Working Lurchers: The calm before the storm

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  • @CeruleanSun
    @CeruleanSun 4 роки тому +13

    Wow the way those dogs fly over the ground pitted with rabbit holes is seriously impressive. Such graceful creatures.

  • @12clr12
    @12clr12 5 років тому +15

    It's always a pleasure to watch good working dogs in action, EXCELLENT JOB!

  • @stephenricci5201
    @stephenricci5201 2 роки тому +3

    Idk about anyone else, but I find it very relaxing watching this video. What a beautiful day in the field.

  • @AndyinMokum
    @AndyinMokum 3 роки тому +6

    I miss my dear old lurcher Sally so much. She was a bearded collie, greyhound cross. She was beautiful.

    • @lchambee
      @lchambee 5 місяців тому

      I hope you still remember her. She loved you, and is sprinting across open fields forever now

  • @pip110.5
    @pip110.5 4 роки тому +10

    That was a joy to watch. Long may your sport continue.

  • @uprightfossil6673
    @uprightfossil6673 5 років тому +104

    This is beautiful to watch. Not a single shot fired. And all that good fresh meat with no lead shot in it. Thanks for the show

    • @jannesmedegaard7858
      @jannesmedegaard7858 4 роки тому +3

      Do you think it is beautiful, well ask the victims about that.......people like the killing......

    • @Normalizethis
      @Normalizethis 4 роки тому +19

      ​@@jannesmedegaard7858 People like food and living. Watching man and beast(s) working together, like this, is like watching and listening to an orchestral masterpiece being performed. Come back when you hatch a thought of your own, princess.

    • @raabmartin8851
      @raabmartin8851 4 роки тому +4

      Was just about to say the same.._
      Beautiful!

    • @badermunir5944
      @badermunir5944 4 роки тому +1

      Nonsense vedio.Lust for meat. Bloody hell u kill one or two.Why r u klling the whole lot.Shame on u brutal merciless blatent animal not human..I feel sorry for poor helpless rabbits.This human beast doesnot have his own children i believe.

    • @raabmartin8851
      @raabmartin8851 4 роки тому +9

      How exactly is it merciless? The rabbits get a quick death! If it was a fox the rabbit would likely be eaten alive and as for the meat it depends how many you have to feed. All children should be taught how to do this kind of thing.

  • @willaimr.kirkland8170
    @willaimr.kirkland8170 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks. Entire new experience for me. Really enjoyed. Yep.

  • @ahunter9503
    @ahunter9503 5 років тому +1

    FABULOUS! Brilliant dogs, nimble little brindles. This is what lurchers were designed for. Thank you for posting this.

  • @nikkilumbard5028
    @nikkilumbard5028 5 років тому +3

    What wonderful teamwork! So much fun to watch. Thanks

  • @gallopingg1
    @gallopingg1 6 років тому +72

    BEST TRAINED LURCHERS I'VE EVER SEEN, YOU GUYS ARE THE TOP,

    • @byron50100
      @byron50100 4 роки тому +3

      Unbelievable dogs been on that hill all there lives long may they continue

  • @agrigaz5399
    @agrigaz5399 Місяць тому

    Must of watched this video 100 times usually night before I go out 👍👍

  • @agrigaz5399
    @agrigaz5399 Місяць тому

    Great British practice still going strong!!!! Great video lads 👍👍👍

  • @scousewillo62
    @scousewillo62 4 роки тому +11

    Amazing dogs doing what they where bred for. Was fantastic to watch ferret and Lurcher work in harmony. NOT blood sport but pest control with nothing going to waste. Thanks for sharing.

  • @rjmolina3753
    @rjmolina3753 5 років тому +23

    It amazes me how the dogs are so sure footed with all those holes out there like that.

  • @JohnSmith-qc6bq
    @JohnSmith-qc6bq 5 років тому +66

    How in the world do those dogs not stumble into one of those rabbit holes when running at full speed? Wonderful wonderful

    • @michelleart3780
      @michelleart3780 5 років тому +4

      “Created” that way.

    • @WillBravoNotEvil
      @WillBravoNotEvil 5 років тому +6

      Michelle Art Nope. Wrong. Fail. Unless you're calling breeders *creators*.

    • @garyfreeman3308
      @garyfreeman3308 5 років тому +9

      That is it they do stumble into the rabbit holes and game over you got a working dog with a broken leg. Is matey boy going to pay the thousand pound vet bill for the pleasure of a couple rabbits on the tablet. These dogs are two a penny for breeders up north

    • @michaelnixon8478
      @michaelnixon8478 4 роки тому

      @@garyfreeman3308 spear and Jackson mate snapped leg

    • @mycolliesandme268
      @mycolliesandme268 4 роки тому +4

      They do stumble though, one did during the film, didn't you notice. lucky it didn't break it's neck let alone a leg. They get injured it's just part of it. But if too serious and too expensive to fix it's game over. But never the less the dogs and ferrets have a great time while they live.

  • @ironmanklm4578
    @ironmanklm4578 4 роки тому +9

    That video takes me back a lot of years... I grew up rabbiting with the dogs and ferrets, my parents ran the HOELS, which was the heart of England lurcher society. Is there anyone there that remembers that? Good old days

  • @LuvMaLurcherz
    @LuvMaLurcherz 6 років тому +1

    Splendid!!..fine,fine hounds in superb condition doing what they live n breath for..a better video I've yet to see..as mentioned previously..almost felt like I was there as you captured the day perfectly..got a head full of memories noo..happy days!!..complimants n thanks guys..

  • @jusgoddard
    @jusgoddard 7 років тому +2

    Man and animals in perfect harmony. Beautiful - thank you.

    • @jusgoddard
      @jusgoddard 7 років тому

      Didn't realise this was one of Simon Whitehead's: no wonder it's so good!

  • @kylieghim2247
    @kylieghim2247 2 роки тому

    Beautiful. I occasionally work terriers with a longdog and I’m never failed to be amazed at a good sighthound’s clarity, speed, and efficiency & grace in dispatch.

  • @craigielew01watson2
    @craigielew01watson2 4 роки тому

    What a fantastic video. Great Lurchers and great fun. Well done Guys💪💪💪👌

  • @japsley6172
    @japsley6172 5 років тому +18

    Wow, what a team! So well trained. Those dogs are so fast!

  • @ozwzrd
    @ozwzrd 6 років тому +180

    I nominate the ferrets for "Best Supporting Actors" in a nature film.

  • @lindaandrews9245
    @lindaandrews9245 4 роки тому +1

    Great video, I love seeing animals working at the jobs they were bred for. That is a heck of a warren.

  • @tedpreston4155
    @tedpreston4155 2 роки тому +3

    Wow, that is a fascinating hunting method I'd never seen! Now I understand what it means to literally "ferret something out."
    I wonder if we could adapt it to control the Prairie Dog colonies in the Great Plains? Like the rabbit warrens in your video, the Prairie Dogs create colonies strewn with holes that are deadly for livestock. The little buggers are fast! I wonder how small lurchers would fare hunting them?

  • @Mark-nz9ek
    @Mark-nz9ek 2 роки тому

    A days ferreting in winter is great, a wonderful video of some good dogs there

  • @falconmoose1589
    @falconmoose1589 4 роки тому +7

    Beautiful production. How those majestic dogs run full speed with out tripping in those burrows is astonishing.

  • @hitty9
    @hitty9 4 роки тому +1

    Dogs are a wonder to watch working. Amazing. How can you not lov'em?

  • @lordmahavishnuthegreat7967
    @lordmahavishnuthegreat7967 3 роки тому

    Wonderful job that dogs and 2 mungis👍👍

  • @CHRISGITSERMCCARTHY01
    @CHRISGITSERMCCARTHY01 5 років тому +1

    Two outstanding dogs plus their beautiful dogs love their colour

  • @michaelwilliams1608
    @michaelwilliams1608 6 років тому +19

    0-60 in no time, fast wonderful dogs. Great to watch.

  • @cipherx6334
    @cipherx6334 3 роки тому

    Beautiful looking lurchers.

  • @Indyghurl
    @Indyghurl Рік тому

    These dogs are awesome. My lurcher has only recently caught two young rabbits, she'll be 7 next month, i love how they can turn on a sixpence

  • @truethought2581
    @truethought2581 5 років тому +20

    Great video. Well put together. I hope the tree huggers see this and realize it's how we used to survive, and I lots of cases still do. Thank you for a great video.

    • @janemorrow6672
      @janemorrow6672 5 років тому +4

      True Thought , I just wanted to let you know I’m a tree hugger and a hunter with two lurchers. Absolutely that’s how we used to survive and will again in the future. We need to keep the skills alive and the land thriving.

    • @truethought2581
      @truethought2581 4 роки тому

      @Tixe 100 yawwwnnnnn..... troll elsewhere. Not a good look.... fkn Troll......

    • @truethought2581
      @truethought2581 4 роки тому

      @Tixe 100 🖕

    • @roppa789
      @roppa789 4 роки тому +1

      What a snowflake you are dear, always looking to be churlish. Please grow up.

    • @Roo986
      @Roo986 4 роки тому +1

      @@janemorrow6672 Good sentiment 👍

  • @thebeardedfisherman7789
    @thebeardedfisherman7789 2 роки тому

    Lovely looking dogs, the one with the white patch on its chest is a beast

  • @terrylucas630
    @terrylucas630 4 роки тому

    Definitely not a gatherer. All hunters there now!! Majestically beautiful dear brother. I hope this reaches you and those you love in great health and happiness😎👍

  • @alanhillier1033
    @alanhillier1033 4 роки тому

    Probably the best working lurcher vid I’ve watched on here....subscribed 👍🏼

  • @ScoopDogg
    @ScoopDogg 4 роки тому +21

    I tell you what, its as nice to be able to sit at home with my feet up watching this in the warmth of my fire lol, I dont go out as much as I used to as I just lost my last saluki x greyhound last week to a seizure almost hard to watch without getting a lump in my throat . great video

  • @sped988
    @sped988 4 роки тому

    Fantastic to see the Dogs working. Well trained and disciplined. Awesome to watch.

  • @jospargo8417
    @jospargo8417 6 років тому

    Beautiful film. Showed the dogs and ferrets off beautifully. A couple of moments made me smile too. The calm progressive music was a good match to the action.

  • @mikeblake8508
    @mikeblake8508 7 років тому +88

    One of the best videos on youtube.The way you captured the whole day,The wind,the dogs,the ferrets.
    Brilliant camera work,felt i was there in some off those shots.
    The terrain looked so hard on the dogs,yet they coped magnificently.
    Take a bow all involved.Thank-you for a wonderful video.
    Mikey.

    • @ferretWhitehead
      @ferretWhitehead 7 років тому +17

      Thank you for your kind words. It was the hardest film i have ever produced in many aspects. The wind made holding a camera a nightmare, the wind was hindering the dogs and over our shoulders was the rain. That being said both dogs and the ferrets worked tremendously well in harsh conditions both underfoot and around them.

    • @garyfreeman3308
      @garyfreeman3308 5 років тому +1

      The dogs were lucky on the ground with holes everywhere one wrong step and you got a dog with a broken leg and with these being working dogs the vet bill would be to much. Only going to be one outcome

    • @WillBravoNotEvil
      @WillBravoNotEvil 5 років тому

      gary freeman Luck was the least relevant factor.

    • @davereddy653
      @davereddy653 4 роки тому

      you shoudl get out more ( tina )

  • @S-O-T
    @S-O-T 3 роки тому

    Brilliant video 😎
    They look like Plummer dogs😃

  • @matthilsdon9710
    @matthilsdon9710 5 років тому +12

    Both dogs work well but I love that dark one, really game and not afraid of taking a tumble !
    Great video, thanks

    • @66Pipes66
      @66Pipes66 5 років тому

      Matt Hilsdon I was just thinking the same myself,looked down and there was your comment 👍

    • @BUSHCRAPPING
      @BUSHCRAPPING 4 роки тому

      looks to be the younger dog and probably why it seemed to outpace the other towards the end of the day, the beginning was more equal.
      also looked to have more collie in it.

  • @mollydion8311
    @mollydion8311 4 роки тому +1

    Those are some mighty clever hard working dogs. ❤🐶

  • @redcenterau
    @redcenterau 4 роки тому

    Incredible filming. I have trouble shooting stationery subjects! 😁🤦‍♂️👏👍

  • @phil2003ashleigh
    @phil2003ashleigh 5 років тому

    Brilliant work. Impressed with your red broken coated lurcher. Game as can be that dog x

  • @saturdaynightdinners1514
    @saturdaynightdinners1514 4 роки тому

    They look particularly good looking and strong Lurchers! Mans best friends for thousands of years!

  • @markgolding8946
    @markgolding8946 4 роки тому

    the ferrets must take some credit , The dogs are magnificent but it is team work and great to watch ,well done

  • @badgerrrlattin35
    @badgerrrlattin35 5 років тому +3

    Never seen this done. Looks like muddy business; especially for the ferret. Thanks!

  • @babatundekoiki4545
    @babatundekoiki4545 4 роки тому +1

    My God! Those dogs are lightning quick!

  • @hmf2970
    @hmf2970 7 років тому +5

    Very well done video.....creatively & artistically done. The background music really set the tone.

  • @peteacher52
    @peteacher52 4 роки тому

    I was surprised - and amused - to see the polecat following you like a little dog!

  • @kanelowther9324
    @kanelowther9324 7 років тому +1

    I first came across a collie lurcher cross on a walk with my brothers Doberman a few years back and it was the fastest thing I've seen in person on four legs and this one is more beautiful and from some of those sprints could be faster! Beautiful dogs the pair of them

    • @davereddy653
      @davereddy653 4 роки тому

      i own a colly lurcher.. i think she is the best dog looks like a calf ? ( tina )

  • @raymondbaker6232
    @raymondbaker6232 5 років тому +2

    Awesome. Perfection in motion 👍

  • @teamantizonk
    @teamantizonk 2 роки тому +1

    I loved your dog master ..
    Verry2 super ..
    Succes

  • @timcrowley4777
    @timcrowley4777 2 роки тому

    Artwork on display just the way Mother Nature intended.

  • @robertmitchell9415
    @robertmitchell9415 5 років тому +9

    Everything about this video is good, edited superbly, good soundtrack, and dogs, ferrets and the guvnor all working like a Swiss watch 👌👌

  • @jedidiah5131
    @jedidiah5131 5 років тому +21

    Those dogs have incredible footing in such a rough terrain...

  • @TheWizzkid67
    @TheWizzkid67 6 років тому

    What a fantastic video and lovely looking dogs indeed.

  • @regsparkes6507
    @regsparkes6507 7 років тому +2

    As I'm basically a 'city boy' I am amazed by these dogs and well they're trained.
    Oh, would I love to be there to watched those chaps and their dogs at work.
    This is a great bit of videography!

  • @acme181169
    @acme181169 4 роки тому +6

    I'm not really a bloodsports/hunting fan BUT this was compelling viewing.
    Thanks for the post.

    • @philosophymythsandlegends3153
      @philosophymythsandlegends3153 4 роки тому

      This is pest control. Not sport or hunting. Rabbits are feckers look at how they tore that hill side up.

    • @acme181169
      @acme181169 4 роки тому

      @@philosophymythsandlegends3153 ok

  • @thyslop1737
    @thyslop1737 5 років тому

    Amazing video. Looks like EPIC fun. And those rabbits look huge.

  • @robertwilliams-mc9et
    @robertwilliams-mc9et 5 років тому +54

    years ago every man had a dog and a ferret,kept the family fed.

    • @Shamariah2011
      @Shamariah2011 5 років тому +1

      In the us the Mink an uses mink to flush the prey, it not for human consumption the mink hunt rats which he uses then to feed the mink. He for this for the full natural experience of the mink

    • @davereddy653
      @davereddy653 4 роки тому

      really?
      what does it taste like ?

    • @hansbreukers9401
      @hansbreukers9401 4 роки тому +2

      Theres still a few of us left mate dont worry

  • @peterwright4647
    @peterwright4647 4 роки тому

    Here in north central Saskatchewan you will often see either a coyote or fox follow a badger into a gopher (ground squirrel) colony. Usually the badger does all the work digging and the coyote/fox gets to capture the fleeing prey. The badger must be successful too you just rarely see it happen but it must because they persist.

  • @colinstevens2539
    @colinstevens2539 3 роки тому

    Quality dogs great to see thank you

  • @chrissearle
    @chrissearle 5 років тому

    My dog's favourite video, she probably recognises Marske beach and maybe even the moor. I think she also fancies one of the dogs in it.
    One of the best videos on youtube.

  • @michealnadar8709
    @michealnadar8709 4 роки тому +1

    In our country, in our native we catch the hare by searching not by putting the hares in the holes so that dogs catch it. Our native Chippiparai and kanni can even outrun greyhounds and salukis

  • @kaineroberts7971
    @kaineroberts7971 7 років тому +3

    amazing video i have all off your DVD's i remember when Maud was very young as always great video keep up the good work

  • @timhouser
    @timhouser 5 років тому

    I won't say it looks fun, but it sure looks satisfying. Coming home with the food and letting the animals do what they do.
    Clearly a lot of work went into training the animals and working them together so well.

    • @aglplus
      @aglplus 5 років тому

      Having great hunting dogs and working them on game is fantastic fun. Personally, I use beagles to run the rabbits to gun and absolutely love it, but I'm sure that this is just as amazing in it's own way. Any hunting dog used on it's intended quarry is going to give the owner great satisfaction.

  • @alancrandall3863
    @alancrandall3863 5 років тому +21

    Three great predator species working together is awesome to watch.

  • @reptilesgamers00
    @reptilesgamers00 4 роки тому +1

    What kind of dog? Looks like a greyhound x ridgeback

  • @fishypie
    @fishypie 4 роки тому

    fantastic vid mate, so good to see animals working togeather like that

  • @Jade12568
    @Jade12568 5 років тому +20

    Well, that was something I had no idea existed. I cannot help thinking this had to be the way our ancestors hunted, with the use of dogs. Mans best friend,

    • @davereddy653
      @davereddy653 4 роки тому

      think again

    • @davereddy653
      @davereddy653 4 роки тому

      sorry jade
      dogs are used for hunting then they are disgarted . a greyhound when done. they cut his ear off so he cant be iidentified ( dumped in a ditch some place )

    • @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 роки тому

      Yes, this is the way our ancestors hunted, Lurchers are lovely dogs at home as well, best looked after dogs in the world.

  • @petekinne2702
    @petekinne2702 5 років тому +1

    Nice fur, and lots of great stew!!!

  • @wudznutt6732
    @wudznutt6732 16 днів тому

    I assume that this is GB. When i was there, at dusk, there were more rabbits in sight than i had ever seen in my life. Alas, no guns allowed. With my little single shot 22 Hornet, i could have dispatched 100 easily without causing them alarm. Still, watching the mink and dogs work is fascinating.

  • @ryanberry3401
    @ryanberry3401 2 роки тому

    This is the video that got me into it, always had ferrets all my life and i seen this and wanted a lurcher mum and dad spoke about it and eventually said i could have one if i paid for it myself... left school on the friday started work monday morning came home with an 8 week old beddy whippet x collie whippet saturday night first wage went on jess... shes 16 month old now i planned on starting her sooner but covers still a bit thick ill have her going this season

  • @TheHybridHunter307
    @TheHybridHunter307 5 років тому

    Great video! Lucky dogs! Love to see working dogs work.

  • @ripfletching
    @ripfletching 3 роки тому

    I love this video I am looking forward to purchasing a lurcher puppy but I don’t know what the best breed Cross would be I want one that can handle cold-weather hunts well and does not shed I was actually considering a standard poodle what is your opinion on the best cross for these types of characteristics I would be using it to hunt rabbit in to recover wounded deer from archery hunting and as a hiking companion

    • @becky2235
      @becky2235 3 роки тому +1

      I'd love to know the answer to this too! I was going to go for a deerhound cross but was warned by the breeder they need a big house and I don't have that same as you want hunting rabbits and hiking companion

  • @SteveSmith-zz4ih
    @SteveSmith-zz4ih 5 років тому +1

    Great Vid, love they way all the workers team up, i love the cold wind blowing - makes you feel alive. At least you don't have big poisonous snakes over there. Nasty Bassterds some of them.

  • @juegan
    @juegan 4 роки тому

    watching those dogs work was a thrill

  • @ronaldtann5818
    @ronaldtann5818 5 років тому

    superb teamwork! They must have enjoyed a delicious rabbit stew after the hunt!

  • @oscargonzalez420
    @oscargonzalez420 4 роки тому

    No conocía esta modalidad de caza en "equipo". Felicitaciones. Muy disfrutable

  • @ashb9299
    @ashb9299 7 років тому +4

    Your dogs work so well over such rough ground

  • @SheepdogsHeart
    @SheepdogsHeart 4 роки тому +3

    "Lurchers"? Looked more like Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles...... That was awesome to watch, thx for sharing!

  • @firecook4848
    @firecook4848 4 роки тому

    would love to know are the dogs collie x.s or kelpe x,s, lovely dogs and good ferrets

  • @SteveandSusiesHomestead
    @SteveandSusiesHomestead 5 років тому

    OMG how awesome...great video...Thank you

  • @McClarinJ
    @McClarinJ 4 роки тому

    Wow! Any chance this operation could be exported to Australia?

    • @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo
      @hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo 4 роки тому

      I think there's already ferreters down under, i knew someone in the 1970s who was doing it.

  • @Shamariah2011
    @Shamariah2011 5 років тому

    Those hares cando some damage with their feet to the nose of the lurcher if not dispatched. Such incredible dogs that they know to do that. Their speed beauty, ease of maneuvering and keen senses. The ultimate hunter and killer.

  • @motohunter2390
    @motohunter2390 7 років тому +1

    Brilliant video good working dogs and ferrets brilliant ferreting ground but the terrain looks tough very windy aswell

  • @tslmiami6288
    @tslmiami6288 7 років тому +1

    WOW! So the human, ferrets and dogs work together to hunt these rabbits? Incredible teamwork!

    • @RUBIZEN
      @RUBIZEN 4 роки тому

      Just imagine if he got a falcon....!

  • @gordonstuart3951
    @gordonstuart3951 4 роки тому

    Those dogs are outstanding

  • @Dyshof
    @Dyshof 4 роки тому

    Oh man. This are working dogs of the finest!

  • @thebananagamer4151
    @thebananagamer4151 4 роки тому

    Beautiful dogs.

  • @LuckyDog31962
    @LuckyDog31962 5 років тому

    Awesome video, thank you for posting it up for us to see.

  • @becky2235
    @becky2235 2 роки тому

    What cross are the lurchers? There beautiful I'm looking to buy one soon any advice on cross breeds for rabbits and foxes?

  • @H18136
    @H18136 7 років тому

    Exquisitely shot and produced. I streamed this to the chromecast and watched with my deerhound lurcher. We both enjoyed immensely. In ebay terminology - 5 stars, great supplier. Would hunt again.

  • @letmeoffthisplanet6208
    @letmeoffthisplanet6208 4 роки тому

    Great display of a working partnership.

  • @chaudharynaval2704
    @chaudharynaval2704 3 роки тому

    Oh wow brown dog very fast sprinter and full clever

  • @benclark4489
    @benclark4489 4 роки тому

    Brilliant video love to see it

  • @rfc-dl4qb
    @rfc-dl4qb 4 роки тому +4

    This old chap will never go without protein, that's for sure!

  • @StevieFerns
    @StevieFerns Рік тому

    What type of lurchers are they please there beautiful