guy
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lurcheranyone got any tips to get a lurcher to stop when chasing? tis is a question i am cross posting from another forum.
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caithness hunter
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Re: lurcher | guy wrote: | | anyone got any tips to get a lurcher to stop when chasing? tis is a question i am cross posting from another forum. |
why? its the main function of a lurcher? unless its chasing something it shouldn't, in which case this should have been taught before hand? can you explain what it is chasing that i shouldn't be? may help with an answer 
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windem bang
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Any answer to this question would have to take into account what would be expected in the future. An e- collar would almost certainly stop the dog - just as it would a sheep chaser - but if a hare was the animal being chased the aversion training might work just a bit too well and the dog might refuse to chase any future hares when it was being required to chase that animal. It might even refuse to chase anything.............perhaps that is what is wanted ?
Bill T.
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caithness hunter
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| windem bang wrote: | Any answer to this question would have to take into account what would be expected in the future. An e- collar would almost certainly stop the dog - just as it would a sheep chaser - but if a hare was the animal being chased the aversion training might work just a bit too well and the dog might refuse to chase any future hares when it was being required to chase that animal. It might even refuse to chase anything.............perhaps that is what is wanted ?
Bill T. |
exactly bill, unless it is chasing something it shouldnt be ie sheep etc then there really should be no reason for wanting to curb a lurchers willingness to chase.
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DesO'Neile
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Is this by any chance a question from a French based forum about a lurcher/terrier cross?
Des.
I never was that confident of myself to take a lurcher hunting running free. Mine was always on a slip. I therefore didn't have species problems, but I never even considered trying to stop one once slipped. I reckoned that to even attempt to stop a dog,once slipped, could seriously f*** it up. I have to say that I am totally in awe of the few men I have come across who could let a dog run free and stop it at a shout. It wasn't that the dog could be stopped, it was that these dogs never lacked drive. In fact they semed to have more drive than mine which were never curtailed in any way.
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guy
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| DesO'Neile wrote: | Is this by any chance a question from a French based forum about a lurcher/terrier cross?
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That's the forum - but i read it as a Saluki/greyhound cross.
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BTW how did you get to the thread so quickly ??
PPS - hope you didn't mind me posting the link to your article.
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BenB
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tricky - you would maybe need to hit the exact moment when the dog has matured enough to develop prey drive but not enough confidence to go without you. Guess that is going to vary enormously between individual dogs and what is in their genes. Salukis have a huge prey drive.
I try to train mine to stop because it is handy if your are somewhere inappropriate or the wrong quarry pops up. (By that i mean near roads etc). I can stop Zola on deer if I can get the message across to her before she hits 2nd gear - after that you are merely a spectator.
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DesO'Neile
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Guy,
The wordpress blog stats page has details of people who access the blog and where from. I just clicked on the link.
Des.
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caithness hunter
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| BenB wrote: | tricky - you would maybe need to hit the exact moment when the dog has matured enough to develop prey drive but not enough confidence to go without you. Guess that is going to vary enormously between individual dogs and what is in their genes. Salukis have a huge prey drive.
I try to train mine to stop because it is handy if your are somewhere inappropriate or the wrong quarry pops up. (By that i mean near roads etc). I can stop Zola on deer if I can get the message across to her before she hits 2nd gear - after that you are merely a spectator. |
a good post ben, i to can stop mine if there close by, but if there a bit away then forget it, but they are off the lead all the time hunting up if required or at heal if asked to as i have nofear of them chasing livestock etc.
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BritAnnie
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So Brittanys are really lurchers in another coat then?   
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guy
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mine aren't
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BritAnnie
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You take things too seriously - it WAS a joke! Mine aren't either. But I DO know some that are!
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