Bringing on a saluki greyhound

[MissRhianL 70]

I would like some peoples tips on bringing on a saluki greyhound 11 month dog. Hes not as mature as most dogs this age i understand hes still a pup, but could you give any help or advice, or any training work that i can do with him?

[coursing mad 5]

start him on a few easy rabbitts not too many but give him afew to work on his strike & retreiving give it a few month month gradually giving him more rabbitts and then you can put him to the big test.

 

there is more than that to bringing a dog on but thats what i would/did do when my dog reached the age i thought it was ready for a few bunnys.

 

atb fella

 

tom.

[MissRhianL 70]

the thing is hes already had a few rabbits, but sometimes when hes out jus not interested hed rather do his own thing, with a squatter we had to walk up to it an still didnt even notice it until it run an then he was messin around. when another dog is runnin on the rabbit he pulls like hell but if its jus him on his own, he tends 2 do wat ever he wants for some unknown reason. i watched a film perdys progress, it had tips for dogs spottin eyes, he had a rabbit or dummy with foil stuck on as the eyes to try an get the dog seeing the eyes on the end of the lamp. im guna give that a go and see how he goes.

[look up 406]

get down to the dogs hite then see if u can see the eye/just cos u can see it doesent mean the dog can.like iv noticed with my pup u take them out one night they run like a dream /and then u take them out another night and u think what the feck r they doing but thats one of the joys of having them.that the thing people exspect pups to do the same job a experianced dog does.[TIME AND PRACTICE ] ATB

[skycat 6,173]

In my experience, Saluki types are different to any other sort of dog, and the more Saluki they have in them the more cat like they are: wanting to do their own thing. Plus their brains just don't compute wanting to please the owner until they are much older: they are all hunt and drive, though you have probably found that your's is away with the fairies half the time LOL

 

Don't worry: take as long as you like and want in building up a really good relationship with the dog: you won't ruin him by not entering him early, though a lot of people seem to think that any lurcher should be catching and killing at 6 months old. Saluki types are very slow to come on, though not all of them, spend a lot of time playing games with the dog: hiding hidden toys/rabbit skin dummies etc: everything will fall into place when the time is right.

[whin 463]

i found in my time there no piont wasting to much time in a dog if its not there , better working round it and conning it to do what you want gad saluks for near enough twenty years , and managed to get them well trained if the need arose but every body to there own with trainig dogs me more hunting and catching and abit training in summer to keep them on there toes ,

[artic 595]

In my experience, Saluki types are different to any other sort of dog, and the more Saluki they have in them the more cat like they are: wanting to do their own thing. Plus their brains just don't compute wanting to please the owner until they are much older: they are all hunt and drive, though you have probably found that your's is away with the fairies half the time LOL

 

Don't worry: take as long as you like and want in building up a really good relationship with the dog: you won't ruin him by not entering him early, though a lot of people seem to think that any lurcher should be catching and killing at 6 months old. Saluki types are very slow to come on, though not all of them, spend a lot of time playing games with the dog: hiding hidden toys/rabbit skin dummies etc: everything will fall into place when the time is right.

 

I think many people with Saluki blooded dogs will relate to Skycat's post one way or another.

Mine is 13 months old. He will work work work on his own accord throughout the whole time im out walking the dogs. He has has a knack of catching feather on his travels too, constantly working the hedge rows. He has alot of drive, but will not range out too far, and does actually listen to my commands! It wasnt easy training him to the standard im at for now. They do test you! lol.....