Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Phil Could I ask why you changed the type of dog you keep and work. Or as I suppose there isn't a quick and simple answer.. LOL Hi,..firstly,.many thanks for your most courteous request.... The answer to your query is realy quick and simple,... Back in the 80s and 90s,..I was rabbit catching on a full time basis,..mostly employed to clear woodland tracts and other places. Some weeks, by dint of ferrets, nets, dogs and traps,..I would be taking several hundred rabbits.. The ferreting job was often carried out, amidst debris and brash, factory wastelands, building development plots,..etc, etc..and I needed lurchers that had the physical and mental attributes to cope with some fairly ridiculous scenarios Today,..I am elderly, frail and usually unemployed,..so I just keep, a few wee whippety curs... Edited June 2, 2013 by Phil Lloyd 3 Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Thank you I should prove I'm not such a tight Yorkshireman and buy your second book. Quote Link to post
bunnys 1,228 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 been reading this topic with interest, anyways my eldest grandson been on far is first lurcher he be 12 now . HAVING been thinking this through what would suit him , a friend i knew was a breeding some moochers with a twist .the sorts frm yester year anyways he as is jukel picked and will be fetched in a fortnight atb bunnys. 3 Quote Link to post
bunnys 1,228 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 the little collie marked bitch the only bitch atb bunnys 3 Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,028 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 004.JPG the little collie marked bitch the only bitch atb bunnys hope you and your grandson have plenty years of fun with his we dog Quote Link to post
bunnys 1,228 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 004.JPG the little collie marked bitch the only bitch atb bunnys breeding sire tight bred coursing lines don southerd tuff , dam first xs collie springer , atb bunnys. 1 Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 This chunky girl, believe it or not, was quite a good rabbit dog in her day. She would both lamp and ferret very well, had some big hauls on the lamp with her too. I once went for a walk with a bloke an his Beddy type cur, over the dunes on a pleasant September evening and both dogs were mooching free, he was telling me all about those bull crosses I have, and how they were no good on the humble bunny and if I was to look for a rabbit dog, the type he owned was just the ticket..!! Quite convincing he was too, I was really starting to 'get' every word he spoke and he spoke a lot, until he was rudely interrupted by my 'square bitch' bringing me back a live rabbit for dispatch... She interrupted him several times that evening for the same thing... Got a bit embarrassing for me... Especially as his dog was so well trained that it never interrupted him once....!! Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted June 9, 2013 Report Share Posted June 9, 2013 Paul. That's a lovely strong bitch Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 Paul. That's a lovely strong bitch Quote Link to post
Early riser 22 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/uploads/monthly_06_2013/post-87820-0-97087700-1370545148.jpg Quote Link to post
BORDERSCOT 3,816 Posted June 10, 2013 Report Share Posted June 10, 2013 This half x collie/grey was plenty strong enough...never reached the reserve stamina tank...he'd go on and on and then some...had the best feet ever...sadly didn't make an old dog... 1 Quote Link to post
fitchet 788 Posted June 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2013 This half x collie/grey was plenty strong enough...never reached the reserve stamina tank...he'd go on and on and then some...had the best feet ever...sadly didn't make an old dog... 2.jpg My sort of dog that mate he's built like a tank. Was he from Hancock ?? Quote Link to post
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