At what age?

[hellyer189 93]

At what age do you lot start taking out a pup to watch, not for any runs but just on the lead watching other dogs run? Mine is 16 weeks would it be too early

[graham4877 1,181]

7/8 month

[iceman001979 1,316]

Some people on here have them out at 10 weeks.Others wait till year old.I myself wait till about 6 months where they can get over fences ,rivers gates etc etc by themselves

[skycat 6,174]

Depends what you mean by 'out'. Out working? Out walking? Out learning field craft: fences, stiles, ditches, water etc

 

Personally I get my pups out and about in the countryside from around 10 weeks, little walks at first, then longer. I've even carried small pups in a game bag under my arm so we can go further even when they shouldn't walk any more. The more you expose them to the world around them at an early age, the more confident and able they will be as adults. They get to see rabbits caught by the older dogs, they learn to follow scent. You just need to be sensible and know not to force or allow a pup to do more than is good for it at any given age.

[hellyer189 93]

Depends what you mean by 'out'. Out working? Out walking? Out learning field craft: fences, stiles, ditches, water etc

 

Personally I get my pups out and about in the countryside from around 10 weeks, little walks at first, then longer. I've even carried small pups in a game bag under my arm so we can go further even when they shouldn't walk any more. The more you expose them to the world around them at an early age, the more confident and able they will be as adults. They get to see rabbits caught by the older dogs, they learn to follow scent. You just need to be sensible and know not to force or allow a pup to do more than is good for it at any given age.

Well basically I wanna take him out so he can see whT goes on ect, but keep him on lead, get him used to other dogs running while he's not

[paulus 26]

Depends what you mean by 'out'. Out working? Out walking? Out learning field craft: fences, stiles, ditches, water etc

 

Personally I get my pups out and about in the countryside from around 10 weeks, little walks at first, then longer. I've even carried small pups in a game bag under my arm so we can go further even when they shouldn't walk any more. The more you expose them to the world around them at an early age, the more confident and able they will be as adults. They get to see rabbits caught by the older dogs, they learn to follow scent. You just need to be sensible and know not to force or allow a pup to do more than is good for it at any given age.

Well basically I wanna take him out so he can see whT goes on ect, but keep him on lead, get him used to other dogs running while he's not

as skycat said the more he sees at an early age the easyier it will be when hes old enough to run himself, i take mine out as soon as they are able to, as long as you keep an eye on them there fine, plus it will learn far more out in the field than stuck in a run/garden for 7 or 8 months.

[trigger2 3,317]

Depends what you mean by 'out'. Out working? Out walking? Out learning field craft: fences, stiles, ditches, water etc

 

Personally I get my pups out and about in the countryside from around 10 weeks, little walks at first, then longer. I've even carried small pups in a game bag under my arm so we can go further even when they shouldn't walk any more. The more you expose them to the world around them at an early age, the more confident and able they will be as adults. They get to see rabbits caught by the older dogs, they learn to follow scent. You just need to be sensible and know not to force or allow a pup to do more than is good for it at any given age.

Well basically I wanna take him out so he can see whT goes on ect, but keep him on lead, get him used to other dogs running while he's not

get the dog out now it wont hurt it.

[hellyer189 93]

Depends what you mean by 'out'. Out working? Out walking? Out learning field craft: fences, stiles, ditches, water etc

 

Personally I get my pups out and about in the countryside from around 10 weeks, little walks at first, then longer. I've even carried small pups in a game bag under my arm so we can go further even when they shouldn't walk any more. The more you expose them to the world around them at an early age, the more confident and able they will be as adults. They get to see rabbits caught by the older dogs, they learn to follow scent. You just need to be sensible and know not to force or allow a pup to do more than is good for it at any given age.

Well basically I wanna take him out so he can see whT goes on ect, but keep him on lead, get him used to other dogs running while he's not

get the dog out now it wont hurt it.

That's what I wanted to hear getting him out tonight!

[kevin from bristol 95]

6 months but no runs just sight .sniff etc

[HarryWatson 99]

6 months but no runs just sight .sniff etc

my pup been going out whith me since he was 12 weeks only watching now that he 20 weeks old i let him have run about with the big dog thought the woods it amazing how long they can last before they tier out but one good thing it keeps them quite when they get home good luck

[hunting mad 147]

mine are out in the day as soon as they've had jabs and left to run, they dont see a lamp till there ready to run

always worked for me