Can gun dogs mark for rabbits?

[judge2010 196]

how old should a dog be when he\she starts marking warrens\dens etc? gundog\lurcher\terrier?

[ftm 3,357]

most dogs will learn to mark rabbit warrens mate it comes quite natural if you go rabbitting a lot on the subject of lurchers a collie whippet is the one i would go for as i bred a litter for a friend and they were great i work a cocker now and she does the job of marking sets for the keeper and never faulse marks [i didnt train her to do this ]atb billy

[Ideation 8,216]

You don't train a dog to mark, it just does or doesn't. Most do eventually. The more exposure the better. Don't praise too much as it can encourage false marking

[Clare 33]

My lab sophya is a grand rabbiting dog same as her mother she wil tell me if they is rabbits,

[judge2010 196]

You don't train a dog to mark, it just does or doesn't. Most do eventually. The more exposure the better. Don't praise too much as it can encourage false marking

cheers lads, have you ever known a dog to mark fox\rabbit runs?

[ftm 3,357]

havent had a dog mark runs before but my old collie greyhound [deceased] would mark different quarry in different ways

[Ideation 8,216]

You don't train a dog to mark, it just does or doesn't. Most do eventually. The more exposure the better. Don't praise too much as it can encourage false marking

cheers lads, have you ever known a dog to mark fox\rabbit runs?

 

 

Usually if they hit a run through grass they will run the line, if it's gone through a hedge or cover recently mine sometimes pauses and marks where it's gone through as if he thinks it's gone to ground, but then usually pushes through once he's figured it out.

[Steve McHardy 2]

You don't train a dog to mark, it just does or doesn't. Most do eventually. The more exposure the better. Don't praise too much as it can encourage false marking

cheers lads, have you ever known a dog to mark fox\rabbit runs?

 

 

Usually if they hit a run through grass they will run the line, if it's gone through a hedge or cover recently mine sometimes pauses and marks where it's gone through as if he thinks it's gone to ground, but then usually pushes through once he's figured it out.

 

my old lurcher bitch would look into the hole with a foot up like a pointer if there was anything at home, my old lab would mark as well she would just sniff the hole and stand back looking at it.

[ade33uk 86]

I cant use my spaniel when ferreting all though he does mark holes really well , he gets to excited and ruins the nets that ive put down , I stick to my lurcher everytime ,