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  1. I have two that have had young at the same time and ive splt them up from the youngsters as the kits are weaned and need handling. one jill is fine the other bites the handle of the muck shovel I have to use to stop her attacking my hand. She will be fine in a few weeks. They are amazing little b*****ds

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  2. I use my wirehaired Vizsla when we are shooting ferreted rabbits, he marks holes and works the rushes before we start ferreting. He sits and doesn't chase when rabbits bolt and he does get to retrieve most of them. He has been known to chase rabbits in the beating line but I don't make a huge thing over it and 9 times out of 10 I can stop him no bother.

     

    He is rock solid on hares and deer and we often stand on shoot days with roe deer running past us and on the moor during the grouse season he just watches hares away

  3. stop letting him hunt and chase he is only 6 months old you have no real control of him yet or are you ever likely too if you keep training him this way. Brittanys are the worst offenders at hunting up and going deaf. At his age he needs loads of fun retrieving practice and fun obedience. you are rushing and will end up with a pest of a dog flushing everything in the next county. Work towards entering to hunting seriously at 18 months

  4. Yes mate he does not as close as a spaniel but he is within 30 yards and I can stop and turn him on the whistle if I want him to work closer. He is never out of control. I think he just likes to be in contact but I play to this by calling him in now and then to work a bit of cover for me and I think that exercise means he is expecting my commands

  5. mate I have a wire haired vizsla who will be 4 in march and he still plays with some of his retrieves (Dummys and cold game) but he is mint on shot stuff. He flushes like a spaniel in the wood but as the cover opens up he points I have never taught him to do this but it makes him a very versatile dog. He gets a lot of work and im a firm believer that the more controlled work they do the better they get.

     

    I haven't trialled him yet as he is sensitive around crowds of people

  6. They are a full on breed mate and will not be as calm as your whippet but if you have the time and patience they make good house dogs.If I were you I would find someone who works and trains the breed near you before you get one

    Working trials during the summer field trials are during the shooting season

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  7. I still wouldn't have it, not writing it off but if I had a chance of buying a well brought up pup or one that had just sat in a kennel without a name I know which one I would pick. I deal with rescue dogs all the time and have fostered many.

     

    as for not doing anything with a pup until its 10 months that's a load of shite

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