Yappers

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

First lurcher I bought - more than 35 years ago - was supposed to be a beddy x whippet - collie x grey bitch 12 months old advertised in our local Fine Fare supermarket - paid £20 for it from the local cammo clad Fred Rolfe wannabe ("f***ing great bitch this son - one of the best I've had" - ha ha how gullible was I?)

 

I spent a week finding the parts and cobbling together an old motorbike battery and a headlamp and 'borrowing' a charger and armed with good advice from Plummer's Complete Lurcher (weren't we all) set out to murder the entire Border's bunny population.

 

Never been more excited in my life - good night for it - first field, quick shine, must have been 20 rabbits sitting well out from the hedgerow - wee bitch switched on slipped and thundering towards one of the unsuspecting conies... which clicking what's what makes for the hedge, bitch puts in a few turns, my heart thumping and adrenaline pumping through my body...AND THEN IT ALL TURNED TO SHIT... YAP, YAP YAPPITY f***ing YAP...aye right "one of the best bitches I've ever had" lying c**t...jesus this bitch sang like a canary...

 

She came straight back to me - bit of a bonus - but by this point every other rabbit had hightailed it home - not good.

 

Hunted about with the wee thing - quite liked her actually - for 6 months or so, caught a few rabbits and had a we bit fun with her it became clear pretty quickly that a yapping dog wasn't going to figure in my plans...got a cracking pet home for her and used to see her now and again out on exercise. She lived 'til she was about 16...

 

Does anyone on here put up with a dog that opens up - yaps when under pressure - I know a couple of lads who run dogs which open up...wouldn't suit me at all and luckily my yapping experience came early in life...

 

Or would you rehome a yapper and go back to the drawing board...????

[robwelsh 354]

Couldn't handle a noisy dog

[blackgreyhound 206]

as my late brother used to say if he heard a dog yapping come and join us come and join us us .keeper come and join us farmer

[bendrover 556]

you should of bred yer every season border ..haaaaa

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

i have seen a coll/whip/grey dog that would do it if he didnt have the first run of the night-you wouldnt hear him make a noise other than that no matter what you run him on day/night-some dogs will yap if they injured or unfit

[toby1066 413]

your mate whin had a collie x called lana that was a yapper he bred from it everybody got different standards some can put up with it some cant

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

your mate whin had a collie x called lana that was a yapper he bred from it everybody got different standards some can put up with it some cant

U heard it yapping? Aye?

[nothernlite 18,150]

 

your mate whin had a collie x called lana that was a yapper he bred from it everybody got different standards some can put up with it some cant

U heard it yapping? Aye?

no but bird has lol

[toby1066 413]

heard it down in cardiff thats how loud it was

[nothernlite 18,150]

if it was a decent dog and it yapped it would be hard to get rid of usually keep what i have not one for getting rid of dogs its all permission now where most run dogs so all this poaching stuff is mostly for dreamers lol

[pritch 335]

aye i had one got her as a pup& when she was about 4 mth of age

i was exercising the dog in a place that loads of dog walkers go, i'd

hardly put a foot forward after letting the dogs off the lead 7 a f****n

rabbit jumped up right in front of the pup about twenty yards ahead

bobbed into the shrubbery & the pup took off singing like amy f****n

whinehouse my heart sunk like a brick.i kept away from anywhere

that could hold a rabbit mostly road walking all summer, i met fuji

that year & told him as i was cursing my bad luck as at the time mb

was running whisper who was only a month older than my bitch &

it had been catching for a month or more no bother. anyways i held

her back till she was 10 or 11 months & took her out on the lamp

well straight off she opened up i gave her 1 more slip with the same

outcome & headed home absolutely gutted.i really liked that bitch she

was a joy to own bright, loyal 7 eager to please but as a hunting partner

she was a waste of time tried to hard,got to excited it took me 12 months

to find her a good home, she now lives on a farm in cheshire where she

can chase & yap to her hearts content

pig crackin bitch but not a good lurcher

[bunnys 1,236]

DONT know about lana opening up , but seen a dud whin bred he g ot the lead injection , like most theres good bad and down right rubbish in all types lines etc. wgat i would say running youn saplings round cover will increase the chance of the yapper . atb bunnys.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Had a Whippet x Bedlington always ran silent day or night,

apart from running a Rabbit in a wood where she always gave a few yips, but not singing.

then right after she could run a rabbit, not in a wood and be completely silent.

she did this all her working life.

[nothernlite 18,150]

Had a Whippet x Bedlington always ran silent day or night,

apart from running a Rabbit in a wood where she always gave a few yips, but not singing.

then right after she could run a rabbit, not in a wood and be completely silent.

she did this all her working life.

funny that joe mines can be the same down to frustration i would think

[toby1066 413]

my beddy whippet only yaps on red stags he never does it on hinds must be the adrenaline buzz of bringing a big beastie like that down single handed