Brimmer 220 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Alreet fellers, had a look out again today with the old chap, the two runners Jed and Robbie, and two of the albino's, Spike (the beating bloodline behind most of my working stock) and Billy bobs brother (Spikes younger brother). We are beyond expectation on a trip out due to the lack of life on the hills at present, but we made a decent start today with the runners. Almost straight away, my old man finally put one of them on a lead. Its been a serious issue with myself and the old feller for a good few years now. Working 2 dogs at once is a lesson we learnt near 20 yrs ago, it just fecks dogs up! Its ok to get young dogs going, and show them the ropes, as my old feller likes to do, get the dogs competing against each other for the kill, but at some point you have to say enough is enough, if the dogs dont have all the tools in there own right, then they are not the dogs you think they are. This seems to be a lesson my old chap has chosen to forget over time just for an easy life, but wont have it. On many occasions i've pointed this out to him, but he cannot see it, and does nothing about it. They are his dogs after all. Today he let Jed have the first stint, the most determined of the two brothers, he's a hard dog, and he takes some holding back, but have to say today he did good. He had settled down a lot from the last two weeks, and without Robbie pushing him on, he worked the ground like a trooper. Did the odd decent retrieve which is something special for him! Within the first hour he had racked up 7 kills, the last hitting a broken down wall on he strike, giving him a red card for running for the next couple of weeks i think! To hear a yelp out of the dog on the strike you knew he was sore, but he kept hold of the rabbit until we got hold and then he limped off. I walked him down to the truck, stuck a plaster on him, made a bed for him in the back, poured a bowl of water, and gave him half my pie. That seemed to make the world alright for him! (Think a couple of stitches are on the way). After that tramped back up the hill to find the old feller cursing the other dog Robbie. What a surprise, he was struggling to hunt on his own without the other dog. "like watching paint dry!" Robbie is a bright dog by the way. In fact he is the best dog out of the two brothers. But with true collie mentality, he will take a back seat, let the other dog do the work, and then take the glory when something has been found by outrunning his brother! This is something that has been caused by letting them both work together way beyond the learning stage. Dont get me wrong, Robbie can do it all on his own, he will hunt, catch and retrieve all the way back live to hand, it takes him a little time to settle in once parted from his bro. Once i arrived back i had a word with Robbie (and the old chap) and things improved from there, he started hunting up well, steady over the cover, not a lot around, but turned the ground upside down, slow but methodical. here's one of the easy hits from him. As you might have heard, the raven in the background, this just kept on watching us, especially after this kill. Rabbits are still thin on the ground to be honest, even a stronghold that had a lot in last year has been hit with mixi, so the dog had to work hard. Here's a vid of a set of holes the dog has just pushed a rabbit into. One ferret in and out it comes again, whats all that shite about keeping quiet around the holes? (This was the only rabbit in there by the way.) The bunny does take the piss on his second run though! Well ended up with 15 rabbits in the end, low numbers, but still an honest day out! And pissed off dog with a plaster! Out with the old terrier on the slopes tmoz, looking forward finally to being involved! 1 Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 wont let me show the vids by the way lads Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,530 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Good write up mate, hope the dog mends well and is back at it soon. Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted October 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 too much media or something! better stick to EOD shot then! Quote Link to post
darbo 4,776 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 good write up . hope the dog heals up soon. let us know how you get on with the terrier on the slopes. Quote Link to post
mattydski 560 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 NIce one Brim.................... Quote Link to post
Jamie m 668 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 15 is a good honest number . Well done be nice to get that tomorow Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted October 29, 2011 Report Share Posted October 29, 2011 Good to see you posting again Brimmer, nothing wrong with 15 for the day. Hope the dog mends quick Quote Link to post
The one 8,511 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 nice numbers mate hope the dog mends for your next outing Quote Link to post
seany 54 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 nice write up brimmer. My dog came a cropper on friday caught his nutts on a barb wire fence so its bye bye nutts Keep at it Seany Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Well done there brimmer nice bag of bunnies hope the dogs injury heals up ok Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 I hate it when your dog yelps and you know from its yelp its a good knock, was it just a tear or did he chip bone? Shame the vids did'nt run Quote Link to post
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