starting the season with a young dog

[sniffer 167]

If hare coursing wasent banned now's the time of the year to start running a young dog on a few leverate's

[tyson 1]

plenty of droppies till the dogs mature enough and make sure he/she is striking like a cobra and the grounds soft enough for Mr i have an S for superhare on my chest and im gonna straight line you!!! try n keep double up to a minimum as no point in letting a young dog get used to other dogs waiting to kill the hare for em

[billybear 32]

plenty of droppies till the dogs mature enough and make sure he/she is striking like a cobra and the grounds soft enough for Mr i have an S for superhare on my chest and im gonna straight line you!!! try n keep double up to a minimum as no point in letting a young dog get used to other dogs waiting to kill the hare for em

 

 

 

Thank you all for putting a good topic up and all answering with tidy answers i am starting a young dog she has basically been a pup for the last 11 months running with the terrier picking up the odd bolt in the day i have taken her lamping twice first time 2 weeks ago let her watch my mates dogs run she looked very very keen constantly watching me as if too say can i have a go she had 2 runs 1 easy one she cought with ease then she when back on the slip let her watch for a bit more she spotted one at the end of the beam that she wanted not a easy run by any means very torn weather i should slip her she seemed keen so let her run she cought that too. i was more than impressed to say the least.

 

second time she was like a pro 5 runs all with big time gaps between so she didn get over worked cought 4 of them so looking forward too getting a few more now

[shaun v 3]

shaun the pup off of lofty is it out of luke and sally?i give my pups loads of daytime rabbits with the terriers and lamp them early on selected runs then bring onto hares a little early than you should in the season like now [only pups] on small land if that is how your pup is bred mate was with the brother to it the weekend an another pup off of luke back to a bitch called baz [i think] from wales

ive got nothing but praise for mine at the moment leec she is a very placid bitch with a nasty streak to boot when needed , she's around the 26 inch mark red with a smooth coat, my pal joe has a dog which you wouldnt think was its brother, its around the 27 + mark really rough coated but he's very nimble and agile for his size and clever, now the other bitch i got off baz she is 24 inches smooth brindle and like a coiled spring very excitable.

as soon as i get a fire lead for my camera i will get some pictures up of them.

over the summer ive been lucky around here with plenty of rabbits just walking distance from the house and there's been alot of mixyi aswell so the pups have been getting there fair share of stuff.

but there wont be trips to the fens till the back end of october thats if the ground is ok for them , the farthest they will be going is quick trips down the a1 and some permision ive got up the dales for the rabbits

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[cúagusgiorraí 57]

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[leec 132]

well bred pups them mate the pup my pal got is a big rough dog off of luke an sally he is like a redy colour thye pup out off baz is a red feathery dog running very well im running a pup out off old ghost sophie an bandit lines good luck for the season let me no how they go mate

[shaun v 3]

i was down englands who had ghost , it was about 3yrs back, tryed lining a bitch i had but age had caught up with him by then , think he was about 12yrs old but looked in really good nick.

keep in touch leec would like to here how the siblings make out,

i might sort a puppy stake out if i get time later in the year,

ive got the docherty brothers up tomorrow, they are bringing a bitch up to be lined by flint, its out of charlie and ruby and its the full brother to the jocko dog, which is a real good one

[boo28 0]

im starting the season with a couple of young dogs which when they are right in my mind will be run on hares but also used from general mooching to lamping.

what i would like to hear is peoples different methods at starting and entering there young dogs from exercising to running there first rabbit.

pleasing no bitching on this one, i want everyone to have a open mind on this

i would never run a dog before 9 month still a pup before that

[leec 132]

il keep in touch mate the pups are running well this end be ready for next season to be tested properly but showing good promise

[BRAN 0]

Mostly coursing I do. Sucess is the name of the game with pups, a dropped rabbit at around eight months, and then at around a year or so when the dog has matured , a stung hare. I try to dictate the tempo of hunts(not often sucessful) but the young dog is only slipped on a clean bit of ground, with a dog who is bona fide and with pips, a dog who knows the story with obstacles and the wiles of a hare, has worked so far Try to avoid rabbits with a coursing dog, think it makes them cute to ditches, I like coursing dogs to be conditioned to the fact their true quarry runs a long time.

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

he,s very keen to go, he has done most of my neighbours cats,

 

Um, slightly off topic but what do you mean by 'done' your neighbours cats?

 

This is a great thread, as I'm not really working Griff in the technical sense, but I do like to go out mooching about. So far he's only been on rough ground, in the woods etc. Seems keen when were out and follows his nose around a lot. Hoping to get out soon and get him coursing with his sister, who is already working and doing well. Hopefully he'll pick it up from her 'cause I've never done any of this before

[snoopdog 1,256]

i know what you mean LG ..whats he on about done the nieghbours cat .. knowing baz he proberly means its shagged em

[baz 464]

correct snoop .....they wont be sat on the wall winding him up at 2.30 am any more...thats for sure.....

[DUCKWING 302]

im starting the season with a couple of young dogs which when they are right in my mind will be run on hares but also used from general mooching to lamping.

what i would like to hear is peoples different methods at starting and entering there young dogs from exercising to running there first rabbit.

pleasing no bitching on this one, i want everyone to have a open mind on this

 

 

WELL SV ,

 

I COULD GO THROUGH ALL THE INs AND OUTs OF THEY WAY IT BREAK A DOG IN ....... BUT I DONT WANT TO BORE ANY OF THE LADS ON HERE .................

 

SO INSTEAD I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIT OF ADVICE ................

 

IF I WAS YOU ............. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE PUPS ROUND TO OLD YORKIE AND GOT THEM BROKEN IN PROPERLY

 

 

ALL THE BEST

 

DUCKWING

[snoopdog 1,256]

im starting the season with a couple of young dogs which when they are right in my mind will be run on hares but also used from general mooching to lamping.

what i would like to hear is peoples different methods at starting and entering there young dogs from exercising to running there first rabbit.

pleasing no bitching on this one, i want everyone to have a open mind on this

 

 

WELL SV ,

 

I COULD GO THROUGH ALL THE INs AND OUTs OF THEY WAY IT BREAK A DOG IN ....... BUT I DONT WANT TO BORE ANY OF THE LADS ON HERE .................

 

SO INSTEAD I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIT OF ADVICE ................

 

IF I WAS YOU ............. I WOULD HAVE TAKEN THE PUPS ROUND TO OLD YORKIE AND GOT THEM BROKEN IN PROPERLY

 

 

ALL THE BEST

 

DUCKWING

crack on duckwing i would like to here your ins and outs of the way to break a young dog in