Who Is The Craziest Lurcherman On Thl?

[roybo 2,873]

 

thing is some people live and breath hunting its there way of life and hats off to them they want to be the best at their game and obviously want to be talked about! Don't get me wrong I love the dogs and hunting and spend a lot of my time doing it but I also work play rugby and renovating a house also a girlfriend who I have to see saying that she will come hunting lol iv had a shit month and half with the dogs pups being ill being put to sleep my best working lurcher being injured wouldn't run ! Iv watched other lads dogs who are miles better than mine work which I really don't mind absolutely great to see and something to work towards ! But then my Hancock pup who I honestly thought was a down and out pulled something out the bag this weekend that I'm still smiling about and buzzing and my uncle that's been hunting since a boy and now 75 and still has terriers and whippets said he hasn't seen me this excited in months ! What my uncles taught me since I was young don't worry about what everyone else's is doing or got in their kennels aslong As your happy and dogs are working keep putting the miles in ! I think so many people look at the so called LEGENDS of the game and worry about what there doing they forget to enjoy themselves when their with their own dogs !

 

Come on mate, who wrote this , fess up....

 

Spot on , Ive been guilty of worrying what people think and what my dog should be doing, at the end of the day we have to look after our animals and they only have to please us, thankfully after an intensive 5 years of owning a lurcher all my goals and expectations have ebbed away and I feel much more relaxed about lurcher work and what I actually want from a dog , I/he suceeded and failed in equal measure, to his credit he taught me more than any great lurcher ever could and I still cast my eye looking for him when out on a mooch, but he's not there as I had him PTS a few weeks back as for all his faults, lack of prey drive and general annoyances his dog aggressive behaviour was the straw that broke the camels back, in retrospect I know I've done the right thing by myself. I've a cracking little busher who I enjoy for what he is which is easy going and pleasant to be around and the possibility of a pup in the summer, a blank canvas to try and bring on as a social , good to be around kind of dog, that can hopefully put a bit away too lol.

I've just been given another son last week and with a new job and a living in a new location, I've a fair amount to fill my time, but I have the bug now and don't think I could be without a running dog for too long, I don't expect world beater as I'm not dedicated enough or should i say I have other priorities and my time is limited by life, but to be absorbed by watching dogs work and in some of the most beautiful places, it's hard to beat. Atb Joe

Just take your time pal wait the right one ,at the right time for you,and I'm sure you'll get it right,

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Joe, I gotta hand it to you it was the right thing to do. I mentioned it to you before on here, if he really is that bad the best thing to do would PTS, that would be my option. Other people might rehome but if he was unpredictable what's the point. I had my old bitch put down also, gutted but wasn't putting up with how she was. Not fair on either of you and pointless keeping something that doesn't keep you happy. Atb with your next choice, whatever it is you choose.

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Ye my first bitch lived in. Now my dogs live out, you never know what is around the corner with working dogs so the least amount attachment to family the better, as they don't tend to understand much lol Atb

[NEWKID 27,132]

thing is some people live and breath hunting its there way of life and hats off to them they want to be the best at their game and obviously want to be talked about! Don't get me wrong I love the dogs and hunting and spend a lot of my time doing it but I also work play rugby and renovating a house also a girlfriend who I have to see saying that she will come hunting lol iv had a shit month and half with the dogs pups being ill being put to sleep my best working lurcher being injured wouldn't run ! Iv watched other lads dogs who are miles better than mine work which I really don't mind absolutely great to see and something to work towards ! But then my Hancock pup who I honestly thought was a down and out pulled something out the bag this weekend that I'm still smiling about and buzzing and my uncle that's been hunting since a boy and now 75 and still has terriers and whippets said he hasn't seen me this excited in months ! What my uncles taught me since I was young don't worry about what everyone else's is doing or got in their kennels aslong As your happy and dogs are working keep putting the miles in ! I think so many people look at the so called LEGENDS of the game and worry about what there doing they forget to enjoy themselves when their with their own dogs !

 

f***ing hell Ow, that's the most sensible thing I've ever heard you say/write!! lol

 

100% agree as well, as long as they please you and get out and about that's all that matters

[NEWKID 27,132]

 

thing is some people live and breath hunting its there way of life and hats off to them they want to be the best at their game and obviously want to be talked about! Don't get me wrong I love the dogs and hunting and spend a lot of my time doing it but I also work play rugby and renovating a house also a girlfriend who I have to see saying that she will come hunting lol iv had a shit month and half with the dogs pups being ill being put to sleep my best working lurcher being injured wouldn't run ! Iv watched other lads dogs who are miles better than mine work which I really don't mind absolutely great to see and something to work towards ! But then my Hancock pup who I honestly thought was a down and out pulled something out the bag this weekend that I'm still smiling about and buzzing and my uncle that's been hunting since a boy and now 75 and still has terriers and whippets said he hasn't seen me this excited in months ! What my uncles taught me since I was young don't worry about what everyone else's is doing or got in their kennels aslong As your happy and dogs are working keep putting the miles in ! I think so many people look at the so called LEGENDS of the game and worry about what there doing they forget to enjoy themselves when their with their own dogs !

 

Come on mate, who wrote this , fess up....

 

Spot on , Ive been guilty of worrying what people think and what my dog should be doing, at the end of the day we have to look after our animals and they only have to please us, thankfully after an intensive 5 years of owning a lurcher all my goals and expectations have ebbed away and I feel much more relaxed about lurcher work and what I actually want from a dog , I/he suceeded and failed in equal measure, to his credit he taught me more than any great lurcher ever could and I still cast my eye looking for him when out on a mooch, but he's not there as I had him PTS a few weeks back as for all his faults, lack of prey drive and general annoyances his dog aggressive behaviour was the straw that broke the camels back, in retrospect I know I've done the right thing by myself. I've a cracking little busher who I enjoy for what he is which is easy going and pleasant to be around and the possibility of a pup in the summer, a blank canvas to try and bring on as a social , good to be around kind of dog, that can hopefully put a bit away too lol.

I've just been given another son last week and with a new job and a living in a new location, I've a fair amount to fill my time, but I have the bug now and don't think I could be without a running dog for too long, I don't expect world beater as I'm not dedicated enough or should i say I have other priorities and my time is limited by life, but to be absorbed by watching dogs work and in some of the most beautiful places, it's hard to beat. Atb Joe

 

 

You done the right thing mate, you knew it for a while just a tough decision.

Loads going on now though, lot's of opportunities down here to get a new pup going, and that little busher of yours will put some game in front of it for sure, onwards and upwards mate

[Daniel cain 45,149]

Fairplay to you joe,you did the right thing,not fair on dog or another person to have a dog thats that unpredictable . Hope your next prospect does you proud,all the best in the future. Dc

[brenner 773]

Cheers some, its the sh*t end of owning dogs made harder by him being a family pet and the fact I put my heart and soul into him, but as a mate put it I know where he is and how good he had it, but he had negatively impacted my life for too long. Next chapter..

Anyway I reckon THL must be full of crazy lurchermen lol, title should been who's the most sane!

if ye ask me .. sanity is way overrated . Leave sanity for the few that have to indure it

[Lenmcharristar 9,734]

Andy Kelly, the great Houdini, just like a gay magician, took yer donations and disappeared with a poof

[Flacko 1,742]

so he's robbed of us & done a runner with a bloke the slimy poof ? Lol

[nothernlite 18,078]

Robbed the ones that were daft enough to donate lmao

[mackay 3,336]

hunted a real lot , bred good dogs to do the job and trained them to do the job , made nets since kids traveld to the u s a several times to hunt allsorts couresd all over and caut thousands of game hare roe , rabbits had, terriers dug several years , had ferrets 35 plus , done plenty, but had the money and time to do plenty ,not just hunting, fishing for wages commercail , still make my own nets , lobster traps gill nets ,its not just hunting its breeding the dogs to do the job , being ablr to be knowedgble at the game in hand ,

 

some people have the intelegince to take more in , in the feild , no diffrent from the pool hall, fishing boat and some have knowledge and ability thats what makes a good hunter ,i can look at a feild or along a beach at low tide and spy areas were there fish game , and being a bit game for it helps , if your succseful in life it should carry on with you hunting fishing if you have grew up at it and be round the [bANNED TEXT] men who are at the top of there game ,

I think the idea is to nominate or mention someone else.

[flipbull 1,139]

Whatever happened to the man in the pub?

[stormyboy 1,352]

 

hunted a real lot , bred good dogs to do the job and trained them to do the job , made nets since kids traveld to the u s a several times to hunt allsorts couresd all over and caut thousands of game hare roe , rabbits had, terriers dug several years , had ferrets 35 plus , done plenty, but had the money and time to do plenty ,not just hunting, fishing for wages commercail , still make my own nets , lobster traps gill nets ,its not just hunting its breeding the dogs to do the job , being ablr to be knowedgble at the game in hand ,

 

some people have the intelegince to take more in , in the feild , no diffrent from the pool hall, fishing boat and some have knowledge and ability thats what makes a good hunter ,i can look at a feild or along a beach at low tide and spy areas were there fish game , and being a bit game for it helps , if your succseful in life it should carry on with you hunting fishing if you have grew up at it and be round the [bANNED TEXT] men who are at the top of there game ,

I think the idea is to nominate or mention someone else.

 

 

"Someone else" isn't in his vocabulary...

[shaaark 10,721]

Whatever happened to the man in the pub?

His whippet took to drink

[Francie 6,368]

 

 

Whatever happened to the man in the pub?

His whippet took to drink

 

Old johnny muddler, I think hes on here under new name, drop me a pm mate