Anyone Work A Cocker And A Lurcher

[Sean Horgan 5]

Got a cocker only 6 months and was considering getting a lurcher or two to work with him. However been informed this could ruin the chance of having a decent gun dog. Opinions on a postcard please lol

[ftm 3,357]

why would it ruin him ? as long as you got stop whistle command & leave it /dead command should be ok or it might run in on whatever the lurcher catches and tug ov war will commence which is a no -no in my eyes which would then probably result in hard mouth over possessive etc-thats my take on it any ways but other lads might have a different view on it -billy

[philstory 83]

I have both to work along side each other. which works fine but i don't use the cocker as a gun dog. not my thing

[paulus 26]

I have both to work along side each other. which works fine but i don't use the cocker as a gun dog. not my thing

the strange thing is i use a lurcher as a gundog

[philstory 83]

Good shout marra.

[samba 534]

mine used to find a lot off different stuff for the lurchers

[philstory 83]

I like the sound of that!!

[ftm 3,357]

think you got your answer mate -go for it -billy

[philstory 83]

 

photo of my cocker, been trying for ages to get me photos on here. can t get photos of me lurchers up !!!!

Edited November 26, 2013 by philstory

[samurai 178]

i work a cocker with 2 whippets & works fine for me.

[BIGLURKS 874]

I work my cocker with the lurchers only problems ive found is the dog starts chasing hares during a shoot kinda becomes a problem if your wanting the perfect gun dog in a beating line also he started too range a lot more and find it harder too keep him in close if it makes sense

[Stud dog 632]

My friend as two cockers and they work on shoots and with lurcher the problem I've seen in is lurcher is it also thinks its a

Bushing dog so when owt gets flush into the open the lurcher is in the cover I think this could be down to the fact the lurcher is a lot younger than the cockers and thinks it should be doing the same as them could be bad or good thing

Not for me I like my lurcher at my side when bushing but each to there own

 

P.S stunning cocker that bud A.T.B.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I trained mine as gundogs first, then started them with the lurchers later. They are great for hunting any quarry, I had springers and cockers in the past, both did the job, close-range hunting / flushing, retrieving, marking, tracking etc

 

Good luck

 

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