small types bushing

[Country Joe 1,411]

My bedlington/whippet first cross is just a small one at just over 18", has a good broken coat, will go into any cover. Could do with it holding back a little and letting the terrier flush them but is in before the terrier most of the time. Catches most of the rabbits on the lamp at the dyke, sharp turning or ploughs into the dyke after them and usually gets them or brings them back out into the field and catches them. Cant fault the effort it puts in, also a good ferreting dog good marker and starting to catch a few that miss nets, just had 1 full ferreting season so should progress alot yet. Was usually out 2 or 3 days ferreting a week and a night on lamp so had a fair bit of time on the job for first season. Never gave it a lot of runs on lamp in a night as was just young but will step it up a bit this season. I would have liked it to have turned out a couple of inches bigger but was not to be but i could not be happier otherwise.

 

 

My bitch.

 

 

 

About 35 years ago i used to go out with a friend and his daytime rabbit dogs, that is all he did ratch dykes/cover for rabbits and the odd hare (no ferreting or lamping). He had a lurcher about 23" a whippet/greyhound and a cocker/whippet ratching dog that looked like a brindle patterdale terrier about 16", never seen a better dog to ratch and catch in cover than this it was as hard as nails and would go all day. They worked as a team and was a pleasure to see them work, 3 of the best dogs i have seen and to have them at the same time was very lucky.

That Bitch of yours is my type of Dog, she looks a wee cracker.

[nothernlite 18,076]

My bedlington/whippet first cross is just a small one at just over 18", has a good broken coat, will go into any cover. Could do with it holding back a little and letting the terrier flush them but is in before the terrier most of the time. Catches most of the rabbits on the lamp at the dyke, sharp turning or ploughs into the dyke after them and usually gets them or brings them back out into the field and catches them. Cant fault the effort it puts in, also a good ferreting dog good marker and starting to catch a few that miss nets, just had 1 full ferreting season so should progress alot yet. Was usually out 2 or 3 days ferreting a week and a night on lamp so had a fair bit of time on the job for first season. Never gave it a lot of runs on lamp in a night as was just young but will step it up a bit this season. I would have liked it to have turned out a couple of inches bigger but was not to be but i could not be happier otherwise.

 

 

My bitch.

 

 

 

About 35 years ago i used to go out with a friend and his daytime rabbit dogs, that is all he did ratch dykes/cover for rabbits and the odd hare (no ferreting or lamping). He had a lurcher about 23" a whippet/greyhound and a cocker/whippet ratching dog that looked like a brindle patterdale terrier about 16", never seen a better dog to ratch and catch in cover than this it was as hard as nails and would go all day. They worked as a team and was a pleasure to see them work, 3 of the best dogs i have seen and to have them at the same time was very lucky.

My we bitch is very simaler to yours 19tts good we dog in cover and marking still young this season coming will be her first full season atb

[Guest long-tail]

After seeing my mates springer/whippet i would have one for mouching about though further down the line hes on about putting a ped whippet to it though wat might be gained in speed might come at a cost to its other atributes.

like what for example?cheers

Like how it will face thick cover.

oh right got you thought you might be refering to possible height type of coat etc,nice small types you got pics of there lads cheers

[trenchfoot 4,243]

 

 

Little 19" collie x 1/4bed 3/4 whip. super little bushing dog. works well in the pack. At 5 she is just starting to calm down a bit and the experience shows. When working with the other dogs she knows to sit tight around the edges as the collie bashes hard into thick cover. On her own she will get in nice and tight. Misses quite a lot this way, but can give some nice flushes for the gun.

 

I must admit that mouching with a bobbery pack has become my favourite way of working on the moors and fringes that we have up here. And can be highly productive on sparse ground.

 

JMO

[Magwitch 687]

The best part of working the dogs for me is when the shooting as finished, running the dogs through the cover strips......................

[canaliculata 28]

The best part of working the dogs for me is when the shooting as finished, running the dogs through the cover strips......................

Lovely pics

[Guest long-tail]

The best part of working the dogs for me is when the shooting as finished, running the dogs through the cover strips......................

spot on them mate

[Mick C. 229]

Tight low lying thick bramble that goes on yard after yard is a very stern test for the keenest of bushing lurchers.

 

Dragging themselves through this sort of terrain usually on there bellys with back legs splayed out behind , with face and ears turning red from the unforgiving bramble thorn is somthing to see and deserves the highest ammont of respect.

[Guest long-tail]

Tight low lying thick bramble that goes on yard after yard is a very stern test for the keenest of bushing lurchers.

 

Dragging themselves through this sort of terrain usually on there bellys with back legs splayed out behind , with face and ears turning red from the unforgiving bramble thorn is somthing to see and deserves the highest ammont of respect.

yes i agree comparede to a small terrier able to get under and in and stay in, the mongrel i use that is to big for the job gets cut to pieces in these situtions but his drive pushes him on regardless but general bushing the hedgerows woodland cover etc he fairs ok,

true small type bushing lurchers they are not in comparison to a terrier,but even bushing can take different form with regard to the land we hunt jmo

Edited May 9, 2012 by long-tail

[Mick C. 229]

Sounds like an honest dog longtail.

 

My bushers were both mongrel lurchers.

 

In light brambles reed and gorse or any broken cover for that matter, these types were essential to a productive hunt.

[gnipper 6,411]

I'm hoping this little brittany cross thing we've got as a house dog turns out a decent little busher, its starting to show a healthy interest in fur and feather and is agile as a cat. On our mooches its mainly been chasing my 2 but its starting to hunt a bit now and is trying to catch the birds that come in the garden. It'll be right for this season though.

[Guest long-tail]

I'm hoping this little brittany cross thing we've got as a house dog turns out a decent little busher, its starting to show a healthy interest in fur and feather and is agile as a cat. On our mooches its mainly been chasing my 2 but its starting to hunt a bit now and is trying to catch the birds that come in the garden. It'll be right for this season though.

i must have walked 50 miles of hedgerows over the course of a couple weeks to get mine going,he just fecked about typical pet dog on a walk until the day a bunny dam near ran up his leg from that moment he was a different animal sure you can make use of it

[gnipper 6,411]

I'm hoping this little brittany cross thing we've got as a house dog turns out a decent little busher, its starting to show a healthy interest in fur and feather and is agile as a cat. On our mooches its mainly been chasing my 2 but its starting to hunt a bit now and is trying to catch the birds that come in the garden. It'll be right for this season though.

i must have walked 50 miles of hedgerows over the course of a couple weeks to get mine going,he just fecked about typical pet dog on a walk until the day a bunny dam near ran up his leg from that moment he was a different animal sure you can make use of it

I had her out on her own the other day and she spotted a rabbit running infront of us and was off like feck after it , she's not 6 month yet so there's no rush but I'll get her going this year.

[forest of dean redneck 11,529]

 

 

Little 19" collie x 1/4bed 3/4 whip. super little bushing dog. works well in the pack. At 5 she is just starting to calm down a bit and the experience shows. When working with the other dogs she knows to sit tight around the edges as the collie bashes hard into thick cover. On her own she will get in nice and tight. Misses quite a lot this way, but can give some nice flushes for the gun.

 

I must admit that mouching with a bobbery pack has become my favourite way of working on the moors and fringes that we have up here. And can be highly productive on sparse ground.

 

JMO

i like the collie in the back ground.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

 

 

Little 19" collie x 1/4bed 3/4 whip. super little bushing dog. works well in the pack. At 5 she is just starting to calm down a bit and the experience shows. When working with the other dogs she knows to sit tight around the edges as the collie bashes hard into thick cover. On her own she will get in nice and tight. Misses quite a lot this way, but can give some nice flushes for the gun.

 

I must admit that mouching with a bobbery pack has become my favourite way of working on the moors and fringes that we have up here. And can be highly productive on sparse ground.

 

JMO

i like the collie in the back ground.

Cheers fella,

 

Came from working stock near Clithero. Supposed to be the wife's dog to deal with the livestock. Not bad at that job to be honest, but follows me around like a magnet. Great guard on the yard and a nose to die for. A bloody good dog at hunting up too and the pack is lacking without him.

 

A few people have wanted him to stud other collies and lurchers, but he has one major failing and thats his oversensitive nature. Had his nuts off because I don't want that passing on, or the temptation for the cash