good dogs

[itsme 7]

well hi,

besides my introdution on here this is my 1st topic.

 

i been watching this site as a guest for a fair few months and i thought it was time i joined it,so here goes,

ive read all the topics on good dogs bad dogs big dogs little dogs so what pre ban or now is a good dogs catch rate?????

 

my 2 would always catch ok numbers but what is good numbers a week 3 hares a day x 4 days a week???

20 rabbits a night x 5 nights a week???

 

2 roe a night 4 nights a week or a fox a night 5 nights a week?????

 

where do we realy say our dogs are good or where good pre ban?????hope we can have a pleasurable topic on this i just would like to know what is a good lurchers catch rate and how long will they last for injury free,

[iceman001979 1,316]

well hi,

besides my introdution on here this is my 1st topic.

 

i been watching this site as a guest for a fair few months and i thought it was time i joined it,so here goes,

ive read all the topics on good dogs bad dogs big dogs little dogs so what pre ban or now is a good dogs catch rate?????

 

my 2 would always catch ok numbers but what is good numbers a week 3 hares a day x 4 days a week???

20 rabbits a night x 5 nights a week???

 

2 roe a night 4 nights a week or a fox a night 5 nights a week?????

 

where do we realy say our dogs are good or where good pre ban?????hope we can have a pleasurable topic on this i just would like to know what is a good lurchers catch rate and how long will they last for injury free,

Tell you truth am not into numbers when it comes to rabbits and hares just enough for the freezer does me.

Am happy with 10 rabbits a night and 1 hare on a day out same with fox but everyone is different .

Welcome to THL and good 1st topic be good here everyone's reply

[rocky1 942]

a 1 that keep its owner happy and meat in the frezer

[JPTfellterrier 65]

forget about the numbers....a good dog is a pot filler, a pest controler and your best friend

 

 

IN MY OPINION

[toby1066 413]

for me it more about what percentages a dog catches you could say a dog catches 20 rabbits it done well but a lot dont say how many it ran if a dog ran 40 rabbits and caught 20 its not a very good dog so its all about the numbers run as well as killed. a dog that run 40 and kills 35+ thats a good dog. or a hare dog that run 4 hares and killed 3 or 4 out of 4 thats a good dog. JMHO

[Rabbiting man 1,192]

Has long as mine work and do to job I ask im happy and I dont care how big my bag it not all about numbers its about being out with your dog and having a good time

 

Happy hunting.Rabbiting man

[Ideation 8,216]

Obviously in some senses numbers do count, such is in competitive coursing. The higher number wins, but it doesn't ALWAYS mean that the 'better' dog won. When it comes to hunting and comparing its just hot air. You see 50 rabbits and get 30 runs with an average dog and you'd hope to pick up at least 10, but get a half dozen long, tough slips and take 4/5 and that's a better dog. Also i'd rate a dog that can find, track, hunt and catch on our 'big' land (not the flat fen land), much much higher, than a lamper, no matter the numbers involved. But that's a personal preference.

 

At the end of the day a good dog is one that makes you happy.

[itsme 7]

some good replys thankyou,

but in my day i liked to walk the big land and 3 runs where never enough

i wanted to run the dogs till i was happy 7 8 or even 9 runs a day now iam a differant person i lamp rabbits mainly just to get out of the house as i dont like the mrs much and theres nothing on tv

 

we dont have loads of rabbits but 10 runs for a dog is an average night and the bitch is knackered now with that,but when i was younger i wouldnt of been happy with that number i like to know what the dogs are like, if there something special, suppose its my competitive streak coming out from my old days One thing i would never do is allow a dog to tell me its time to go home,

[MOO 730]

I have to disagree that a good un is a dog that makes you happy ....it might be a good dog in the eye of the beholder but that doesnt make it a good dog

[DottyDoo 500]

imo bags of big numbers often is what seperates the good dogs from the not so good dogs

[Romany 1,065]

imo bags of big numbers often is what seperates the good dogs from the not so good dogs

 

cORRRRRRRECT

Ive seen some good dogs get 60+ rabbits in a night, aint seen a bad dog do it yet..

[itsme 7]

imo bags of big numbers often is what seperates the good dogs from the not so good dogs

that is my intake on a good dog but some might not agree.

[TOMO 26,764]

imo bags of big numbers often is what seperates the good dogs from the not so good dogs

 

cORRRRRRRECT

Ive seen some good dogs get 60+ rabbits in a night, aint seen a bad dog do it yet..

 

i was wrighting a big reply out,,,,, but this says it far simpler

 

 

 

 

 

[trigger2 3,146]

imo bags of big numbers often is what seperates the good dogs from the not so good dogs

[fenboss 5]

consistancy , week in wk out coursing or lamping