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[fat man 4,741]

I'm with you now Busher. With foxhounds they could easily be well in front of you when they mark and by the time you get to the mark there could be a hound well in trying to get to it's fox but yes your right. They can be stopped from getting to ground if your with them.

A lot of folk don't realise how big a dog can get to ground. I've dug to a 60 lb lurcher that was with it's game.

In the days of the trials the chute for the strongdog was 11" X 11" and this was often travelled by 40lb staffs and wheatens.

Incidentally, I'm told that in the 80s somebody entered a couple of pure beagles in a trail for sounders.

i always understood that the shutes for the trials were 14x14 square could be wrongiuote]

[neil cooney 10,416]

Best of luck with the pups Busher,

 

I think your right D, 11" X 11" for sounders.

[fat man 4,741]

Best of luck with the pups Busher,

 

I think your right D, 11" X 11" for sounders.

just remember digging one some years back wit a man from lurgan you know who i mean and it was bout 14 inch it was for strong dogs