should a dog man appreciate all types????

[uno 62]

Prejudice is rife where ignorance rules. Once upon a time, long before I had anything to do with Saluki lurchers, I too believed they were untrainable, and only fit to run hares off a slip. You see, that's what I had always heard. It's a sad fact that those who shout loudest are often those with nothing but sh*t to say.

thats so very true

[J Darcy 5,871]

Prejudice is rife where ignorance rules. Once upon a time, long before I had anything to do with Saluki lurchers, I too believed they were untrainable, and only fit to run hares off a slip. You see, that's what I had always heard. It's a sad fact that those who shout loudest are often those with nothing but sh*t to say.

thats so very true

The saluki is often my favourite bit of the running dogs make-up. And as for untrainable, well, I have a 100% sightblooded hound here that knows the full curriculum, sit, blind stay, perfect retrieves (fur and feather), jumps, stock broken et al.......We are together working on a little video for Utube. And, unlike the legends that always seem to be in the past, this dog is in the present. Problem being...He's an anti! Or a vegan.

[whin 463]

a dogs only as good as it catches realy wether it does training tricks circus tricks whatever ,if it cant pull the game of a wood wheel it in stay on agood course , catch abolting rabb etc ,what the piont of having it if the game is there ,i rate adog on what he catches ,and costs me little on vet bills , and hassle ,types well no such a type just a lurcher but bred to do a job , weather saluk colie terreir grew,

[uno 62]

a dogs only as good as it catches realy wether it does training tricks circus tricks whatever ,if it cant pull the game of a wood wheel it in stay on agood course , catch abolting rabb etc ,what the piont of having it if the game is there ,i rate adog on what he catches ,and costs me little on vet bills , and hassle ,types well no such a type just a lurcher but bred to do a job , weather saluk colie terreir grew,

you speak a lot of sense mate

[poacher3161 1,766]

I appreciate all types of working dogs its all types of owners i dont.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

I appreciate all types of working dogs its all types of owners i dont.

I'll second that Del

[baw 4,360]

I appreciate all types of working dogs its all types of owners i dont.

You ever noticed the biggest experts in all walks of life are the spectators? Doesn't matter what your doing, someone watching will know how you can improve. I've lost count how many times I've been fishing and someone walking a fat lab will ask if I've caught anything. Even if I say none to 4 dozen he'll still tell me to use such and such fly, it's deadly!!!

[J Darcy 5,871]

a dogs only as good as it catches realy wether it does training tricks circus tricks whatever ,if it cant pull the game of a wood wheel it in stay on agood course , catch abolting rabb etc ,what the piont of having it if the game is there ,i rate adog on what he catches ,and costs me little on vet bills , and hassle ,types well no such a type just a lurcher but bred to do a job , weather saluk colie terreir grew,

 

I know that Whin, i rate a dog on what he catches and how he catches it......Single handed. The training is just the cherry. I would not keep a dog if it wasn't responsive to me, no matter how good a hunter it was. We've got to hunt as a team.

Not ALL dogs can be 'good' and the one i have isn't. That's me being honest.

[Lab 10,979]

I appreciate all types of working dogs its all types of owners i dont.

You ever noticed the biggest experts in all walks of life are the spectators? Doesn't matter what your doing, someone watching will know how you can improve. I've lost count how many times I've been fishing and someone walking a fat lab will ask if I've caught anything. Even if I say none to 4 dozen he'll still tell me to use such and such fly, it's deadly!!!

Just for once can't the idiot be walking a fat spaniel!!!... Lol

[baw 4,360]

Well said JD, refreshing to see someone on here giving an honest assessment of their dogs.

[Bogger 243]

lab

 

im the opposite if it cant hunt its gone training is a bonus

[baw 4,360]

I appreciate all types of working dogs its all types of owners i dont.

You ever noticed the biggest experts in all walks of life are the spectators? Doesn't matter what your doing, someone watching will know how you can improve. I've lost count how many times I've been fishing and someone walking a fat lab will ask if I've caught anything. Even if I say none to 4 dozen he'll still tell me to use such and such fly, it's deadly!!!

Just for once can't the idiot be walking a fat spaniel!!!... Lol

if it makes you feel better them I'll lie, a fat retriever

[baw 4,360]

lab

 

im the opposite if it cant hunt its gone training is a bonus

 

Surely the training is instilled in a pup long before you know if it can hunt or have I been doing something wrong lol too many give up on a dog too quick.

[Bogger 243]

meaning if it lacked in some areas of training and can hunt id put up with it as its a hunting dog after all not a field trialer, all i do is recall run the beam and encourage it to hunt up and mark for me sometimes recall suffers at night after you have been encouraging the dog to hunt up but id rather the hunting up an look past hedges rather than stop at a hedge then come back to me

[baw 4,360]

Well said bogger, just yanking your chain. I'm the same mate, I'd rather the dog excelled in the catching rather than the retrieving.