Need Help

[WAFFATRE]

i have a 18 month old lurcher sam he is very fit.will do all i ask of him till it is time for him to catch a rabbit,he will not pick up.i think :angry: he thinks he has done good if he chases rabbit in to bush.can some one help. :rant:

 

[scooter-dack]

don't know about anyone else but i had the same trouble with mine and i took him out with experienced dogs and he got the hang of it in no time at all, andrew

 

[midlanderkeith]

i have a 18 month old lurcher sam he is very fit.will do all i ask of him till it is time for him to catch a rabbit,he will not pick up.i think  :angry: he thinks he has done good if he chases rabbit in to bush.can some one help. :rant:

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sounds to me like he's lost interest, like scooter dack says try and get him out with some experienced dogs, he will soon learn :luck:

keith

 

[Rob Rixon]

Not all Sight hounds will pick up.

If your dogs is made up mainly of sight hounds I suggest this is the reason.

I suggest you cross it with a Gun Dog - they pick up!!

 

[Pennymeadow Whippets]

Go back to basic retrieving training take the dog alone with a rabbit skin dummy in to your hall or another narrow passage play with the dog & dummy throwing it up the hall/passage & encourage your dog to pick up the dummy & then call it to you the reason you do it in a passage is to stop the dog running off with the dummy untill all is well :thumbsup: