Working Lurchers

[johnny1609]

rocky, billy and nia

billy

nia

gyp (bro-inlaws dog that i had to train for him)

rocky

rocky and nia

jess

rocky

4 hares

hare and fox

billy

nia

nia

tom and nia

4 hares and 4 rabbits

billy and a roe

tom

nia and billy

nia retrieving

nia

 

[Luckydogwhisperer]

Wow! You must have some talented dogs!

Lucky

 

[johnny1609]

no just standard lurchers

 

[Dogster]

I LOVE your dogs!!! (Well, I love all lurchers!!!) They are BEAUTIFUL dogs!!!

 

[tigerlily46514]

WOW, very very impressive, such great looking dogs!!!!!!! wow!! Gorgeous dogs, really, and wow, so many ribbons!!
are those hunting awards???

 

[Anneke]

Impressive!!

 

[johnny1609]

no theyre just from a comformation show we went to one day

 

[Dlilly]

Wow, your dogs are beautiful! It's cool you do activities with your dogs! I'd never be able to hunt with my dogs.... I don't want my dogs killing animals because we have farm animals, but also because I'm not a fan of hunting. I could do antler hunting though!

Is there like some sort of hunting dog sport you compete in? (I no nothing about dogs and hunting...)

 

[johnny1609]

No its purely for sport and it also makes the dogs pay for themselves as they provide there own food if I put the gear in front of them

 

[Dlilly]

It's good you have them eat what they catch.

 

[johnny1609]

theyre fed on a barf diet anyway so its just part of it

 

[tigerlily46514]

Johnny, that is brilliant, having the dogs catch their own BARF diet! I had never thought of that. Very awesome.

 

[johnny1609]

rabbit is a good white meat with alot of protein and hare is a good strong meat aswell.

 

[tigerlily46514]

i've had rabbit, and squirrel, but i find them hard to clean well, so that there is not even one bit of fur in it. (for humans to eat, i mean).

Squirrels are reeeeeeeally hard to clean, imo. there is always at least one or two hairs in squirrel meat, so far as i know, anyway. Probably some ppl must be better at this than my hunter pals are.

but obviously, a dog doesn't need HIS meat cleaned. but i do!!

 

[johnny1609]

iv never took much notice tbh, and i usually freeze it for 3 weeks before they are fed it