Bitch Stopped Working

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I was thinking the house made her soft i didn't slip her lastnight just shone the lamp on rabbits and she had no interest she's worked well up to last week

[flynndog 543]

Sounds like shes gone stale I read somewhere it happens think it was edrd a couple year ago but its as though they just turn off

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Did he sort it out.its like she never hunted before

[kanigra 110]

Gone stale!! Put her back out & leave her a week she'll come back!!!!!

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I can't keep her outdoors im moving in a few days and theres no back garden so i have to keep her in the house

[MAACCY 105]

Have you gave her slips that she has got no chance of catching

[Qbgrey 4,137]

id get a running dog vet to check dog out first.then go from thier,seems very odd,bringing dog in should not of done that.gone soft...ffs,does living in a kennel make you hard???

[tb25 4,627]

am no expert but the dog being out or in isent going to make or brake surley??

[digginmad2011 57]

id get a running dog vet to check dog out first.then go from thier,seems very odd,bringing dog in should not of done that.gone soft...ffs,does living in a kennel make you hard???

I wouldnt mess with a bloke that lived outside in a kennel lol

[stripes 401]

More than likely the bitch is hurting somewere maybe pain inside the chest or heart, living indoors would make no difference at all to a working lurcher, in my opinion.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

She's not sore she runs around the park full speed every day. And the night before i brang her in she got five rabbits i dont slip her if the rabbit is to far so that didn't turn her off.

[stripes 401]

How is her sight ? strange one this, i have kept lurchers for a long time, baffles me.

[hollands hope 1,024]

Can anyone on here clarify to me what "gone stale" means ,as i never heard of that expression before.

[stripes 401]

Can anyone on here clarify to me what "gone stale" means ,as i never heard of that expression before.

Me neither,, it means cant be bothered, given up.

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Living in doesn't make a dog "soft" or stop it working. Whatever stopped it working is something else. That might not be the answer you're looking for but it's the truth.

However, if you do bring a kennel dog in, it must have access to drinking water at all times, it must have a cool but draft free bed to go to and it must be taken out at regular intervals for the toilet until it's learned and is able to wait. This may need a bit of patience and a bucket, sponge and disinfectant kept handy. Punishment is not the way to go here.