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  1. 5 month old Cocker chasing low flying birds

    in Gundogs & Retrievers

    Posted

    Thanks Hilly, The Monkey, Sussex & Jarvis for your comments on this. He’s 8 months old now and 2 months into his training - I’ve got him under control with this and he’s not chasing anything at all.

    Your comments really were very positive and helped keep me calm when he was going through his ‘chasing phase’. 

    I was always expecting at least one idiot to either patronise or be darn right unhelpful but the comments from you guys made up for that one idiot! 

    Thanks guys 

    BBB

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  3. 5 month old Cocker chasing low flying birds

    in Gundogs & Retrievers

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    Hi guys,

    i have got a 5 month old working Cocker who is proving to be very game but he has started to chase low flying birds and despite me shouting he won’t stop chasing it until he realises that he can’t catch it!!

    im keen to correct this issue with him but I don’t know what to do.

    Has anyone got any experience with this issue who can pass on some advice?

    Thanks 

    BBB

  4. Is Lamping Unsporting?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted

    On 27/03/2018 at 22:08, Bobtheferret said:

    Personally where I lamp it’s actually pretty hard to get big numbers the rabbits are quick and the land is tough. Some of the videos I’ve watched of blokes lamping up north are ridiculous rabbits are just slower and seem happy to squat. Down south were I am hardly ever get a squatter and seem turbo charged! Either that or my dogs are shite! ?

    Southern Rabbits aren’t any harder to catch lads... Northern Dogs are just faster than their southern shandy drinking counterparts 

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  6. New Hob

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

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    Hi guys,

    I got a new job a few weeks ago. He’s a very small type. 

    When I introduced him to my current job (who is very big) they seemed to play for 30 seconds and then the big Hob pins down the little Hob and looks like he’s trying to kill him.

    i always break it up and they live I separate hutches because of this reason. 

    My qquestion is: Will this always be a problem or is there something that I can do to help them get along???

    BBB

  10. Hob scruffing Gill

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

    Posted

    Got my first ferrets this year and noticed that the Hob was scruffing the Gill this morning. 

    At first I though that he was trying to mate her but when I got her out of the hutch I noticed that he had wounded her and she has a scab where it looks like he has done it before. 

    The ferrets are ‘this years’ and the Hob hasn’t been Vsexed yet.

    Does anyone know what I can do? 

  11. Getting fed up

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted

    I've got to say: I was convincing myself that numbers were down after reading stuff like this but actually, numbers are just down in the places that I have been looking. I spent last few weeks trying to improve my outings by going to the fields that surround all of my usual spots and was pleasantly surprised at the decent number of rabbits that I was getting on..

    The sweet spots change and its up to me to change with them. 

    And you know what - I've bloody enjoyed it. Proper hunting as far as I'm concerned - exploring and re learning the lay of the land then linking it up with the other bits that already know! 

    Sometimes you need a bit of a kick in order to make improvements and that's exactly what I've done. I hope that others can get out and manage to do the same!

    Happy Hunting!

    BBB

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  15. How long can I leave my ferrets for?

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

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    Hi guys. 

    I have a 1 week holiday booked in the Winter and was thinking about how long I can leave my ferrets for. I have 2 young ferrets and I know that they will eat a rabbit from head to toe in about a week and if I leave 2 water feeders these will easily last longer than a week. 

    To date - I haven’t left them for longer than 10 hours without going to them, getting them out, cleaning out etc so I don’t know how long they would last without me. 

    Im kind of thinking that if I gut their hutch and leave them a frozen pigeon and a fresh rabbit on the day that I leave then they would be fine but that would feel a little cruel. 

    Would love to hear other people’s opinion and what they do. 

    BBB

  16. Ferreting

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

    Posted

    Mine are 6 months old and I took them both out on Friday and Sunday. Both bolted and worked the warrens very well. My Hob was over keen (basically wouldn’t come back to me and kept on going to ground when I got anywhere near him). But the Jill was steady as you like. A little hesitant at first but bolted 3 rabbits and was happy to come back to me frequently.

    Couldnt be happier with them

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  25. What are you feeding yours?

    in Ferrets & Ferreting

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    Been feeding my ferrets a combination of pigeons, magpies, crows and rabbits. Very occcasionally they will eat ferret food (if for some reason I can’t feed them a dead animal). 

    90% of the above diet is pigeons (shot by shotgun). But I was wondering if this is a good diet or do I need to add anything else? 

    BBB

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