slow starting lurcher bitch

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Hi you all doing lads just joined the forum tonight lads.Have been keeping lurchers for a few years now {without much luck} have a young bull wheaton bitch pup 15 months had her out a few times now she is going to be a slow starter took her out ferreting the other day.The bitch can move but she was lifting the stuff and carrying them about wouldnt kill them i no so people would like this but i bred the bitch to take fox so hope she learns what her teeth are for i no she is young but you no how it is with a pup.Any advice welcome

[paulus 26]

Hi you all doing lads just joined the forum tonight lads.Have been keeping lurchers for a few years now {without much luck} have a young bull wheaton bitch pup 15 months had her out a few times now she is going to be a slow starter took her out ferreting the other day.The bitch can move but she was lifting the stuff and carrying them about wouldnt kill them i no so people would like this but i bred the bitch to take fox so hope she learns what her teeth are for i no she is young but you no how it is with a pup.Any advice welcome

some dogs will retrive rabbits and hares live but treat a fox different

[Chid 6,542]

Hi you all doing lads just joined the forum tonight lads.Have been keeping lurchers for a few years now {without much luck} have a young bull wheaton bitch pup 15 months had her out a few times now she is going to be a slow starter took her out ferreting the other day.The bitch can move but she was lifting the stuff and carrying them about wouldnt kill them i no so people would like this but i bred the bitch to take fox so hope she learns what her teeth are for i no she is young but you no how it is with a pup.Any advice welcome

some dogs will retrive rabbits and hares live but treat a fox different

agree

my white dog will bring rabbits back live but kill a fox no bother

[The Cooper 25]

Early days seen a dog out today 20 months only had two rabbits killed a hare in good style ( legal here ) cleared sheepwire an gates . they do the job in there own time

[Tiny 7 1,694]

Get her on a few rats that sharpings mouth up... After a few nips they so learn too kill quickly

 

 

But likes been said got a little rabbiter here live too hand everytime time but anything eles gets the bite Wouldnt look ito it to much fellah

[kps1979 1,308]

my bitch is as soft mouthed as anything with rabbits, just keeps hold of them with enough force so they dont get away, she is still young too, but she is a different dog when shes gets bigger things, its like she really loves the chase,

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I no what yous are saying lads thanks for the advice you no how it is with pups the more they see the better they get but when u breed some

thing and rear it you always have a worry when they are young they are going to turn out the way you want them even though she was bred out off well proven dog.

[aaron01 737]

Hi you all doing lads just joined the forum tonight lads.Have been keeping lurchers for a few years now {without much luck} have a young bull wheaton bitch pup 15 months had her out a few times now she is going to be a slow starter took her out ferreting the other day.The bitch can move but she was lifting the stuff and carrying them about wouldnt kill them i no so people would like this but i bred the bitch to take fox so hope she learns what her teeth are for i no she is young but you no how it is with a pup.Any advice welcome

I had a wee bitch a few year ago bring rabbits back live but killing a fox she started killing the rabbits after a season of fox work

[artful212 394]

some dogs just take longer to mature than others i find

[Bosun11 537]

BF, the thing is, you should WANT your bitch to fetch rabbits back alive, thats the mark of a good lurcher...!!

 

Remember, with edible quarry a lurcher is a 'catcher', not a 'dispatcher', thats YOUR job...!

 

Personally, you should encourage her to do so and take them off her in a calm and praising manner.

She's young and, by the sounds of it, level headed, she knows from that first pick up that they'll offer her no problems and return 'em to you, unharmed.

 

Now.. It'll be a different story when she tackles sommat a bit bigger that will bite back... And whether she kills her bunnys now or brings 'em back alive, this will be sommat else to her and, i'm sure if she's bred right, she will act accordingly...

 

Tell me, what could be better than a dog that can fetch bunnies back alive an unharmed and then rage hell and kill a fox...?

 

The best fox dogs I have both seen and owned fetched rabbits and hares back alive and changed their attitude with the quarry... Treasure this, it's a good dog that can do this...

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Thanks again lads will take the advice on board fingers crossed all will go well in the end she will get a good fair chance thats one sure thing.

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best of luck with the pup back fill time and patience is all you need if you run out of ideas you prob have a good mate you can phone for advice