How's the feet on the dogs with all this hard ground

[Guest vin]

Hows the feet doing lads ? any injuries ?

I have been taking it steady,and not really been out much in this deep white snow we've got up north.plenty of walking,but no serious running really.

I went down Shropshire other night and it was'nt as thick with snow but the ground was like concrete..it was -6 when i got back in the car.

 

And yes I did check Flint,s and Trigger's dogs for damage and i can honestly say...they were mint...Not a mark on any of them..pads in perfect condition.

There was one or 2 lads on the site saying you can't/should'nt be running your dogs hard in this weather...And they gave old Flint some stick for saying otherwise.

We'll its a typical horses for courses reply from me.

Flint has bred some dogs to do a job of work...simple as that...they were made for this weather and any other type of weather,none of our normal UK lurcher strains are made this way..... .... ..... YET.

[Guest crobinc840]

My 1/2 grey 1/4bull 1/4 whippet has always had issues with delicate feet but it's getting much better. Her 1/2 collie pup is hard as stone with no problems at all.

[lamping_dave 24]

my bull x smashed his feet up about 3 weeks ago aint had him out since and won't be till the ground is a lot softer, I didn't think it was that bad where I went but first run, back in motor feet bleeding, straight home atb dave

[hullhunter 219]

mine are fine but ive not had them out. unless you have a 40" dog you are wasting your time up my way the snow is over 2ft on the fields.

but they were fine when i was running them in the snow when it was not as deep.

[Guest deerhound hunter]

should,nt be running dogs when ground is as hard ,you might recurient injurys

[whin 463]

ben bolting afew rabbits with ferrets dogs are sound the have feet like souplates and are sensible i would watch if you have fast inexpierencd dogs with not much game sense they soon go flat out and ge knicks etc bt if there bred [bANNED TEXT] with strong feet well a few bolting rabbs will not harm them

[cocker 2,654]

this area has been down to minus 18 3 times just recently, and to be totally honest, this hard ground and cold doesn't cause my salukis any problem at all whatsoever, in fact they thrive on it,

from a sporting point of view, they have that much advantage, i wouldn't want to run them on anything just yet.

[ianh 83]

i cant wait any longer im taking mine for a few runs tonight, the snows gone real sludgey and not much left, and the ground under dont seem too hard so gonna pick a few nice grassy fields i know and do them.

 

dog is getting well fed up of just walking gotta let him ave a go he's eaten two pairs of tariners this week out of boredom never normally does anything like that

[iceman001979 1,316]

been over the mountain few times this week and and both dogs are fine but to night on the lamp will how there feet hold up

[TOMO 26,005]

deepends on the ground,, weather theres snow on it,,, i like to run daytime as well as lamping ,,, you wouldnlt want to be running 3-4 mins over seed in -4 , with a fast daytime dog.

[whin 463]

weve gritted all the feilds perfect now gritted round all the warrens made life easier for the dogs lol

[ianh 83]

weve gritted all the feilds perfect now gritted round all the warrens made life easier for the dogs lol

ha ha good idea!

[Trigger 26]

my dogs feet are in good fettle, hes done a bit of work in this cold spell. been out today the temps been above freezing for the last 2 days the top of the ground feels good but its gone very slippy.

[malc1 544]

my dogs been out in it had a good few rabbits as well hi feet are spot on hes been run on all ground in all weathers since he was a pup

[Guest vin]

my dogs been out in it had a good few rabbits as well hi feet are spot on hes been run on all ground in all weathers since he was a pup

 

 

 

 

Did'nt need the Custard Creams...LOL.

 

I've left some honey with Trigger...I,m sure someone will be needing it sooner or later.LOL.