INTRODUCING THE LAMP

[Guest big e]

Going to take my pup on his first night out this week,taking along my mate with his saluki cross,shes already on the lamp just wondering any advice on which way to start him should i let him watch her and keep him on the lead for the first few times out or should i try and get him started first time

[Guest bitsa lurcher]

take him on his own

[Guest big e]

take him on his own

whys that mate

[Guest nitevision]

if your pup has half a brain it should pretty quickly learn what lamping is all about,wether you want to let it watch your mates dog run and catch or not its up to you,id just take the pup out on its own and get on with it,has it chased much in daytime

[Guest big e]

if your pup has half a brain it should pretty quickly learn what lamping is all about,wether you want to let it watch your mates dog run and catch or not its up to you,id just take the pup out on its own and get on with it,has it chased much in daytime

he has caught a few bunnies daytime

[Guest nitevision]

well good luck with your lamping,let us know how you get on.

[Guest SHOT]

ive never used another dog to show a pup the ropes where lampings concerned

cant imagine it helping a young dog any.

find some easy sitters for it and walk the pup up to them.

the young dog wont know what your shining at but when the rabbit gets up slip the dog.

only run at rabbits the pup has a good chance at catching and build it up.

also get it back on the slip immediatly after the run and stick to it only allowing it off to run its next easy rabbit/sitter it needs to know its straight back to the slip should it lose it.

in time it will associate the lamp being switched on with game and will start to look/follow the beam

it will take some time for the penny to drop some get there sooner than others you just need to have patience

edited to add switch the lamp off the moment the dogs lost or caught its game.

Edited August 12, 2007 by SHOT

[Guest big e]

ive never used another dog to show a pup the ropes where lampings concerned

cant imagine it helping a young dog any.

find some easy sitters for it and walk the pup up to them.

the young dog wont know what your shining at but when the rabbit gets up slip the dog.

only run at rabbits the pup has a good chance at catching and build it up.

also get it back on the slip immediatly after the run and stick to it only allowing it off to run its next easy rabbit/sitter it needs to know its straight back to the slip should it lose it.

in time it will associate the lamp being switched on with game and will start to look/follow the beam

it will take some time for the penny to drop some get there sooner than others you just need to have patience

edited to add switch the lamp off the moment the dogs lost or caught its game.

thanks for the advice gonna go out midweek let yous no how he goes.

[Guest bitsa lurcher]

take him on his own

whys that mate

 

i think it's allways better for a young dog to learn his/her own style , and also puts a stop to a young dog picking up any bad habits from the older dog , even if the older dog has no bad habits , i have seen an older dog get posessive over a rabbit , and snap at the young dog , put the young dog right off

[gaz 284]

Some good advice here mate,as im just starting another young dog on the lamp at present heres another bit for you,if you know some ground where the rabbits run to dry-stone walls,take it here as this gives them a good chance of early catches without getting them too frustrated as some young dogs can take a while for the penny to drop and sometimes can miss plenty at first.You should find them bunnies will either run up and down the wall or bounce straight off them into your pups mouth giving it plenty of confidence for the future

 

Two of my favorite places to start pups on the lamp is on a driving range (golfcourse) where on one side has a 300 yard plus length net about 10 feet high running down to the bottom of the range,i slip the pup from the opposite side and run the rabbits into it...a bit like a big feck off longnet with no bagging i suppose but it does the trick to get the pup going and gives them guaranteed success,for a expierenced dog it would be like lambs to the slaughter

 

Another place is at the back of a football ground where the boundrie onto fields has a 500 yard plus fence of solid corragated iron fence about 8 feet high where the rabbits run to when lamped as they burrie at the other side,coming in to the feilds through small gaps at the bottom and this too is another good killing place for a young dog,just as a dry-stone wall would be for your pup mate

[skycat 6,173]

SHot said: switch the lamp off the moment the dogs lost or caught its game.

 

Personally I don't do this for the first few times out on the lamp with a young dog when they catch: they can fumble or drop the rabbit just after they catch it and if you keep the beam on then they can pick it up again before its gone too far. If you've turned the beam off then the chances are that the rabbit will escape, especially if its near a hedge.

[Morris 0]

I have to agree with most off the lads on here, take the pup out by itself. A few sitters or even if they have been lamped quite a bit you should be fit to get some 10 or 15 yard slip's.

[inan 841]

SHot said: switch the lamp off the moment the dogs lost or caught its game.

 

Personally I don't do this for the first few times out on the lamp with a young dog when they catch: they can fumble or drop the rabbit just after they catch it and if you keep the beam on then they can pick it up again before its gone too far. If you've turned the beam off then the chances are that the rabbit will escape, especially if its near a hedge.

I,m with you on this one "skycat",if the bunny is near the cover,looking like its away,I "rock the beam",but never switch off,I found early on this just throws the dog off.Inan.