Dangers of Lamping?

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

Im fairly new to lamping with lurchers, always been into other fieldsports though. I did my research, and due to having a one year old daughter at home i got a 1/4deerhound 3/4greyhound because ive heard good things about the deerhound temperament. His name is Buzz, he is now 4 months and growing fast!! training is going well for both of us!! I have read countless threads and the odd book on working lurchers and im looking forward to working buzz. One thing did enter my head the other day after talking with a shooting buddy, who told me his dog ran into a pile of rubble and sadly lost her leg, was how easily things like this could happen!! Now i know its down to the person working the dog to check the land by day to see if it is suitable. but most fields have wire fences, ditches, trees and so my question .... what dangers are there and how to avoid them? If you have a bunny running towards a fence do you turn the lamp off so the dog cant see the bunny and stops, or do you shine the lamp on the fence so the dog sees the danger? again with roads? trees? any experiences i can learn from?

[mogy24 0]

ive nown dogs to b killed on farm machinery in the field if the dog wants it it will try and get it no matter what you should bring them up so you can call it of what ever the case i wld keep the lamp on my self coz when its happend to me the dog runs it no mmatter what if it can ear it or see it in the moon light ect b carefull m8t

[Guest deerhound hunter]

the percentages of accidents happenening are low if you can get your well trained ,by this i mean ,when my dogs come to treelines or bushers they do not go through they,ll come back when recall ,as for oberskills in dogs way like machiner then all down 2 you knowing the land you work,and as for little inerdents like barbwire fences then all down 2 luck ,if your goes though them more times then not they will get cuts if you learn your dog to jump then its a good thing,as for everything else its just to the dog to learn its fieldcraft.....atb...dh

[R.D.A 0]

all a differant ball game when a dog is behind the quarry seen dogs hit hay bayles the lot all lucky to be still working think of posts sticking out of floor you carnt see them at the other end of a field can you

[Guest jt750]

Know the land you are working like the back of your hand. If something seems different or wrong on a night when you are out then it probably is. A poorly trained dog is always a liabilty so keep up the training. A lot of dogs you can't call off off their quarry but once its lost they should be back to you straight away. A fit and well fed dog is less likely to suffer from sprains and torn muscles

[blackpack 70]

Know the land you are working like the back of your hand. If something seems different or wrong on a night when you are out then it probably is. A poorly trained dog is always a liabilty so keep up the training. A lot of dogs you can't call off off their quarry but once its lost they should be back to you straight away. A fit and well fed dog is less likely to suffer from sprains and torn muscles

spot on bud :thumbs:

[toby1066 413]

walk the land your going to lamp in the daytime mate so you know where the pit falls could be

[Top Lamper 2k10 169]

ya cant stop an accident from happeneing my dogs are always cutting there chests on barb wire coz they miss judge jumping the fence it doesnt half piss ya off lyk

[BIG_SLIM 17]

Accidents will happen its just part of working lurchers.

[bird 9,898]

Accidents will happen its just part of working lurchers.

 

 

spot on, running in the dark 35mph, its always going to be dangerous, its name of the game.Most of my lurcher have never made old bones

[mudd dog 128]

dogs do get lost threw various accidents though its all part an parcel of the game so you just have to deal with it. i would keep the lamp on personnally. for the simple reason the type of lurchers we have won't stop for anyway when theyre commited. we lost an extremely good black bull cross last year on the lamp chasing a silly bunny. the rabbit ran behind a roller for hooking on to tractors and the dog impailed itself on one of the irons. straight threw the chest. fox and rabbit wise he was one of the best lifting dogs i've seen in my life and a machine at dispatching the red fellas single handed. i'll have to hoke a pic of him out and put it up. old saying never far wrong, YA'LL NEVER LOSE A BAD 1....................rip ozzy lad.............MUDD..................

[DeerhoundLurcherMan 997]

I bet that was a complete heartbreaker!! sorry to hear it, sounds to me like knowing your permission is about all you can do?,,, do things like this happen when running a dog in daylight?

 

 

[foxlamper80 28]

i heard of dogs smashing there jaws being lamp to a stone if you don't see the eyes don't lamp it

[my hounds 307]

Know the land you are working like the back of your hand. If something seems different or wrong on a night when you are out then it probably is. A poorly trained dog is always a liabilty so keep up the training. A lot of dogs you can't call off off their quarry but once its lost they should be back to you straight away. A fit and well fed dog is less likely to suffer from sprains and torn muscles

AGREE

[Simoman 110]

Know the land you are working like the back of your hand. If something seems different or wrong on a night when you are out then it probably is. A poorly trained dog is always a liabilty so keep up the training. A lot of dogs you can't call off off their quarry but once its lost they should be back to you straight away. A fit and well fed dog is less likely to suffer from sprains and torn muscles

 

 

Spot on Florence, accidents happen, not nice but part of the game when working dogs. And yes mate accidents happen in daylight too...........