Lurcher working with an ess

[alcamy22 7]

Hi lads as title says do any of you shoot and keep lurchers ? After a long period of thought I settled on a ess pup as mainly rough shooting where I am there is plenty of work for the lurchers between rabbits and foxes so the lurchers are worked at least twice a week just wondering do any of ye work ur lurchers alongside your gun dogs I have a little bushing terrier so was wondering in your opinions should I keep them separate or train ess pup to work alongside the lurchers too I would still want ess to do her job on days I go shooting so essentially I'm wondering will me working her or training her to work alongside in anyway hinder her chances of possibly becoming a good shooting companion obviously providing I train her properly cheers for ur replies in advance

[paulus 26]

i use my lurchers as gundogs

[Chid 6,640]

yes ive worked a springer trained to the gun alongside my lurchers

but i wouldnt let it work with the lurchers till its trained as a gun dog first and i wouldnt at anytime let it run with the terrier , it will just encourage the springer to run in and maybe give tongue while out shooting

[alcamy22 7]

Cheers lads

[graham4877 1,181]

yes i work a springer with my 2... number one thing you need to do is get that stop command 100% on springer, should be anyway.. nothing will make your face turn red faster than a gun dog giving chase on a shoot day..lol