Lurcher for lamping

smackey

Hows a going lads thinking about buying a lurcher pup 6 months old as i would like to start lamping is it a good lamping dog and can any one give some advice on lamping or training a dog as its my first time to try this any advice most welcome cheers .

whitser

best thing to do is get a good book on training and rearing a lurcher pup. at 6 mths he wont be ready for work for another 9 or 10 mths, best to start em when about 12-14 mths old.
you can start basic traing now though, re-call, heel, retrieving........etc and get him stock broken, VERY important.
my best advice is take your time with him, lurchers are easily spoiled by rushing them into work. no one ever ruined a dog by holding em back a bit til thet're ready.
good luck.

whippetman

smackey wrote: »

Hows a going lads thinking about buying a lurcher pup 6 months old as i would like to start lamping is it a good lamping dog and can any one give some advice on lamping or training a dog as its my first time to try this any advice most welcome cheers .

I got my latest lurcher at six months old and she is now 14 months old i just started to lamp her lately and after just a few short trips wit the lamp she is already really getting the hang of it. As long as it were not badly treated befour u got it there should be no problems

Everett

What are the best crosses for lamping rabbits by night and for ferreting by day?,looking for something that is intelligent and also agile.Quick and fairly strong.
Thanks

theirishguy

Everett wrote: »

What are the best crosses for lamping rabbits by night and for ferreting by day?,looking for something that is intelligent and also agile.Quick and fairly strong.
Thanks

i do a fair bit of lamping with my cousin and the best imo is a whippet.

irish setter

best lurcher cross would be border collie and as for the whippet you need to cross that to get the best out of it as their a bit light and have no stamina

gavlaw

i had an whippit crossed with an alistation i got it for free it didnt look any thing like an alistation it was a great dog for rabbits an foxes she had a litter of pups off a black lab i kept 1 of the pups an it the best dog she brings back birds she runs with hounds an kills foxes an rabbits she obedient you wouldnt think it but she is a top dog

Irish Springer

Me and a mate go lamping and he had a 3/4 whippet, 1/4 collie, best rabbit dog i've ever seen, and i've seen a good few.
Brings rabbits back live to hand, jumping wire, very fast and clever dog.

gavlaw

this is my lab cross HPIM2673.JPG

DL-Ferreter

As others have said...a collie based lurcher, in my opinion and experience is the best dog for all round hunting and lamping....they are very easy trained and eager to please and very clever, the only fault I can find in them, that they are sometimes too clever, my oldest bitch will look up the beam at a distant rabbit and if she thinks its too far, will just look back at me!! Where as a whippet I have will just run, no matter how far it is! And she will run herself into a complete state of collapse...The collie lurcher on the other hand will run till she thinks she wants to go home and then just refuses and pretends she doesnt see things in the lamp!!

Fallow

theirishguy wrote: »

i do a fair bit of lamping with my cousin and the best imo is a whippet.

Hows it going, just wonderd, do you know a Matt Slevin down their in wexford, he is ment to have good whippets?
Thanks..

I would go for pure whippet too, excellent wee dogs.!

sako75 hunter

In my opinion you cant beat a 3/4 greyhound bitch x 1/4 border collie. Ive used these lurchers for rabbit and fox for the last 16 years. Im 26 now and all ive ever kept was a 3/4. With this lurcher you have the brains of the collie, very intelligent dog. My grandfather used to lamp rabbits with a full border collie, he would stay going for the night!!! I personally think that if you have a 1/2 collie x 1/2 hound or a 1/4 collie x greyhound you wont go wrong! Also i find them easier train than other lurcher x`s. Hope that helps.

DL-Ferreter

sako75 hunter wrote: »

In my opinion you cant beat a 3/4 greyhound bitch x 1/4 border collie. Ive used these lurchers for rabbit and fox for the last 16 years. Im 26 now and all ive ever kept was a 3/4. With this lurcher you have the brains of the collie, very intelligent dog. My grandfather used to lamp rabbits with a full border collie, he would stay going for the night!!! I personally think that if you have a 1/2 collie x 1/2 hound or a 1/4 collie x greyhound you wont go wrong! Also i find them easier train than other lurcher x`s. Hope that helps.

My thoughts exactly......

I dont believe in too much sighthound blood, at least for a ferreting / lamping dog anyway

eireanbo

any one know any good spots in longford to go lamping with dogs....

Eddie B

eireanbo wrote: »

any one know any good spots in longford to go lamping with dogs....

Yes my spot!!!:p

eireanbo

i have found the promised land..........yahoo......

Birdnuts

You can't beat the bit of collie for intelligence:)

Martinobrien

Hi,i had a first x greyhound collie a few years ago,she was a demon on the lamp,brought everything back live to hand,great bitch to work with ferrets and good with terriers,so if your thinking of a lurcher just for the lamp you wont go wrong with a first x of this breeding..