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Post by trapperdave on Mar 5, 2017 23:15:38 GMT -5
Was working on boat trailer today and let the pups loose with momma. They always stay within sight of house. Hour later realized they were nowhere to be found. Took my son on tractor and went to back of property and along railroad while wife and daughter cruised the roads. Nothing. Drove tractor down all nearby fence rows...nothing. Got in the blazer and drove the roads again and found them....next road over about 100 yards farther on in someone's yard....running the hello out of a bunny  caught momma (Bella). Called pups in and when they got within twenty yards...up jumps another rabbit and off they go. Hard to be mad about my pups running rabbits lol That's my girls! Just turned 6 months. Wife wasn't as happy as me |
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Post by scrub-buster on Mar 6, 2017 9:24:34 GMT -5
They were just doing what they were bred to do. Glad you rounded them all up.
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Post by esshup on Mar 11, 2017 21:25:25 GMT -5
Maybe because I hunt birds with dogs I have a different mindset, but the way I look at it, no matter what they were bred to do, you gotta be able to call them off, be it what they were put on this earth to chase or not. I realize 6 month old pups aren't trained yet, and since you didn't see Momma take off, there was nothing you could have done.
Time for an underground fence and lots of collars??
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Post by trapperdave on Mar 11, 2017 23:09:34 GMT -5
Never.
I want my dogs full of hunt and want my pups eager to explore. They come when called unless hot on a trail, as it should be. Imo
Had em loose again today while working around the barn. They all disappeared.... I called and whistled...they were all back within a couple minutes. Probably on back side of pond out of sight.
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Post by esshup on Mar 12, 2017 19:42:45 GMT -5
I like my dogs to be full of drive too, but they need to know that they have to shut it off when called. A bird can fly over a road, or into another dangerous area and I don't want to lose a good dog.
Listening to me doesn't make their drive any less, and it could stop them from blowing birds out of the field if they were to blindly chase a flushed bird without being able to be called back.
Hunting quail out in the desert, I had a covey of quail flush out over a canyon. I believe that if I wasn't able to control the one dog, she would have went over the canyon rim after them, and the first step was a rock wall 20 feet down. She had enough drive and "chase" in her that she wouldn't have hesitated to go after them if I couldn't call her back.
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caught momma (Bella). Called pups in and when they got within twenty yards...up jumps another rabbit and off they go. 
