THE STIFFMEISTER 17,721 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hiya lads Not posted in Ernest for one reason or another lately and with summer approaching thought I would put up a wee story and a question.... In October last year, an acquaintance of mine was having dramas at home with his misses and had to offload the dogs.. I took his pup, a black whippet type with splash of beddy in it. I had enough on my plate what with moving home and setting up with the wife halfway across the country. But I needed a dog again after I lost three in a year in 2013 My wife had named the dog for him when it was a tiny black bundle. He was a funny wee soul, he had a sychophantic nature and was a doddle to teach to sit, stay, retrieve and lead....however as I started his lamping retrieve training he just could not gran it....I was in no rush to start him at all but ffs he was testing me...I would bush outcrows and squirrels , illuminate rabbits for him in the beam .he soon started to realise he had a nose but ffs that vacant glare into the distance riled me...he was beginning to annoy me so much with the lack of instinct that I knew he had to go, he went last month to a lovelyet home up int dales where he will be on the couch and up on the tops thrice a week , but I'm not ashamed to say I was glad to see him go....I had completely fell out with him in the space of four months, just a pup but I could see he was going to turn into an article.maybe we were ill matched, who knows ....but one things for sure , I won't waste my time on a punt again like that... Anyway guys, just for the crack, does anyone have any similar tales of dogs with absolutely no desire to pursue game..... Oh and the irony....the useless thing was only called CHase wasn't he? 3 Quote Link to post
CraignTod 278 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Should of called it jacker prob would hAve been the best dog youve ever had 2 Quote Link to post
THE STIFFMEISTER 17,721 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I know mate , typical Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Give it six months and you'll probably get a phone calle from up int dales. . . . saying, will you take this little b*****d back. . . . it keeps catching stuff lol. 2 Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,268 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Had a dog simaler bur stuck by it and it ended up the best lamping dog ive owned better luck next time lol 2 Quote Link to post
haymin 2,465 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 A man makith the dog !!!patience and tolerance and all that my girlfriend will be breading her westie sometime if your interested ? 3 Quote Link to post
blackmaggie 3,377 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 dont worry matey your not on your own i owned a bitch that had her own agenda when running on bigger gear she was fine depending on her mood but bunnys didnt interest her so we parted company Quote Link to post
Marvel 490 Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hiya lads Not posted in Ernest for one reason or another lately and with summer approaching thought I would put up a wee story and a question.... In October last year, an acquaintance of mine was having dramas at home with his misses and had to offload the dogs.. I took his pup, a black whippet type with splash of beddy in it. I had enough on my plate what with moving home and setting up with the wife halfway across the country. But I needed a dog again after I lost three in a year in 2013 My wife had named the dog for him when it was a tiny black bundle. He was a funny wee soul, he had a sychophantic nature and was a doddle to teach to sit, stay, retrieve and lead....however as I started his lamping retrieve training he just could not gran it....I was in no rush to start him at all but ffs he was testing me...I would bush outcrows and squirrels , illuminate rabbits for him in the beam .he soon started to realise he had a nose but ffs that vacant glare into the distance riled me...he was beginning to annoy me so much with the lack of instinct that I knew he had to go, he went last month to a lovelyet home up int dales where he will be on the couch and up on the tops thrice a week , but I'm not ashamed to say I was glad to see him go....I had completely fell out with him in the space of four months, just a pup but I could see he was going to turn into an article.maybe we were ill matched, who knows ....but one things for sure , I won't waste my time on a punt again like that... Anyway guys, just for the crack, does anyone have any similar tales of dogs with absolutely no desire to pursue game..... Oh and the irony....the useless thing was only called CHase wasn't he? Not the first time ave heard somebody say that about a dog with beddy in it Quote Link to post
bunnyboiler 1,065 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 I had two beddy x pups of a poster on here one would die trying to catch a bunny the other couldn't give a f**k never done much with them until they were near on 12 + month the final straw was when on the lamp he stopped 10/ 15 yds from the edge while chasing a bunny and went and stood in the Middle of the field waiting for me to put the lamp on to chase another ? f**k that he's now at a pet home absolutely garbage oh and to ad on a day mooch would f**k around tryin to play with the other dogs why they were trying to hunt 2 Quote Link to post
marshman 7,758 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Had a dog simaler bur stuck by it and it ended up the best lamping dog ive owned better luck next time lol have you never owned a dog that was utter shite or no good for the job ? Quote Link to post
THE STIFFMEISTER 17,721 Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Some interesting posts lads...just to add and say that it wasn't a case of waiting and extracting it, the dog was just not nterested at all...one memorable moment was when I walked him on a slip towards a squatter in a rabbit proof fenced field...I illuminated the bunny, slipped him and as the bunny rose...he ran two hundred yards backwards the way we came to have a piss against a tree stump ......I think that was the clincher....s 1 Quote Link to post
bird 10,015 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 never had a lurcher / running dog that wouldn't chase in all the time ive had dogs which is fair old time, but if I was going to compare my lurchers for 100% comment to the job regards running stuff. well colliexs are the worse , they have decided what they want to run, where as my other xs bullxs, bitzas, and my 1x gsd x grey now will give better show. Bryn my colliex as never stalked anything in 8 years, all ways ran down the beam flat out, but he would always call the shots what he was going to run, this was either if knackered or what quarry, where as Buck my gsd x got different mind set and a lot more comment to the job . 1 Quote Link to post
roybo 2,873 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Did Bryn pick his runs a bit Ray ? Buck sounds a more full on dog mate. SI he won't have that trouble I bet. Quote Link to post
nothernlite 18,268 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Had a dog simaler bur stuck by it and it ended up the best lamping dog ive owned better luck next time lol have you never owned a dog that was utter shite or no good for the job ?never Quote Link to post
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Some interesting posts lads...just to add and say that it wasn't a case of waiting and extracting it, the dog was just not nterested at all...one memorable moment was when I walked him on a slip towards a squatter in a rabbit proof fenced field...I illuminated the bunny, slipped him and as the bunny rose...he ran two hundred yards backwards the way we came to have a piss against a tree stump ......I think that was the clincher....s How old? Quote Link to post
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