Probably a stupid question!

[young_london_hunter 9]

Hello,

I'm new to this whole thing(Lurchers) and just wondering do you reckon you could use a pure greyhound for rabbiting ?

Probably a stupid question but was just filling in gaps in my knowledge.

Thanks

[scent 509]

far from a stupid question pal ,i used to exercise a track greyhound for a lady that wasnt able to walk her .She never actually understood why i exercised the bitch mainly at night .I was actually out lamping the bitch 3 nights a week and caught good bags of bunnies,but she couldn last as long as a lurcher .Had some good sport though

[lofti 579]

its not a stupid question mate,

the right greyhound will catch rabbits day and night.

[young_london_hunter 9]

okay what about a young rescue greyhound ?

I reckon ive got better chances if my mum knows i'm rescuing one.

Could you obedience train it ?

Apaprently they have ernormous prey drives ?

[young_london_hunter 9]

bump

[mackem 26,616]

I had a rescue greyhound for three months,her most memorable catches included my polecat hob next doors cat and a sheep very fast,caught rabbits with ease

[sniper 30]

i think greyhounds should be good rabbit catchers...they are fast enough and a fair strike rate.....cheers

[young_london_hunter 9]

would traiing be a big problem ?

[stormrider8 59]

I used to lamp greyhounds every now and then, it used to get them race fit very quickly! But you always risked the chance of injury. I have only had three of them but they all had very high prey drives and would kill almost anything if they got the chance!! Saw a small bitch once kill a cocker type dog!

[young_london_hunter 9]

wats their stamina like ?

[stormrider8 59]

wats their stamina like ?

 

 

I never lamped them hard enough to find out mate as they were racers. They wern't really trained to lamp properly, if they missed the first catch they used to do laps of the field!! Was a nightmare gettin them back, but they very rarely missed.

[jackard 36]

no such thing as a stupid question in a forum , if your new and your wanting to learn . if you dont ask you will neva know mate .

[robbie 0]

id go for a whippet / greyhound for abit of rabbiting mate imo