expections

[iolar 2]

just wondering wats to be expected from a dogs first season on lamp hes 16 months now an has a few rabbits under his belt although he misses more than he catches at the moment. this is my first lurcher

[rob190364 2,594]

just wondering wats to be expected from a dogs first season on lamp hes 16 months now an has a few rabbits under his belt although he misses more than he catches at the moment. this is my first lurcher

I'm in exactly the same boat as you bud, first lurcher and she's 16 months old and misses more than she hits. All I want out of this season is for her to gradually increase her catch rate on the lamp and build on her confidence and striking ability, to improve concentration when ferreting and to start (hopefully) to be able to anticipate where they're going to bolt from, and that's about it to be honest. It's next season when I'll be trying to take it up a level.

[Scamper 6]

Best of luck to both of you.

[iolar 2]

went for quick run tonite had 8 slips an 4 in bag happy out

[mintstick999 485]

Sounds like he's learning quick.

[digger. 615]

went for quick run tonite had 8 slips an 4 in bag happy out

well done

[troter58 1,711]

the thing is no two dogs are the same small dogs come on faster the bigger breed takes that bit longer and any dog will only be as good as the amount of rabbits you put in front of them its all a learning curve and the dog will soon learn where its got to be to nail the bolters and same on the lamp the more the dog runs the better it will get as its learning every time out theres no fast way to do it atb troter

[whin 463]

dog has to,have the training and breeding to be a good dog no amount of entering trainig will help if its bred wrong

[kevin from bristol 95]

time and experiance is everything sound to me like hes doing well keep it up

[kenny14 656]

I second the above - time and experience, coupled with patience.

I will add one thing, it's perfectly normal for a Lurcher to miss more than it catches, despite what you might hear to the contrary. After all, seeing the Dog work is just as enjoyable if not more so than a big bag. And if it's got anything about it, it'll learn from it's mistakes.

[alan626 305]

my 18 month has had 10 rabbits and doubled up on 8 foxes he would catch alot more rabbits if i knew were they were sounds like ur pup is doing well keep at him

[WILF 46,982]

I dont expect much to be honest, little improvements here and there, adding one experience at a time to the memory banks.......baby steps

Season 2 is the teller for me

[claude jeramiah 19]

im in the same boat ,had me dog out 6 slips 3 catches ,me other puppy 16month old has had me a couple of charlies aswell so im happy with him hes coming on like a treat

[wharrier 39]

Don't get paranoid by reading about big bags on here and in mags those r in certain areas like where I run my dog hard going probs 1 out of 3 ratio but ran him in places where rabbs were abundant n hardly missed depends on land u run don't worry about it sounds perfectly normal what your dogs doing

[shaunpauls7 131]

That's my beddygrey coming up for 2 and has started well so far catching more than he is missing.Don't worry to much it will all come in time with the experience.

keep at it lads.

 

atb shaun