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  1. crorider
    you're a lucky man
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    makes perfect sense to me mate. I agree its easier to pen them but I don't agree that its better for the dog. I know which any dog would choose given the choice
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    Maybe that's why I'm asking..... Since my dogs switched to daytime this season he ain't had anything that's kept him out of action touch wood. Maybe id have 2 myself if he spent half the season injured like he did when I was lamping him
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    yea and i know you work full time so its good that you can keep them all fit. Mind you, you keep yourself fitter than half the dogs i know as well you dont mind a mission do ya! i know i must of lost a few pounds that night lol. But just say you didnt have the terrier and the rabbitting dogs, would you see the point in having a big pack of coursing dogs or would you think it'd make more sense to have one or two?
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    yea that makes perfect sense to me, ive got a whippet grey type that i got as an adult and apparently he was a pet not allowed off lead before i took him on. And i can honestly say i dont think you could find a dog slower to bring on than this backwards cnut! Took a full season to stop trying to commit suicide by running into something every run. took longer than that to stop wildly overshooting every run. He's sort of got the hang of it now but most nights he just cant seem to get more than 1 or 2 stupid fence hitting rabbits in his mouth. Im convinced it's cos he missed out on the basic at t
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    Well not really cos i dont believe many of them would have anything worth having, that's sort of my point. Apart from those lucky few that do really have a lifestyle that allows them to keep 6 dogs fit and put enough in front of each dog for long enough to see the dogs true potential, and yea i spose i would be jealous of that lifestyle if i could still pay the bills. But apart from those lucky few, would it not make more sense to put all their efforts in to 1 or 2 dogs? I use to have 3 dogs and also founf getting the work for them hard. I think also putting the work into one dog and
  7. crorider
    we've all done it
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    Well not really cos i dont believe many of them would have anything worth having, that's sort of my point. Apart from those lucky few that do really have a lifestyle that allows them to keep 6 dogs fit and put enough in front of each dog for long enough to see the dogs true potential, and yea i spose i would be jealous of that lifestyle if i could still pay the bills. But apart from those lucky few, would it not make more sense to put all their efforts in to 1 or 2 dogs?
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    I understand having a big pack of dogs for different jobs, or even dogs that work together in packs. I've got 3 dogs myself but 2 of them are lamping dogs, can always find a few hours a week to go lamping, Just don't understand how anyone could bring on 2 or 3 coursing pups whilst keeping on top of 3 or 4 other coursing dogs. Spose it's easy if you dont work or even if you work nights and lived where theres plenty to go at......
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    How many dogs do you have in your kennels for the one job? I've got 1 and struggle to give him enough graft to get the very best out of him. Keep seeing coursing lads pictures of their pack or "ammo" and wonder how one man can work 5 or 6 dogs to even a fraction of their full potential. This topic aint me bitching at all, as im always tempted for something new hoping it'll make something special. But then i always think 'whats the point when i cant find time to get my 1 dog out twice a week'. Until i can do that i cant see how having another dog would benefit me, it'd just take away from t
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    Too many runs? My whippet grey can hardly move if he gets too much graft in one night
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    Loads
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    His dam is coursing bred, merlin eve stuff but the sire is deer grey x collie grey with some bull. I'm sure its not the dams side that's made him responsive to commands and a joy to own. Definitely get a more purpose bred coursing pup next time though after seeing the lungs on chief.
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    Yea I'm happy with Oscar. Doing well considering he ain't really bred for it and its his first season. Still could of done better in December tho missed a lot. Does everything except catch them since it got cold. Hopefully stop a couple this weekend though
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    To think that was probably the 15th rabbit chief has seen. Plus its middle of winter in a pretty tight field on the black stuff. The vid doesn't show it but he went on to kill that rabbit and another on much bigger land after a 5 minute course. Privilege to watch a pup run with so much potential
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYh-5AgH7ys
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    Sorry to rub it in mate, i feel the same! I remember When Jim was planning to get him the thought crossed my mind to see if there were any left for me but i thought i had the dog i needed!!!!!
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    Thought i had a half decent dog until i took him to the fens with chief today! Different dog to when i last saw him, before he was 100% up and at em with no thought other than strike strike strike but today the penny dropped and he worked his rabbits like an old pro. outclassed the first one, boxed it up and killed it never let it get more than 5 yards away. The second was the craziest run ive ever seen, massive silly slip, got to it and ended up running it for about 5 minutes solid all round the feckin village. It got away somehow but another one jumped up straight away he followed it straigh
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    what have you seen with your own eyes exactly. A 'decent daytime dog' missing plenty of hares on the lamp while a dog that cant catch them dayitme is cleaning up?
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    That's ridiculous
  21. crorider
    nice dog what x cheers. sire deer grey x collie grey with some bull and dam is merlin eve bred saluki whippet grey
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    Got to agree with shaark though. I know places where theyre so hard to catch on the lamp in winter. They get hammered on the lamp and by winter you wont catch them on foot. They outrun the beam everytime
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    well said. I find it almost impossible to believe that a decent daytime dog would struggle on the lamp. If you can keep the hare in the beam it aint getting away from a decent daytime dog. I've got a 16 and a half inch Chihuahua Yorkie x whippet that's had more than his fair share of big rabbits on the lamp. Seen him run one daytime and not get anywhere near it
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