It depends on the terrain, the farther away the dog is and the more things (trees, buildings, hills) that are in between you and the dog, the lower the signal gets and you start to occasionally lose the dogs signal. Around my house, which is not very hilly but fairly densely wooded, I start to lose the dogs signal at around 800 yards, but have had them as far as 1.5 miles and still get occasional signal.
Thanks. He's working on a bird hunt for our new dog and it's so cold out here she's not trained as well as our first 3 gun dogs. It will be out near NE and I'd like that peace of mind if she gets off on a bunny or whatever's trail. I'm also having challenges with "drop it" for both tennis balls and wings. Any tips?
I'm not a hunter so can't really be much help...bird dogs usually stay pretty close is my understanding. If you grab the dog in the haunch, just in front of the hip and lift up they will drop whatever they have.
Thanks, I'll try that! I cannot do my old training ways I did back then. And yes, I take her out loose and she does not run. She will chase our garage wild cat to a neighbors but comes back in a minute or two. I hope she ranges close for WWW like our last Britt did. We'll see, lil things have preferences of their own. Pointing, holding, flushing and then retrieving like the last one is a tall order. But it all starts with "drop it".
Another trip for Holly yesterday. She is doing much better in the truck. Stopped at a local farm stand to shop local. It was around 30 degrees, so it was nice and sunny. She was staring out the side window this morning.
Yesterday the youngsters saw something interesting out the window. Not sure what they were watching, but it lasted about 5 minutes - probably birds. Spot is on the stove - Rainey never gets up there.
Today we adopted Eddie, 2.5 y.o. retired racer. He came up from FL, but he's fine frollicking in the snow.
I think around 2-5 y.o. Eddie never even had any official races. He's 2.5 y.o. BTW, FL voted to end all greyhound racing at the end of 2020. So, the number of retired racers will be plummeting.
He's our 3rd retired racer. The other two were absolutely awesome dogs. Each were with us for about 10 yrs.
I remember when we were in Florida back before i was a teen and dad took us to the races. Those guys are Rockets!
Had a shepherd mix that I swore by his looks was part greyhound (we were his 3rd home, so unsure of lineage, age or where he came from). Had long legs, the high tucked belly, and those floppy, half-erect ears. His muzzle was also longer and sharper than a shepherd's, although not quite to the extent as Eddie's. He was a big ole couch potato while inside. Outside he was a runner so we had to keep him tied up or inside a fence. Unlike our husky, he was too lazy to try to climb or jump the fence - the only time he wasn't lazy was when he got a chance to dash away. Glad you adopted Eddie and hope you have many fine years together.
We just left it on him for the first day until he could meet our cat, small dogs and chickens, etc, just to be safe. He's uninterested in any of them. Muzzle is off today.
Thanks he was a rescue from a shelter. He is a Stanfordsheire terrier mix. He has been a great addition to the family, kids just love him. As for the cart it's a welding table I made and houses my welder and has a 1/2 inch top and my vise,works well.
