A Test Day For Tilly With Some Cracking Pics From Chalkwarren ..........

[Ideation 8,216]

Good do on all accounts. The young dog and old dog are both a credit. Your are reaping what you have sown. Shows why it's worth putting in the effort to get good blood and school it well. Partner for life hopefully.

[mr scent 665]

Very interesting lads,iv never seen a lurcher be able to do that and id never dream of even tryin to train one to cause the lurchers i have are just no clever enough lol like myself .How young would you start training your dogs to do it and have they ever taken a kick off cattle

[nothernlite 18,080]

Very interesting lads,iv never seen a lurcher be able to do that and id never dream of even tryin to train one to cause the lurchers i have are just no clever enough lol like myself .How young would you start training your dogs to do it and have they ever taken a kick off cattle

chase cattle ?

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Very interesting lads,iv never seen a lurcher be able to do that and id never dream of even tryin to train one to cause the lurchers i have are just no clever enough lol like myself .How young would you start training your dogs to do it and have they ever taken a kick off cattle

 

 

As I said ,...it is not a good thing to encourage a rabbiting/coursing jukel to get involved with farm livestock....Unless there is a financial reason, to make their acquaintance,..I would advise all lurcher enthusiasts, to steer clear of steers,..it will only end in tears.

 

All the best, Chalkwarren..

Edited May 4, 2013 by CHALKWARREN

[mr scent 665]

Excellent post chalky ,i was by no means having a pop with my post but you have me intruiged now to be honest

[FUJI 17,287]

Brilliant stuff,cracking day is that and more importantly vital education for Tilly,all the mutts look great..well done guys...oh and as for the cattle craic my cur Don wont look at em UNLESS I give him the "get on" and he will soon get them on the move,his grand sire whom I owned would also get them out of your feet if need be BUT he was a b*****d for rounding them up and bringing them back towards you at full tilt haha...

[tjones3862 3,423]

the pup looks well any pics of the end of the days catch,it wud finish the post off,,

[Cleanspade 3,322]

thanks for posting gents. these sort of posts set the benchmark for youngsters to aspire to .

[bunnys 1,228]

all good stuff but as we know its just normal for the old cur to shift on unwanted attention wether ma or beast ,just moving them on atb bunnys..

[skycat 6,173]

Years ago I had a little Beardie lurcher. She accompanied me on my pest control rounds every day, which included various farms. One thing she was scared of were cattle. She'd inch her way past the calf pens shaking like a leaf in a high wind, eyes rolling, tail tucked between her legs. Out in the fields she gave all cattle a very wide berth ... yet she took all quarry which was legal at the time, was an excellent fox dog and totally not the nervous dog you'd see if there were cattle about.

One day, when she was about 4 years old, we were ambushed by a herd of stroppy bullocks on a disused railway line, between embankments: nowhere to hide or dodge out of the way. That little bitch just flew at them, nipping at noses and heels and barking and turned them and drove them all the way back to their field. She came back metaphorically dusting her hands off, looking well pleased with herself.

She overcame her fear to protect me, of that I'm sure, and from then on she'd look hard at any cow we came across, but never ever tried to chase unless the cow showed aggression. If it stood still, she ignored it, but if it came towards us she'd do the herding thing again and push it away. That Collie blood was useful in the end. I still stock break my pups to ignore cattle, but it is useful to know that a dog will help out its owner when the need arises. I doubt that dogs with no herding blood in their veins would have that instinctive ability.

[littlefish 585]

Great pics. Those bitches certainly look 'fit for function'

[nothernlite 18,080]

Years ago I had a little Beardie lurcher. She accompanied me on my pest control rounds every day, which included various farms. One thing she was scared of were cattle. She'd inch her way past the calf pens shaking like a leaf in a high wind, eyes rolling, tail tucked between her legs. Out in the fields she gave all cattle a very wide berth ... yet she took all quarry which was legal at the time, was an excellent fox dog and totally not the nervous dog you'd see if there were cattle about.

One day, when she was about 4 years old, we were ambushed by a herd of stroppy bullocks on a disused railway line, between embankments: nowhere to hide or dodge out of the way. That little bitch just flew at them, nipping at noses and heels and barking and turned them and drove them all the way back to their field. She came back metaphorically dusting her hands off, looking well pleased with herself.

She overcame her fear to protect me, of that I'm sure, and from then on she'd look hard at any cow we came across, but never ever tried to chase unless the cow showed aggression. If it stood still, she ignored it, but if it came towards us she'd do the herding thing again and push it away. That Collie blood was useful in the end. I still stock break my pups to ignore cattle, but it is useful to know that a dog will help out its owner when the need arises. I doubt that dogs with no herding blood in their veins would have that instinctive ability.

do bedlingtons have herding instinct because i have a we beddy x that will do the same when told to like most of the lurchers ive had

Edited May 5, 2013 by nothernlite

[Saluki246 1,053]

Top pics and read. I was out for a few hours early this morning and if my young lurcher was not with me, i think i would of got crushed to death by a heard of mad bullocks that had just been let out on fresh grass, this tends to make them crazy for a while as they have been housed all winter in barns, so when out on fresh grass, its like a sugar rush for them lol...

My bitch did well to keep them back till i got the hell out of their... !!

[mark hill 1]

GREAT PICS THANKS FOR PUTTING THEM UP . CHEERS MARK

[skycat 6,173]

 

Years ago I had a little Beardie lurcher. She accompanied me on my pest control rounds every day, which included various farms. One thing she was scared of were cattle. She'd inch her way past the calf pens shaking like a leaf in a high wind, eyes rolling, tail tucked between her legs. Out in the fields she gave all cattle a very wide berth ... yet she took all quarry which was legal at the time, was an excellent fox dog and totally not the nervous dog you'd see if there were cattle about.

One day, when she was about 4 years old, we were ambushed by a herd of stroppy bullocks on a disused railway line, between embankments: nowhere to hide or dodge out of the way. That little bitch just flew at them, nipping at noses and heels and barking and turned them and drove them all the way back to their field. She came back metaphorically dusting her hands off, looking well pleased with herself.

She overcame her fear to protect me, of that I'm sure, and from then on she'd look hard at any cow we came across, but never ever tried to chase unless the cow showed aggression. If it stood still, she ignored it, but if it came towards us she'd do the herding thing again and push it away. That Collie blood was useful in the end. I still stock break my pups to ignore cattle, but it is useful to know that a dog will help out its owner when the need arises. I doubt that dogs with no herding blood in their veins would have that instinctive ability.

do bedlingtons have herding instinct because i have a we beddy x that will do the same when told to like most of the lurchers ive had

 

I reckon all sorts of dogs have an instinct to protect their homes, owners etc: doesn't matter what breed. It has to be because dogs have been bred for thousands of years to protect us, work for us, etc etc. But there's a difference between the way a herding type will go about the business of keeping cattle back, or actually driving it. My old Deer/Grey put herself between me and a mad bullock once, lunged forward and grabbed its nose as it charged, but she didn't attempt to drive it away once it had stopped being a mad bugger. She reacted to the threat, but had no instinct to drive off.