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  On 25/06/2020 at 09:36, poxon said:

I couldn’t keep a specialist dog for one job I like a mix bag type of dog that’s a master of none that can just be used I hate feeling all restricted. My ideal dog is 22-25 Just personal choice.

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Spot on mate,  a dog that catch all quarry, and 23 - 26in  lurcher would be prob what look for. But In saying that, I've got a dog here Buck 28in,  picks rabbits up quite good in the lamp had 38 up the dales, and  catch  20 on hard fast ground, but rabbits wasn't what he was really bred for.? 

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I don’t t know about the advert but I do know there are dogs that go ferreting and there are ferreting dogs. A big difference in the two. 

A rabbit dog has 2 have a lot of whippet in it or it won't catch any same as if a dog has no bull terrier init won't even look at a fox and an hare wont get stopped by anything that's not salukified a

...because they need to be entered Caerphilly!

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  On 25/06/2020 at 11:01, bird said:

Spot on mate,  a dog that catch all quarry, and 23 - 26in  lurcher would be prob what look for. But In saying that, I've got a dog here Buck 28in,  picks rabbits up quite good in the lamp had 38 up the dales, and  catch  20 on hard fast ground, but rabbits wasn't what he was really bred for.? 

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I think you’ve pretty much summed up what I was getting at, at the start of this thread ray. 

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  On 25/06/2020 at 11:12, Shadow100 said:

A dog that can catch all quarry on a regular basis isn’t a common thing tbh well not in my experience anyway

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No I agree. They do exist but usually with some parameters.

I suppose what I’m asking is, apart from ferreting. Do ppl really breed and keep “specialist” dogs for lamping and bushing rabbits - or are they just dogs that can’t do much else or owned by folk not that interested in much else? 

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  On 25/06/2020 at 11:27, SheepChaser said:

No I agree. They do exist but usually with some parameters.

I suppose what I’m asking is, apart from ferreting. Do ppl really breed and keep “specialist” dogs for lamping and bushing rabbits - or are they just dogs that can’t do much else or owned by folk not that interested in much else? 

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I’d say probably the latter, if I had an interest in bigger stuff, and my dog could only catch rabbits then it wouldn’t be staying. I’d assume most people would be the same but then again you never know 

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  On 25/06/2020 at 11:27, SheepChaser said:

No I agree. They do exist but usually with some parameters.

I suppose what I’m asking is, apart from ferreting. Do ppl really breed and keep “specialist” dogs for lamping and bushing rabbits - or are they just dogs that can’t do much else or owned by folk not that interested in much else? 

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Would say in my case no interested in anything else and dont find the need for dogs to bush just work moors reed beds and open grass feilds and if anything pops up im sure the dogs are more than capable 

 

 

 

 

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  On 25/06/2020 at 13:40, nothernlite said:

Would say in my case no interested in anything else and dont find the need for dogs to bush just work moors reed beds and open grass feilds and if anything pops up im sure the dogs are more than capable 

 

 

 

 

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different areas different needs. around here it's hedgerows, Old railway embankments etc. so bushing is essential but good dog's adapt to change of ground. yours are doing the business for you, I know they are line bred but the Whippet side of them are they kc or non ped? 

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  On 25/06/2020 at 14:24, fred90 said:

different areas different needs. around here it's hedgerows, Old railway embankments etc. so bushing is essential but good dog's adapt to change of ground. yours are doing the business for you, I know they are line bred but the Whippet side of them are they kc or non ped? 

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Non ped

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  On 24/06/2020 at 19:03, Shadow100 said:

Far from it but I know enough to know what you’re saying isn’t true. There’s a common theme to your posts that you have superior knowledge to everyone else & your dogs work harder than everyone else’s. It’s all me me me, you’re like whin with a dictionary. 

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Whin with a dictionary! That's f***ing great ? ?

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LOL Shark, probably...

What happened to Mad Bill?.

 

On the main subject i've had a couple of dogs that i considered rabbit dogs, lampers mainly but would put a decent shift in daytime. All could and would take what ever popped up, although both were a little small for bigger stuff in truth, didn't stop them but they struggled occasionally. The smaller size, 22", brought agility and acceleration which I felt helped on running lamped rabbits and likely helped with keeping them cool.

 A big un can get down to a rabbit much as a smaller can get hold of bigger stuff but ..............

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  On 25/06/2020 at 11:01, bird said:

Spot on mate,  a dog that catch all quarry, and 23 - 26in  lurcher would be prob what look for. But In saying that, I've got a dog here Buck 28in,  picks rabbits up quite good in the lamp had 38 up the dales, and  catch  20 on hard fast ground, but rabbits wasn't what he was really bred for.? 

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That old collie cross bitch of mine  was/is a big un she is 26tts I was told by loads of people wrong dog for rabbits as she’d struggle to strike at them because of her size That bitch didn’t have no trouble an done really well for me. she didn’t turn to bad for a big bitch of her size either an had bags of speed that she knew how to use accordingly To close gaps she Wasn’t the best fox retriever that’s her down side but was very honest an was just used. I used to ferret that bitch Quite a lot in heavy wood land I use  to get told I’m mad but she’d ferreted in there from about 8months of age so she was fully use to trees ,obstacles an knew how to run in there she was just used I used that bitch for a bit of everything she didn’t have a set job an wasn’t bought for one job in mind  

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A rabbit dog has 2 have a lot of whippet in it or it won't catch any same as if a dog has no bull terrier init won't even look at a fox and an hare wont get stopped by anything that's not salukified and collies well there 2 clever 2 do ote 

Just observations I've made after 60 plus years of running dogs 9 times a week and that

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  On 25/06/2020 at 16:20, Black neck said:

A rabbit dog has 2 have a lot of whippet in it or it won't catch any same as if a dog has no bull terrier init won't even look at a fox and an hare wont get stopped by anything that's not salukified and collies well there 2 clever 2 do ote 

Just observations I've made after 60 plus years of running dogs 9 times a week and that

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I had a good rabbit dog, only time it had any whippet init was when it ate one.................................?

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