What Am I Doing Wrong

[colliexgreyhound 119]

None if the dogs where tried until the where of right age 14-18 months

[jf1970 328]

if you are trying them at 14-18mths old and they are ALL jacking, then that tells you that you are testing them to early.

[tjones3862 3,423]

4 dogs in 5 years ,,some think dont add up,,,you must be getting a new pup, before 1 of them get chance of coming up to scratch,, proberly still a pup at heart,

Edited August 12, 2014 by tjones3862

[hounddog3 751]

You may get a new pass time or get a decent fox man to get a dog for you but take your time.there are alot of dogs kill 1 or 2 then dont wanna no .

[stripes 401]

You can only question the dog you bred yourself, buying in pups from so called single handed fox dogs that you cant prove,, it takes a special kind of dog with heart to take regular foxes season after season,, night after night. worker to worker is as good as it gets, but its still no guarantee cg.

[alan81 110]

as said already mate if you haven't seen the sire and dam take fox then you just don't know. if your pups are coming from dogs only used for rabbits well then you'd be lucky to get a good fox dog. if your pups did come from single handed dogs then its a case of bad luck picking the pups. you could breed the two best single handed dogs you can find have 10 pups and if 2 of the pups are as good as the parents then your lucky. not all pups make it no matter how well bred they are.

[THE STIFFMEISTER 16,367]

I'd spoil there fun for a while

 

Show them a few foxes and don't slip .....

 

Let them chase bunnies mate

[kevin kiely 66]

im not surprised four dogs didnt work for ya pal.it comes easy to some dogs and most are just not up to it it might not be down to what your doing with them

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

4 dogs in 5 years ,,some think dont add up,,,you must be getting a new pup, before 1 of them get chance of coming up to scratch,, proberly still a pup at heart,

Yep. My pup is 13 months and there is no way she would see teeth this season even if it was legal. Certainly not in the next 6 months anyway. She is still very immature.

 

Sure some are ready at 9-10 months but it's all about knowing your stock. Isn't it?

[Wales1234 5,568]

When I was a kid seen dogs not be interested at 18 months old and kill foxes for fun just after they turned two you righting off pups before they even start mate

[morton 5,368]

In the past 5 years I've reared 4 lurcher pups with the intention of using them on foxes. Everyone of them hasn't made the grade and all where from single handed parents. Never entered them too early and always entered them alongside an experienced dog for the first 4 or 5 goes. 1 pup who was 3/4 greyhound collie just barked its head of at them. Another was a deerhound bull x he showed great potential with another dog took teeth and never bothered him in the slightest but wouldn't do them single handed just ran them till they got away. The last two where brother and sister they where 9/16 greyhound 7/16 bull probably the best bred pups I'll likely ever get hold of but the bitch has no interest whatsoever apart from rabbits the dog dances round foxes nipping and barking at them. They are 18 months old. What am I doing wrong.

18 months old may hold the clue,the same mutts in a more experienced kennel,with another season under them,be the type of dog that yanks your pony.

[little hedz 118]

Buy a gun shoot the dogs then use the gun on foxes in future problems solved

[charlie boy 85]

very productive post there little hedz you flaming idiot

[3 Turns 326]

ALRIGHT MATE .

DO YOU KNOW ANY TERRIER MEN .?

GO ON A FEW EXPEDITIONS WITH THEM

THATLL BRING EM ON.ATB.

[roybo 2,873]

A half decent bull cross should be capable of a Fox come 18 months of age ,and if anything need holding back from doing numbers.

Doing ones and twos,if bred right,then resting up,kept winning,should be within

It's capabilities.

We're talking 18 months not 10 - 11 months thought and this is where the damage can be done,also working whole not fit or sore will sicken quicker than most things.

I certainly wouldn't be giving up at 18 months though.As has been said some are still immature at that age and could be raring to go in 12 months from that age.

Keep trying and give them some more time