Specialist Rabbiting Dog..

[colliejohn 840]

[attachment=269344:012 (640x480).jpg My Rabbiting bitch nearly 8, 19inch Grew x ACD

Cracking stamp of a rabbiting dog. regards collie john.

[Chid 6,542]

 

Funny that cos I'd have neither lol especially not them dreadful shivery whippets blood lol

To be honest Doubleya, i like neither breed as they stand but if it was for rabbits ONLY i'd be happier with a DASH of both in the mix.

I'm of the same opinion thats why I put my c/b/g to a whippet saluki lurcher , just hope it pays off lol

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Lurcher to Lurcher bred, 23 and a ball hair tts done ok on the rabbits.

 

Retrieving a rabbit to johnnyboy.......

 

 

 

Nice doberman ya tit!! ?

[Jamie m 668]

Now the title says specialist , so , we're talking all season all ground Stinger bramble bracken . Ditch dyke , hedges fences . Wooded copse , and oh ye open field , like to here some opinions on this , genuine reply ,

[D Lloyd 2,790]

any lurcher with drive in it will take good bags of rabbits if they are there and you have done your bit in putting the dog right be for hand. same lads do well with all sorts of crosses year after year and the same lot of lads are passing them on or waiting for that supa litter to be bread as the last supa litter was not all that.

[Jamie m 668]

Now the title says specialist , so , we're talking all season all ground Stinger bramble bracken . Ditch dyke , hedges fences . Wooded copse , and oh ye open field , like to here some opinions on this , genuine reply ,

Edited to add apologies I mainly ferret ?

[blackmaggie 3,376]

land numbers and how much time time you have spent getting our mutt proper running fit comes in to play i suppose most xs will take bunnies but i have found its the owners that take the time to travel and put the miles and hours in that really have a special rabbit dog lads like jim lofty arron brick and fuji and his lads thats what puts there dogs has specialists rabbit dogs and that dedication puts gear in front of there mutts

[D Lloyd 2,790]

i would not call mine a speshalist a few pics of mine and some mates dogs that were handy on rabbits.dont bother with pics any more so a few from about 3/4 years ago

[D Lloyd 2,790]

one more of caled 101 in the night old news to most on here now

[trenchfoot 4,243]

They aren't specialists. They're just greedy feckers

[blackmaggie 3,376]

credit to you d lloyd for getting the dogs in a condition to take that many and old news or not thats still a great result for all concerned

[Ideation 8,216]

I'm probably going to upset someone or other.

 

But I think if the dog can work the lamp, runs well enough and has a strike.

 

It's all down to two things - stamina and number of rabbits on the ground.

 

Pretty much any good lurcher with enough stamina and enough rabbits to go at, should be able to take mega bags.

 

But its a rare thing when a man with the dedication to do it, a dog with the stamina and enough rabbits are all in the same place at the same time!

 

I would put my money on it, that there are quite a few dogs that have never caught more than 20 in a night, who if their owners got them fit enough and had the rabbits in front of them, would equal the mega bags of some on here.

 

Obviously the conditions play a huge part in taking the numbers to.

[trenchfoot 4,243]

I'm probably going to upset someone or other.

 

But I think if the dog can work the lamp, runs well enough and has a strike.

 

It's all down to two things - stamina and number of rabbits on the ground.

 

Pretty much any good lurcher with enough stamina and enough rabbits to go at, should be able to take mega bags.

 

But its a rare thing when a man with the dedication to do it, a dog with the stamina and enough rabbits are all in the same place at the same time!

 

I would put my money on it, that there are quite a few dogs that have never caught more than 20 in a night, who if their owners got them fit enough and had the rabbits in front of them, would equal the mega bags of some on here.

 

Obviously the conditions play a huge part in taking the numbers to.

 

does a specialist need to do BIG numbers when rabbits are aplenty, or do a handful where most would blank?

[Ideation 8,216]

 

I'm probably going to upset someone or other.

 

But I think if the dog can work the lamp, runs well enough and has a strike.

 

It's all down to two things - stamina and number of rabbits on the ground.

 

Pretty much any good lurcher with enough stamina and enough rabbits to go at, should be able to take mega bags.

 

But its a rare thing when a man with the dedication to do it, a dog with the stamina and enough rabbits are all in the same place at the same time!

 

I would put my money on it, that there are quite a few dogs that have never caught more than 20 in a night, who if their owners got them fit enough and had the rabbits in front of them, would equal the mega bags of some on here.

 

Obviously the conditions play a huge part in taking the numbers to.

 

does a specialist need to do BIG numbers when rabbits are aplenty, or do a handful where most would blank?

 

 

 

Thats a good question. We are possibly confusing 'specialist' with 'outstanding'.

 

Ive argued on here before that at times, numbers aren't everything, i.e a dog that catches 10/10 on very hard ground, catching every rabbit seen and run. . . . has probably done better than a dog that has caught twice as many in the same night, but missed lots i.e 20/60 on easy ground.

 

I think we have also strayed into 'specialist rabbit lamping dog'.. . . . . . because I've met some very good lamping dogs that killed big bags of rabbits but didn't really mark and couldn't hunt a rabbit in a phone box. . . . . . .

 

Would they be a good lamping dog or a good rabbiting dog?

[dodger 2,765]

 

I'm probably going to upset someone or other.

 

But I think if the dog can work the lamp, runs well enough and has a strike.

 

It's all down to two things - stamina and number of rabbits on the ground.

 

Pretty much any good lurcher with enough stamina and enough rabbits to go at, should be able to take mega bags.

 

But its a rare thing when a man with the dedication to do it, a dog with the stamina and enough rabbits are all in the same place at the same time!

 

I would put my money on it, that there are quite a few dogs that have never caught more than 20 in a night, who if their owners got them fit enough and had the rabbits in front of them, would equal the mega bags of some on here.

 

Obviously the conditions play a huge part in taking the numbers to.

 

does a specialist need to do BIG numbers when rabbits are aplenty, or do a handful where most would blank?

Good point think it's worth a mention aswell these dogs that have to find and catch there rabbits in the day, as we all know a daytime rabbit is more often than not a lot harder than a lamped rabbit especially if there isn't a lot about and the dog has some hunting up to do to find them a dog that's spent a good few hours hunting up and catching 1/2 dozen rabbits a lot of the time has had to do more than the dog which did 30's on the lamp..