sqotters or runners

[doggy bag 20]

when i start a pup i preffer to put the dog on sqotters and i will be honest i do like to get right up onto them for a pup , i only do this on the first couple of lamping nights out , then i like to give him harder ones , dont get me wrong here as the dog gets going i will take them off there seats i would be mad to say i didnt . just your views on this one when starting a pup

[mick01 36]

well this is my first pup mate but the first couple i was getting within inches of squatters, convinced she'd seen it i would slip her and she would go running off into the night!! the next ones mate i have been waiting untill they lift or even lifting them with my foot sometimes. easy runs mate but building her confidence, strike etc. took it steady really. when shes ready we'l move on. atb mate

[Guest long-tail]

well this is my first pup mate but the first couple i was getting within inches of squatters, convinced she'd seen it i would slip her and she would go running off into the night!! the next ones mate i have been waiting untill they lift or even lifting them with my foot sometimes. easy runs mate but building her confidence, strike etc. took it steady really. when shes ready we'l move on. atb mate

think we all been there mate

[wexford Pa 84]

when lamping squatters on a dogs 1st season i always walk the dog up to the squattin rabbit.. if the dog takes it out of the seat or it runs before u get close i think the dog learns more about the rabbits reactions to when snuck up apon rather to runnin straight on top of them..

just to note. ive often picked a rabbit out of its seat myself with my hands on a good night..

[frankel 2,123]

if i can get close i will walk up to them and usually make them get up so the pup spots them easier, i prefer them to get up and run so the pup learns to look down the beam..

[graham4877 1,181]

if i can get close i will walk up to them and usually make them get up so the pup spots them easier, i prefer them to get up and run so the pup learns to look down the beam..

yep i like them to get up and run and all, find its the best way with a pup! but i also going out with the dummies n setting them out then slip the pup on them so they will take clappers!

[nighteyes 275]

first couple for a pup ill find a squatters right out and ill kick up for them then once they start spotting them ill start trying to send the pup out to them

[the big chief 3,099]

i like afew squoters first for the pups to show them whats at the end of the beem keep at that for a while then try them on the one's further out i think its the best way . or if you wont to lern yor dog to run state down the beem get a piece of high vis vest wrap it round its toy then lob it in the garden then when the light hits it and the dog sees it let it go. i have dun both thease methaads and both work just fine

[frankel 2,123]

i like afew squoters first for the pups to show them whats at the end of the beem keep at that for a while then try them on the one's further out i think its the best way . or if you wont to lern yor dog to run state down the beem get a piece of high vis vest wrap it round its toy then lob it in the garden then when the light hits it and the dog sees it let it go. i have dun both thease methaads and both work just fine

what i have found if there is a squatter down the end of the beam and you send a pup down even from 20 yards the pup would go into the darkness and probably stand there wondering what the hell to do.. i have even seen myself walk up to rabbits clapped right down and unless i give them a kick up the arse the pup won't have a clue what i'm trying to send them on!

[Guest born to run1083]

For me I train on squatters. I find that yes the first couple of slips the dog might pass it a good few times but I think they learn more from it. My pups specialty are squatters it pisses some lads I go with off as 95% she will nail even in thick stubble. Rabbits don't stand a chance, so now I kick alot up to get more sport. I don't like a dog that can only work movement or can't work a squatter in the stubble. The only way dogs can learn how to handle squatters is to be slipped on squatters prity simple

[the big chief 3,099]

i like afew squoters first for the pups to show them whats at the end of the beem keep at that for a while then try them on the one's further out i think its the best way . or if you wont to lern yor dog to run state down the beem get a piece of high vis vest wrap it round its toy then lob it in the garden then when the light hits it and the dog sees it let it go. i have dun both thease methaads and both work just fine

what i have found if there is a squatter down the end of the beam and you send a pup down even from 20 yards the pup would go into the darkness and probably stand there wondering what the hell to do.. i have even seen myself walk up to rabbits clapped right down and unless i give them a kick up the arse the pup won't have a clue what i'm trying to send them on!

mine kept doing that budd so thats why i used the high vis works a treat giv it a wherl got nowt to loos by it