why get rid

[rabitin girl 16]

If more folk were thinking long term, taking dog for life they would perhaps put a wee bit more thought into it before actually taking something on. Then they might get a dog that actually suits their needs and not need to chop and change dog every few weeks.

 

 

Very good point

[Garypco 3]

so what your all saying is dont sell your dogs???????

 

what happens if some one as bought a dog for fox and it dont make the grade????

 

i know if my dog when it is entered to them (yes im allowed as there aint no ban here) dont make the grade he will be sold as a RABBIT only dog.

why keep a dog that isnt doing the job ?

its not the owners fault if the dog wont do certain stuff ..........

my dog is bred out of 2 good fox dogs , thats why i bought him .

 

so if he dont like getting bitten back is that down to lack of training??? so should i now go out everyday and bite my dog so he gets used to being bitten????????

 

i think not .... some of you are talking a load of bollocks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if i was to enter a dog that didnt make the grade it would only go one place!!! theres wastage in everything even the best stock has wastage!!! i recently schooled a 28" deerhound bull greyhound 5th gen out of 100% tested stock shooled him right worked a season on rabbits then went onto the big stuff... hes gone now...... he was twice the type his brother was and schooled the same way....he simply didnt have the heart his brother did...

 

these dogs should only ever two places one is very dark and cold the other is a pet home once theyve been spayed or neutered..if this was done right wed all have better dogs!!!

[undisputed 1,664]

So what are we saying here? that a dog after a season on rabbits has to make the leap on to bigger game the following season or he's gone?. How many potential good dogs have been moved on or worse for want of an owner who knows what theyre doing and is prepared to give the dog more than a season to come good?........

[threbb 0]

A dog should be for life. if you research the breeding and pick a healthy pup theirs no reason why it wont do the job trained and entered properly.(exept in extreme circumstances)

A lot of people expect their dogs to be world beaters at the age of 12 months,

 

As for young lads being blamed, its rubbish there are more middle aged blokes swapping round dogs.

They treat them like they would a car, using them for a season and swapping them for somthing else.

 

 

a pet is for life but a working dog is quite different,i guess im lucky that i have the set to keep seven dogs but the people that can only have one,if a dog gets injured or to old its got to go,i prefer to give mine the bullit (iv only pts ill dogs to date).i wouldnt want my dogs passed from piller to post,i always find it funny that its ok to buy and sell horse's but not dogs?? one of my mates buy's and sells a few dogs,while they are in his charge they are well fed and housed and he wont sell to w*nkers..dogs arnt human they live for today not tommorow or yesterday!! as long as they get looked after i dont think they care who they are with..

I agree with that.Has long has you look after a dog with good grub a good bed and exercise hes happy.I do think there are a lot of dogs out there that would be better off with pet homes or put down instead of being passed on because they are not good at there job.

[brock1 2]

So what are we saying here? that a dog after a season on rabbits has to make the leap on to bigger game the following season or he's gone?. How many potential good dogs have been moved on or worse for want of an owner who knows what theyre doing and is prepared to give the dog more than a season to come good?........

 

well that is how most seem to put it but a rabbit dog is a rabbit dog & i cant see why a dog that can kill rabbits should be pts when most of the time someone will give them a good home. but they shoudnt be breed of & sold as good allrounder witch sometimes happens. but some dogs just dont work to any kind of standard on any think & thses dogs i will have pts becouse people have a habbit of breeding dogs just for looks & if looks could kill then this wouldnt be a problem but they dont. a lurcher isnt a pet in my eyes & when people start breeding working dogs just for pets you get some nice looking dogs that could only catch a ball in the park & win a show on a weekend witch is not what a lurcher is for.

[undisputed 1,664]

So what are we saying here? that a dog after a season on rabbits has to make the leap on to bigger game the following season or he's gone?. How many potential good dogs have been moved on or worse for want of an owner who knows what theyre doing and is prepared to give the dog more than a season to come good?........

 

well that is how most seem to put it but a rabbit dog is a rabbit dog & i cant see why a dog that can kill rabbits should be pts when most of the time someone will give them a good home. but they shoudnt be breed of & sold as good allrounder witch sometimes happens. but some dogs just dont work to any kind of standard on any think & thses dogs i will have pts becouse people have a habbit of breeding dogs just for looks & if looks could kill then this wouldnt be a problem but they dont. a lurcher isnt a pet in my eyes & when people start breeding working dogs just for pets you get some nice looking dogs that could only catch a ball in the park & win a show on a weekend witch is not what a lurcher is for.

 

 

My point is a dog has to start somewhere, some take to the task relatively easy others take a bit longer it would be great if every dog that was shown it's first fox did the bizz but life's not like that....time and patience is whats needed....sadly not many owners take the right approach to entering their dogs and give up long before their dogs ever do

[brock1 2]

So what are we saying here? that a dog after a season on rabbits has to make the leap on to bigger game the following season or he's gone?. How many potential good dogs have been moved on or worse for want of an owner who knows what theyre doing and is prepared to give the dog more than a season to come good?........

 

well that is how most seem to put it but a rabbit dog is a rabbit dog & i cant see why a dog that can kill rabbits should be pts when most of the time someone will give them a good home. but they shoudnt be breed of & sold as good allrounder witch sometimes happens. but some dogs just dont work to any kind of standard on any think & thses dogs i will have pts becouse people have a habbit of breeding dogs just for looks & if looks could kill then this wouldnt be a problem but they dont. a lurcher isnt a pet in my eyes & when people start breeding working dogs just for pets you get some nice looking dogs that could only catch a ball in the park & win a show on a weekend witch is not what a lurcher is for.

 

 

My point is a dog has to start somewhere, some take to the task relatively easy others take a bit longer it would be great if every dog that was shown it's first fox did the bizz but life's not like that....time and patience is whats needed....sadly not many owners take the right approach to entering their dogs and give up long before their dogs ever do

 

i was not arguning with what you sead mate but agreing. some dogs do take a long time to learn & you shouldnt reach for the gun to sone. some dont make the grade on the game there meant for but still do other stuff well & still have a use but some just never have a use. if you dont give them time you will never no.

[undisputed 1,664]

So what are we saying here? that a dog after a season on rabbits has to make the leap on to bigger game the following season or he's gone?. How many potential good dogs have been moved on or worse for want of an owner who knows what theyre doing and is prepared to give the dog more than a season to come good?........

 

well that is how most seem to put it but a rabbit dog is a rabbit dog & i cant see why a dog that can kill rabbits should be pts when most of the time someone will give them a good home. but they shoudnt be breed of & sold as good allrounder witch sometimes happens. but some dogs just dont work to any kind of standard on any think & thses dogs i will have pts becouse people have a habbit of breeding dogs just for looks & if looks could kill then this wouldnt be a problem but they dont. a lurcher isnt a pet in my eyes & when people start breeding working dogs just for pets you get some nice looking dogs that could only catch a ball in the park & win a show on a weekend witch is not what a lurcher is for.

 

 

My point is a dog has to start somewhere, some take to the task relatively easy others take a bit longer it would be great if every dog that was shown it's first fox did the bizz but life's not like that....time and patience is whats needed....sadly not many owners take the right approach to entering their dogs and give up long before their dogs ever do

 

i was not arguning with what you sead mate but agreing. some dogs do take a long time to learn & you shouldnt reach for the gun to sone. some dont make the grade on the game there meant for but still do other stuff well & still have a use but some just never have a use. if you dont give them time you will never no.

 

 

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