kennel blindness

[juckler123 707]

One way to make a dog special thats get it out 24/7 if its got enough speed stamina and brain it can be brought out with work some of the best dogs ive seen have been owned by the poorest folk and funnily enough young lads that were keen they learn nothing in the kennel and if your talking lines of dogs good blood will always out atvb,

Good post Boyo

Edited November 22, 2011 by juckler123

[boyo 1,398]

the owner of said dog always has a very good dog or two around him,which again goes to prove if the dog has it in him and there is enough game to put in front of it reguarly the top men will always get it out of the dog or bitch. whereas otheres can have very good dogs but havnt got that extra something that these top men have .take the forley as an example ,the same people reguarly got through to the quarters and semis every year ..

[skycat 6,172]

Good thread boyo. I've been fortunate enough to have one or two good dogs in my time, but I'm prepared to admit I've nothing special at the moment. Maybe one or two in the making, but with totally different jobs in mind. Because I've had decent animals in the past, I am so not kennel blind, in fact I'd say that I'm too critical of my dogs. Anything which seems special to me would have a hell of a lot to live up to, but that doesn't stop me enjoying being out mooching with the average dogs: they take a bit of game here and there, and there's always the added excitement of never quite knowing what your'e going to put up when mooching or bushing. As far as specialist dogs are concerned, well................. any time I want to go green at the gills and weak at the knees, I can go out with a good friend of mine whose dogs are pretty special. Then I'm torn between admiring the ease with which they do their job, and down right envy because I just don't have anything of that calibre at the moment. Hey ho, onwards and upwards as they say.

[boyo 1,398]

Good thread boyo. I've been fortunate enough to have one or two good dogs in my time, but I'm prepared to admit I've nothing special at the moment. Maybe one or two in the making, but with totally different jobs in mind. Because I've had decent animals in the past, I am so not kennel blind, in fact I'd say that I'm too critical of my dogs. Anything which seems special to me would have a hell of a lot to live up to, but that doesn't stop me enjoying being out mooching with the average dogs: they take a bit of game here and there, and there's always the added excitement of never quite knowing what your'e going to put up when mooching or bushing. As far as specialist dogs are concerned, well................. any time I want to go green at the gills and weak at the knees, I can go out with a good friend of mine whose dogs are pretty special. Then I'm torn between admiring the ease with which they do their job, and down right envy because I just don't have anything of that calibre at the moment. Hey ho, onwards and upwards as they say.

 

hy skycat the last bit of your post is exactly how i felt on the way home admiring ,drooling at the dog ide just seen and thinking i wish lol.

[whin 463]

good honest [bANNED TEXT] up boyo a lot of us have been lucky to have game on doorstep and good running land and some had the fore site to breed good animals , yo suit that type of land ,youve just got to enjoy the moment nd rember the time a man has to put into a good dog at its game

[coursing_lad 45]

ive just been on phone to whom you was out with , he said was a good day out in good company

[boyo 1,398]

it was both a great day out and top company these are the days you remember .

[bird 9,597]

good post, regards diffrernt xs that you use or see work, it really comes down to what quarry you are after.? before the ban it must have been great to have a dog that could handle any quarry it bumped into day+night, never had one only rabbit dogs lol , hope to get 1 one day

[whin 463]

all good things come to them that wait and plan

[riggy 9]

all good things come to them that wait and plan

[boyo 1,398]

all good things come to them that wait and plan

i always get more satisfaction out of a dog ive reared from a pup or better still bred as well, but very difficult to get a pup going living in s wales

. ok if you want a lamper or a dog for mouching about ,but to run daytime on what i like its very difficult to put the game in front of them on a regular basis enough to make them top class . as even to run what we call local entails a 4 hour round trip and to run on the big land its 4 hours each way . not moaning at the distance because when we get there its all worth the distance somehow makes you appreciate it even more . but as a well known coursing mate said when he stayed with us a few years ago you lot must be mad to do all that driving to run puss easy for him to say that when he can go outside his back door and get a run straight away lol..

[northern lad 2,292]

good honest post boyo,as people have said you can only run whats there,a dog that gets far more oppertunitys is allways going to improve quickly.dont beat yourself up mate,when all said and done i bet you wouldnt swap it for one of yours.y.i.s.dave

[Bosun11 537]

Its the way of the world to want better BUT the trick is is not to let it consume you.............jealousy and greed can corrupt some people.

 

We all should strive to better ourselves,dogs etc but not to become obsessed with it.

 

Sensible post but some folk just have the type of mindset that when they have seen decent dogs run, they find it hard to accept anything less and imho, there is nothing wrong with that attitude.......I dont think jealousy or greed come into it, some people are just made that way.

 

Same as there is nothing wrong with a bloke who is just happy with his dogs no matter what he keeps.........

 

No one has to feed them except the owner, so its totally their call

 

As you say, strive for better if your that type of person, its a good thing.......... the real trick is to know when to be happy imho

 

Firstly, let me say that this is a cracking thred with some great replys and I couldn't better Wilf's wise words on the subject in both posts.

For me, I wouldn't say i'm altogether happy with my lot at the min. Two years back I moved house and although I am now 'living the dream' as far as location, the dogs I have don't really suit the ground I can now walk out of my door and hunt.

Don't get me wrong, there ain't nothing wrong with the dogs themselves, they are good enough... at what they do, but fall short of what now could be done. Because they ain't put a foot wrong they are here to stay and though i'm always tempted about getting another that would suit, I really could not justify, in terms of what I see as the right ammount of graft, keeping more than two lurchers. So i've simply got to let things be for a few years yet.

 

[Guest storm70]

Great post boyo and defoy 1 of the best on here at the moment reminds me of a few years back when I took a good friend out whith his bitch this bitch was something speical the lad in question mostly shoots but I offerd to take him out daytime and asked him how many hares his bitch had caught and being told not alote as for the lad having no car ect anyway I took him out the she killed 5 out 5 1st time and on this certain bit of ground I've only had at the most 3 next outing 4 out 4 she was a fantastic bitch to watch aswell I really do think she had something special but sadly she was killed chasing a roe in woods told the lad not to let her chase in woods ect he was cutted she was a excellent hare bitch never done much else but a great dog in the wrong hands Iam shure bendover had her brother the bandit never seen him run but heard good things about him the bitch bess was certanly top-drawer stuff he was offered a few quid for her iam happy whith the jungles I have at moment they give there all but certainly not as good as that bitch she's was something special always good when we see a dog or bitch whatever of that quality atb and a great honest thread boyo just keep at them mate Mabe 1 day

[boyo 1,398]

Great post boyo and defoy 1 of the best on here at the moment reminds me of a few years back when I took a good friend out whith his bitch this bitch was something speical the lad in question mostly shoots but I offerd to take him out daytime and asked him how many hares his bitch had caught and being told not alote as for the lad having no car ect anyway I took him out the she killed 5 out 5 1st time and on this certain bit of ground I've only had at the most 3 next outing 4 out 4 she was a fantastic bitch to watch aswell I really do think she had something special but sadly she was killed chasing a roe in woods told the lad not to let her chase in woods ect he was cutted she was a excellent hare bitch never done much else but a great dog in the wrong hands Iam shure bendover had her brother the bandit never seen him run but heard good things about him the bitch bess was certanly top-drawer stuff he was offered a few quid for her iam happy whith the jungles I have at moment they give there all but certainly not as good as that bitch she's was something special always good when we see a dog or bitch whatever of that quality atb and a great honest thread boyo just keep at them mate Mabe 1 day

cheers storm 70 and its great to see a post left alone with no crabbers lol i have in the past had 2 that were above the norm and would catch numbers anywhere but tbh it was a few year ago now.ime happy enough with the ones i own at the moment as i have had running dogs all my life and love to watch all running dogs do what they do best no matter who owns them,.but when you see something a bit special running it is a great spectacle to see.cheers john.