Yapping Problems.

[johnny boy68 11,726]

  On 30/04/2013 at 10:40, **Lurcherman** said:

Know mind you i never used one in the field but try a barking collar in the kennel ok so the dog doesnt bark and then if u try bringing them out for a run of a rabbit they shouldnt bark if they dont like the little shock id try this in the kennell first then the field and after a while you wouldnt need it only a normal collar,Mind you it might stop the dog chasing but thats a small chance i doubt it cause they all get hit wit eletric fences and it dont stop them..give it loads of short slips, that dog was given 2 many hard rabbits and its half broke!

Shock collars are illegal in Wales !!

[birddog 1,354]

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:30, pip1968 said:

 

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:08, birddog said:

a mates dog gives the odd yap on the 1st bunny or two at the start of the night and then settles into work mode.......it could be excitement or frustration, i'd forget about lamping just now, light nights big moon and hard ground........make the dog your pal, go mooching, a wee bit of retrieving or jumping practise and the like.....september dark nights and green rabbits arn't that far away atb

my dog does the same on its first slip then runs silent after that,but his other quallities make up for that as hes a good bushing dog and will find rabbits excelent recall and jumps fences chasing so hes staying for life

 

obviously with yours and my mates its down to a wee bit of excitement, kinda like my jazz kicks up sitters at the start of the season like she wants a chase, a bit of fun but she soon knuckles down, i suspect its a wee bit of frustration with joshc123 's dog waiting a month or two and picking a few easy early season bunnies and with a bit of luck the collie in it will kick in when it realises not all catches need to be hard won.......often with collie x's you've gotta out think them

[**Lurcherman** 32]

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:39, johnny boy68 said:

 

  On 30/04/2013 at 10:40, **Lurcherman** said:

Know mind you i never used one in the field but try a barking collar in the kennel ok so the dog doesnt bark and then if u try bringing them out for a run of a rabbit they shouldnt bark if they dont like the little shock id try this in the kennell first then the field and after a while you wouldnt need it only a normal collar,Mind you it might stop the dog chasing but thats a small chance i doubt it cause they all get hit wit eletric fences and it dont stop them..give it loads of short slips, that dog was given 2 many hard rabbits and its half broke!

Shock collars are illegal in Wales !!

 

didnt know that!

[joshc123 45]

Cheers lads, i think im going to wait till winter before trying him again, fingers crossed he will kick this habit.

[the big chief 3,099]

i had a beddy whippet gh did the same thing it was when the rabbit got a bit further on the turn i tride the shock collar method was sort of working but i couldn't cope with it any longer and gave it to a young lad for his 1st lurcher the dog still yaps not as much but he does get plenty of rabbits but the yapping i couldn't cope with in the end fields full of rabbits and you only run one due to the dog yapping and the rest running in

[troter58 1,711]

  On 30/04/2013 at 12:16, the gafer said:

i had a beddy whippet gh did the same thing it was when the rabbit got a bit further on the turn i tride the shock collar method was sort of working but i couldn't cope with it any longer and gave it to a young lad for his 1st lurcher the dog still yaps not as much but he does get plenty of rabbits but the yapping i couldn't cope with in the end fields full of rabbits and you only run one due to the dog yapping and the rest running in

different thing gaffer yapping on the run but a yap on a edge i can live with a full out yapper yes no good on the beam thats some thing i would not have i really think if the lads dog was given some easy runs it would settle down if it was mine i be out on these easy bunnies and would not be slipping on any hard ones walk ups only see how it goes no point holding it off till winter confidence needed now call me a summer hunter if a dog needs putting right so be it

[pip1968 2,490]

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:52, birddog said:

 

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:30, pip1968 said:

 

  On 30/04/2013 at 11:08, birddog said:

a mates dog gives the odd yap on the 1st bunny or two at the start of the night and then settles into work mode.......it could be excitement or frustration, i'd forget about lamping just now, light nights big moon and hard ground........make the dog your pal, go mooching, a wee bit of retrieving or jumping practise and the like.....september dark nights and green rabbits arn't that far away atb

my dog does the same on its first slip then runs silent after that,but his other quallities make up for that as hes a good bushing dog and will find rabbits excelent recall and jumps fences chasing so hes staying for life

 

obviously with yours and my mates its down to a wee bit of excitement, kinda like my jazz kicks up sitters at the start of the season like she wants a chase, a bit of fun but she soon knuckles down, i suspect its a wee bit of frustration with joshc123 's dog waiting a month or two and picking a few easy early season bunnies and with a bit of luck the collie in it will kick in when it realises not all catches need to be hard won.......often with collie x's you've gotta out think them

 

the thing with mine he never does it on the chase just when the rabbit gets to the hedge but when hes caught a rabbit straight away he never makes a sound but i put that down to me as i got him as a pet at first and let him chase bunnies from an early age as i had no intention of getting back into hunting but the bug got hold and the rest is history

[trigger2 3,157]

  On 30/04/2013 at 09:45, joshc123 said:

So i picked up a 3 year old first x collie greyhound of a lad i know in the week heard good things about the dog so i thought id have him, so last night i went out local just to try the dog, it wasnt really the weather for it but was dark enough just didnt have the conditions i would of liked, but i couldnt wait so i went so i got in the first field spotted a rabbit he cracked on to he set out in persuit of it he got close so i was quite happy at this point when he turns it then the f****r let out a yap not very loud but he did yap he turned i again then the rabbit somehow got away and hit the bush the dog run flat out into the bush and lets out another yap, im quite disheartened by this point but i thought id slip on one more to see if it was a one of, so i spot another one in a few feilds over the dog cracks on again and off they go again he's right o the rabbits tail when it its the bush and he yaps again, any advice on stopping this problem would be highly apreciated lads, cheers.

 

i dont buy in adult dogs anymore but have done in the past. i would take the dog out a few more times and see how he gets on, the moons up at the moement so its not the best of nights to be out.

 

imo no dogs perfect mate at the end of the day as long as the dog is catching plenty then there isnt really a problem is there. i would rather keep a dog that whimpers abit but catches plenty than one thats silent and catches feck all.

[joshc123 45]

I just hada chat with the lad who i had him off he said he did a few times when he was younger then he never done it again he said he hasnt been out ina while due to having a newly born child.

[pip1968 2,490]

  On 30/04/2013 at 14:56, joshc123 said:

I just hada chat with the lad who i had him off he said he did a few times when he was younger then he never done it again he said he hasnt been out ina while due to having a newly born child.

if your happy with the dog and it doesnt get to bad its yapping,i would just carry on ad if you have your own permo it wont be a problem

[haymin 2,465]

If you pm bird or dogge77 of here they have the same problem they could point you in the right direction )

[Millet 4,497]

Fook it take it out and get it as many easy run's as you can..at the end of the day you are in charge..and for the love of god don't pass it on if you fail to achieve..just keep plugging away and it will come good if you are determined.. ..no matter how much noise it make's OR does not make you should be happy it's doing something else good.

[doge77 51]

The dog that birddog and haymin is going on about is my little bull cross, i cant point you in any direction as i have never tried to correct it as it is not that bad. Its when its her first couple of rabbits of the night and she goes in for a strike and misses then rabbit makes distance on her she will little out a couple of yips, or if she has not been out for a while or on a fast rabbit but theres times when i can take her out for a few nights in a row and not here anything.

She has a very high prey drive,very keen and gives 100% in the chase and strike, would have made a handy little pre ban fox dog. I think a lot of people are always looking for that perfect lurcher but they are very few and far between if any, i would still have a dog that gave a yip now and again that caught than a silent dog that did not ( haymin knows what i am on about), it does not bother me and i dont see it as a problem but it might be the worst possible thing for others but thats her and its still the best and most fun for £100 i have ever spent.

Edited April 30, 2013 by doge77

[haymin 2,465]

  On 30/04/2013 at 22:28, doge77 said:

The dog that birddog and haymin is going on about is my little bull cross, i cant point you in any direction as i have never tried to correct it as it is not that bad. Its when its her first couple of rabbits of the night and she goes in for a strike and misses then rabbit makes distance on her she will little out a couple of yips, or if she has not been out for a while or on a fast rabbit but theres times when i can take her out for a few nights in a row and not here anything.

She has a very high prey drive,very keen and gives 100% in the chase and strike, would have made a handy little pre ban fox dog. I think a lot of people are always looking for that perfect lurcher but they are very few and far between if any, i would still have a dog that gave a yip now and again that caught than a silent dog that did not ( haymin knows what i am on about), it does not bother me and i dont see it as a problem but it might be the worst possible thing for others but thats her and its still the best and most fun for £100 i have ever spent.

oooooo fa wrote that fir ya darlin lol must admit she's no done it on last couple of trips we've had see ya the night bra wind ) harpers a great little dog Scott keep up the good work with it some strike she has

[doge77 51]

Cheers jim