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[jigsaw 11,863]

Hi guys,I think I know the answer to this already but not certain.If your lurcher is taking deer,is it possible he can be ok and steady with sheep or is it as I expect they get a little keen on all forms of living moving spieces,I'm thinking this is a kinda pointless question but has anyone got their dog steady to sheep and still take deer with them,Jigsaw.

[Guest freestate hunter]

a mate of mine believe it r not has nothing but 3/4 greyhound 1/4 bull and straight bull x greyhounds and has taken both deer and foxes mad for foxes they r and have seen these dogs coming back after ahunt through sheep and not even looking at them.Its all in the raring.

[c_greg 1]

i kno a fella who's dog took a horse dwn on its own it got put dwn afterwards. this was thru hunting deer!

[jigsaw 11,863]

a mate of mine believe it r not has nothing but 3/4 greyhound 1/4 bull and straight bull x greyhounds and has taken both deer and foxes mad for foxes they r and have seen these dogs coming back after ahunt through sheep and not even looking at them.Its all in the raring.

I am surprised at that,I have had lurchers for many years but never ran deer with them,they took foxes ok but was thinking when they run deer they might be prone to chasing animals of a similar size,Your in Ireland I take it,you ever have a litter of lurchers for sale let me know,thanks.

 

Freestate just spoted the tricolor on the base of your reply so I aint the most observant of people,where abouts are you,I'm near Cork.

[Guest cueball]

you can break a dog to sheep and do deer but you have have to do them regular mine is ok but he has done a lot probley knows the diffrence . any way thers a lot of meat on a sheep LOL.[bANNED TEXT] iam trying to say if u do the odd bit of vennison just be caerfull they can get a bit keen .

[Guest freestate hunter]

hi Jigsaw,im from Belfast I know boys from Waterford and these men have seen these dogs go.

[sandymere 8,263]

knew of a dog that took muntjak fairly regulary and got hold of a fallow buck once he was ok with sheep but he was exercised near them daily. maybe the daily exposure helps to seperate the two in a dogs mind.

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no a full size horse. it sounds untrue i kno but the dog in question was a very powerful animal at over 30 inches never witnessed that night but the dog was put dwn cos ov it so im sure it happened it was the sire ov my pup and retrieved fox's live 2 hand

[jigsaw 11,863]

I kept lurchers up to 5 yrs ago and have helped train my mates dog to long nets not a bother.The lurcher I had was stock broken and steady with sheep cattle and horses.I was always tempted to have a go at deer but was afraid of the consequences afterwards.Now you got me thinking again,I think thats a donkey in your photo Mik,I see for myself theres no fear for the dunkeys life.

[logman 0]

My missus has got a horse, keeps my poor.

can anyone bring their dog round and sort it out for me?

[HBG 350]

its all about the rearing and breaking them properly, of course you can catch deer with your lurchers and them still be 100% around sheep

[johnskevena 0]

Here is ur pic cleaned up mik

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

I kept lurchers up to 5 yrs ago and have helped train my mates dog to long nets not a bother.The lurcher I had was stock broken and steady with sheep cattle and horses.I was always tempted to have a go at deer but was afraid of the consequences afterwards.Now you got me thinking again,I think thats a donkey in your photo Mik,I see for myself theres no fear for the dunkeys life.

IT IS A HORSE

 

The best way to break a dog to live stock is with an older dog that is already steady when the young dog sees the older one is calm & is not taking an interest it makes training alot easier .

there is a differance between brakeing a dog to sheep than breaking it to cattle & horses ...to break a dog to sheep you have to stop the dog giving chase ...cause sheep will always run away from you & a young dogs instict is very strong to chase something that is running away from it ...to break a dog to cattle & horses which will not run away but by there inquisitive nature will come towards you & surround you ...you have to keep your dog calm alway reassuring it that everything is ok it must be very daunting for a young dog to see these massive animals around it

 

Good advise Mik.Horses in particular will have no hesitation in trampling a young dog which bothers them.

[Guest midnight_runner]

Hi guys,I think I know the answer to this already but not certain.If your lurcher is taking deer,is it possible he can be ok and steady with sheep or is it as I expect they get a little keen on all forms of living moving spieces,I'm thinking this is a kinda pointless question but has anyone got their dog steady to sheep and still take deer with them,Jigsaw.

i run my dog every other night after the usal four. appart from one or two early hickups during training my dogs have all been rock steadie personaly think most of it comes down to training in most cases but you do get the odd dog you cant do nout with