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)....
ecollar for everything , it worked for me so must be right --everyone else is wrong
I see where the confussion arises... once I saw dundees link...
Tori my thoughts - personally I wouldnt play with it... there are other proven methods that work... and the gadges to me are just like an e collar. If I dont know how to do it, I wont play arouns with it.
Might do more damage than good...
ive seen petros dog on point when a rabbit broke, we couldn't find petros for half an hour he had run so fast chasing that fur as his dog just sat and watched
I havent seen my own dog ever point a rabbit in his whole existance...so that would be news to me....
lets not go there, El B...I will never use one on any dog...Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
bwhaaaaaaaaa :P
Thank you for your thoughts...I think a rabbit pen would be much more useful...Quote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
Even a blind man would no that Eeebees:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
I can understand why people use pigeons to train for birds due to availability and repeatability, but I can't understand why someone would want to simulate a running rabbit when New Zealand is lousy with the buggers?
@Dundee I am sure there is a law against getting Bolt to impregnate those rabits !
And if there isnt one, there should be :D
All about "bolting" ebf:DQuote:
Originally Posted by ebf
They are supposedly used to make the dog steady to rabbits...have dog on a long line etc and whistle stop...Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
did you read this hahaha it was a jokeQuote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
try again --ive seen petros dog on point when a rabbit broke, we couldn't find petros for half an hour he had run so fast chasing that fur as his dog just sat and watched
Sorry brian. Didnt quite got the joke....Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
you chase the rabbit not the dog ........Quote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
hahhaa... lol... I got that part brian. I just didnt get the joke as a whole... what was the the kick? Your message ? In relation to the thread?Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Sorry, english is my second language... im not playing dumb on purpose...
@el borracho, went out shooting yesterday and after all the effort to find a rooster or some quail Aki slams on a point about an hour in the hunt.... He stood on a fallen tree with his nose pointing between his feet, Got myself all wound up and excited thinking brownies would burst out any second, next think I see a bunny jumps around....
Speaking of all this bolting rabbits, I actually saw my dog for the first time after 5 years point and produce one yesterday.... drove home with a smile on my face....
timing of this thread and the actual event couldn't be more weirder....
good work ! he held tight
Exactly how it's done.Quote:
Originally Posted by gqhoon
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