Rossenarra Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 I currently own a 1.5 year old german Shepard…..I currently walk her on barley stubble and recently she is showing great interest in chasing rabbits….. her ears pricks up one paw gets raised and she just loves it. I have a strike force lamb and was thinking I bring her lamping……is there a certain way you should lamp with a dog (certain commands…certain training????) Cause I was thinking it would be a shame not to promote her interest… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Tell me of a dog that DOESN'T like chasing rabbits! Not sure about GS for gun work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossenarra Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Tell me of a dog that DOESN'T like chasing rabbits! Not sure about GS for gun work though. No gun work, it will just be a case of me lamping maybe with her un lead and training her to track the eyes and leavingher go at the right time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Tell me of a dog that DOESN'T like chasing rabbits! Not sure about GS for gun work though. Police use GS's and they use guns, so do the military, do GS's not make good dogs ? They are extremely loyal dogs and I love the look fo them, had one when I was a kid. She once pinned the postman to the large tree in my front garden by putting her front paws into his shoulders n pushing him into it, poor sod was there for hours before we got home needless to say he wasnt to happy after being released haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 g's should be ok brian plummer used one to cross his lurchers for catching deer .so the ability is there awsome looking lurcher with a good catch rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Tell me of a dog that DOESN'T like chasing rabbits! Not sure about GS for gun work though. Police use GS's and they use guns, so do the military, do GS's not make good dogs ? They are extremely loyal dogs and I love the look fo them, had one when I was a kid. She once pinned the postman to the large tree in my front garden by putting her front paws into his shoulders n pushing him into it, poor sod was there for hours before we got home needless to say he wasnt to happy after being released haha The Military don't normally want to retreive what they have shot though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 will it be fast enought to catch a rabbit or keep up with it as it turns ect.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 should think they would be fast enough with the greyhound blood in it if plummer had them for deer i should think they would manage a rabbit. i have watched a foxhound x lurcher course hares ok. and i have watched a lab x greyhound course hares but the lab x did kind of take a bit of time to catch his game .its all about stamina and burst of speed where the greyhound blood kicks in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 no harm in letting it have a go.......wouldnt thought you'd have caught much tho mate....... also be carefull rumning a dog of that size on stubble....... sun dried stubble is like a field of scewers....and can go through a dogs foot with ease. I am a firm believer of using the right tool for right job - if you want to lamp rabbits with any degree of success, I would get a lurcher..............on its own a GSD should aint going to cut it IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I currently own a 1.5 year old german Shepard…..I currently walk her on barley stubble and recently she is showing great interest in chasing rabbits….. her ears pricks up one paw gets raised and she just loves it. I have a strike force lamb and was thinking I bring her lamping……is there a certain way you should lamp with a dog (certain commands…certain training? ) Cause I was thinking it would be a shame not to promote her interest… As Paul rightly says,let her have a go..but don,t over do it.Dogs aren,t machines! The main 1 will be that your dog comes back once the lamp is switched off..this will avoid unwanted injuries. It must stay when entering a field,don,t want it scaring everything off before your ready(seen it happen)you may think ..my dog won,t do that,but when dog,s are introduced to hunting,they seem to go through a stage where they think they know best and can,t wait to "be at them" As your not going to be using a fast dog,keep her on the lead(get a slip lead)until the last possible moment so as to give every advantage you can. Make sure that when you release her,she is not facing the rabbit.She must approach from behind or side-on,otherwise the 1st thing that will happen is that she will have to turn and lose a lot of ground straight away. And finally,lots of praise whether she is succesful or not..oh yeah encouage her retrieving so that hopefully when 1 is caught it is brought back to you and not devoured Good luck and treat it as a bit of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossenarra Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 I currently own a 1.5 year old german Shepard…..I currently walk her on barley stubble and recently she is showing great interest in chasing rabbits….. her ears pricks up one paw gets raised and she just loves it. I have a strike force lamb and was thinking I bring her lamping……is there a certain way you should lamp with a dog (certain commands…certain training? ) Cause I was thinking it would be a shame not to promote her interest… As Paul rightly says,let her have a go..but don,t over do it.Dogs aren,t machines! The main 1 will be that your dog comes back once the lamp is switched off..this will avoid unwanted injuries. It must stay when entering a field,don,t want it scaring everything off before your ready(seen it happen)you may think ..my dog won,t do that,but when dog,s are introduced to hunting,they seem to go through a stage where they think they know best and can,t wait to "be at them" As your not going to be using a fast dog,keep her on the lead(get a slip lead)until the last possible moment so as to give every advantage you can. Make sure that when you release her,she is not facing the rabbit.She must approach from behind or side-on,otherwise the 1st thing that will happen is that she will have to turn and lose a lot of ground straight away. And finally,lots of praise whether she is succesful or not..oh yeah encouage her retrieving so that hopefully when 1 is caught it is brought back to you and not devoured Good luck and treat it as a bit of fun Very good response. I would agree with the general message of this string in leaving her have a go......my main aim was to structure the GS interest in order to have a fun time and maybe she just might catch something. regarding the stubble...it had crossed my mind.....however is does not seem the deter her....will keep an eye for any sign of a limp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 on stubble its mainly there stop pads that get a bashing .goodluck enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted September 18, 2008 Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 should think they would be fast enough with the greyhound blood in it if plummer had them for deer i should think they would manage a rabbit. i have watched a foxhound x lurcher course hares ok. and i have watched a lab x greyhound course hares but the lab x did kind of take a bit of time to catch his game .its all about stamina and burst of speed where the greyhound blood kicks in. only 1 way to find out.but i would get a whippet or lurcher mate that be alot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossenarra Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Ok went out at the weekend with my GS lamping..I was driving a jeep with hand held lamp out the window she was along side. I drove a long all the ditches as the rabbits tent to stick by the ditches......she loves it and was sooooooooooo near to getting one.........flippin hilarious...she was running after it back and forth for like a minute and she just got it..the rabbit squelled and then it got away….was gutted for her…but we’ll try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northeastshooter Posted December 5, 2008 Report Share Posted December 5, 2008 hi keep up with it av got german shepards hes 3years old. adnt take him out lamping but got a bit garden and feild along side he always cums bk with 1 so myt try it naw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaz Posted January 8, 2009 Report Share Posted January 8, 2009 I used to work security GSD's around an agricultural college that was teeming with rabbits. My old-fashioned level backed GSD bitch showed great interest in the bunnies so i let her try her luck (niether me nor her had ever done this before). She did great........OK so the first 2 bunnies fooled her with a sharp turn and escaped, but being a very intelligent dog she didn't make that mistake again. She was very fast and agile and we spent a few mornings catching bunnies much to the admiration of the resident rabbit controllers who came to shoot them. I reckon at a rough guess she caught 40-50% of what she chased (even though i often released her with a dissadvantage). She had a lot of stamina and i had to stop her or she would carry on one after another, our record was 8/10 caught in 1 night. The rabbit shooters would take a tea break to let my dog have a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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