tote 856 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 (edited) I had a walk out tonight with Jimmy,I took my pup Amy who's just short of 10 months and Jimmy took his air rifle.We were out at 7.45pm and back home at 9pm.There were a few rabbits about Jimmy shot 3 and Amy caught 6. The best run of the night saw the bitch running up and down a bracken covered bank before she finally caught the rabbit,she retrieved the rabbit about 100 yards but stopped 5 yards short.I must admit though her retrieving is a bit hit and miss. Edited October 30, 2007 by tote Quote Link to post
snoopdog 1,256 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 nice looking pooch tote ..... not a bad night mate .....but you got to admitt its better with the dog than the rifle Quote Link to post
lindsay 1 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 nice one mate,pups looking really well Quote Link to post
swandog1 50 Posted October 30, 2007 Report Share Posted October 30, 2007 nice one tote av just got back in a got 4 not that bad considering my dogs bean off for a few weeks lame . spot on Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,483 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 nice bage there , for an hours work with a pup. nice looking animal as well. TOMO Quote Link to post
inan 841 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 nice looking pooch tote ..... not a bad night mate .....but you got to admitt its better with the dog than the rifle Youre not wrong there Snoops ,nothing beats dog work ,imo.Magwitch and I shoot a lot of bunnies out of my 4x4 ,but it isnt the same ,doesnt give you that buzz,unfortuanately ,a lot of our permission is dense orchards ,and its not a good idea to be running a dog in there after bunnies,espcially at night.Inan. Quote Link to post
Crow 1 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 An hour or so in the field and a healthy bag to show for it - nice one she retrieved the rabbit about 100 yards but stopped 5 yards short. I must admit her retrieving is a bit hit and miss Next time, when she's about 10 yards away turn around and start to take a few of paces away from her. Stop, turn round, drop to one knee and quetly call her in - she'll come! Then give her loads of praise. Do this a few times at the start of the night and she'll soon learn. Good luck. Crow Quote Link to post
cúagusgiorraí 57 Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Great! I am glad Amy is coming along well. Keep it up! Quote Link to post
tote 856 Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 An hour or so in the field and a healthy bag to show for it - nice one she retrieved the rabbit about 100 yards but stopped 5 yards short. I must admit her retrieving is a bit hit and miss Next time, when she's about 10 yards away turn around and start to take a few of paces away from her. Stop, turn round, drop to one knee and quetly call her in - she'll come! Then give her loads of praise. Do this a few times at the start of the night and she'll soon learn. Good luck. Crow Thanks Crow,I am already doing what you suggest Sometimes she'll catch a rabbit say 50-60 yards away and only carry it 10 yards The thing is she brings her dummy back fine so hopefully I'll get there in the end. Quote Link to post
Guest world.hunters Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 nice catch there mate, pups looking well. keep it up w.h Quote Link to post
Guest Frank Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Well presented photo and nice catch. The lurher looks well too. Good luck. Quote Link to post
spudlington 3 Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Nice catch and bitch looks in good condition Quote Link to post
Guest SJM Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 Nice one, nice looking dog too. Try jogging off in the opposite direction when she starts to carry towards you, if she thinks shes going to be left behind she should speed up her retreive, then you can squat down to encourage her the last few yards, and when she brings it give her lots of praise. Quote Link to post
tote 856 Posted November 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I was back out again tonight with Amy,this time my mate Tam came with me,he had his Air Arms Pro Sport as he was hoping to get some shots. The rabbits however had a different idea,only one of them sat tight untill we were in range and Tam made no mistake.That was the first rabbit of the night. Amy accounted for the other five She is coming on a treat and is starting to look down the beam for the rabbits.The five rabbits she caught tonight were all retrieved into about 5-10 yards,one of them was about 150 yards away when she caught it,when I went to take it off her she released it before I had my hand on it and off it went again She soon caught it but the same thing happened another twice before I managed to put my foot on it. On checking and washing her feet on our return I noticed that she'd caught one of her dew claws It doesn't seem to be giving her any grief though. For me dew claws on a running dog are an accident waiting to happen Any litters I breed have them removed,if they're not there they can't get caught on anything. Quote Link to post
cúagusgiorraí 57 Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Hi, Amy is doing well. Dew claw damage is quite annoying. Hope she recovers well. Quote Link to post
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