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[hughesrobert13 0]

thanks for all the great advice guys il be reading that article later tonight hopeully

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I have a 7month old salxgrey 25tts so far! wont be starting till 12months ish! as aready court ones with mixy! but i dont no why i dont start him as he course's my older dog and pulls him down with no problem!

25IN 7MTHS WHAT X YOU GOT D/G X .D .IF ITS PULLING YOUR BIG DOG GET IT ON NOW DONT WAIT BY THE TIME ITS A YR YOU COULD GO INTO NEXT SEASON WITH A RIGHT SHARP SINGLE HANDER.AND MEGA KEEN.ATB

[adamb20 22]

was out today with my lurcher shes about 7 months old. now i know they say not to start them young but she chased a rabbit on her own accord should i stop this or just let her carry on cheers rob

 

All depends on what your doing with her and what way she is bred, some breeds mature mentally and physically before larger breeds, dont rush with her at 7 months, let her see the rabbits, if you can take her out with ferrets and mooch the sets, see rabbits bolting and hold them in the net, this will help her settle, dont over do chasing, she has to develope her bone and muscle, pick what you can for her.

 

I started my little bitch gradually at 10 months, ferreting , until the penny had dropped, which was within an hour, next trip took her where there was myxy and let her hunt up, it stacked the odds in her favour, she caught ten in over an hour, because she was catching fairly easy it encouraged her all the more but she does have high prey drive which helps.

 

Take your time no rush, dont spoil your lurcher for the sake of dying to get started, all the best, good luck WR

 

Bitch 11 month with her first ten.

 

 

loos a bit like my beddi whip collie grey bitch that mate, what way it bread, cheers.

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letting her chase to many rabbits without her catching will put her of, after a while of doing this she will stop chasing as she knows she won't catch, is there anywhere you can take her where there is no rabbits?

 

 

Absolute nonsense, never heard such twoddle before, it's perfectly normal for puppies to chase large numbers of rabbits before they catch one and I have never known one in the least put off by this.

[hughesrobert13 0]

thanks guys every time i take her out you can see she wants to work. she is 3/4 grey 1/4 bedlington x 1/2 grey 1/2 whippet. i took her ferreting sunday so she could see what its all about and she done well she tends to follow another lurcher that we use and i think she is learning alot by doing this

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when you go ferreting keep a live one back and let the dog have a course in the middle of a big field.once it get one there's no stopping it.

[saxonmaster 74]

alright mate got my boy at 5 months old and he had never seen anything he never even wore a collar before and he is 13 months old now. once i got the basic training to a good standard at about 7 months i would let him free run and if he seen rabbits if they popped out he would chase and he obviously missed them when they turned into cover he kept on running straight. never put him off mate and i just used all this with his obedience training the wait command and recall and so on. now i ferret with him and on sunday had something bigger 1st time and had his first rabbit on the lamp wednesday night which was his 2nd time out and his 3rd ever slip. but every dog is differnt and my advice is go with the flow mate dont force the dog only you know when its ready. quick thanks to stroller for advice when i needed it cheers mate.

[hughesrobert13 0]

alright mate got my boy at 5 months old and he had never seen anything he never even wore a collar before and he is 13 months old now. once i got the basic training to a good standard at about 7 months i would let him free run and if he seen rabbits if they popped out he would chase and he obviously missed them when they turned into cover he kept on running straight. never put him off mate and i just used all this with his obedience training the wait command and recall and so on. now i ferret with him and on sunday had something bigger 1st time and had his first rabbit on the lamp wednesday night which was his 2nd time out and his 3rd ever slip. but every dog is differnt and my advice is go with the flow mate dont force the dog only you know when its ready. quick thanks to stroller for advice when i needed it cheers mate.

 

glad to here it mate my dog listens pretty well i have been haveing trouble with retreiveing but shes getting there now. she will chase rabbits and she follows scent really well and she also goes through the cover over the next couple of months i will just do what i been doing and i will take her lamping just so she can watch and when i feel as though she is ready i will let her go

 

 

rabbit mad i meant to do this last sunday but i completely forgot im not sure how she will react but theres only one way to find out cheers guys