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  1. 22-07-2014, 08:20 PM #1
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    Bolting rabbit...

    what are you thoughts on using them...
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  3. 22-07-2014, 08:31 PM #2
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    If you needed something bolted together why would you get a rabbit to do it?
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    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Oh Rushy, bolting as in galloping!!!
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    What do you mean?
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    She means that the rabbit is now running away flat knacker Pointer
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    Quote Originally Posted by EeeBees View Post
    Oh Rushy, bolting as in galloping!!!
    Well I'm sure if you harnessed a few together they could pull a cart to carry the decoys, might be a rough ride though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    She means that the rabbit is now running away flat knacker Pointer
    I got that bit Rushy. I'm confused with what she mean by use them? As provocation for a dog? sled pulling? err, lure in greyhound racing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    I got that bit Rushy. I'm confused with what she mean by use them? As provocation for a dog? sled pulling? err, lure in greyhound racing?
    Nah mate she means target practise for the shanghai
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    I've seen more dog's put off by them and spooked by the twang of the bungy, than actually benefit from using them.

    There are better ways of teaching steadiness to flush.
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    I have seen fotos of them and wondered about them...?!! A dog trainer in the UK said that in his opinion a few bobwhites are the best to teach a puppy steadiness. And a good thing about them is that they do not fly far and will return to their pen.

    I've seen more dog's put off by them and spooked by the twang of the bungy, than actually benefit from using them. gqhoon, I read what you write, a bit like the opening of a bird launcher...?
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    We have a BoltName: picture 877.jpg Views: 299 Size: 164.3 KBing rabbitsName: picture 4145.jpg Views: 286 Size: 163.0 KB
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    Quote Originally Posted by EeeBees View Post
    I have seen fotos of them and wondered about them...?!! A dog trainer in the UK said that in his opinion a few bobwhites are the best to teach a puppy steadiness. And a good thing about them is that they do not fly far and will return to their pen.

    I've seen more dog's put off by them and spooked by the twang of the bungy, than actually benefit from using them. gqhoon, I read what you write, a bit like the opening of a bird launcher...?
    With a pigeon launcher, the proximity is much different. The launcher is used 5-10m plus from the dog, so there should be little influence on the dog (if not, then it isn't being used correctly). However, the bolting rabbit it used right under the dog's nose and can often have negative association for the dog.

    Personally, I'd teach the stop on the whistle, transfer that to stop on the thrown dummy, then transfer to stop on hand-thrown pigeons before repeating the process with a rolling ball and then a wing-clipped pigeon (flies low to the ground....not a bolting rabbit, but as close to replicating it, within reason, as possible).
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    I'm still in the dark, whats a bolting rabbit?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    I'm still in the dark, whats a bolting rabbit?
    Flushing rabbit from under the dogs nose? Aye Tori, or am I wrong?

    Much like Aki's rabbit in Aupouri Forest last year, when you called him a lurcher (if you remember)....
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    Rabbit Dummy & Bolting Rabbit - Sporting Saint
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