valentino 0 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 im a lurcherman,...always have been always will be...... however im very much thinking about purchasing a greyhound, and maybe seeing how it goes on the track....now i dont know anything about greyhound racing, so i think i need to start at the beginning and look into the whole aspect of this side of the game before i decide about it... but a quick question for the greyhound lads and lasses on here......do you need to take a dog to a trainer?....also if you can school your own, is it a case of taking it to a track, and having a go etc? (now i know it will be more in depth than that) cheers valentino Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaz 6 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 If you want to race at an NGRC registered track then you will either need a trainer or go through the hassle of getting a trainers licence , if you want to race on the independants (flaps) then you can train your own dog , as for schooling then the best bet is go to one of the schooling tracks or some flaps will let you have a trial, if it is a pup then just let it watch the other dogs have a go and when ypu judge that it is ready give it a handslip round a couple of bends and see if it chases ok , but there will normally be someone there who will put you right if you ask Quote Link to post Share on other sites
valentino 0 Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 cheers chaz.... i have just been told that you dont need to take the dog to a trainer now for ngrc....you can do it yourself?,...like they do in ireland? is that correct...if that makes sense?... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaz 6 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 cheers chaz.... i have just been told that you dont need to take the dog to a trainer now for ngrc....you can do it yourself?,...like they do in ireland? is that correct...if that makes sense?... You still have to take out a "GREYHOUND TRAINERS LICENCE" opposed to a "PROFFESIONAL TRAINERS LICENCE" you still have to abide by all the rules and have kennels up to NGRC spec the GT allows you to train upto 12 dogs but the hard part can come in getting runs for the dogs as most trainers have a contract to supply dogs to a particular track, for their graded races and the only races non-contract trainers can enter dogs in are the "OPEN " races and this can be expensive as the open class dogs are the top of the tree and can cost serious ££`s Here are a couple of links that might give you some info NGRC BGRB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clay man 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 chaz you don`t need a licence to train you own dog anybody can do it over hear if you want to train somebody other dog you have to then Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaz 6 Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 I thought he was talking about the UK mainland not Ireland Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markdog 18 Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Best bet would be get a dog that has had a few races and take it round the flaps, learn my your mistakes then venture into getting a sapling but its far easier to start with a dog that knows a bit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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