runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 What always set my mind thinking is the inteligence of a lurcher when it comes to its prey.... I'm not looking for answers or asking a question, as nobody could answer, we all have our own views and pheorys.... My lurchers will run up to a hen or chicken in the field, stop and turn away. They will run up to or flush a pheasant, and kill it! They will look at a cat, turn away. They munch and throw squirrels about for fun!! They work all day with ferrets.. If a stoat bolts they will kill it!! A small dog will bolt out of the bushes in the park, or mooch over, they will stand over it and sniff the air, then either play or walk away.. A fox bushes and its history.. A small horse, donkey, calf is looked at and turned away. A deer is ran for there lives.... lambs are stared at because of thier bleeting, then a frisky roll over and never another glance... a small wild animal of any discription will be hunted down!! Lurchers are so tuned in to there prey, and seemingly know the difference bewteen a domestic animal to a wild animal.... just boggles me Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) What always set my mind thinking is the inteligence of a lurcher when it comes to its prey.... I'm not looking for answers or asking a question, as nobody could answer, we all have our own views and pheorys.... My lurchers will run up to a hen or chicken in the field, stop and turn away. They will run up to or flush a pheasant, and kill it! They will look at a cat, turn away. They munch and throw squirrels about for fun!! They work all day with ferrets.. If a stoat bolts they will kill it!! A small dog will bolt out of the bushes in the park, or mooch over, they will stand over it and sniff the air, then either play or walk away.. A fox bushes and its history.. A small horse, donkey, calf is looked at and turned away. A deer is ran for there lives.... lambs are stared at because of thier bleeting, then a frisky roll over and never another glance... a small wild animal of any discription will be hunted down!! Lurchers are so tuned in to there prey, and seemingly know the difference bewteen a domestic animal to a wild animal.... just boggles me What you mean a frisky roll over with the lambs mate? Your dog would get shot up here for less lol. Edited May 9, 2010 by its ma baw Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 My god, your dog would get shot for rolling in the long grass!! pls dont ruin the post pal...After all i just said about them being tuned in.. Quote Link to post
Hannah4181 260 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 It is about being tuned in to their prey . . . . But its also about being raised and trained properly. Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 My god, your dog would get shot for rolling in the long grass!! pls dont ruin the post pal...After all i just said about them being tuned in.. No probs, just never understood your post mate. Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 My god, your dog would get shot for rolling in the long grass!! pls dont ruin the post pal...After all i just said about them being tuned in.. No probs, just never understood your post mate. you didnt understand this post...... its the most simple thing to read but never mind.. alb.. Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 My god, your dog would get shot for rolling in the long grass!! pls dont ruin the post pal...After all i just said about them being tuned in.. No probs, just never understood your post mate. you didnt understand this post...... its the most simple thing to read but never mind.. alb.. Are you trying to ruin your own thread? You said your dogs stare at lambs bleating then a frisky roll over and never another glance. now, from that I'd say since your talking about the lambs at the time, it would be the natural assumption you are talking about the dog rolling over the lambs. At no point would I have thought you were saying your dogs look at lambs and then fancy a roll in long grass but hey ho..... Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 scent yes Yipp, we know. Like i said, i am not looking for answers, there are many things which build the hunters prey drive.. Just fasinates me... So tell me, whats the difference in the scent of a hen or a phesant. I am not asking you literally, just saying, it is very hard to distiguish... Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 scent yes Yipp, we know. Like i said, i am not looking for answers, there are many things which build the hunters prey drive.. Just fasinates me... So tell me, whats the difference in the scent of a hen or a phesant. I am not asking you literally, just saying, it is very hard to distiguish... If you aren't looking for answers exactly what are you looking for? You wanting us all to sit back and admire the thread without input?..... Well done on posting this..... I'll ponder on it for a lifetime and a half..... Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Yes that is exactly what i was doing, pondering, are we not allowed to do this... It says at the beginning that i wasnt looking for answers, as there really arent any, unless we find a talking dog...was just hoping that other people with a bit of broadness around there minds, said what they were fasinated in, thats all its ma baw.. Sorry if this offended you anyway mate... Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Yes that is exactly what i was doing, pondering, are we not allowed to do this... It says at the beginning that i wasnt looking for answers, as there really arent any, unless we find a talking dog...was just hoping that other people with a bit of broadness around there minds, said what they were fasinated in, thats all its ma baw.. Sorry if this offended you anyway mate... LOL ok mate. I know the answer btw Want me to share my wisdom with you lol? Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 The reason why a lurcher will take out a pheasant but not a chicken etc is simply down to perception and re-occurence. The dog is trained by doing the same things day in day out, its called repetitive training. It walks past the chickens at the farm on its way out to the field everytime it goes out. It knows these aren't prey because at some point in its puppy life it was trained not to chase them. Now, when its out in the "hunting" fields it knows there aren't any chickens out here but chaseable things like pheasant etc. Now, if a brown chicken had to be way out in the fields and bolted from a threshy YOU never mind the dog would think it was a pheasant and would react because we are mentally trained just the same way with repetitivness ( f**k me that cant be a word). You and it preceives that because its out in the hunting ground and there has never been a chicken out there before but you've seen plenty of pheasants both your brains automatically percieves it to be a pheasant and fair game. Does that make sense? Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 The reason why a lurcher will take out a pheasant but not a chicken etc is simply down to perception and re-occurence. The dog is trained by doing the same things day in day out, its called repetitive training. It walks past the chickens at the farm on its way out to the field everytime it goes out. It knows these aren't prey because at some point in its puppy life it was trained not to chase them. Now, when its out in the "hunting" fields it knows there aren't any chickens out here but chaseable things like pheasant etc. Now, if a brown chicken had to be way out in the fields and bolted from a threshy YOU never mind the dog would think it was a pheasant and would react because we are mentally trained just the same way with repetitivness ( f**k me that cant be a word). You and it preceives that because its out in the hunting ground and there has never been a chicken out there before but you've seen plenty of pheasants both your brains automatically percieves it to be a pheasant and fair game. Does that make sense? Yes, and that is another good reason..and like hannah said at the beginning its also down to training when young.. This we know.. So a domestic cat pops up in the field, dogs move in but turn away when nearly on top of this domestic thing... Then a feral cat gets up and all hell breaks loose... many scenarios of the lurchers mind ticking and registering different situations, incredible... Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I reckon its a good post to start what might have been an interesting thread if some people hadn't wanted to nit pick it to pieces. I reckon that the skills of a properly trained lurcher can be awesome. When I did pest control full time my Beardie lurcher knew not to touch pheasants around release pens and farms, but out in cover or in the open countryside she knew they were fair game. I never taught her that but I think she picked up on my body language which told her to leave everything except vermin alone when we were round human habitat: when we thought no one was looking pheasants could be snatched up. Was she in a different mode to the one she was in round farms and release pens? I don't know. Only ever had one lurcher which was totally safe with feral cats though: even in the heat of the moment in woods/cover she would never touch a cat, though slaughtered foxes for breakfast. One day she came belting out of a wood looking dead worried: the noise in the wood behind her told me the terriers had got a feral cat: this lurcher just loved cats, all cats, having a best mate cat at home. Other lurchers know the difference between their own cats and strange ones: this lurcher wouldn't touch any cat: ever. Quote Link to post
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