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Some of the slowest starters can make fantastic workers... Get her out on her own, have plenty of patience, be ready for some flustration but the penny will drop and when it does, it's little and often and build up and keep going...

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time and patience WAIT FOR THE PENNY TO DROP

Take her ferreting mate. A good friend of mine had a dog that wouldnt chase he took it out ferreting and the dog started grabbing them in the nets and eventually started on the bolters. Turnt out to b

I had a kelpie cross that was given to me from a pet home as they dint want her, that hadbeen trained not to chase and i had same problem as you.... the only way i got her to chase was to take both my

It's the highs and lows of bringing a young dog on.....the worst pup I have ever owned took her till 12 months old before she showed any drive at all...she's now 4 and the best ppd iv ever worked.....don't stress and get out on your own......it will be next season before you get her sorted.....it ain't all about catching and killing lol

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Well just had her out on her own and may have made a breakthrough, rabbits arent plentiful on this particular ground but managed to see a few. First one got fairly close and she spotted it as it took up,I slipped her and hissed her on , she trotted a few yards and then watched it disappear into the darkness. Next field spotted another a fair distance from the hedge got as close as I could, it moves slowly and she spots it I slip her again she trots a few yards then stops, the rabbit then gets up properly and makes for the hedge but this time she takes off after it (yippeee!) right at the end of the beam she puts a turn in but the rabbit is straight in the hedge. Nothing then for the next couple of fields but then spot one on the way back to the car, again she spots it as it gets up and pulls on the slip so I slip her, again she just goes a few yards then stops and watches it go.

So I will persevere as I now believe as others have said she just needs time to mature and entering on her own. :thumbs:

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Don't sicken her for god sake...find rabbits so close you can almost kick.....I walked round all night to find a few tight squatters....there were loads of slips i could of done with an experienced dog...its so frustrateing....don't give in

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Well just had her out on her own and may have made a breakthrough, rabbits arent plentiful on this particular ground but managed to see a few. First one got fairly close and she spotted it as it took up,I slipped her and hissed her on , she trotted a few yards and then watched it disappear into the darkness. Next field spotted another a fair distance from the hedge got as close as I could, it moves slowly and she spots it I slip her again she trots a few yards then stops, the rabbit then gets up properly and makes for the hedge but this time she takes off after it (yippeee!) right at the end of the beam she puts a turn in but the rabbit is straight in the hedge. Nothing then for the next couple of fields but then spot one on the way back to the car, again she spots it as it gets up and pulls on the slip so I slip her, again she just goes a few yards then stops and watches it go.

So I will persevere as I now believe as others have said she just needs time to mature and entering on her own. :thumbs:

get the ferrets out and lift her a couple of easy rabbits.
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This might sound a daft question but what is her eyesight like..i have heard of a full litter a few year's back that where terrible on the lamp and could see jack shite in the dark..ok in the day time though.. :hmm:

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