lamping advice

[jamie1011 5]

just thought id ask few lads ready for winter. ive got a bed x lurcher 11 months old his actual breeding is dam bed/whip/grey sire bull/whip/grey x 1st bed/whip. how do you deal with hunting up with excitment on the lamp. having a bed type worried about the problems of hunting up as during the day hes everywhere a slight sent is. my other lurcher is totally different he is deffinatley sight driven so not concered about him but the bed type im being a little cautious and thought i'd ask now as being terrier based

cheers lads/laddies

[hunting mad 147]

hows his recall during the day?as it needs to be good. just make sure the lamp goes off when he misses his quarry and dont put

it on untill hes back on the slip and as i said if the recall is good u should'nt have much problem mate

[jamie1011 5]

his recal is brilliant untill hes say 20 yards away from any quarry. once hes on theres no chance of recal he way to game. my worry is in area's of heavy rabbit population that he'l course one then on the way back be on another obviously with experience he'l get there but is there any little tricks to speed the process up cheers mate

[hunting mad 147]

ive never had to much trouble with this mate as long as you keep the lamp off he should get the idea after a couple of times. and i have always used mine to hunt during the day before introducing them to the lamp.

[jamie1011 5]

yeah i know its still early days and there prob wont be much problem but compared to my other dogs he crazy. hes only got one gear and thats 110% over drive and he'l never tire. he was chasing the swans round the fishing pool the other day the little fecker swimming up and down after them and would he come back, no chance untill he nailed a duck lol. cheers for the advice mate

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

this problems always happens if you take your dog out mooching during the day too much because the dog gets used too hunting up all the time so when its out lamping it finks that its alright to do it then thats why when i learn my pups i take it out ferreting once and if it looks fast enough i get it out lamping straight away and then u have no bother with stuff lyk this and beddy crosses hav a a habbit of hunting up atb Top Lamper

[sandymere 8,263]

Soon as the eve a little darker take it out to the park with lamp and ball, throw ball in lamp send to retreive till its looking into lamp, then drop ball walk away then lamp on ball and send to retreive. This will take a few evenings once its used to the beam then send to retrieve when there is no ball when the dog arrives in beam switch it off and recall, practice till it comes back as soon as the lamp goes out. First few runs on bunnies pick single squatters with either simple short catch or miss and cross fingers.

 

regards sandymere.

PS need a retreiving dog first.

[jamie1011 5]

cheers for the info lads, yeah always worried about to much day work before they get on the lamp but i live in the middle of the country side and unfortunatley the only walking i can do is in fields and theres always quarry around but i have to do it as need to keep them fit

Edited June 2, 2010 by jamie1011

[fensaluki 35]

this problems always happens if you take your dog out mooching during the day too much because the dog gets used too hunting up all the time so when its out lamping it finks that its alright to do it then thats why when i learn my pups i take it out ferreting once and if it looks fast enough i get it out lamping straight away and then u have no bother with stuff lyk this and beddy crosses hav a a habbit of hunting up atb Top Lamper

 

I'm not knocking your opinion TOP LAMPER and please dont take offence at the following but mooching with your lurchers during the day will cause no ill affect on their lamping ability as long as they are trained well enough and know the difference between daywork and nightwork.all of my dogs (Labs,Lurchers & Terriers) are exersiced on a large shoot were there is more game and quarry than you could wave a sharp stick at with very few problems.as others have said if his recall is as good as it needs to be to be out lamping then there should be no great problems in him learning the lamp.The main thing is as has been quite righty pointed out as soon as he misses or kills the lamp should be of untill he is back safley on his slip.If you make sure he runs from his slip and not free run he'll soon learn that if he misses the faster he gets back to you and on his slip the faster he'll get another go.

Good luck for the winter

ATB

[sneeky sneeky! 4]

this problems always happens if you take your dog out mooching during the day too much because the dog gets used too hunting up all the time so when its out lamping it finks that its alright to do it then thats why when i learn my pups i take it out ferreting once and if it looks fast enough i get it out lamping straight away and then u have no bother with stuff lyk this and beddy crosses hav a a habbit of hunting up atb Top Lamper

Just answered a question ive beeen wonderin ! my terrier always works way ahead of me especially when he picks up a scent and thats because im always out moochin through the day just letting him do his thing.