to tall for rabbiting

[cbass 0]

hi i was just wondering what was to tall for rabbiting as me and my 2 of my mates hav lurchers myns 25 1/2 tts my over mates is 26tts and my over mates is 22tts. the one with the 22 keeps telling us the ours are to tall for rabbiting but im sure myn has had mre than his and i have got a dvd with big dogs taking them to. anyways i js want to get it straight in my head an his that there not to big for rabbits. cheers

[samba 534]

found there no rule on the height of rabbit dogs see 30tts dogs

pick rabbits on lamp as good as any

[willow 53]

LDR WON THE LAMP COMP TWO YEARS BRUCE MUST BE ABLE TO CATCH RABBITS HES OVER 26

[bird 9,931]

its not so much the height, but the weight of a dog that counts.? ive seem plenty of tall dogs 26- 28in take rabbits, but there went to heavy 60- 70lb.If they arnt to heavy, they wont loose there agilty, and (agilty) is what you need to pick up rabbits fact. This dog was 26 1/2 in 70lb, good on fox and good on rabbits.He had no prob picking them up. colliex 3/8 collie 5/8 grey

Blaze

[Trigger 26]

my dogs 25 1/2 tts and hes caught thousands of rabbits mate,

[stabba 10,745]

There are no hard and fast rules as to the size a dog needs to be for rabbits...Pure deerhounds at 30inch+ can pick rabbits up with ease...As Bird rightly said in his post..its down to the conditioning of the dog that counts..atb stabba

[LEWIS123 449]

i have a 27 1/2 inch saluki/grey and he takes rabbits no problem

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

to put a long story short any size dog can catch rabbits no problem ive seen a lurcher 27 1/2'' tts take 15 rabbits one night

[x38 179]

i had 28" sluky bull gray 79pound did rabbits for fun ....................

[mackay 3,383]

If I was purely a rabbit man then I wouldn't be buying a pup that was expected to reach 30 inch, before anyone jumps in and says they've seen dogs this height catch rabbits so have I.

Every dog will catch game if it's fit, taken out often enough and gets game put in front of it.

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

for a dog to be good at what quarry it is chaseing it needs loads of experrience to make it a good at what job it is doing

[x38 179]

for a dog to be good at what quarry it is chaseing it needs loads of experrience to make it a good at what job it is doing

:clapper:spot on .........

[the pikey poacher 1,157]

i thing any thing over 44 tts is a bit to big lol

[Malt 379]

i thing any thing over 44 tts is a bit to big lol

 

Aye, but you could always stick a saddle on the fecker!

Edited July 9, 2010 by maltenby

[Guest deerhound hunter]

my bull deerhound grey is 30 tts and catches rabbits for fun