9 month lurcher

[bez 0]

after abit of advice really.ive been invited out tomorrow night with my mate whos got an experienced dog .im going to take my 9 month bitch with me should i give her a run or just let her have a look at the other dog at work.i was thinking if i see the right rabbit should i let her have a go or not.the think that does worry me is that im getting there with her retrieving which i had abit of trouble with shes getting better on that score i didnt want her to nail a rabbit then all the retrieving goes out of the window with all the excitement of her nailing a rabbit .what should i do?

[riohog 5,939]

you have to start somewere take the dog along and let it have a look dont run the arse off it its still a young dog yet

[Eton hunter 0]

after abit of advice really.ive been invited out tomorrow night with my mate whos got an experienced dog .im going to take my 9 month bitch with me should i give her a run or just let her have a look at the other dog at work.i was thinking if i see the right rabbit should i let her have a go or not.the think that does worry me is that im getting there with her retrieving which i had abit of trouble with shes getting better on that score i didnt want her to nail a rabbit then all the retrieving goes out of the window with all the excitement of her nailing a rabbit .what should i do?

i start lamping my pups at 6 months old mate it should do well

[noddy10 411]

6months abit young id say

[Eton hunter 0]

my mate a had 5 month old collie grey went out lamping with it and got a klaper

[midnight walker 8]

i would take it along let it see whats going on maybe let slip on 1 or 2 easy ones but get it keyed up

[brookie 1,193]

shes more than ready at nine mths old mate but i wouldnt take her tomorrow because theres a full moon its deadly quiet and she wont even get near a rabbit thats if you see any out

[bez 0]

if weather not right mate wont even take her out .i want everything in her favour dont want to rush it for the sake of a couple nights wait

[LDR 29]

Take her along and see what she's like with the squealing and excitement, if your mates dog retrieves live then after you've necked one, chuck it down for her whilst its still twitching and see what she does with it, you'll sharp know whether her retrieve is gonna be forgotten for a bit, then go on from there, but hand pick her rabbits for her!! I'd say depending on the breeding she's got would dictate whether she'll be ready to run or not, i've had dogs going full belt at 11 months and others that still cant run properly untill 18 months.......you know your dog better than anyone mate!!!!

[MATTI 34]

Give her a go mate, but when you are waiting for her to retrieve don't stand next to your mate's dog, as your pup will think she's bringing her rabbit to this other dog especially if it's lunging on the end of it's lead trying to take it off her.

 

Good luck.

 

MATTI

[bez 0]

she collie/grey mate if she pisses about with it shall i call it a night with her and then leave it a cpl of weeks ?and keep on with the retrieving training

[LDR 29]

she collie/grey mate if she pisses about with it shall i call it a night with her and then leave it a cpl of weeks ?and keep on with the retrieving training

 

 

Dont be too quick to take it off her, give her loads of fuss and just wait till she's ready to give it up (that is if she aint f****d off with it) if she does piss off, then just quietly put her lead back on and call it a night, keep a couple of rabbits for training with, they will tend to f**k about a bit the first few times, as it feels different in their mouth, unless you've already used rabbits to teach retrieving!!!

 

most importantly, remember she's young and you've got her for years to come so dont rush it too much now!!!

[wild rover 548]

she collie/grey mate if she pisses about with it shall i call it a night with her and then leave it a cpl of weeks ?and keep on with the retrieving training

 

Only you will know when the pup is ready, physically and mentally, look back at thread on starting a lamping use that in your training and don't rush it.

[picardy 1]

after abit of advice really.ive been invited out tomorrow night with my mate whos got an experienced dog .im going to take my 9 month bitch with me should i give her a run or just let her have a look at the other dog at work.i was thinking if i see the right rabbit should i let her have a go or not.the think that does worry me is that im getting there with her retrieving which i had abit of trouble with shes getting better on that score i didnt want her to nail a rabbit then all the retrieving goes out of the window with all the excitement of her nailing a rabbit .what should i do?

If i was in your shoes mate i would nt run her at nine months! take her along by all means and let her look whats going on and hold her back

[whin 463]

take her out and see what she can do if my dogs not catching a rabb at nine months and not trying i would have to look at were i was going wrong, find places were its in the dogs favour ive spioled the odd dog starting early but has some real good dogs starting early ,dogs thta would catch any were with game sense to boot , my 4 month pup goes out at moment al least once a week on lamp ferrets if its a nice day and has started learning to mark abit and realises rabbits are in there ,he even tried to get a netted one last week and the other nite mhirn caut one fetched it alive i says fech it, had enough rabbs, let him go he runs down hole comes back out and pup grabs it quite funny , but that will do him for a while got to learn him im boss and he knows what hees got to do later on , i think takeing a pup out young for days out under supervision and an expierenced handler can do no harm ,then back to trainin till hees 7or8 months as you do want then to retreive and heel up etc and youll never do that when he sees dogs catching rabbs as i work mines as free as a bird no leashes , unlees for the own safety or there been with strange dogs as that gees them up