The Adaptability Of Lurchers

[socks 32,253]

We all know that lurchers have many talents and can do a wide array of jobs from ferreting ... Lamping ... Bushing ... working in a beating line etc etc .... If I am honest I take it for granted that my dogs should be able to do a variety of different jobs and I get a bit blaze' about it ... I was on one of my contract jobs today which is predominantly squirrels and a fox every couple of weeks ... But as I said mainly squirrels ... I noticed today that as soon as the youngster realises what piece of ground she is on she adapts her hunting style ... On this piece of land apart from the normal style of hunting she does a lot more air scenting and actually stops and scans the trees for squirrels and any she spots she will follow until I take a shot at it ...,she knows this place is squirrel city and channels her efforts to catching them .... Anybody else noticed their dogs doing this ......

 

She took this one as it was about five foot up the tree trying to make its escape ........

 

[TOMO 26,767]

Two week ago out with vin ferreting on some flat land in lincs,,, up and down some hedgerows,,,would Venus stand next to us on the warrens,,,, would she feck,,,, all she would do is keep trotting out in to the prairie head held high then stoping and scanning the fields,,,,, she thinks the flat land is for other sport,,,lol

[R.A.W 1,987]

I know exactly what your saying..........my lurchers only hunt the trees when i exercise them on one part of the farm. They have alot of fun this time of years with the leaves off the trees the hedges around are pretty old so the squirrels have to drop to the floor from time to time to get to the bigger trees. If I've got a ferret box on my back they never look up

 

It's funny seeing a lurcher up a tree looking back at you with a look of " How do I get down from here dad".

[weasle 1,119]

Slightly different but seen em get excited going towards certain places when they have killed something there before even if it was the first and last time there.

Back in the day had a dog that loved foxes the sound of a magpie chattering would have her flat out to see what it had seen.

Truth is they take it all in and probably know us better than we know our selves.

[socks 32,253]

They ain't as dull as some people think they are ..........