1St Season Dogs...

[nottzhunter08 898]

heres my bitch LASS... done a few bits last season but managed to get out to decent ground tis season and started baggin up.... shes 20 months and sowing some great potenetial and doin really well for her age.... cheers for looking...

some cracking dogs on this thread good luck for the rest of the season guys.

 

 

[storm323 191]

My dog she's a collie-greyhound-whippet she's 19 months old now so here first season had 6 at the end of last season! She's doing ok so far best night I've had with her is 17 and she's done that twice! But not pushing her to hard enjoying seeing her run!

[nottzhunter08 898]

cracking dog pal

[MR RABBIT 715]

110 rabbits on very wet night...for 1st season dogs i.e yearlings...as debate do u think thats too much i.e some hold dogs back nearly and somtimes two or over two year old before testing them hence do u let a good night pass cause dogs a yearling

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[shaaark 10,919]

110 rabbits on very wet night...for 1st season dogs i.e yearlings...as debate do u think thats too much i.e some hold dogs back nearly and somtimes two or over two year old before testing them hence do u let a good night pass cause dogs a yearling

 

 

 

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If one of the dogs caught 105 rabbits, I'd say yes, that is pushing it a bit.

I don't care who disagrees with me or whatever, but seeing as I am not a keeper, pest controller, professional hunter or someone that needs to 'test' their young dogs to the limit for whatever reason, I find all this 'numbers' crap very disheartening, and am not surprised that there are so many potentially good young dogs being ruined every f**cking year!

[Poacherspocket 189]

If a dogs got anywhere near hundred rabbits they cant be very hard rabbits that are going to do the dog any harm. All my spots locally are hard to lamp if you get 8 rabbits with a good dog youve done really well its them sorts of situations id worry about doing the dog harm. That is ofcourse if the dog is fully grown etc.

[MR RABBIT 715]

very true shaark

 

once growing done,,this got me thinking on ,,on holding back topic on htl ,,,,iam I doing wrong ,,,,someone said dogs 26 month not done much which is fair play if its going to be a large dog still got growing to do and mature

 

but whens all said and done ,,,,a yearlying full off life and fit ,,when I talk about a yearlying 15month to 18month ,,,all going well ,,why shouldn't they be ,,,,???? I could wait till that one night as over 2year old and dog could end it carreer in one run,,,,,i belive hold pups back,,,,but 1st season yearlings give them a go

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[MR RABBIT 715]

true ,,,,but when 3 figure bag happens,,,there is a lot off sitters,,,but it is still a shift for dogs,,,,,iam agreeing with you,,,

 

poacher

 

 

most importantly tests young dogs prey drive ,,,as ull be surprised how many lurchers will get fed up in such a number easy rabbits or not

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[Poacherspocket 189]

Before any one picks up on what i said i dont want to take anything away from the dog or the numbers it has caught because it is some work. A better example of what i mean is round my way if i got 100 rabbits my dog would have had to have missed 100 to 150 it is extremely hard going and them figures round my way is impossible. Its the catch rate that matters.

[MR RABBIT 715]

poacher ,,,no one will pick on what uve said,,,,as every part of contry and terrain is diffrent

 

 

I,e highland lamping is different to lowland lamping,,,,some plls look at me strange when I say that,,,,but its true ,,,horses for courses

 

and numbers and oppertunitties can vary a lot for a young dog ,,,,,depending on the area in the country they live in,,and species

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[MR RABBIT 715]

my point was going on young dogs ,,,,do u wait two year hold them back or let them go,,,,in a way I propbley posted in wrong topic ,,,torn between 1st season dogs and holding back topic......

 

big bags only prove one thing I think barr dog man how fit yer dog is and land u have asscess to .....is a dogs prey drive to keep going,,,,hence I always fancied andys don dog to put to my whipgrey,,,for breeding for me a big bag if possible if lucky enough proves one thing (preydrive ) the rest is up to my training pretty much

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[Poacherspocket 189]

Breeding will have a big part to play too. This may sound silly but my collie/kelpie/whippet/grey didnt really do much till he was 18 month and he didnt start to work properly in my eyes till he had been bitten. The best thing i did was take him ratting and squirelling then he picked up. Maybe i held him off too long and buy the time he was mature he was a little wimp so i toughened him up a bit and his prey drive is now really good. My bullx bitch had rabbits day time from being too young and her prey drives through the roof. However shes now a house dog for the rest of her days at 18 months of age unfortunatly.

[MR RABBIT 715]

now when u say bitten by a squeaker ,,,yeah only then I would say 2year plus,,,,u hav a good point their poacher,,,as younger I would say hit or miss....on them,,would safe a lot of dogs getting rehomed,,but naturally u would wait longer on a squeaker for that as I see too many young guys passing them about cos they wont do them a 12 month,,,i,e big squeakers

Edited November 28, 2014 by MR RABBIT

[Poacherspocket 189]

Good job iv got a load of patience and im soft as shite when it comes to my dogs cos i know one of my dogs would be in the ground and the other would have been moved on if they were anyone elses. My dog has had terrible look with injuries and its only this last 6 month hes started to work properly hes now 3. And my bull x bitch is a cabbage to put it bluntly but she sleeps at the end of my bed every night and never leaves my side at home.

[mud 2,044]

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Edited December 2, 2014 by mud