rats to get her blood up is a possibility,but it dont look good mate.

[luckyplum 50]

cheers for the reply steve , the mother has taken both rat and squirel and was biten by both , as yet the pup has seen neither so maybe there,s still hope anyway me and the missus both love her to bits so we,ll keep trying ! cheers plum!

[wild rover 548]

anybody got any advice for me ? i have a two year old bitch beddy/whippet x beddy/whippet who has been slow as anything catching on to the rabbiting game,at last she,s started to catch a few but she strugles to hold onto them, this week she caught one which wriggled free only to be caught again by the dog but still managed to free its self and away it went down a hole ! i own this dogs mother who is the opposite, she was doing too much at six months old and lets nothing go once she,s caught it,any sugestions please ? cheers plum!

 

Go back to basioc retrieving mate, teach the dog to "hold", by placing the dummy in its mouth, hold its mouth closed gently, telling it to "hold", let it carry the dummy, do recalls and tell it "hold" all the time.

When it is doing it with the dummy, try this with rabbits, telling it hold.The penny should drop.Cheers WR.

[trisha 1]

seen a couple of dogs do this but only when they first start to catch it normaly comes out of them after a couple of months of catching but never seen it in a two year old dog just keep taking her out mate and maybe a couple of rats mite do the trick get her back up a bit like steve said

[natter79 17]

a friend of mine told me that some dog's just don't take to the fur in the mouth, try retreiving with a rabbit skin dummy and just see how it goes. good luck

atb natter

Edited March 7, 2010 by natter79

[luckyplum 50]

cheers again for your replys folks as i said we,ll keep trying, cheers plum!

[sh 08 17]

my lurcher didnt let go of a few she caught, as said what i done was made her carry them round the fields she soon let them go when the other dog was having all the runs. she is fine now