Working Lurchers: The calm before the storm

Macca and I stood looking at the warrens with our dogs by our sides, a fortunate position to be in. An almost blasé approach to this sporting experience to tick off your bucket list. Pitting these athletic lurchers against athletes that are as wild as nature itself. True sporting enjoyment has to be wild and what could be more wild than hunting the athletic and versatile rabbit on it s own turf. The hunter versus the hunted, predator v prey, but the rabbit has many advantages. Not every warren will hold rabbits thus valuable time can be wasted trying to locate and hunt an animal that knows intimately every nook and cranny of the ground under our feet. A low centre of gravity permits them to sprint through the tightest of pipes, around the inflexible rocks and through or under the smallest clumps of heather. A true test of athleticism, that is why we have lurchers. The type of dog we run has collie influence, a great nose, balletic feet and the acceleration to match it s stamina. Anything less and they will on