letting the dog have there catch or not

[iworkwhippets 12,747]

Nowt wrong with giving whole occasionally , but not in the field, worm em every 3 months

[SalukiBULLJP 27]

like rocky1 said its wrecks the dogs stomach when out hunting......not a good idea as a healthy greedy dog would gulp it down and suffer later......best bet is either gutt,skin and feed it the dog at home fresh or freeze it thoroughly to kill any worms-a regularly wormed dog can handle it raw but its still a risk....prepping the carcass at home also makes sure you can check the health of it before giving to the hound......all the best....Jp happy hunting

[Scallywag 78]

The first time a dog catches and brings a rabbit to me I give it the whole thing when we get home in celebration. After that first catch I paunch, skin and freeze them for later, but I always give the dogs a head each and the liver/kidneys when paunching in the field at the end of an outing

[goldfinch2007 2,333]

freeze full rabbits for a few days and it kill the worms.feed with the heads and fur on

[Moll. 1,770]

Nothing more natural than a whole rabbit, fur guts and all.

Just keep up to date with worming

[whin 463]

done it for years but not lately , me an and old mate m c glenn another good dog man used to chuck a rabbit in to them after a shift , but i would make sure they no the diffrence rabbit bring back to me not carry it away and chomp it, saw some highly bred prey drive dogs if they were not getting out first rabbit they chewd the head strange but after that never marked them , but if out regulary never looked at them,i gut all my rabbs before i go home usaly so never give them the guts but used to give them the roe gut empteid like tripe , , they loved it , etc , pre ban hares to but back when it was real busy had a massive bioler take ten rabs or five hares a big packet of pasta ,veg on a real cold nite they loved it after a hard nite , sweet memories when there was no ban,and you could be complacent with what yu had in numbers great days