I have a male black labrador retriever, who barks a lot. he's our family pet, and he's kinda a guard dog, barking at the water meter reader man and the mail man, but he doenst bark to much. If (when) I keep my hawk and my dog away from each other, will it be okay?
what Im asking is, is it okay to have my dog's kennel relatively close( 30 or so feet) to the mews and weathering area? of course, when my bird's in the weathering area, I would bring the dog inside. I just hope I can own my Lab and my Hawk at the same tiime, with no problems. Please comment, question, etc. about this subject.
I am also worried that my dog will bark at the inspecter.. Ive had nightmares about that.. LOL
"Falconry is not a hobby or an amusement; it is a rage. You eat and drink it, sleep it and think it. You tremble to write of it, even in recollection. It is as King James the First remarked, an extreme stirrer up of passions." --- T.H. White
Shouldn't be a problem. My bird hates dogs but will sit in her mews quietly watching the two labs and the JTR play right outside her window. As long as she doesn't feel threatened and has exposure to the dog from the start I don't see any problems.Kurt
HHs hate dogs because they naturally relate them to jackals (I think) but that shouldn't be a problem as you're first bird is going to be an RT.
While we're talking about labradors can they be trained to point and stuff? (still kinda on topic wolf )
When through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze
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When through the woods and forest glades I wander And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees When I look down from lofty mountain grandeur And hear the brook and feel the gentle breeze
There are some pointing labs, The ones I've seen are rarely as steady as most of the pointing breeds though. My hunting lab is a pure retriever so having him hawking wouldn't work. The other lab is a tracker from pointing stock but has soft feet so working a field she'd get cut up.Kurt
My bird hates dogs but she doesn't mind when my geriatric old fluffball is bumbling around her.As long as she doesn't get too close. Sometimes Dusk tolerates her really well, like one time my dog was drinking out of Dusk's waterbowl. But when she's in her aviary, Dusk's fine with dogs. Actually it's a pretty good idea, to get the bird used to one dog and then get it used to being round dogs in general. And if your dog is particularly bouncy or noisy, it'll toughen the bird up for when it meets nastier dogs.
hey, I just got done talking to my sponsor, and I asked him about my dog w/ my falconry and stuff. He has beagles that flush for him, and he said if I do some obedience training w/ my lab this summer, he can let my lab run w/ his beagles this fall, and hopefully my lab will catch on, and become a flushing labrador retriever! Well, I'll keep you posted on how this goes. So far, my lab knows :sit, stay(kind of), down, come..I think thats it for now! Well..wish me luck!,
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"Falconry is not a hobby or an amusement; it is a rage. You eat and drink it, sleep it and think it. You tremble to write of it, even in recollection. It is as King James the First remarked, an extreme stirrer up of passions." --- T.H. White
The most important command your dog will ever need to know is come. And when you are using a dog with your birds that is something the dog has to react to immediately. It can mean the difference between good and bad things happening. Make sure the dog is solid with basic obedience before you set foot into the field with him.
Mm, well I have a gun-shy labrador (my dad was so mad at him when he discovered this ill-desired trait) that I might just steal for hawking. He works well in the field as far as flushing goes, so I was planning on using him to flush grouse and pheasants for an RT--my sponsor said he hunted Abbey (his previous bird) on grouse, so.....is this a bad idea? Personally I think it would work out well, because he's a good dog...just never got exposed to gunshots like our other labs have been, but this "gunshot" (bird) doesn't make that much noise, neh? Also have a beagle that I would have hunted had she not been hit by a car and had her pelvis shattered and part of her hip removed after dislocating it......eck. There goes my rabbit dog.
If you dislike someone, walk a mile in their shoes. Then, you are a mile away from them, and you have their shoes. --Jack Handy
I also have a lab that likes to bark at everybody , but weve hunted both waterfowl and phesants with him. And I have acsess to some property that is loaded with phesants I'm planing on hunting once I get my bird. Is there anything other than the basic commands I should teach him before i get my bird?