brambo1938

nice photo Thanks -my missis took that on a box brownie as was just off for my evening mooch.The gun was for anything from pigeons to roe. In those days I could wander anywhere with no dog leads, carrying a db 12 bore and get no hassle from anyone.Bit different today !

Hope this pic.comes out OK. My rabbitting team( and me )in 1961. The whippet was a pure from a guy who had been breeding his own line of workers ,best catcher to best catcher,for 12 generations.- 20in 24pounds.The terrier was a hunt terrier reject non spannable 14ins 26 pounds. They were mainly used for rabbits but they would kill the occasional fox that we came across. The whippet had learned to catch feral cats by the tail and drag and shake it untill the terrier caught up and crunched it.He used the same technique on foxes.I had to put him down at 12 (painful arthritis). He never h

Before you get an electric collar you might want to try the "recall and bonding technique" that I have used for more years than I care to remember.This has worked for me every time on some very "difficult" dogs. Train the dog indoors or in the garden if the dog lives outdoors.Do not let him off lead untill the training is complete. Get a silent dog whistle and dont feed the dog for a day.Call the dog (or go to to him if he wont come to you)go "peep -peep" on the whistle and give the dog a 1cm.square cube of lamb or chicken.Then ignore the dog and take a walk round the garden- he will f

Good read Brambo, thanks.. I hope your wish comes true.. For me... the Borders Thanks for your good wishes mate ATB B

very interesting read that mate cheers for sharing, as someone whos hunted one area over a long period of time and built up observations on the population, how do you think rabbit numbers compare over the years to the present day? do you think they will start to come back again in these "cycles" or do you think the numbers have dropped to an all time low? A "predator/prey cycle" goes on for years and is the natural order of things when nature is left to itself.What happens is that the predator population rises as the prey population rises until the predator numbers become so great th

brillient mate, ,forget the lads with hundreds of post these are the men that have seen and done most things, 60 years of lurchers/longdogs , outstanding mate merry xmas, Cheers mate Merry xmas to you

lol I was 17 years old in 1955 and had owned a running dog for 5 years.I'm 72 now but weather permitting I'm still out mooching for an hour or two each day with my saluki x.

Salisbury Plain for me.From 1955 to 1990 I hunted at least twice a week every season in an area just east of the "live firing area"- a place (several sqare miles ) that the Army had set aside for infantry maneovers.Wiki describes it as a wildife haven , and so it was.There were rabbits,hare,foxes and a very scrawny ( but still tasty )strain of wild pheasant there.You would sometimes see a roe or fallow there but I think the noise of rifle fire on the rare occasions (2 or 3 times in a season) that the army held maneovers there frightened them into the "tamer " areas. The place was so untou

This cross was quite common (at least here in the south)in the 1950's and early 60's ie.pre Saluki.It is an excellent cross in its own right.Not only does the whippet side reduce the height it also reduces the bulk i.e a 26in.whippet x deerhound can wiegh up to 10 lbs. less than the same size greyhound x deerhound. This lightness made for an agile dog that lost little on the turn -in short-good catchers. As you would expect there was great variation in size within the litters but there was always a waiting list for these dogs(and in those days these dogs were never advertised -always sold o

chriselvis 5 Good luck with with your whippet x beddy ,cracking dogs ,those I've seen ! Even it it dont yap you might wanna teach it the "stop it" command. I train my dogs(or used to when I was young enough to run behind a running dog across big land )to the silent whistle== one "peep" for "stop it ", two "peeps" for recall.So "peep" pause "peep-peep"means "stop whatever you are doing and come back to me" which is a much more powerful command than "come 'ere you b&stard". If you get the training right and constantly reinforce that training you can actually override a

"work on the missis" It did in the 1950's I doubt it would now !!http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif

JAKEY To train a whippet not to yap you first need to train him to obey the "stop what you are doing now" command. Every time he does something "wrong"(biting the furniture-pissing against the door-jamb,whatever) you say his name followed by "Ah".This will distract him and hopefully he will stop what he's doing.if he dont stop say"Ah" again but louder and gently pull him away from what he's doing.When he stops give it 5 seconds to sink in then say "Good dog" and fondle his ears-whippets dont need "treat training" they are eager to please and as trainable as a poodle.He will soon get the messag