TheLurcherBoy 69 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have a whippet cross Bitch that is starting to eat rabbit and not retrive them... normally she would retrive but.now she rips them apart and eats them:( any advice plz Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have a whippet cross Bitch that is starting to eat rabbit and not retrive them... normally she would retrive but.now she rips them apart and eats them:( any advice plz just carry on she can only eat so many Quote Link to post
shaaark 10,907 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 I have a whippet cross Bitch that is starting to eat rabbit and not retrive them... normally she would retrive but.now she rips them apart and eats them:( any advice plz just carry on she can only eat so many Paulus you are a dry f****r 1 Quote Link to post
lewyboy 11 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 A had this was takeing mine out and not letting her run out just watching me mates bring back to hand and that but she only started to do when I give her the big stuff Quote Link to post
TheLurcherBoy 69 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 God help us.... Quote Link to post
lurchers ireland 367 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 the fact most rabbits are still small wouldnt be helpin your cause better off waitin until the winter 1 Quote Link to post
mushroom 13,237 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 When it does it again take the dogs head and kick the shiit out of it, should soon stop eating them Quote Link to post
lewyboy 11 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 Watch you don't put the dog off full stop doin that Quote Link to post
TheLurcherBoy 69 Posted July 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 the fact most rabbits are still small wouldnt be helpin your cause better off waitin until the winter was a big buck.... Quote Link to post
AirgunGuy 362 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 (edited) I've a whippet. When I started him he retrieved the 1st dozen or so live then started killing them. I put it down to him possibly being kicked when the lamp went out. He's had a few smaller rabbits recently and is retrieving again so I'm now thinking it was due to the weight of the bigger bucks. Whippets aren't big lurchers and can struggle with the weight of a big buck so it's easier for them to kill it 1st. Doesn't answer why your dog's eating them but he may have had a bad struggle with 1 and that could've possibly caused what he's doing. Same thing when a dog is switched on to foxes... they hit them hard after taking a bite or 2. Just a thought. Edited July 31, 2013 by AirgunGuy Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,089 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 maybe it enjoys them give the dog a rest then heres hoping Quote Link to post
beast 1,884 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 i would not let the dog near a live rabbit for now, because evry time it eats one it is getting more ad more enjoyment from it. go back to retrieving a skin, if the dog tries to eat that then back to a ball or dummy. 3 Quote Link to post
stripes 401 Posted July 31, 2013 Report Share Posted July 31, 2013 What were you doing with the rabbits before he started eating them,, if you were feeding them to the dog with skin on instead of skinning them first,, theres your answer,, what age is your dog? You will have to go back to recall training also, as beast has suggested. 3 Quote Link to post
TheLurcherBoy 69 Posted August 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 she has never been feed a rabbit as I was told not to by a lad ino.. she retrives a ball... and she's almost ,2 I will give the Rabbit skin ago 1 Quote Link to post
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted August 1, 2013 Report Share Posted August 1, 2013 I have a whippet cross Bitch that is starting to eat rabbit and not retrive them... normally she would retrive but.now she rips them apart and eats them:( any advice plz just carry on she can only eat so many Quote Link to post
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