Not the same . . .

[hounddogg31 5]

i would'nt worry to much about the dog....

at the end of the day you spend alot of time out on your own, and you know the dogs capabilities, and he seems to put enough in the bag for you.......i'd be happy with him, so dont let the dogs reactions put you down when he's around strange dogs, they got feelings just like us........lol, and there are certain people in life that we dont like being around....lol

 

all the best,

jay.

[skycat 6,174]

incidents aside, I've had several dogs which just prefer to work alone. Take them out on exercise with the others, and they take no notice at all of what the other dogs are doing/hunting. Neither do they want to join in games and play when there's nothing to work. They just want to hunt up on their own. I have also noticed that these dogs, whilst great ferreting on their own, just don't want to work as part of a dog team when ferreting; its almost as though they're thinking that there's no point them doing the same thing as the other dog: such as marking a warren or waiting for a bolt. They've been like that as pups as well: solitary, going off on their own when the rest of the litter are playing.

 

Schuck, the black Airedale lurcher is like that. She was a solitary pup, and she's solitary now. She might very occasionally have a bit of a game with her dam, but that's as far as it goes. Other dogs don't really exist much for her.

 

I think sometimes we try to read too much into what dogs do and why. They are all individuals the same as humans, and they all have different quirks of nature.

[Ideation 8,217]

incidents aside, I've had several dogs which just prefer to work alone. Take them out on exercise with the others, and they take no notice at all of what the other dogs are doing/hunting. Neither do they want to join in games and play when there's nothing to work. They just want to hunt up on their own. I have also noticed that these dogs, whilst great ferreting on their own, just don't want to work as part of a dog team when ferreting; its almost as though they're thinking that there's no point them doing the same thing as the other dog: such as marking a warren or waiting for a bolt. They've been like that as pups as well: solitary, going off on their own when the rest of the litter are playing.

 

Schuck, the black Airedale lurcher is like that. She was a solitary pup, and she's solitary now. She might very occasionally have a bit of a game with her dam, but that's as far as it goes. Other dogs don't really exist much for her.

 

I think sometimes we try to read too much into what dogs do and why. They are all individuals the same as humans, and they all have different quirks of nature.

 

You pretty much described my dog there skycat, down to a T.

 

Casso - I do however sometimes wonder if it has to do with the fact that his first dog the he has worked with in his life is a very good, very dominant older bitch, who is also a bit of a loner, that doesnt really do strangers, affection etc, and does her own thing, only listening to Jb.

[Mick C. 229]

My bitch used to bugger off and hunt on her own every time another dog came with us

 

She was brilliant when working alone.

 

A very dominant and independant nature.

 

She just wanted everything for herself and to please me.

 

When she couldnt acheive this through other dogs working around her she would start to do her own thing somewhere else