What age to take dog out on lamp for 1st time?

[Guest flapper]

there is some good advice on here but all i can say is you will no when your dog is ready, your better off taking the dog out on your own any way, when your with another dog a pup will sometimes refuse to bring the rabbit back or it will munch it before it brings it.. my mates 10 month old has stopped running the beam he just lies down and watches the rabbits run away (sooo frustraiting). on the other hand my bull whippet greyhound had her 1st hare at 9 months old... horses for courses

[biza hollis 27]

It differs with different dogs. My whippet is now 14 months old but im not lamping her until next year because she keeps yelping when running at night. So all i will do is ferret her and maybe start her at the end of the season lamping but is she keeps at it then i will try again next year.

sorry mate but now its started yapping when running quarry it will allways do it my advice would be to get another dog mate

[runforyourlife 361]

8 months is still young, i never hunt any of mine till they reach, 14 months, then they're mature enough in mind and body, most dogs are still growing at 8 months, work them early then they, might just have a short life, as over indulging a young dog does have pitfalls, most commonly , injury's to muscles , tendons, toes, all because they have'nt been allowed to mature , through your own"i know we are all kicking keen to see our pups perform" eagerness to see it work,there'll be plenty of time , later, to saviour your dogs exploits, for a long and fruituous life. GOOD LUCK.

 

 

I agree with the muscle quote and the rest but you say "short life" do you mean out running or do you mean alive? If so where is the proof that a dog has a shorter life?

[Guest Catcher]

If you think he,e ready mate have a a go.atb catcher And good luck.

[billy the kid 1984 1]

As some of you know Kylo has really annoyed me in the past with his inability to realalise he is a sighthound However that has changed now and last weekend i took him out on my dads farm and he was spot on, all his instinct kicked in, he gave it his best shot on 3 rabbits he chased, 1 he was SO close to getting, he was about to strike and it did this super-bunny leap under a thorn bush he returned straight back to me after each run with his head held high scanning the fields for more bunnies, this was all during the day on a walk about, nothing serious, i would like to take him out on the lamp this weekend, again, nothing serious, just a few short runs on squatters to see how he does.

 

He is 8 months old, is he too young to take out at night, like i say it won't be any hardcore hunting, just a quick shine about and a few slips if i feel he has a chance.

hes plenty old enough i get mine going at bout 6 months old

[Hollie 21]

ARGH there is so much conflicting advice, everyone seems to have a good point whether it is for or against, maybe i should just wait till next season when the babies are about, oh i don't know

 

I will let you know what happens if i do have a go!!!

[bird 10,014]

12 months old, and then only a couple runs. It takes 2 seasons before a lurcher, really knows the game, and on the 3rd season you will have a good lurcher [day+night]. Regards yaping, if its just a little yip, it might stop when it starts catching , when its older .But full blown yaping, no way

you will have to start with another pup, and put it down to Experence