stormrider8 59 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 What are your views on the bull crosses nose and marking ability. My 9 month old bitch seems to be a natural. She rarely gets it wrong. Anyone else found this, Im quite new to the first hand experiance with the cross. Quote Link to post
spep21 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 Your dogs a cracker mate. Got a few myself and they have good noses aswell. Get in son!!! Quote Link to post
STAN22 3 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 That has got to be the litter sister to my dog. Not done alot with him yet, im waiting untill the season starts. Quote Link to post
ferret boy charlie 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 quick qestion do you praise a dog for marking ? cracking dogs by the way Quote Link to post
johnk 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 crackin lookin dog mate Quote Link to post
jmw 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 quick qestion do you praise a dog for marking ? cracking dogs by the way never , it will encourage them to false mark Quote Link to post
spep21 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 That has got to be the litter sister to my dog.Not done alot with him yet, im waiting untill the season starts. Cracking dog mate, where did you get that one? I bred the litter and none went up to where you are mate. I have kept 2 myself and one is the double of yours aswell. Could tell you about the breeding if your interested mate, just send me a pm, cheers Quote Link to post
ferret boy charlie 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 quick qestion do you praise a dog for marking ? cracking dogs by the way never , it will encourage them to false mark cheers Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 If a dog marks a hole and you don't do anything about the mark, either no ferrets or terriers depending on what it is marking, then eventually the dog will stop marking because there is no reward for it marking. This is why I like to take pups out early, at a few months old, with a ferret, because then you can honour the mark and produce the rabbit. Then you praise the dog for marking, though the appearance of the rabbit will be praise and reward enough! If one of my lurchers marks a bramble and the terrier has missed the mark or scent, I'll call the terrier back to go into the bramble where the lurcher has marked: usually results in flushing something! Unless the something has already gone, in which case I'll just call the dogs away and carry on. Sometimes young dogs will mark hot scent if the quarry has only recently gone from that spot. You learn to know your dog, and the dog also learns to tell the difference between hot scent and real quarry. Quote Link to post
redrob... 0 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What are your views on the bull crosses nose and marking ability. My 9 month old bitch seems to be a natural. She rarely gets it wrong. Anyone else found this, Im quite new to the first hand experiance with the cross. hi stormrider, im new to the bullx also, had collie types before, both were hancoxs breeding and both of them were very good at finding stuff in cover, and both were fairly obedient around sheep, but the bullx i have is better at finding and will go through any cover at all to get her prize, she has put up stuff and hunted it like a fox hound, if she comes across aline she gets her head down and she will work it, she will hedge like a terrier, if she stops along a hedge or what ever, i just wait and watch her go. from what ive seen she knocks spots off the collies ive had, down side is she is not 100% around sheep. my lad has a bullx and all though he do,nt work him much ive seen the dog hunt up and acount for a few. Quote Link to post
stormrider8 59 Posted July 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 What are your views on the bull crosses nose and marking ability. My 9 month old bitch seems to be a natural. She rarely gets it wrong. Anyone else found this, Im quite new to the first hand experiance with the cross. hi stormrider, im new to the bullx also, had collie types before, both were hancoxs breeding and both of them were very good at finding stuff in cover, and both were fairly obedient around sheep, but the bullx i have is better at finding and will go through any cover at all to get her prize, she has put up stuff and hunted it like a fox hound, if she comes across aline she gets her head down and she will work it, she will hedge like a terrier, if she stops along a hedge or what ever, i just wait and watch her go. from what ive seen she knocks spots off the collies ive had, down side is she is not 100% around sheep. my lad has a bullx and all though he do,nt work him much ive seen the dog hunt up and acount for a few. They do seem to have a crackin nose. About 2 or 3 months back i came across some kids ferretin a massive ground burrie. so i went over with the pup she was only about 5 or 6 months old. She started diggin at a small bolt hole, so i asked one of the kids to stick a ferret in and around 6 fist size kits came out. I was well chuffed, all she had ever seen was a rabbit skin. Quote Link to post
stormrider8 59 Posted July 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 That has got to be the litter sister to my dog.Not done alot with him yet, im waiting untill the season starts. Nice dog mate. Where did she come from? Quote Link to post
dogs-n-natives 1,182 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 My young half cross is getting quite trustworthy with his nose now, and im starting to learn what he is marking by his behaviour. He will act differently with different quarry, which, i suppose is very handy. Another thing with mine is his tracking ability, as I hunt with spaniels and crosses, and if one goes off in the other direction giving tounge, I can slip him away to catch up with the hound, where he will take over and persue the rabbit, and sometimes make the catch. Quote Link to post
bigbird 7 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 My young half cross is getting quite trustworthy with his nose now, and im starting to learn what he is marking by his behaviour. He will act differently with different quarry, which, i suppose is very handy. Another thing with mine is his tracking ability, as I hunt with spaniels and crosses, and if one goes off in the other direction giving tounge, I can slip him away to catch up with the hound, where he will take over and persue the rabbit, and sometimes make the catch. That must be some size earth to get that big fecker in fella Quote Link to post
Guest lurcherboy2008 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 My young half cross is getting quite trustworthy with his nose now, and im starting to learn what he is marking by his behaviour. He will act differently with different quarry, which, i suppose is very handy. Another thing with mine is his tracking ability, as I hunt with spaniels and crosses, and if one goes off in the other direction giving tounge, I can slip him away to catch up with the hound, where he will take over and persue the rabbit, and sometimes make the catch. That must be some size earth to get that big fecker in fella seen few pics of this dog looks a tool and half Quote Link to post
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