SHEEP WORRYING

[milo 74]

Went out for my usuall walk on the hill this morning with just the 3 lurchers,walked for around half an hour and the lurchers take a line about 400 yds away from me..there i see reynard going flat out over the stones and making his way to a huge rush bed with my 3 behind him,when i get over to them they loose him briefly and take up the line to a rock pile where i assume he has gone into,away the 3 go up and over the stones,when i get to the top of thre stones to see a view of the valley bellow two of my lurchers are just in front of me with my other one ragging in the rush bed..GREAT "i thought"but why did my two stop dead ? well i eventully walk over and find out ! shes on a black sheep FUC..G GUTTED...all the hard work at the end of last year and the last few mts getting them fit and slowly bringing them on and THIS,im not going to make excuses but the weather wasnt the best with a bit of hill fog and light rain and the hill was coverd in sheep..but WHY,last year this bitch accounted for 6 single handed,and a few heavy customers she started to make good earths,and even missed a fox and came back thro a flock of ewes...shes 25mths old and i thought this was going to be a good season for her NOT NOW IT AINT..GUTTED

[scent 509]

thats bad luck pal will you just start back at the basics with her again?

[milo 74]

thats bad luck pal will you just start back at the basics with her again?

no basics what so ever scent..i have other people to think about with regarding their terriers and lurchers,we hunt well over 60 farms/estates and if she done this once she could do it again and i just cant afford to loose our good name with the hunting ground owners..id love to give her a chance tho.

Edited September 29, 2010 by milo

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

Sorry to heat that milo, but permission so difficult to gain is very easily lost. It is a hard decision to make, but you are doing the right thing. Hope you have a good season with the other two.

 

Ug

[ribb 15]

sorry to hear that mate but know you have a choice,do you do the responsible thing and shoot it right in the head or do you keep your mouth shut like a lot of others i know would do and stick it in the for sale section as a belter of a dog £200

[milo 74]

Ive been around a while and seen quite a lot of lurchers hunt/catch/kill...this bitch was one of the hardest bitches i seen killing and shes only two year old..im going to do the right thing and thats P.T.S.by the end of the day,she aint going to be passed around fotr stupid money to dick heads this is a picture of her end of last season on the lamp

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

Thats a pretty scathing comment ribb. You must know a lot of dishonest people. Such a shame that there are people out there who will sell on a dog with known faults. Surely there is only one option is this case? I once bought an adult dog from an unknown source. It was a massive mistake and not something I will ever repeat. Now I would only buy from people I know/know of (ie friends of friends). Honesty is a rare commodity these days it seems...

[scent 509]

Ive been around a while and seen quite a lot of lurchers hunt/catch/kill...this bitch was one of the hardest bitches i seen killing and shes only two year old..im going to do the right thing and thats P.T.S.by the end of the day,she aint going to be passed around fotr stupid money to dick heads this is a picture of her end of last season on the lamp

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

WEll done milo, a tough decision but I'm glad you are doing the right thing. Best to get it over with and move on.

[runforyourlife 361]

Thats a pretty scathing comment ribb. You must know a lot of dishonest people. Such a shame that there are people out there who will sell on a dog with known faults. Surely there is only one option is this case? I once bought an adult dog from an unknown source. It was a massive mistake and not something I will ever repeat. Now I would only buy from people I know/know of (ie friends of friends). Honesty is a rare commodity these days it seems...

 

 

It might be scathing pal, but its true. And has been a known fact in not only the lurcher world but the dog world in general...

 

Milo, take it out again, on its own pal, what have you to lose. take it were there is a public footpath and sheep, and it isnt your permission. you may end up paying for a sheep, so what. Or you may end wondering why she did that to the other sheep, and she isnt doing it now. Just give it a try pal...

[milo 74]

When i get over to the rush bed thismorning and i seen what she had done there was no point in giving her a "kicking"has the damage was done and i knew the outcome alredy in my mind,if she had just chased it then come back i would have corrected her but on this instance NO SECOUND CHANCE..what if this had happened when there was a farmer/keeper with me when we go out to hunt, we hunt like if our lives depended on it for the end results.. this is why im asked to hunt places where many are refussed because we are genuine and we get the job done,so i just cant run the risk of a stock worrier/killer fuc..hard life this can be init

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

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It might be scathing pal, but its true. And has been a known fact in not only the lurcher world but the dog world in general...

 

Milo, take it out again, on its own pal, what have you to lose. take it were there is a public footpath and sheep, and it isnt your permission. you may end up paying for a sheep, so what. Or you may end wondering why she did that to the other sheep, and she isnt doing it now. Just give it a try pal...

 

You are right, it is true. It is the same for horses unfortunately. I think it is a bad idea to take it somewhere else though. Might not be on his permission, but it could be some one elses. Its a bit jack don't you reckon? And at this time of year when some ewes will be in lamb the damage could be more than just one sheep.

[jaykay 2]

I think you are mad if you put that dog down. You should have gave her a good thrashing around.... not a kicking, at the time. Then load her up and carry on with the other two. I had a pointer that hunted the hill for six years but one day set in cover (on a grouse)but a ewe burst out. he hit her hard at about 300 yards from me. he never did it again and died at 12. He was on the scent of grouse but the sheep was in the same cover. the same could have happened with your lurcher. strong on the fox scent in the cover and up pops a black sheep (not white like she used to). you have obviously put alot of work into her or else she would have died on the hill. I gaurantee you if that sheep had been in the open she would have passed it. Your choice at the end of the day but you could live to regret it

[Casso 1,261]

When i get over to the rush bed thismorning and i seen what she had done there was no point in giving her a "kicking"has the damage was done and i knew the outcome alredy in my mind,if she had just chased it then come back i would have corrected her but on this instance NO SECOUND CHANCE..what if this had happened when there was a farmer/keeper with me when we go out to hunt, we hunt like if our lives depended on it for the end results.. this is why im asked to hunt places where many are refussed because we are genuine and we get the job done,so i just cant run the risk of a stock worrier/killer fuc..hard life this can be init

 

 

I wouldn't get rid of her,,you could pull her round,,can i ask ya,has she been out much this year, or was it one of her first times out this season,,

[Guest Buttermilk]

I think you are mad if you put that dog down. You should have gave her a good thrashing around.... not a kicking, at the time. Then load her up and carry on with the other two. I had a pointer that hunted the hill for six years but one day set in cover (on a grouse)but a ewe burst out. he hit her hard at about 300 yards from me. he never did it again and died at 12. He was on the scent of grouse but the sheep was in the same cover. the same could have happened with your lurcher. strong on the fox scent in the cover and up pops a black sheep (not white like she used to). you have obviously put alot of work into her or else she would have died on the hill. I gaurantee you if that sheep had been in the open she would have passed it. Your choice at the end of the day but you could live to regret it

 

 

Totally agree with you.

 

This happened with a two year old bitch of ours many years ago....she was fired up and was chasing a rabbit on the hillside...it was very misty and she ran into cover and got onto a ewe.

My ex-husband pinned her down and gave her a damn good thrashing with the hazel stick.....really thrashed her (defintely did not kick her)....she never did it again and she lived to be 16 years old.

From that day on, she never put a foot wrong with sheep.

Edited September 29, 2010 by Buttermilk