Lamping Dog (Key Attributes)

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Maybe it's just me but imo any half decent running dog can be a good lamper, nothing that hard in the game. Greats are a bit different though but behind both is an owner that is both keen as feck and has a fair bit of lamp savvy and it's him/her that makes the dog... No doubt about it!

Couldn't agree more,

Years ago lamped with a half bred terrier cross , no speed to talk about , worst feet I've ever seen and a short little terrier tail on it but game as f**k , caught most in or around the hedge ,

Wouldn't have swapped her for any fleet footed speed merchant

A dog will find a way of catching to suit it's attributes if you throw enough work at it ,

Hmmm, I get what you're saying, but I disagree. In 90% of the places where we're from, unless you've got a 'fast' type, you're going home empty handed, day or night. Not wishing to argue, just saying as it is, and always has been

That's interesting , because ive never thought speed as been a major issue in catching rabbits,

Are the rabbits super fast there ?? Not trying to be smart ,

I was always taken by how cunning a dog could run, we had one dog who would run his rabbit after a quick flick of the lamp , send him up in the dark , he trigged you had spotted a bunny and would run to that spot with the lamp off , give him a few seconds knock it back on and he was there on top of it ,

Thing is you can't teach that stuff , the dog don't need to be fleet footed either , it takes years on years and a good dog/owner partnership, I would never have bred with speed in mind , I just assumed the average runner was fast enough

Why are the rabbits so hard to catch there

I can't under stand why you want to turn the lamp off when your sending a dog down the beam....there had to be a lot of times when the lamp came back on and there was feck all there....we're it had got up in the dark....atb

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Maybe it's just me but imo any half decent running dog can be a good lamper, nothing that hard in the game. Greats are a bit different though but behind both is an owner that is both keen as feck and has a fair bit of lamp savvy and it's him/her that makes the dog... No doubt about it!

Couldn't agree more,

Years ago lamped with a half bred terrier cross , no speed to talk about , worst feet I've ever seen and a short little terrier tail on it but game as f**k , caught most in or around the hedge ,

Wouldn't have swapped her for any fleet footed speed merchant

A dog will find a way of catching to suit it's attributes if you throw enough work at it ,

Hmmm, I get what you're saying, but I disagree. In 90% of the places where we're from, unless you've got a 'fast' type, you're going home empty handed, day or night. Not wishing to argue, just saying as it is, and always has been

That's interesting , because ive never thought speed as been a major issue in catching rabbits,

Are the rabbits super fast there ?? Not trying to be smart ,

I was always taken by how cunning a dog could run, we had one dog who would run his rabbit after a quick flick of the lamp , send him up in the dark , he trigged you had spotted a bunny and would run to that spot with the lamp off , give him a few seconds knock it back on and he was there on top of it ,

Thing is you can't teach that stuff , the dog don't need to be fleet footed either , it takes years on years and a good dog/owner partnership, I would never have bred with speed in mind , I just assumed the average runner was fast enough

Why are the rabbits so hard to catch there

I can't under stand why you want to turn the lamp off when your sending a dog down the beam....there had to be a lot of times when the lamp came back on and there was feck all there....we're it had got up in the dark....atb

You would understand if you hunted where and what was hunted

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

 

 

 

 

Maybe it's just me but imo any half decent running dog can be a good lamper, nothing that hard in the game. Greats are a bit different though but behind both is an owner that is both keen as feck and has a fair bit of lamp savvy and it's him/her that makes the dog... No doubt about it!

Couldn't agree more,

Years ago lamped with a half bred terrier cross , no speed to talk about , worst feet I've ever seen and a short little terrier tail on it but game as f**k , caught most in or around the hedge ,

Wouldn't have swapped her for any fleet footed speed merchant

A dog will find a way of catching to suit it's attributes if you throw enough work at it ,

Hmmm, I get what you're saying, but I disagree. In 90% of the places where we're from, unless you've got a 'fast' type, you're going home empty handed, day or night. Not wishing to argue, just saying as it is, and always has been

That's interesting , because ive never thought speed as been a major issue in catching rabbits,

Are the rabbits super fast there ?? Not trying to be smart ,

I was always taken by how cunning a dog could run, we had one dog who would run his rabbit after a quick flick of the lamp , send him up in the dark , he trigged you had spotted a bunny and would run to that spot with the lamp off , give him a few seconds knock it back on and he was there on top of it ,

Thing is you can't teach that stuff , the dog don't need to be fleet footed either , it takes years on years and a good dog/owner partnership, I would never have bred with speed in mind , I just assumed the average runner was fast enough

Why are the rabbits so hard to catch there

I can't under stand why you want to turn the lamp off when your sending a dog down the beam....there had to be a lot of times when the lamp came back on and there was feck all there....we're it had got up in the dark....atb

 

I can assure you this works....especially with certain quarry, though lamp shy rabbits do tend to be gone.

In really big fields and noisy, windy weather I often give a quick flash then sometimes send the dog and run like hell before switching back on.

Edited August 31, 2015 by Maximus Ferret

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A lot of us do it that way , got more advantages then negatives