I discouraged myn from entering holes and trust me if they want to go they will go no matter how many times you discourage them last time mine dropped in I was a good few mile from home hunting some forestry and he went missing found a hole put my ear to the floor and could hear the dog at its quarry luckily I managed to call him out after half an hour, I was lucky, now if I know there are holes about he gets put on a lead
Few more of my Lakeland, not done a huge amount with him this year as I got my own place and left him with me mother but still get him out when a can.
However picked up some ratting permission so had a few days on the rats which he loves and is a demon on them
It's one of them things only the owner of that particular dog will be able to answer, imo a rabbit dog is s rabbit dog 2-3 seasons you know what you have got as for fox dogs etc I belive after 4-5 seasons if it ain't jacked by then it ain't gunna before old age hits it
It was mate, change of scenery.
Used to camp a lot in the Lake District as a kid but never walked the hills much, bloody hard going aswell and dangerous I was on my arse with in the first half hour ??.
The dogs enjoyed it aswell and my mate had his 7 month old pup with us aswell it was tareing about all over the place.
Took a drive to the lakes yesterday 5 hour round trip for a wander, the weather was in our favour, nice walk, something diffrent from my normal walks and the scenery, well that is something else
I havnt taken many photos this season but these are some of the few I have taken.
The back and tan dog is and has been a very good rabbiting dog infact with out a doubt the best I have seen, and he has thrown a few handy pups
My young dog is almost 20 months now and a pure head ach the 2 worst things he does is pull constantly on the slip nit to the pionts where he chokes himself but so my arm is killing by the end of the night, the other is the yapping on rabbits, some times he does other times he doesn't but had a few nights out with keeper retrieving few bits and bobs.
Next season he is gunna get some serious graft.
Any tips on how to correct the dog when pulling on slip I pull him back and tell him but he goes and pulls again instantly give him a slap round the chops and same again it's as if he doesn't kn
I had abit bother with postage before once he posted it it got lost in the mail so he sent me another one out the day I revived myn he revived the first one back and asked if I wanted it for price of postage so I did, he is s sound bloke.
For the young dog in his first season and for the old boy who has plenty experiance and never fails me, it's always good when your pals have night out and say to you, wish you had been there with diesel he would have mopped up.
Juggling a new home a partner working dogs and going to work I'v had my dogs out as much as possible and they have done well the young dog is a strange one but he has taken everything I have put I front of him and I'll be happy goinging into 2016/17 season knowing he has a bit of experiance and is capable of a few things.
The old boy excels at the rabbit game and l
I got a bull whippet type dog 22tts and his first season has had a few retrieves this season whilst out with keeper and gun, he has done very well on what he has seen, still yaps on rabbits tho ???
Had the young dog out local on the rabbits caught 5 missed 2 not to bad for local but had to put the foot work in.
He has done okay this season (first season) could have done better and still has a few problems hopefully he settles down abit and matures abit more for next season,
Still got one more night planned down the road with him then that's him done till September and got another few more night with the older dog to mop up a few rabbits to fill the freezer to last the ferrets the spring hopefully