What age should you run a lurcher

[ziggy1 0]

At what age did you start runing yours dogs

[bigdan 11]

ive alway's been told a year or fifteen month's for hare's let them build strangth and healthy lung's ive seen dog's ruined becouse there ran to early or over worked but i suppose it depend's what you hunt and depend's on breed i would go for rabbit's then move on when dog is strong enough ive seen dog's dis hearted becouse they couldnt catch the hare but that's the owner's fault for being to eager and not careing about dog's just result's but i think training and exercise bring's result's good luck

[Rabbithunter 456]

Its all down to personal preference. I know one lad who waits till there 18 months old.

 

Personally, at 6 months old, I will take them out to WATCH the other dogs.

 

7 months old slip them once or twice a night. and increase the slips as they grow older. about 11-14 months they are fully developed

[Guest barn]

i run them at 12 month but not too much as they tend to get anxious ive seen dogs start opening up when ran into ground on their first few nights

[sniffer 167]

when they are young .... im talking about hare dogs pre ban obviously let an exsperianced dog get the hare in trouble then slip the pup in for rag from 10 months on let them do a little bit , but dont knock the guts out of them, some hare dogs dont get going full swing untill there 2 years old.

[Guest whitser]

the lad i have now i started taking him out with the lamp at 9-10 months and just gave him one maybe two slips a night. even when he was 12 months he never got more than ten slips. when the season starts this year he'll be worked hard and regulary as he'll be 19 months in october.