to jump or not to jump?????????

[hok boi 40]

right guys, before i start training the pup i was wondering your thoughts.

should i train him to jump?????

my opinion is no, i know i will lose some quarry, but i wont be at the vets with a dog thats torn to bits with a barbed wire fence.

[asha 48]

hope u dont get a big type of dog or your back will be sore lifting it over fences gates etc

[paulus 26]

how are you going to train it not to? jumping is as natural to a lurcher as shitting

[chartpolski 23,147]

If the dog jumps properly, you won't have many vet bills. What about it hitting fences when the quarry goes thru' ? Surely it's better to jump than try and run thru' ? I think jumping is essential for a Lurcher.

 

Cheers.

[midnighthunter 78]

no good to me if a dog cant jump atb

[smallfoot 118]

I would,it makes life alot easyer

 

[stabba 10,745]

I,d say a fair old percentage learn to do it themselves . I would never dream of discouraging a dog from learning the art. I,d say there are more injuries to dogs from not being able to jump than then are from those than can...but its your dog and your back mate..atb stabba

[RossM 8,119]

to jump, all day long, aswell as the hassle of lifting the dog over fences, imagine the feeling of watching your quarry going over/through/under a fence with a whole other field to go, caught in no mans land but the dog just standing there or running up and down the fence line instead of pinging over the fence and keeping the pressure on and perhaps making the catch.

 

had a mate whos dog wouldnt jump or walk through water, frustrated the life out me.

 

[tomano1 80]

Ye bud like every one has said learn it to jump make a hurdle and make it higher and build it up ATB

[jf1970 328]

i think the dog will either jump or it won't, yes you can train it to jump, but in my opinion if the dog can see an easier way it will use it. Still handy to have it jumping when need be though.

[hok boi 40]

al be honest..... i never even gave the idea that my dog might hit a fence during a chase a second thought, and the fact hes likely to make about 27" would carry a lot of weight towards a collision.

might be time to rethink my logic i think lol

[jf1970 328]

al be honest..... i never even gave the idea that my dog might hit a fence during a chase a second thought, and the fact hes likely to make about 27" would carry a lot of weight towards a collision.

might be time to rethink my logic i think lol

lol, at 27tts, i would rethink aswell, lol

[hok boi 40]

al be honest..... i never even gave the idea that my dog might hit a fence during a chase a second thought, and the fact hes likely to make about 27" would carry a lot of weight towards a collision.

might be time to rethink my logic i think lol

lol, at 27tts, i would rethink aswell, lol

[Guest born to run1083]

All my lurchers I've ever owned have always jumped and never been to the vets due to wire, as said if it learns to jump properly most never have a problem

[salclalin 240]

A Working Lurcher needs to be able to Jump any Obstacle it Encounters in the Field.