It's nice to see that some people maintaining high standards. Personally I like to have the option to use the rabbit for the table rather than a poorly trained dog who will bruise the catch or even worse not retrieve it to hand. It beggars believe that people are willing to accept anything less than their lurcher retrieving live to hand and it is no wonder why gun dog people regard us lurchermen with such low esteem.
dont know anybody learns their dog to retrieve,if some do it natural fair enough all point n slip merchants here,
lot of people use photos and vids in the lurcher game as a sale pitch stud dogs ect,.i know of a few lamping hares then taking daytime photos,3 outta 3.
if you travel across the border here you can get 2 sets of benifits ,if you sign on in the south single man getting 200 0dd euro a week see lots of pick ups going back n forth.lol