Over Doging Your Self Your Views How Many Is To Many

[Bobtheferret 1,260]

I think the key is what you are doing with the dogs and what they are capable off. My best dog can't do a hard nights lamping due to past injuries but is still a class ferreting dog, so I have him for ferreting and a younger dog that lamps and occasional ferreting. Just got a pup as concerned the older dogs injures may catch up with him and what a pup to bring on whilst I still have him. I always like at least two as often through a hard season one of them has stitches or needs resting up and it means you still have a dog to run. Don't see the need to have 4/5 dogs all under 3 years old though you'll struggle to do them justice and even if you do they'll all retire together.

[ginger beard 4,653]

When I judged bosuns show last year a fella put a lurcher in EVERY class ........

i think we've all seen that but what surprises me is some people travel 200 miles to a show.

[terryd 8,722]

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[Dinosaurs 2,127]

Used to know a lad had 2 lovely lurchers They never seen a rabbit let alone caught a rabbit. But he would travel all over country to enter them in shows sometime sleeping in his car overnite!!! Ffs. Atb

[nothernlite 18,090]

Worked 3 small lurchers together on ground which was vast full of gulleys reed beds had great days watching them work were all brought up together and worked great together

[Mr Wilkes 3,084]

Used to know a lad had 2 lovely lurchers They never seen a rabbit let alone caught a rabbit. But he would travel all over country to enter them in shows sometime sleeping in his car overnite!!! Ffs. Atb

You could guarantee they were well looked after then ..

[Dinosaurs 2,127]

Mr Wilkes. Yeah they were bathed & groomed every week but fed on tinned food with cheapest mixer he could get. But as never worked stamina etc wasnt an issue. Lovely looking dogs though. & if you didnt know him then they took everything. Long time before the ban. Atb

[jcm 2,327]

Iv got two dogs one is around 7 and still has a few more season's in him and a young dog to start this season.

The older one won't be doing as much lamping this year but I'll mainly be using him for mooching during the day and ratting and the young dog if he proves his keep will be my main lamping dog.