Age To Enter A Pup On The Lamp To Rabbits

[JAE B 550]

Never understood taking young dogs to watch...may aswell put a lamping DVD on for it and save yourself the walk

lol ten month ideal age to start pups slowly one or two runs won't damage them

[king 11,984]

Any newbies reading this , ignore the 8month old posts ffs

..yea ignore it mate.it can't be done. Edited December 8, 2015 by king

[terryd 8,731]

Mine had his first on the lamp at 7 months only took him for a few minutes couple of runs and home no harm. A few weeks later in the day just out for a walk he did his tendon in and was out of action for the winter hobbling around. Which showed how young he really was and chasing stuff at that age didn't benefit him. This year now he is 20 months and can take the knocks and strains and his learned the game very quickly so there was no rush to get him out. But it is hard with a keen young dog to hold it back

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Mine had his first on the lamp at 7 months only took him for a few minutes couple of runs and home no harm. A few weeks later in the day just out for a walk he did his tendon in and was out of action for the winter hobbling around. Which showed how young he really was and chasing stuff at that age didn't benefit him. This year now he is 20 months and can take the knocks and strains and his learned the game very quickly so there was no rush to get him out. But it is hard with a keen young dog to hold it back

thought your dog still flicks his leg out from time to time?

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

 

Any newbies reading this , ignore the 8month old posts ffs

..yea ignore it mate.it can't be done.

it can be done, but as always it's luck of the draw whether you end up not damaging the dog.

Do you really think for a newbie to come on here, first dog, inexperienced, that starting a dog at 8 months old on the lamp is sound advice? Give me a f***ing break lol

My lurcher wouldn't of even caught at 8 months. But by 12 months I took him out, first ever rabbit he saw, run nice, picked it up and retrieves it live to hand and Iv taken it steady from there.

[terryd 8,731]

 

Mine had his first on the lamp at 7 months only took him for a few minutes couple of runs and home no harm. A few weeks later in the day just out for a walk he did his tendon in and was out of action for the winter hobbling around. Which showed how young he really was and chasing stuff at that age didn't benefit him. This year now he is 20 months and can take the knocks and strains and his learned the game very quickly so there was no rush to get him out. But it is hard with a keen young dog to hold it back

thought your dog still flicks his leg out from time to time?

 

 

 

yep he does but less and less thankfully. Seems the more he does now the stronger it gets so I am confident it will disappear completely. My point was he did too much too soon though it was an accident and sod all I could have done. But if he did it now he would be fine

[lakelandlurcher 0]

8 month plus I take them on there own for there first few outings never with another dog, just me the pup and the lamp.

[king 11,984]

 

 

Any newbies reading this , ignore the 8month old posts ffs

..yea ignore it mate.it can't be done.

it can be done, but as always it's luck of the draw whether you end up not damaging the dog.

Do you really think for a newbie to come on here, first dog, inexperienced, that starting a dog at 8 months old on the lamp is sound advice? Give me a f***ing break lol

My lurcher wouldn't of even caught at 8 months. But by 12 months I took him out, first ever rabbit he saw, run nice, picked it up and retrieves it live to hand and Iv taken it steady from there.

what's the luck of the draw ? A dog can damage itself at any age

Some dogs will catch at 8 months.and if a newbie had a dog that he took lamping and give it a few slips and his dog caught is that a bad thing.no dog will learn anything in a kennel or crate.as you say your dog wouldn't catch at 8 months old how can you be so certain.if your pup was brought up by a different handler then maybe it would catch at 8 months

Edited December 9, 2015 by king

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

 

 

 

Any newbies reading this , ignore the 8month old posts ffs

..yea ignore it mate.it can't be done.

it can be done, but as always it's luck of the draw whether you end up not damaging the dog.

Do you really think for a newbie to come on here, first dog, inexperienced, that starting a dog at 8 months old on the lamp is sound advice? Give me a f***ing break lol

My lurcher wouldn't of even caught at 8 months. But by 12 months I took him out, first ever rabbit he saw, run nice, picked it up and retrieves it live to hand and Iv taken it steady from there.

what's the luck of the draw ? A dog can damage itself at any age

Some dogs will catch at 8 months.and if a newbie had a dog that he took lamping and give it a few slips and his dog caught is that a bad thing.no dog will learn anything in a kennel or crate.as you say your dog wouldn't catch at 8 months old how can you be so certain.if your pup was brought up by a different handler then maybe it would catch at 8 months

unbelievable , since when do the "type" of handler have anything to do with the speed of an 8 month pup? It's called knowing your dog, my dog MIGHT of caught and been just about quick enough but it's something I wasn't willing to try because likely chance is he would of gotten frustrated. Stuff like this is why you always get threads starting up "let's see your pups for next season" cos every c**t has ruined them and need to start over ...haha

[king 11,984]

 

 

 

 

Any newbies reading this , ignore the 8month old posts ffs

..yea ignore it mate.it can't be done.

it can be done, but as always it's luck of the draw whether you end up not damaging the dog.

Do you really think for a newbie to come on here, first dog, inexperienced, that starting a dog at 8 months old on the lamp is sound advice? Give me a f***ing break lol

My lurcher wouldn't of even caught at 8 months. But by 12 months I took him out, first ever rabbit he saw, run nice, picked it up and retrieves it live to hand and Iv taken it steady from there.

what's the luck of the draw ? A dog can damage itself at any age

Some dogs will catch at 8 months.and if a newbie had a dog that he took lamping and give it a few slips and his dog caught is that a bad thing.no dog will learn anything in a kennel or crate.as you say your dog wouldn't catch at 8 months old how can you be so certain.if your pup was brought up by a different handler then maybe it would catch at 8 months

unbelievable , since when do the "type" of handler have anything to do with the speed of an 8 month pup? It's called knowing your dog, my dog MIGHT of caught and been just about quick enough but it's something I wasn't willing to try because likely chance is he would of gotten frustrated. Stuff like this is why you always get threads starting up "let's see your pups for next season" cos every c**t has ruined them and need to start over ...haha

like you said your dog didn't see a rabbit until 1yr old.a different handler owner might have had your pup out ferreting at 6 month old so the dog would of seen and held rabbits for 2 months before it was taken out on the lamp.i didn't mention speed of the dog at 8 month old any lurcher has a good amount of speed.

[green dragon 701]

For me it all depends the individual dog and the ground your running my dog was 8 months yesterday and is pleanty fast anuf for rabbits he is super keen he's only had a few mixi bunnys he is a very meantaly mature for a pup but I'm holding him back till 12 to 14 months but that's just me but I don't see why a couple of runs would do and harm on a feild you know is safe

Edited December 9, 2015 by green dragon

[CraignTod 278]

Mine had his first on the lamp at 7 months only took him for a few minutes couple of runs and home no harm. A few weeks later in the day just out for a walk he did his tendon in and was out of action for the winter hobbling around. Which showed how young he really was and chasing stuff at that age didn't benefit him. This year now he is 20 months and can take the knocks and strains and his learned the game very quickly so there was no rush to get him out. But it is hard with a keen young dog to hold it back

Had my bitch around bugsy and his gang from day i got her, around 10 weeks never did her any harm

[terryd 8,731]

 

Mine had his first on the lamp at 7 months only took him for a few minutes couple of runs and home no harm. A few weeks later in the day just out for a walk he did his tendon in and was out of action for the winter hobbling around. Which showed how young he really was and chasing stuff at that age didn't benefit him. This year now he is 20 months and can take the knocks and strains and his learned the game very quickly so there was no rush to get him out. But it is hard with a keen young dog to hold it back

Had my bitch around bugsy and his gang from day i got her, around 10 weeks never did her any harm

 

 

 

yea I just had a bit of bad luck it happens But personally I should have been training him not talking him where there was game

Little sod marking rabbits at 5 months

 

Edited December 9, 2015 by terryd

[CraignTod 278]

That could protentially frustrate him, my bitch gets frustrated when she can smell/hear them in the hole but they not bolting! She whines and digs lol little fecker needs to not mess the nets up yet i dont want to discourage her from marking! Trainings never easy half the time your learning as much as the dog.

[Chid 6,645]

For me it all depends the individual dog and the ground your running my dog was 8 months yesterday and is pleanty fast anuf for rabbits he is super keen he's only had a few mixi bunnys he is a very meantaly mature for a pup but I'm holding him back till 12 to 14 months but that's just me but I don't see why a couple of runs would do and harm on a feild you know is safe

See mines he total opposite at the same age , all he wants to do is feck about and be a pup , jumping and rolling about in the wet grass and annoying the other dog