Guest dazzy Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 hi looking for advice took my dog (jrt) for a walk today over local park which is full of rabbits. my question is my dog nose was to the ground and he was ever where in and out of the bushes i took a high powered lamp with me (chancing it if im honest!!!) and spotted a number of rabbits in the edges but dog didnt chase em. what is the best way to teach him to follow the beam of the lamp??? or [bANNED TEXT] techniques are best to teach him. the dog hasn't a bother about goin into the bushes should i just keep letting him do that and hope he comes across a rabbit??? im a complete novice and would appericate any advice .............. i also take him around a local fishing venue looking for rats he as manage to chase one into the water but the b**tard rat dived and came up and piss off up the bank ( not to get any money out ) like i say im a novice trying to work my dog i know my dog wont let me down once he has an even chance. he is keen but like me a novice he is only 7 months old. am i pushing too much?? will this put him off. Quote Link to post
bullsmilk 2 Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 i got my staff pup on by letting him have a rag on rabbits ide shot with me .22 when they were still twitchin.now lamp ore not hes got the idea and hes out lookin for em i took him out tonight shootin he wandered off the next thing i know hes running back with a big old bunny in his mouth Quote Link to post
Guest dazzy Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 i got my staff pup on by letting him have a rag on rabbits ide shot with me .22 when they were still twitchin.now lamp ore not hes got the idea and hes out lookin for em i took him out tonight shootin he wandered off the next thing i know hes running back with a big old bunny in his mouth nice one i lay awake at night dreaming of that happening with my dog Quote Link to post
Guest natay Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 here [bANNED TEXT] get him a few rats n let them of in a field and it wil get im into nowing what he is looking for n [bANNED TEXT] ur lamping old him in ur hands n wait to he c da rabbit n drop him n he will go after it regards natay m Quote Link to post
thurso jack 3 Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Far from experianced myself but id say you dont have a great chance of him cacthing a rabbit on the lamp he will miss a lot more than he will catch, you say he goes to cover well, so hed be more likely to catch one there where its sitting in cover already, as you say he is young and still learning, but let him rag a fresh carcass that should let him know what your after, or skin a rabbit and put it over a retreiving dummy for practising with. Quote Link to post
Guest dazzy Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Far from experianced myself but id say you dont have a great chance of him cacthing a rabbit on the lamp he will miss a lot more than he will catch, you say he goes to cover well, so hed be more likely to catch one there where its sitting in cover already, as you say he is young and still learning, but let him rag a fresh carcass that should let him know what your after, or skin a rabbit and put it over a retreiving dummy for practising with. thx [bANNED TEXT] good things come to thoses who wait :whistle: ill keep at it keep ya posted will let you when i have a result Quote Link to post
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