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my mate has a red and white order collie bitch that will show up any la or springer etc retrieves from water, land, ferrets etc the list is endless but he will not breed from her for some reason

 

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Has any one took there Lurcher shooting?

A took mine shooting a moth or so ago for phesants and she was sat as a was shooting them and when they hit the deck or they fell in a bush she would Sprint over pick them up and retrieved them

I have seen some good lurchers act as gun dogs on informal shooting days :boogie: :The odd one,was inclined too chase though.However ,they dont really FIT IN in todays shoot,and therefore will never be given the chance to prove themselves.

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Has any one took there Lurcher shooting?

A took mine shooting a moth or so ago for phesants and she was sat as a was shooting them and when they hit the deck or they fell in a bush she would Sprint over pick them up and retrieved them

I have seen some good lurchers act as gun dogs on informal shooting days :boogie: :The odd one,was inclined too chase though.However ,they dont really FIT IN in todays shoot,and therefore will never be given the chance to prove themselves.

 

There is also a reason that folk spend a lot of time creating/breeding purpose bred dogs over a long long time, like has been said a good lurcher will do a gundogs job better than a good gundog will do a lurcher, but the best 'gundog lurcher' would get hammered into the ground by the best gundogs. Cos at the end of the day gundogs aint those things you see sitting in a field next to some bloke on a peg, retrieving the odd shot bird.

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Has any one took there Lurcher shooting?

A took mine shooting a moth or so ago for phesants and she was sat as a was shooting them and when they hit the deck or they fell in a bush she would Sprint over pick them up and retrieved them

Raise your voice,with my lurcher :icon_eek: never mind firing a shotgun and the bugger is away off 2 bed and will blank anyone for the next 2 hrs .If i dont let him sit in the front seat of the car :wallbash: it takes him 3-4 courses to get out of the huff,But he is the kids pet.

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am hoping to do abit picking up with my lurcher next season been beating with her last 2 years on and off, my job for this summer only prob from having been brought up with chickens she dont think is aloud to pick up faethered things

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am hoping to do abit picking up with my lurcher next season been beating with her last 2 years on and off, my job for this summer only prob from having been brought up with chickens she dont think is aloud to pick up faethered things

Good luck ,with that mate.It will be a tricky situation to overcome,May be easier to let it :icon_eek: catch the chickens .Good luck.

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took a lurcher bitch beating at the end of this season with a formal shoot, only done it informally, I had a strong feeling that they expected her to be crap and were just waiting to be able to have her as the loke dog, but she worked well the whole day, i left feeling proud of my dog and an invite to come back :thumbs: typical I plan to move country and get offered beating and ferreting on me doorstep, mind you its better hunting where i'm going! :tongue2:

just keep them trained well during the summer, make sure their calm round people and other dogs and listen well to you, helps to be sure their not gun shy too, i got round this by taking her out as a pup with someone with an air rifle, he shot a few, pup ran a few, the first rabbit she caught was on one of these outings so it was a helpful introduction towards a shotgun noise,, country show shooting demos help as does walking in countryside where shooting is happening

allthe very best, be great to hear from you again how the bitch does next season

look forward to seeing pics with a smug look on her face!! :toast:

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