What range do your lurchers work at during the day?

[rob190364 2,594]

I've just got a copy of that foxing with lurchers DVD with the collie crosses.....the DVD is alright, couple of bits of dodgy filming but other than that it was OK. One thing that did strike me though was on a couple of occassions when working with just one of the dogs he was filming it from a few hundred yards away. I've not done much with my lurcher yet but she's rarely more than 50 yards away from me, probably due to the fact we've only worked small woodlands and fields? Does anyone else have dogs that go so far away from you? Or is that just a trait of daytime fox dogs? At one point he was literally filming it from the other side of a big valley!

[123456 146]

Think it depends on the ground, where I live is a lot of valleys but aslong as I'm able to see the dog I don't care how far away he is. If he doesa go out of my sight ill have him come back allowing me to cover some ground and hopefully see his next intended area.

 

You say only 50 yards away, now don't get me wrong I think that shows you have great control but I also believes a dog needs to be able to hunt on himself, he could find a scent and the fox could be 200 yards away and moving. A lot of it in my expierience is knowing your dog, I know when mines on something and will allow him to go whatever distance that's required knowing hell turn around as soon as he needs to but if he's just generally mooching ill have him in close so as I can see what's happening

[rob190364 2,594]

Think it depends on the ground, where I live is a lot of valleys but aslong as I'm able to see the dog I don't care how far away he is. If he doesa go out of my sight ill have him come back allowing me to cover some ground and hopefully see his next intended area.

 

You say only 50 yards away, now don't get me wrong I think that shows you have great control but I also believes a dog needs to be able to hunt on himself, he could find a scent and the fox could be 200 yards away and moving. A lot of it in my expierience is knowing your dog, I know when mines on something and will allow him to go whatever distance that's required knowing hell turn around as soon as he needs to but if he's just generally mooching ill have him in close so as I can see what's happening

Mine's not a great example because she's young and it's her first season, I just didn't really think about them going so far....on the land I go on if she went that far she'd be crossing roads!

[alan626 305]

if its the same dvd them lurchers are working wit a pack of hounds thats why they go so far

[rob190364 2,594]

if its the same dvd them lurchers are working wit a pack of hounds thats why they go so far

yeah there's a couple of clips where they're with hounds, but on the very first scene there's just a single lurcher on the opposite site of a valley following a trail.

[123456 146]

Think it depends on the ground, where I live is a lot of valleys but aslong as I'm able to see the dog I don't care how far away he is. If he doesa go out of my sight ill have him come back allowing me to cover some ground and hopefully see his next intended area.

 

You say only 50 yards away, now don't get me wrong I think that shows you have great control but I also believes a dog needs to be able to hunt on himself, he could find a scent and the fox could be 200 yards away and moving. A lot of it in my expierience is knowing your dog, I know when mines on something and will allow him to go whatever distance that's required knowing hell turn around as soon as he needs to but if he's just generally mooching ill have him in close so as I can see what's happening

Mine's not a great example because she's young and it's her first season, I just didn't really think about them going so far....on the land I go on if she went that far she'd be crossing roads!

 

we don't really have that problem here and any roads they do cross are minor