2006-09-15 23:48:50 · 12 answers · asked by bigbin 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Not any age in the UK as this is illegal.
2006-09-15 23:56:27 · answer #1 · answered by thebigtombs 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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The new puppy is certainly one of the most adorable and cuddly creatures that has ever been created. It is the most natural thing in the world to shower it with love and affection. However, at the same time it is important to realize that if you want to have a well trained adult dog, you need to begin the training process right away. The dog, like its related ancestor, the wolf, is a pack animal. One of the features of a pack is that it has a single dominant leader. Your new puppy is going to want that leader to be you, but if you do not assume that role from the very beginning, the puppy’s instincts will push him to become the leader.
The most important thing to remember about training the puppy during its first six months of life is that it must see you as the leader of the family pack. The essential thing is gaining the trust and the respect of the puppy from the beginning. You will not do this by allowing the puppy to do whatever it wants to do whenever it wants to do it. On the other hand, a certain amount of patience is required. Most people err in their early training by going to extremes one way or the other. Although you need to begin the basic training process at once, you can not expect your dog to do too much at first. Basic obedience training is fine and should include simple commands like sit, stay, and come. Remember that trying to teach the dog advanced obedience techniques when it is a puppy is much like trying to teach a five year old child algebra.
It is also important to restrain from cruel or abusive treatment of the puppy. You can not beat obedience into your dog, and it certainly is not going to engender feeling of respect and trust. House breaking is an area where this usually becomes a problem because of the anger that is triggered when the puppy fails and creates a mess inside the home. Although this issue must be addressed without anger, it most be addressed. If you allow the puppy to eliminate inside the house, it will continue to do so as an adult dog. The same thing is true of other destructive or dangerous behavior such as chewing and biting. Do not expect the puppy to grow out of it. You are going to need to train the puppy out of it, but you should do so firmly but with a sense of play and fun using positive reinforcement and lots of love and praise for good behavior.
2016-07-19 12:49:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naughty naughty.. as you already know, hare coursing is illegal. lamping isnt. well it is when youre poaching the lords estates... but not on open countryside.
lurchers need to be taught how to run. put a length of rope on your pushbike, attach a bundle of socks and pedal... its a game for the dog...
there is however one problem with training lurchers, once they are prepped to chase bunnies, how do yo u differentiate between bunny...and somone elses jack russel, or lahsa apso... and they dog spends its entire life on a rope...
weve got 4 lurchers, they are untrained in teh ways of lamping and coursing and they make fantastic family pets, and they chase rabbits naturally over the woods..but hey have no idea what do do with it... and bunny hops off teh path to hide and live another day...
once trained, the dog will chase anything that runs... from rabbits to children... its a bit like training your shepherd of rottweiller to be a guard dog...they bite. and its doubtful that youll have the dog trained so well he will drop or leave on command...
2006-09-16 00:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I start my Beagles on rabbits @ about 5 weeks, long before they leave for their new homes. I reason I do this is to make sure that "introductions" to game, gunfire, etc are done before "fear memory" develops. The theory is that the more things a dog is accustomed to before it is capable of remembering that it was afraid of it the first time it was exposed to it the better. Fear memory develops in dogs @ about 12 weeks of age.
We can not use Hare to start a dog #1 because they are wild game instead of pen raised and #2 there is a season on Hare and it is not legal to "harass" game out of season.
2006-09-16 00:44:58 · answer #4 · answered by tom l 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You've already started on obedience? Then on rabbit? Hare's alot harder.
Wait 'til the pup is old enough to be shape & handle the frustration. 9 mons?
"Soonest ripe,soonest rotten"...
2006-09-16 00:23:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Forget about hare coursing as it is highly illegal.
2006-09-16 00:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by ganthony722@btinternet.com 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't run a dog hard until they are at least a year. 18months to 2 years would be better.
2006-09-16 03:57:42 · answer #7 · answered by whpptwmn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
18 years old
2006-09-15 23:58:10 · answer #8 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No age since hunting with dogs is illegal.
2006-09-16 03:49:16 · answer #9 · answered by fenlandfowl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
cruel animal mentality.
2006-09-16 19:50:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋