PROBLEM!!

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Well I have a bit of a problem, my dog has never been the best of retrievers but it didnt bother me as he was putting plenty of bunnies in the bag.Last week I was just walking him across some fields when he caught a half grown rabbit, he then proceeded to feck off across the field, lay down and eat it!! I tried calling him, walking away etc.. but eventually my patience wore thin and I walked over to get him but every time I got close hed feck off again!! He eat the whole thing then came back, I thought this was a once off but today he did the exact same thing!! Why has he suddenly started to do this? He's had a very good first season but however good he is at catching them I cant be putting up with this! Oh and before someone says it he's not starving or anything he's well fed.

[Guest mucker]

what cross is it?

[Autumnbriar 0]

go get a sling shot and when you get close enough call the dog and plug a rock in his ass... he'll get it soon enough......

[snoopdog 1,256]

is it just young bunnies...???hes eating somtimes they will go through phases like this try him on the lamp with a full grown bunny ...i dont think it will be a big problem ...i will put money on it he will stop.. mine went through a phase of just eating there ears .....

[highlander 0]

One of my friends has two lurchers that do this he never been able to stop it. One of them eats the f*cking rabbits whole.

[juckler123 707]

Had a couple of dogs over the years that have done this but just with young rabbits up to half grown yet both would retrieve full grown uns as a result i never feed rabbit unless its either minced or cooked and skinned never had this problem since

[Guest Frank]

If you feed whole rabbit, then your dog will sometimes become boss and take it away to eat it.

I allways skin rabbit and gut it before giving it to the dog, seems to work.

I know of a fella on here that it hapened to aswell. The dog did not stay long, but that case, was uncurable i think.

 

Whats he like with hares he catches, or dont you bother with them?

 

Frank.

[leec 132]

do rabbit him with terriers much in the daylight i had a pup do this for abit when they caught a rabbit the terriers would sometimes rag it abit and the pup soon followed suit but a couple of firm reminders and abit of time an patience and now she is only 5 an half months a retrieving anything even feather be patient mate

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Ye it was young rabbits he did it with so as you say hopefully he'll stop, When he retrieves them he comes into 5 or 6 foot and just stand there with the rabbit alive in his mouth, if I walk towards him he walks away, Its like he thinks he's the boss and its his rabbit? I have the whole summer ahead of me to sort this out, anymore advice is welcome! Oh and Frank I dont really bother with them unless they get up infront of me, hes had a few in the daytime but is not exactly a daytime hare dog.

[Guest Frank]

Oh and Frank I dont really bother with them unless they get up infront of me, hes had a few in the daytime but is not exactly a daytime hare dog.

 

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Frank.

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Oh and Frank I dont really bother with them unless they get up infront of me, hes had a few in the daytime but is not exactly a daytime hare dog.

 

Ok. I sent you a few Pms, did you get them?

 

Frank.

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