Deerhound x Saluki Rabbiting Issue !

[uncle-silas 4]

Hi Everyone, a friend of mine has a Deerhound x Saluki that he works around here, he had a good start last season averaging ones and twos per night, the dog was rested throughout spring and early Summer only to find he hasn't had a rabbit since, can any one offer any training advice ? he has trouble spotting the rabbits when there still and doesn't bother with them until they start the bolt, he is showing real promise in working with a lamp ! but is struggling to catch ! He`s 3 years and we've read that these crosses can take time to mature , is it age ? tonight he practically walked over them ! any advice i will pass on and would be gratefully recieced !

 

[bluebear 56]

aye get shot of him

[graham4877 1,181]

walk right up to them and kick them up the arse! its all about the dog trusting their is something at the end of the beam, get a rabbit skin and put it on a dummie 3 or 4 would be better take them on the foot ball pitch set them out and walk up to them with the lamp, shake the lamp on and off the dummie so the dog can see it

[mick c 411]

just get yourself a lure machine off graham

[SLiP tHe DoG ! 129]

dont send the dog until you know he knows theres something there .... or your just gona keep hitting a brick wall with him

 

i dont like to slip learning dogs on rabbits in the seat becuase half the time they cant see anything , going to the beam for a sitter when young and still learning is asking a bit much

 

and averaging 1 and 2 a night he isnt exactly getting enough practice ( if you mean rabbits )

 

walk up to them with the lamp on if your not to far away 15-20 yards i would put the lamp on keep walking until it shifts then slip the dog ....

 

my dogs just started running down the beam properly right to the spot now no matter if he sees something or not and hes been getting good bags since he was 8-9 month ....... he 2 & a half

[Mick C. 229]

Need to get him fit

 

Get him out on a regular basis .

 

Preferably somewhere he will get a lot more runs.

 

Dogs not got enough experience

[paulus 26]

just keep at it, early in the season yet. try taking another more experenced dog out with him abit of compatition might be whot he neeeds. some people arnt lucky enough to have large amounts of bunnys to run at so the dog will take longer to get the idea.

[moonlighter 1,164]

I dought it will get any better to be honest., but with out seeing the full picture we can only guess....but at 3 years old it should be in his prime and rabbits should be no problem...it does sound a strange cross though.

[uncle-silas 4]

Cheers lads i'll pass this on, i did think about recommending one of Grahams lure machines ! cheers !

[paulus 26]

I dought it will get any better to be honest., but with out seeing the full picture we can only guess....but at 3 years old it should be in his prime and rabbits should be no problem...it does sound a strange cross though.

both deerhound and saluki take a long time to mature, even longer if its a dog aswell. might come good, might not, only time and work will tell

[forest of dean redneck 11,699]

is it a deerhound x saluki straight cross

if so whats it look like?

[graham4877 1,181]

just get yourself a lure machine off graham

 

Can help with the dog striking, i was doing 10-20 runs at a time keeping it right next to the dogs nose and letting her strick at it, what he could do for a night time is put a rabbits skin on while his mate walks up to it on the lamp then flick the lure on and off!

[uncle-silas 4]

is it a deerhound x saluki straight cross

if so whats it look like?

 

It looks like a deer hound with the frame and size of a greyhound / saluki

[Guest born to run1083]

dont send the dog until you know he knows theres something there .... or your just gona keep hitting a brick wall with him

 

i dont like to slip learning dogs on rabbits in the seat becuase half the time they cant see anything , going to the beam for a sitter when young and still learning is asking a bit much

 

and averaging 1 and 2 a night he isnt exactly getting enough practice ( if you mean rabbits )

 

walk up to them with the lamp on if your not to far away 15-20 yards i would put the lamp on keep walking until it shifts then slip the dog ....

 

my dogs just started running down the beam properly right to the spot now no matter if he sees something or not and hes been getting good bags since he was 8-9 month ....... he 2 & a half

I've trained my dog on squatters and ever since 3rd night out she has been able to take them out the seat, she's now 12 months old and at a level where I can slip her from other side of a fence she will jump it and run to the end of the beam for a squater. for me to train a dog on the squat it needs practice with them on the spot, he already said it goes for movement so now should concentrate teaching him that they all don't run in the beam. all my dogs have took squatters before 12 months old. something I expect out of my dog as I train them to do them from the off