Fast Dogs for hard ground

[Aussie Whip 3,825]

The dogs we have here in oz for rabbits are usually super quick dogs with very tough feet to handle the iron hard ground,usually at least 3/4 sight hound.I'm thinking the rabbits here are faster than in the UK,some places more hare like living above ground.Do people think there''s any truth in this or are rabbits the same everywhere.

[sandymere 8,261]

The ground makes the difference, rabbit on bare ground or very short grass can run a lot faster than one on longer tussocky grass.

[bobhow 57]

my guess and its only a guess is it ,s more down to the ground than the rabbit after all the stock you have in oz came from this country we rabbit on softer ground that favour,s the dog that said you get a run on a well kept golf course when there.s been no rain and they take a fair bit of catching

[Black neck 15,162]

Has your dog recently bin straight lined by 1 the whip

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

I was watching a Australian wildlife documentry on YouTube last night and had pack of dingoes chasing rabbits was quite interesting.

[Aussie Whip 3,825]

15 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Has your dog recently bin straight lined by 1 the whip

No,my dog has never missed a rabbit

[Black neck 15,162]

7 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

No,my dog has never missed a rabbit

That's the spirit brother 

[sandymere 8,261]

9 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

No,my dog has never missed a rabbit

Bound to bump into one one day though 

[Aussie Whip 3,825]

1 minute ago, sandymere said:

Bound to bump into one one day though 

If she.s got a broken leg.lol

[Aussie Whip 3,825]

31 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

I was watching a Australian wildlife documentry on YouTube last night and had pack of dingoes chasing rabbits was quite interesting.

Wild dogs are bad here atm,some properties have given up breeding lambs,mostly properties that back onto ranges or national parks.

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

5 minutes ago, Aussie Whip said:

Wild dogs are bad here atm,some properties have given up breeding lambs,mostly properties that back onto ranges or national parks.

Yeah been watching a few , another was on the camels being thinned out,some Arab fella came over an was talking to station owners and a fella who worked in a slaughterhouse.

[Aussie Whip 3,825]

They used to sell camels to the arabs,apparently there very healthy animals.There way out west, plus heaps of wild horses and donkeys which some find sport in hunting.

[Kerny92 1,246]

Like has been said, the rabbits are no different it's just the ground enables them to run faster.

[shaaark 10,130]

Are you talking north or south australia? In britain it's a well known fact than northern rabbits are slower than southern rabbits 

[forest of dean redneck 11,189]

24 minutes ago, shaaark said:

Are you talking north or south australia? In britain it's a well known fact than northern rabbits are slower than southern rabbits 

Don’t start the dales rabbit debate again ffs