to jump or not

[haymin 2,465]

i just had to go back )

[killing crew 2,708]

defo jump

[birddog 1,354]

i just had to go back )

you should have gave me a shout jim id have got better pics

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

only time let my dog jump if i am lamping from the road if i lamping and the rabbit goes in to the next field my lamp will be off dog back to my feet not jumping into the next field hunting up still have rabbit in this field do that field in a bit rabbits will still be there one field at a time

 

most ov the time if my dog is right on a rabbit go to a fence it well knock it of its run

i agree with this jumping into a field on the lamp creates two problems the first how do u now whats in that field presently and it is very difficult to lamp the other field from the point u started the dog unless youre on the move with the lamp which ive never seen done fair enough walking on to a clapper but not while the course is on going

 

Personally I do a fair bit of running about with the lamp, to keep the rabbit lit up when it runs through dips in the field or behind rises in the ground.

do you jump gates to ?

No but I fall off them a lot.

[STAFFY poacher 90]

really good topic and some realy good replies.......i think jump 100 percent

[Snifferboy 659]

One thing i don't really get . . . . .

 

Do you guyshave big flat fields, with fences running through the middle, so the quarry goes through or over the fence, and keeps running across an open field?

 

All of our fences tend to be either a long hedges, or divide fields from thick woodland, both of which tend to mean that for the most part the quarry is away once it gets to the fence, especiallyon the lamp.

You can tell I'm tired, I just read 'guyshave' and had to check I was on the right forum!!!

 

IMO it makes life a lot easier having a dog that jumps, my last one didn't that often, but nearly always got under. Low fences fine, but she wasn't too confident at jumping gates etc. I teach mine to go under things first and foremost and when they are a bit older start them jumping, the dog I have now jump's known haunts well, but is apprehensive about new places... I guess she is more sensible than me!!! I don't see that there could be a huge amount of difference with the injuries that can occur at night and the injuries that could occur at day, I would have thought that generally speaking if the dog can see o.k. then it'll go for it, if not it wouldn't.

[Rake aboot 4,936]

One thing i don't really get . . . . .

 

Do you guyshave big flat fields, with fences running through the middle, so the quarry goes through or over the fence, and keeps running across an open field?

 

All of our fences tend to be either a long hedges, or divide fields from thick woodland, both of which tend to mean that for the most part the quarry is away once it gets to the fence, especiallyon the lamp.

 

Thats exactely what we do have Jai, big fekoff fields seperated by a wee hedge or a single fence. Most of our pasture has single barbed wire fences . A dog that won`t jump round our way is an empty mouthed pain in the arse.

 

Seen PLENTY damage done though. including losing a dog that ended up tangled in a shitty slack barbed wire fence.

[birddog 1,354]

the general consensus seems to be pro jumping, i reckon the more experience of different jumps (walls,gates, fences, logs, ditches etc) in a variety of places the more confidence in it's own ability the dog will have, and the more they learn the safer they become although accidents will always be unavoidable

[RossM 8,121]

Jump

 

[sowhat 1,572]

Some cracking jumping pics on here

Personally I love to see a lurcher jumping

[Guest born to run1083]

For me a dog has to jump no other way around it. Feck picking a dog up that covered in cow shit in the pouring rain, no thanks

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Gotta Jump.... 100%

[j1985 1,984]

My bulldog will jump most things but getting pics on my phone is hard work. The lurcher pups started jumping proper too now which is handy as picking them up is hard work especially as some fences near me always seem to be running alongside ditches.

 

[Catcher 1 639]

It should never be up for debate.

why? is that a never yes or a never no ?

 

What good is a dog than cant jump..

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