ARRAN 22 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 i have a 4 month old lurcher hes a collie x greyhound x whippet and wanting him to retrieve rabbits to hand alive, anybody know any methods to try? cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airbourne 128 Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 i have a 4 month old lurcher hes a collie x greyhound x whippet and wanting him to retrieve rabbits to hand alive, anybody know any methods to try? cheers Hi mate he will either be a soft mouthed or hard there is no way of telling until he catches, just keep working on the retrive, don't start him on live rabbits to early. use a dummy rabbit skin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Catcher 1 639 Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Wind up Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARRAN 22 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 he hasnt even seen a rabbit yet but im going to skin one soon for him and make a toy with it. cheers for advice mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARRAN 22 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Wind up what u mean? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,776 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 train him retreiving rabbit skin dummies,as he gets olderyou can pack them to add more weight.or use gundog dummies tie the rabbit skin round them. when he is retreiving the dummies well move on to retreiving dead rabbits.then when he is old enough try him on rabbits and keep your fingers crossed.each dog is different some will retreive live some will kill them before retreiving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ARRAN 22 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 not realy that bothered about them being alive jus dont want them being mangled as i want to eat them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
airbourne 128 Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 My bitch is hard mouthed just bites in neck and top end of rib cage the main part is ok, but at the end of the day its the sport that counts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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