no need for dogs long netting at night,buy the book longnetting from peg to peg by martin king,will tell you all you need to know to get started,and it's a good read,i bought my first net and this book around 5 mths ago,went up to the local playing field during the evening to practice setting it out,done this during daylight to get used to it,then after a while went out when it was getting dark,went out last week in a field where there were rabbits to try out for the first time and got 4,practice pays of,i bought the net from someone on this forum,but,you can buy them of a number of sites,jbs