the dangers of lurcher work
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2022
- The dangers of lurcher work
the lurcher game is full of dangers, if your working your dog multiple times a week day or night, speed and obstacles are a recipe for disaster!
Brin has picked up an injury in the field and unfortunately that's him done for the year
should you be put off by the dangers your dog may face? i give you my thoughts and insight into the dangers of lurcherwork
I much appreciate this. I’ve lost dogs in the field, in various circumstances, and taken a few more to the vet.
If we love them, we let them run. It is not real love to keep them in cotton-wool, to deny what they are and what they love to do. We can only take what care we can, and pick up the pieces.
Good luck and good hunting to you and your boy.
Peter…. Australia.
While I think of it, I got a tip from an old whippet man, which was to run my fast dogs in rough country from an early age. His theory was that they’d learn that they had to run smart and dodge obstacles before they got fast enough to kill themselves. I can’t say for certain that it works, because I’ve still had those losses and vet trips, but it does make sense.
Your 100% right there mate, I'd lost my whippet to a broken neck a couple months before this happened so wasn't the greatest year for me and the dogs, but it happens and it happens alot with these dogs.....fast dogs and obstacles aren't a good mix🙈 Thwnk I appreciate your comment and good luck to you also 👌👍
Total agree. My dog lost his leg.after I retired him. Infact it was two after is last proper run. On a walk with a friend, went aftef a squirrel.
Sorry to hear that mate all the best to you and the dog
Cheers mate he should be alright plenty of rest and I'm sure next season he will be back to it🤞
@@moochersways8595 cool I'd just keep him for ferreting myself but he's yours so you will know what he can do when he's ready and I've only had 5 working dogs in my hunting time and the only one that didn't get an injury was because I got her at 18 months and she died of parvo a year later but she did get 2 seasons and a litter of pups
My Bedlington Whippet did the same thing at the age of 1. I was told he would never work again, now 15 years old. He lamped until he was 8 and worked well day time until 12. Now a couch dog.
The good workers do seem to pick up many more injuries than the average workers.
I'm sure your dog will run again and even if not at top speed will pick the bunnies up just fine. He my well favour turning one direction more than the other, that's what i found with mine anyway.
Thats great and encouraging to hear mate thanks for telling me your dogs story👍👍 I was speaking to a friend of mine yesterday and we said exactly what you have about the turning......I'm hoping that with lots of rest he will be back to it next season🤞 as you say as long as he picks bunnies up well I'd be happy
Sad news there mate yes I know exactly what you saying could of been worst , I lost my Luther just over ten years ago he wasn’t so lucky crashed in farm machine and end result was he died there and then, never forget him he was as sharp as a needle that’s his it goes with working dogs. Speedy recovery for your dog . Thanks for sharing your story .
It's always a bit disheartening of losing a working dog mate iv been there its so shit, the only way you can console yourself is to think they went out doing what they loved........thanks mate and thanks for supporting the channel👍👍
@@moochersways8595 Spot on mate 👍
@moochersways8595 what's tge name of the song
Paddy doyle the poacher
I have had Lurchers for roughly 20yrs now and never worked them (Dogs have the heart, I just haven't a clue, if anybody could point me in the right direction on starting it would be very much appreciated) and I am constantly patching and cleaning up wounds after they speed through the fields, bushes, brambles... well everything.
I have found even non working Lurchers do everything fast and rough but with a beautiful elegance.
Great video the shame is its like people the best ones go first 😢
Thanks, yeah it's all part n parcel of working dogs, he's OK now and back to work got my fingers crossed for an injury free season🤞🤞
looks nasty that one. agree with all you said mate. dogs that never see injury have never seen much work. all mine over the years have been injured at least once a season ,often more.what pup are you looking for in future lurcher ,whippet etc?
Yeah was a bit of a messy one....I think he'd hit a bit of flint🙈 yeah when I say that I'm not trying to offend people but I know there's plenty out there that talk shite about what they do with there dogs......you see the dogs and there bloody pristine🙈🙈 I'm thinking something whippet based again.....the lil whippet bitch I had really impressed me tbh I didn't really rate whippets before I had one of my own......Real hard lil dogs for there size I'm deffo a fan now👍
You can't wrap um up in cotton wool my friend, had some bad ones myself over the years.
One place a friend of mines permission been loads of times but in known to us he the farmer had left a tree stump in the field , roots attached an it was layed on its side , well my btch was running and we heard a Yelp she carried on made the catch, but after checking her when she retrieved, one the the roots had speared her in between her ribs .
How she carried on an made the catch I don't know, but one thing she did have was heart an massive prey drive.
But if the dogs could speak I'm sure they'd rather work than be a foot warmer. 👍
100% mate lost my whippet to a broken neck out ferreting as well......when you work em they gonna pick up injuries! Mines in the sick bay again cut through his carpal pad🙈 I'm just glad he's done it before the season this time🙈🤣
@@moochersways8595 hope he makes a good recovery. 🍀🙏🤞👍
Thanks.....he should do another couple weeks of vet wrap and purple spray 🤞🤣
@@moochersways8595 I'll keep my .🤞 alls good for him my friend. 👍
Feel For you mate, my old bitch done it a few years back hit a bit of flint and severed all her tendons on her back leg. i went and saw dan docherty in london, stitched it and when she was able to put weight on it went and done a couple hydro pool sessions with her to get her using it properly..worked wonders mate gave her the summer to strengthen it and she was a new dog for the next season!
It's a pain mate but he seems OK stitches out he's using the foot fine just has one dropped toe.......I didn't go for them putting the tendon back together as it would only go again........hopefully a long rest he will be back to it next season👍 glad to hear your bitch recovered well mate how did she run when she was back to it?
A proper 👌 old school greyhound man will be the one to talk to
Hes sorted now mate recovered well👌
@Moochers Ways looks like a fair bit of whippet to me mate 👍
My bitch split her carpel joint last year and snapped tendons that would hold her leg straight if you try to push the foot down when lifting her leg out infront of her.
I took her to greyhound man and was told to stitch it up as nothing could be done to connect them, he said that greyhounds have tendons cut to stop them exploding during races.
I was told to take it easy on her but make sure we was doing plenty of walking as the other muscles will learn to compensate for the snapped tendons and muscles that will no longer be doing much.
She healed and was rehabed and in no time was back out on the lamp the end of the same season.
She started off slow and she knew to take it easy, was turning like a bus.
This year after a long rest and getting her back in shape she's a different dog she's the best she's ever been.
Think you'll be surprised how quickly it will get better.
At the end of the day its snapped and isn't going to heal I'd focus on making her stronger get her body use to the change obviously once healed up.
Good luck with it mate 👍
Thats great to hear your bitch is back up and running again👌👍 puts my mind at ease knowing lads have had similar stuff happen and the end result being good......I'm happy to give him the rest and healing time he needs to get right again and get back to it soon🤞 thanks for sharing mate hope you have a great season
@@moochersways8595
That's it mate got to give them the time they need but keep an eye on them as you know them better than anybody else.
My bitch is off again as split her toe bad few weeks back.
Been given a little whippet few months back that's never done anything so just bringing him on ATM but it's slow going if I had hair I'd pull it out 😂 but were making progress.
@@mitchellwhite8276 if the lil whippet comes right mate you won't be disappointed I really rate whippets.....get a good one and they can be hard to beat!! Hope your bitch is back to it soon......running dogs can just be magnets for injury........same dog of mine thats injured now was laid up for 6 weeks at the beginning of last season he hit an old water trough that was buried in the hedge whilst lamping.....came out with the rabbit seemed fine then started limping......so easily done🙈
@@moochersways8595 they definitely can be, mine is always bruised up.
Ye he seems a nice little dog I've run him along side another dog a few times and he's run 2 on his own and killed both. hard work getting him to retrieve and he's not great following the beam.
We will get there but it's slow going to get them how you want them as I'm sure you know.
Don't realise how far they have come until you get a new one 😂
Hiya bud injuries are part and parcel of running dogs and some of them really don't make a sound when they cut themselves iv got whippets now and one of my girls cut her keel area with barbed wire and a good cut to she made no sound at all people do think that whippets are frail and dainty on times but they ain't their tuff little buggers on times my old Tessa she was a old school gypsy whippet collie greyhound x whippet collie greyhound afew times but to look at her you'd of said she was a working whippet she was a lovely dog she injured a hamstring one autumn and that took the best part of a year to heal and settle to where it didn't bother her yano and she was similar age to your Bryn I found that I got used to how much work she could do and she would pull up a little from what she used to be like and a working balance developed from reading the body language yano, anyway keep up the great work pal and happy hunting
I know that one mate my lil whippet was the same.....one of my vids I did last season bolting to the dogs my lil whip had pulled one of her claws completely out......didn't notice on the day but she was still catching rabbits no sign of pain.....real tough lil buggers I deffo rate whippets highly.......cheers mate thanks for supporting the channel....hope you have a great season
How's the dog 🐕 bred mate
Hes saluki whippet greyhound mate
@Moochers Ways I have had lurcher since a kid had some good memories of them lamping rabbits 🐇 I have a dog on at minute same way bred as yours mother and father straight working Weeton very good bitch 23 inch rough coated
@Neil Burlingham can't beat it can ya......how'd you get on this season? Was it a decent one?
@Moochers Ways all right but had much better days not many rabbits about mate had a few red uns not to bad 👍
@@moochersways8595 how was your whippet bred mate good lamping dogs 🐕 👍
Can anybody point me in the right direction to start working my Lurchers please, books, websites etc. I have no clue what I am doing or where to start.
A 4yr old Deerhound/Grey/Collie/Bedlington (and I think was told a bit of staffy thrown in but not sure) who is very game and has killed rats and mice in the yard often. HATES Foxes with a passion and goes into berserker mode if sees one (found out his parents were used for foxing if thats useful to know, it is NOT what I want him to chase)
Other is an 18month Saluki/Grey/Staffy who seems game but other than 1 heart attack moment where he pinned a badger, I don't know (thing came out a bush we was walking past, dog was on it within seconds, luckily so was I so badger could escape before it got worse).
Can anybody help please? And is it worth it for them now?
Hes typical lurcher with the milking bit mines the exact same when hes injured mate hahha
Knows he's gonna get loads of attention🤣
I agree with you though youve got to be prepared for injurys
100% mate it's just inevitable at some point if your out a couple times a week every week during the season it's just when🙈
Its not a nice feeling mine done a similar thing but on his front half way through the season last year we live and learn hahah
@@joshmatthews329 thats working lurchers ain't it mate....hopefully next season he will be back too it......vet said he probably won't be as quick but he should be good to run🤞
Another lamp shaker Fuk me does anyone know how to lamp these days
Calm down 🤣
That’s the difference between a propper dog man and a man with a dog, just looking at getting mine insured, any recommendations would be great 👍
Hi mate I just insured mine with tesco now......think its around 20 a month
Thank you
@@peter4190 no problem mate👍👍