Lamping help

[4001alex 0]

This is to be my first season lamping with my little whippet/collie x saluki/grey, she is about 17 months old and has apparently done a bit with her previous owner, she has caught me a fair few day time rabbits and retrived them to hand. When i take her out at night although she is catching she dosent really seem to understand that she is suposed to look down the beam and will only chase once the rabbit is moving and as a result is missing quite a few that i feel she should have caught.

Is this usual for an inexperianced dog or should i return to basics and stard dummy retriving lessons in the dark with the lamp?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

alex

[johnbob 0]

hia mate would recomend you take your dog out with a more experienced dog or try and get as close as you can [bANNED TEXT] slippin it just takes time one ov mine nails anything that looks like a rabbit mole hills an loves tufts ov grass lol

[the pikey poacher 1,157]

this will come with experiance mate or if you want her to pick it up quicker (watching the lamp ) take her out with another dog and just let her watch this has worked for me in the past hope this helps good luck and let me know how you get on

[bull101 35]

comes down to experience mate, i think 99% of dogs that go out on the lamp dont look down the beam much and tend to use their nose.

 

but as they get out more on the lamp they move where the lamp goes and stop using their nose as much.

 

one they have had a good few night on the lamp and some runs they will start to look down the beam where ever you point it

 

atb mate