how to get my lurcher

[watchman 256]

so how would you train a lurcher to quarter a field in a methodical way,rather than just dashing about hoping to stumble across game.

weather it be with me walking behind her with a gun, or sending her out to quarter the field from the other end back toward me,just wondered how difficult it is or how easy, as the case may be,i did read you can do it with food ie throwing biscuits out to the sides to get the dog used to moving from side to side and using its nose as it were,just thinking what other methods there are to get them going that's all, cheers rob

[romany52 313]

The method I used to train dogs to quarter in to the wind , which is the usual practice, was to put the dog on a line. You then start to quarter yourself and at an appropriate moment , just before the dog reaches the end of the line give one sharp pip on the whistle and change direction. If you do this the dog learns to change direction to the whistle, once that's mastered you work the dog off the line, turning on the whistle at whatever range you think appropriate. With practice and experience eventually the dog learns to do it automatically without much use of the whistle. Mike.

[watchman 256]

The method I used to train dogs to quarter in to the wind , which is the usual practice, was to put the dog on a line. You then start to quarter yourself and at an appropriate moment , just before the dog reaches the end of the line give one sharp pip on the whistle and change direction. If you do this the dog learns to change direction to the whistle, once that's mastered you work the dog off the line, turning on the whistle at whatever range you think appropriate. With practice and experience eventually the dog learns to do it automatically without much use of the whistle. Mike.

 

hi mate, completely understand what your saying,how long a line should i be having her on,what we talking 20m or so?i obviously want her to stay in range of the gun and keep her relatively tight,although if she puts rabbits up then she on for a run but im thinking more of pheasants that are plenty on some of my permission out in the rough,(when the season for them starts lol)if i can get her good enough would like to try using her at night with a long net,just something iv always wanted from a dog and to try my hand at,thanks again for your help,rob

[romany52 313]

The method I used to train dogs to quarter in to the wind , which is the usual practice, was to put the dog on a line. You then start to quarter yourself and at an appropriate moment , just before the dog reaches the end of the line give one sharp pip on the whistle and change direction. If you do this the dog learns to change direction to the whistle, once that's mastered you work the dog off the line, turning on the whistle at whatever range you think appropriate. With practice and experience eventually the dog learns to do it automatically without much use of the whistle. Mike.

 

hi mate, completely understand what your saying,how long a line should i be having her on,what we talking 20m or so?i obviously want her to stay in range of the gun and keep her relatively tight,although if she puts rabbits up then she on for a run but im thinking more of pheasants that are plenty on some of my permission out in the rough,(when the season for them starts lol)if i can get her good enough would like to try using her at night with a long net,just something iv always wanted from a dog and to try my hand at,thanks again for your help,rob

Hi Rob, 3 or 4m would do, might even work on a lead mate, remember your not really teaching the quarter, your just teaching the turn to the whistle at this stage, you then use the turn to the whistle to teach the quarter, if that makes sense. Once it's off the line you might have to quarter with the dog still , just to get it to go out to each side far enough. Mike.

[watchman 256]

The method I used to train dogs to quarter in to the wind , which is the usual practice, was to put the dog on a line. You then start to quarter yourself and at an appropriate moment , just before the dog reaches the end of the line give one sharp pip on the whistle and change direction. If you do this the dog learns to change direction to the whistle, once that's mastered you work the dog off the line, turning on the whistle at whatever range you think appropriate. With practice and experience eventually the dog learns to do it automatically without much use of the whistle. Mike.

 

hi mate, completely understand what your saying,how long a line should i be having her on,what we talking 20m or so?i obviously want her to stay in range of the gun and keep her relatively tight,although if she puts rabbits up then she on for a run but im thinking more of pheasants that are plenty on some of my permission out in the rough,(when the season for them starts lol)if i can get her good enough would like to try using her at night with a long net,just something iv always wanted from a dog and to try my hand at,thanks again for your help,rob

Hi Rob, 3 or 4m would do, might even work on a lead mate, remember your not really teaching the quarter, your just teaching the turn to the whistle at this stage, you then use the turn to the whistle to teach the quarter, if that makes sense. Once it's off the line you might have to quarter with the dog still , just to get it to go out to each side far enough. Mike.

makes complete sense that mate,going to start her off soon as,now iv got something to go on,once again thanks for that really appreciate the info,not going to sit here and blow smoke up your arse but read a lot of your posts and you seem more than capable of giving very good advice

[romany52 313]

The method I used to train dogs to quarter in to the wind , which is the usual practice, was to put the dog on a line. You then start to quarter yourself and at an appropriate moment , just before the dog reaches the end of the line give one sharp pip on the whistle and change direction. If you do this the dog learns to change direction to the whistle, once that's mastered you work the dog off the line, turning on the whistle at whatever range you think appropriate. With practice and experience eventually the dog learns to do it automatically without much use of the whistle. Mike.

 

hi mate, completely understand what your saying,how long a line should i be having her on,what we talking 20m or so?i obviously want her to stay in range of the gun and keep her relatively tight,although if she puts rabbits up then she on for a run but im thinking more of pheasants that are plenty on some of my permission out in the rough,(when the season for them starts lol)if i can get her good enough would like to try using her at night with a long net,just something iv always wanted from a dog and to try my hand at,thanks again for your help,rob

Hi Rob, 3 or 4m would do, might even work on a lead mate, remember your not really teaching the quarter, your just teaching the turn to the whistle at this stage, you then use the turn to the whistle to teach the quarter, if that makes sense. Once it's off the line you might have to quarter with the dog still , just to get it to go out to each side far enough. Mike.

makes complete sense that mate,going to start her off soon as,now iv got something to go on,once again thanks for that really appreciate the info,not going to sit here and blow smoke up your arse but read a lot of your posts and you seem more than capable of giving very good advice

No probs mate, any time, regards Mike.