People's Opinion On Ground And Dogs Proformance

[Fretwell 59 15]

What do people about the ground that the dog runs on And the speed thay move at I know that the type of dog for the ground you work them over has a factor in it but if you run them on a foot ball pitch they can shift on this land they don't do as much

 

 

 

Some off them are nearly as tall as him thay foot ball size to beach ball size these would obviously slow the dog but how much and would any body's dog catch rabbits on this ground depending on the length of the course

 

Cheers matt

Edited April 22, 2013 by Fretwell 59

[Ideation 8,216]

What is the question?

[Fretwell 59 15]

What do people think of the dogs proformance and the growing they run on

 

Matt

[Ideation 8,216]

What, like how does the type of ground run on, affect the dogs performance, as in catch rate etc?

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

What, like how does the type of ground run on, affect the dogs performance, as in catch rate etc?

 

[Fretwell 59 15]

Yes mate because I wouldn't expect him to fly off

Edited April 22, 2013 by Fretwell 59

[Neoleaver 55]

Are you asking if rough ground/grass tussocks will slow a dog? then the answer is yes, proportional to the amount it slows the quarry

[Huan72 687]

Thats the sort of ground that makes me nervous, like some of the old scrubland/woodland round here were the rabbits seek revenge with a well placed covered hole ............almost like there making pitfall traps I would wanna look around on ground like that before letting my dog run If that land is anything like similar land round here, i'ld be very mindfull of potential broken legs!

[Fretwell 59 15]

But I would have thought that the rabbit had a advantage with running the big balls of grass and the average course is only 30 or 40 meters before there back safely in bed

[low plains drifter 10,528]

You gotta love em

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Dog will start catching if you keep at it. Most dogs iv had adjusted well to a change in terrain but some can't. Iv hunted land like the pic an caught. Keep at it

[Neoleaver 55]

But I would have thought that the rabbit had a advantage with running the big balls of grass and the average course is only 30 or 40 meters before there back safely in bed

I'd say their always going to have a 'home field' advantage over the dog, knowing the land alot better. But when the rabbit's pushed and stressed the same obstacles that slow the dog can cause the rabbit to come a cropper, seen that time and time again....keep at it bud, the dog'll work out the ground, like someone else said tho, be worth havin a sweep for any 'hidden nasties' old sheet metal, etc. My old bitch Meg jumped down into a ditch and severed a blood vessel in her front paw on broken bottle......lots of blood, very difficult cut to get at up between the pads, lost a lot of blood, overnight at the vet. not good.

[Ideation 8,216]

To be honest, looks like a lot of land we hunt, and generally rough places.

[Ideation 8,216]

 

[Hot Meat 3,109]

Got to follow the bunnys haha