what are you thoughts on using them...
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what are you thoughts on using them...
If you needed something bolted together why would you get a rabbit to do it?
Oh Rushy, bolting as in galloping!!! :D
What do you mean?
She means that the rabbit is now running away flat knacker Pointer
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Nah mate she means target practise for the shanghaiQuote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
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.
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...?
We have a BoltAttachment 27223ing rabbitsAttachment 27224:D:thumbsup:
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
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).
I'm still in the dark, whats a bolting rabbit?
Flushing rabbit from under the dogs nose? Aye Tori, or am I wrong?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Much like Aki's rabbit in Aupouri Forest last year, when you called him a lurcher (if you remember)....
