Lamp Training

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The easy answer is start when the dog is mature enough, each one is different, pick an ideal night, an ideal spot and an ideal rabbit, lamping isn't rocket science, ensure the dog sees the rabbits and slip, the rest is up to the dog and will come with experience, just ensure you are on the ball with your basic training such as recall and retrieve.........

 

Oh and don't listen to Billy Big Balls down the road whos 10 month old pup was nailing 40 a night, give a pup confidence, let it thinks it on a winner, first seasons are about schooling a dog in my opinion, testing can come with maturity............

Good advice but i would like to add to it. A lot of early success with a youngster can be down to the land your lamping. For example i don't lamp golf courses and certainly wouldn't entertain entering a sapling on the beam there. What would be ideal is ground were the bunnies are a bit green and you can turn them of were there heading easier, for example dry stone walled fields or sheep netting fields and try and position yourself between were the rabbits heading and try and turn it off its natural path were its heading. This will give the pup a much better chance of picking up as it will be up and down the wall

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The easy answer is start when the dog is mature enough, each one is different, pick an ideal night, an ideal spot and an ideal rabbit, lamping isn't rocket science, ensure the dog sees the rabbits and slip, the rest is up to the dog and will come with experience, just ensure you are on the ball with your basic training such as recall and retrieve.........

 

Oh and don't listen to Billy Big Balls down the road whos 10 month old pup was nailing 40 a night, give a pup confidence, let it thinks it on a winner, first seasons are about schooling a dog in my opinion, testing can come with maturity............

^ ^ what he said! in a nutshell