pups not a killer ???

[whippetmad 11]

i have read a few post about pups not killing etc but my pups weird he is 8 months and was very promosing i did all my lamp work with him recall is brilliant and didnt run him on anything untill around a month ago i used to take him with the older dogs just to watch anyway one night the older dogran at two rabbit and one of the rabbits was just scared to move so i thought id slip the dog anyway the rabbit ran and he was absolute all over it cruising like a veteran and it got dowwn under a fence pup was straight back i was amazed anyway my mate come back from northampton with a live rabbit so i took him and he ran it untill the rabbit stopped he just sat over it and come back leaving the rabbit thats when i new it was a problem he was doing cartwheels on the lead yesterday and realized there was a crow what couldnt fly well i slipped him on it and he chased it and grabbed it then let go just looking at it i was bewilderd ive never nown a pup not to even kill a bird is there any chance he wont ever kill is it because hes a indoor dog and i no i will get the usual oh hes a baby etc etc but he has watched 30 -40 rabbits killed infront of him i have done all the work we skins and dead rabbits he not to keen on dead rabbits unless i really jeer him up then he will retrive it btw he is a saluki whippet grey

[dymented 2,220]

it will come to him in the end bud patience is a virtue

[DogMagic 461]

Its 8 months old man, give it a chance!

[DogMagic 461]

And dont put anything about dropping rabbits on an open forum

[samba 534]

give it time

[whippetmad 11]

magic why not ive never known that to be a issue and i no he is 8 months mate i havent hammerd him on the rabbits runs etc ive had a few dogs in my time this is a first and just a bit stunned he wont be runnin nothing else now just taking to watch but is there a chance the penny will never drop

[DogMagic 461]

magic why not ive never known that to be a issue and i no he is 8 months mate i havent hammerd him on the rabbits runs etc ive had a few dogs in my time this is a first and just a bit stunned he wont be runnin nothing else now just taking to watch but is there a chance the penny will never drop

 

Cos its illegal and this forum is watched by shitloads of old bill and antis all desperate to get a hunter nicked.

 

I guarantee the penny will drop in time mate

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

8 months? He's a pup. Spend the next 4 months bonding with him and try him at 12 months.

 

And as for "why not" to dog magic. Think about it. Catching a rabbit, putting it in a sack and then releasing it elsewhere for a pup to chase?

 

The antis would be all over this concept.

 

I left my pup till he was 11 months and took him lamping to watch, he seemed keen so slipped him and he caught and killed his first.

 

I doubt this would of been the same story 3 months previous.

[whippetmad 11]

ok fair dues

[whippetmad 11]

fair one ads was just worried as he will go 100 yards on lamp and everything ese is superb happy hunting

[mally 832]

I don't even think about doing ANYTHING with a whippet pup until it's at least 10 months old, the phase 'trying to run before you can walk' is all too true. You say he's 8 months old and you tried him a month ago. Thats 7 months old, a pup of that age is both physically and mentally immature it's tendons and muscles just arn't up to work and niether is it's head. Let it be a pup and i can't see the point in giving any pup dropped rabbits, an easy run on the lamp yes but when it's more than capable and fit enough to catch it.

Starting a pup at this age is doomed and could result in it being knackered at a young age through injuries etc. take your time. If i was you i would have started him this coming september.

[DogMagic 461]

Dont do anything other then ferreting to nets with him for now mate. But as you dont want trouble with the ferrets laying up on a nest of rabbit kits i wouldnt even do that. Nobodys ever ruined a dog by late entering. Plenty of yappers and jackers have been created by early entering tho. Its like asking a 5 year old human to run the london marathon. There not physically or mentally up to it. I wouldnt give him anything to strenuous untill hes at least 12 months old.

[hellyer189 93]

What you want I'd a dummy, skin a rabbit and put it over something and treat it like a game get him retrieving it's not about killing bud its a game, get him bringing a skin back which has all the scents on so he knows when he's chasing that he can relate the smell with bringing it to you ect lot of praise always end on a high, that's what I is with my dog, thn when he came out watching I threw a dead rabbit on the lamp and got him retrieving it and it worked for me... Give it a try

[paddy polecat 129]

Plenty of time yet pal, let a pup be a pup

[Catcher 1 639]

Why would you want it to kill rabbits bud.Surely it would be better retreiveing live to hand.