blackmaggie 3,376 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 2 hours ago, 3175darren said: It’s half the fun when they mark, it’s marvellous to watch, For some reason that stare brought back memories of when Maggie found a young roe in the reeds I don't know if her maternal instinct kicked in but she went from a bitch that was use to seeing all sizes of deer to just short of mother in it never once did she show any sign of going for it but just looked memorised 2 Quote Link to post
Trev70 5,185 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 1 hour ago, blackmaggie said: I remember one dog I had would mark rabbits with a stare and try and get to ground on fox and never falsed marked and good marking dog is a godsend when there's upteen holes about Got a cocker bitch here that does the same the last time she did one was bolted and one was dug out of the same set 1 Quote Link to post
Aussie Whip 4,097 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 My bitch will run flat out to a warren and tip toe the last 10m,have a sniff and back off waiting for the nets to be set.As good as watching the chase,almost poetry. Quote Link to post
blackmaggie 3,376 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Trev70 said: Got a cocker bitch here that does the same the last time she did one was bolted and one was dug out of the same set There's a lad at the end of my street that's shoots and beats a lot and his little bitch is for ever doing it he says its a nightmare on shoot days is it a trait trev or is it just the odd one as he says this bitch is highly driven and mad for anything regardless how much graft he gives it Quote Link to post
3175darren 1,100 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 When that photo was taken, he couldn’t get to a rabbit, it ducked under a load of rubbish, he wouldn’t leave it,he had run it for quiet a distance and it out turned him, he was on new ground, he got it in the end, but he really marks well, fur or feather, 1 Quote Link to post
Trev70 5,185 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) 9 hours ago, blackmaggie said: There's a lad at the end of my street that's shoots and beats a lot and his little bitch is for ever doing it he says its a nightmare on shoot days is it a trait trev or is it just the odd one as he says this bitch is highly driven and mad for anything regardless how much graft he gives it Had a few cockers and this is the only one that as done it that I have owned but I knew a lad down south and he owned a couple that did it and I've heard of others, my cocker is rabbit mad in the cover that's the main job I own them for but she will not try to go to ground on a rabbit, she only goes to ground when a fox is at home which is no problem when she does because she's just in and out just telling me there's one at home so I can grab her and walk on and then I've got plenty of mates more than happy when I give them a call. Edited January 16, 2018 by Trev70 2 Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,141 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 hes a silent marker with a stare. if the rabbits close his head starts turning left and right. he was hard to read sometimes when he was a young dog as some times it was so subtle. Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 You are right there Trigger... With some dogs it is a few second's glance,..a quick, tip ya the wink kinda thing,..and you need to really know your dog to catch it... Whereas with others, it is far more obvious... I once had a canny cur that marked so strongly that she had to be physically dragged off a Warren before she would leave it... As we did this she always seemed to give us a bewildered and frustrated look of, 'Ya C**ts, there is a rabbit here, for feck's sake get the ferret in" 7 Quote Link to post
Wales1234 5,498 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Phil Lloyd said: You are right there Trigger... With some dogs it is a few second's glance,..a quick, tip ya the wink kinda thing,..and you need to really know your dog to catch it... Whereas with others, it is far more obvious... I once had a canny cur that marked so strongly that she had to be physically dragged off a Warren before she would leave it... As we did this she always seemed to give us a bewildered and frustrated look of 'Ya C**ts, there is a rabbit here, for feck's sake get the ferret in" Funny thing with that bitch of mine she will mark anything to ground but if Iv not got a ferret she wont mark rabbits like she half knows it’s pointless 1 Quote Link to post
green lurchers 16,628 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 The old fish n chip mark a positive point 5 10 Quote Link to post
ands 544 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Is that dog for sale GL? lol 1 Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 I felt sorry for em today. . .at one point I lost sight of the blue bitch she was that low over the warren the snow drifted over her. I like it when they mark them in the stone walls. . . had loads that way without even needing a ferret. Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Fabulous image Vin... 1 Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Phil Lloyd said: Fabulous image Vin... The video's amazing mate.. It was bleak today and I'm feeling my age sat here now. Quote Link to post
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