would your dog return to you mid course?

[Catcher 1 639]

Obedience and breed have one connection.The owener and his abilitry to train

 

Well we all go on about all rounder

If you have a dog that can do the tasks you need doing it has to be in your eyes an all rounder

 

If you read my first post.You will see my bitch was a collie /grey/whippet

 

A bitch you will never hope to achieve.

[stubblebasher 150]

Bottom line:Coursing dogs that can be called off midcourse do not have enough heart,comitment,and the right mental disposition to be any good !how could you rely on one to keep going against the odds!Or is this ok too !!??

[Catcher 1 639]

Looks like old school is gone.Down to youngsters sceaming for kills.

[MOO 730]

catcher shut you pc down ...and continue drinking your buckie and watch the old firm game....talking sence and alchol dont mix ....you jut need to read 90% of you posts on here to realise that

[mickeyandmouse 40]

Why would any one want to stop there dog mid course

If you slip the dog you should know the land your working

So I can't see any reason anyone would stop there

Dog mid run

 

Well, you might want to try if your dog is coursing towards a train line, main road or perhaps a small pet dog or cat.............it has been known to happen.

 

In that case it's the man behind the dogs fault for running it in a stupid environment

 

[Rabbiting man 1,191]

Ive never called any of my dogs off in mid course it's a waste of time.

 

 

P.S that one of the reason of having lurchers & sighthounds to watch them course game.

[moonlighter 1,163]

My old coursing dog, I could stop running game probally 8 out of 10 ten times, if he was close to me and I stopped him in the first 10 or so yards. This was mainly rabbits or a long distance hare though. This was handy when we were beating woods out or ferreting and it see a hare in the distance. My young dog though, not a cat in hells chance!

[lock 4]

would that meen it had a low prey drive ??? or just shit?

[lock 4]

that wasnt aimed at you moonlighter lol

[mdy1988 2]

If a dog can be stopped in mid flight, then either 1 the owner is a great trainer of dogs or 2 the dogs heart is not in it in the first place.

The makeup of the dog is a major factor there is no doubting that, I would hazard a guess that the people saying their able to stop their dogs mid flight have collie or some other strong baseline saturated dogs. Give the same men a pure sighthound or a mix of sighthounds and see how they fare, not so well I wouldn't think.

or the dog is a very loyal dog and dog and owner have good bond.

[robwelsh 354]

Unless you've got a young dog and a hare pops up or usomething similar p I don't think u should contemplate calling it off..they are there to catch after all..I don't think I could, and wouldn't try doing it either

[nothernlite 18,077]

Unless you've got a young dog and a hare pops up or usomething similar p I don't think u should contemplate calling it off..they are there to catch after all..I don't think I could, and wouldn't try doing it either

even if it was running to a busy motorway you wouldnt want to stop your dog

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

Had a ferreting whip x collie that could be called off but she jacked

My current pup... Sal x grey id say no chance as hes a willful little fooker, hes smart but only does things on his own terms, dont know if its typical saluki behaviour as hes my first sal x but Ive been warned bout this x lol

[GrCh 856]

tried this last night and no she wouldn't.

[Lab 10,979]

I reckon its all about the dog and nothing to do with the owner. You lads train your dogs to catch game, they have a natural instinct to chase. At training stage if you decided to stop a pup one minute then the next egg it on the dog would get confused and you would loose the bond your trying to build with your dog and end up with a timid nervous dog not sure of its purpose.

They key is to know your dog. If your hunting up then know the signs that there is game in the area you either slip the lead over its head or let it chase. Its not rocket science.....