thewhippetman 0 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 (edited) oryt lads got a whippet pup dont have a clue how to train them how to run rabbits like i was just wanting a bit help lads eny commens would be apreciated walk him bwt 4 mile a day deffenatley fit enough 8 month old to late to early or what im in to guns nd tht just fancy a dog so im wanting to bring him on ?? cheers lads Edited September 28, 2010 by thewhippetman Quote Link to post
Lennard 10 Posted September 28, 2010 Report Share Posted September 28, 2010 Get him as obedient as the 2 of you together can be. And then take your pup to easy rabbits, mixy or squatters that will give him a good chance of a kill to boost confidence and prevent yapping. Keep your fingers crossed for obedience staying good, don't let the dog hunt up on itself if you don't want it to later on. If it has caught something praise its ass off and leash it. It has to figure out that returning to you does not mean the fun is over. Maybe team up with someone who has a working whippet or lurcher and go out together, big chance the young dog will copy the behaviour of the experienced one. When obiedence is failing it can help biking with your dog for a couple of kms before apporaching rabbits...tire it up a bit so it will not (or at least less) hunt up cause it is just excited due to it being loose... atb L Quote Link to post
thewhippetman 0 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 cheers mate much apriciated thewhippeman Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Get him as obedient as the 2 of you together can be. And then take your pup to easy rabbits, mixy or squatters that will give him a good chance of a kill to boost confidence and prevent yapping. Keep your fingers crossed for obedience staying good, don't let the dog hunt up on itself if you don't want it to later on. If it has caught something praise its ass off and leash it. It has to figure out that returning to you does not mean the fun is over. Maybe team up with someone who has a working whippet or lurcher and go out together, big chance the young dog will copy the behaviour of the experienced one. When obiedence is failing it can help biking with your dog for a couple of kms before apporaching rabbits...tire it up a bit so it will not (or at least less) hunt up cause it is just excited due to it being loose... atb L I'd agree on most of that. Obediance is a key place to start, get the recall and retrieving spot on before you worry about hunting, also get to know the dog, then you can judge whether he is mentally mature enough or still being a pup and likely to f**k about. 8 months is definitely not too late, with some dogs it can be a tad early. Then when you think you have him under your control, take him out on a nice windy, rainy night with lots of cloud cover and see if you can find a rabbit out in the middle of a field, see if it will squat and walk it up, then when close, let the dog run it. He may or may not catch it, but you want to give him the best chance you can, early success is good, but don't worry if he doesn't catch, watch the way he runs it and judge if he was unlucky, so can stand a few more goes, or if he just isn't ready yet, in which case the best thing is to put him back on the lead and go home. Whatever you do dont push him young, he will either hurt himself, give in or start yapping out of frustration. Like has been said, if your planning on lamping him then try to avoid him hunting up if he misses the rabbit, this can be a major problem with whippets as they have very good noses, it is only obediance that will master it. I encourage mine to hunt up at certain points but not at others. With regards to taking him out with another dog, i personally would not recommend this as firstly if he does catch he is unlikely to retrieve it and also if he is running with an older more experienced dog that is likely to reach the quarry before him and make the catch, it can lead to frustration and yapping, often a problem with the whipps. Hope it works out. Jai. Quote Link to post
DogMagic 461 Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Get him out with the ferrets mate. Dont peg the nets, just drape them over the holes. The rabbit will hit the net and roll over and take a few seconds to right itself. It gives the dog a chance to pick them up before they realy get going. When he catches them, give him SHEDLOADS of praise, make sure he knows he has made you the happyest chappy on earth then he will go out of his way to do it again. Once hese listening to the rumbling going on underground and following the rabbits progress thru the burrows the next step is to get a warren right out in the middle of a green and leave a few holes un netted. Watch how he goes on a proper chase and weather or not he catches, give him SHEDLOADS of praise. Quote Link to post
thewhippetman 0 Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 thanks alot lads got a few mates with lurchers and that so ill take all ur advice and have a go like cheers boys kyle. Quote Link to post
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