dog not biting rabbit

[jonansuki 21]

is it possible to have a dog that is to friendly to bite rabbits mine chases them catches up with them but just wont bite them she nealy 11 months so i know its still young but the other dogs i have been out with are younger and they have caught is this because they are off workin lines and mine isnt?

[poacher3161 1,766]

is it possible to have a dog that is to friendly to bite rabbits mine chases them catches up with them but just wont bite them she nealy 11 months so i know its still young but the other dogs i have been out with are younger and they have caught is this because they are off workin lines and mine isnt?

hows it bred?

[jonansuki 21]

its a collie x whippet bitch mate

[sneeky sneeky! 4]

is it possible to have a dog that is to friendly to bite rabbits mine chases them catches up with them but just wont bite them she nealy 11 months so i know its still young but the other dogs i have been out with are younger and they have caught is this because they are off workin lines and mine isnt?

Doesnt sound promisin mate! never had a dog that did that but it mite be that its still young and its playin.

[natter79 17]

try using a rabbit skin dummy to get the dog used to the fur in the mouth, also try letting the dog see a more experienced dog chase and "strike" if it's just a pup they love the chase but it might not know what to do with it once they've caught it. ( if it's not a pup then ignore everything i've just said and tease the feckin life out of the dog with a rabbit carcass until it really starts to get a hold).

atb natter

[poacher3161 1,766]

its a collie x whippet bitch mate

I have had and seen a few collie crosses over years with this habit going on the ones i have mentioned you have nothing to worry about as its still a young dog mentally and imho the penny will drop and he will start grabbing old keep trying getting him picking a dummy up you have thrown for him.atb dell

[luke. 9]

My mates got a Collie Whippet Greyhound that never used to take them and try and catch them with her paws but 1 day she took 1 and retreved it, ATB mate.

Luke.

[Huwidge 69]

A mate of mine had a spaniell once that retrived shot birds and rabbits, but took it ferretin one day and when the rabbits hit the net it wouldnt grab it, just kinda pushed it about with its nose. ended up havin to put the f*ekin thing on a lead cos it was pushing the rabbits back down the holes

[adamb20 22]

my beddy whippet collie grey used to this. she also used to run past the rabbit and try and herd it towards me. she just wouldnt strike. then when she was about 13 month she struck and then there was no stopping her. just be patient mate i thort she was no good then one day it just clicked.

[watchman 256]

its a collie x whippet bitch mate

I have had and seen a few collie crosses over years with this habit going on the ones i have mentioned you have nothing to worry about as its still a young dog mentally and imho the penny will drop and he will start grabbing old keep trying getting him picking a dummy up you have thrown for him.atb dell

that could be the collie/grey x lurcher i had years ago that you are talking about,and exactly as you say,one day the penny dropped and she never looked back,

[poacher3161 1,766]

Think about wat breed of dog is not bred to bite anything but is one of the most well known crosses imho its the reason you get this habit more so in this cross i have found at a young age than in other types at the same age.

[fellpack 7]

A mate of mine had a spaniell once that retrived shot birds and rabbits, but took it ferretin one day and when the rabbits hit the net it wouldnt grab it, just kinda pushed it about with its nose. ended up havin to put the f*ekin thing on a lead cos it was pushing the rabbits back down the holes

that spaniel you had was a good worker thats what they do the dog was trying to put the rabbit out to the gun should never been let lose to go to a net it should have been a sit

[jamie1011 5]

Think about wat breed of dog is not bred to bite anything but is one of the most well known crosses imho its the reason you get this habit more so in this cross i have found at a young age than in other types at the same age.

i would agree with you there. remember alot of collies only herd animals and bay them its a main characteristic for the collie hence why there the farmers choice for there livestock. not all collies are like that but most are. but once you get past that point as many said there be not stopping him. but i'd say the next 6 months or so are make or break tbh.

[kabar 14]

I've got a Whippet that did much the same until he was nearly two (I'm sure he was racing them), then it all clicked when out fereting one day. A runner tried to make it across a stubble field, he saw it when it was about 50yds away, caught up with it by the time it was 100yds away and returned it live to hand with out a mark on it as if he had been doing it for years! I'd just keep on training and keep on giving it the opportunity. atb

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I wouldn't worry once the penny drops she'll be away.