Cur dog - my terrier

[Orangehorse]

So I took my terrier to the on-foot autumn hunting. She isn't tiny, not one mouthfull, more of three or four mouthfulls for a hound. I was glad to see that other people had their dogs with them, I wondered if I would be sent home, turning up with a cur dog.

She was pretty good, didn't yap or get too over excited, but nor were the others. She is a friendly dog and has some doggy friends that she will play with very happily, but she has also had one or two nasty experiences with strange dogs. One we often meet on a walk is "growl and go for you" and twice she was attacked with no warning by a terrier flying out of its drive as we walked past on the pavement (haven't seen it lately, maybe it got run over). So my dog is just a little bit wary of strange dogs and is also a terrier so will sometimes give a bit of a warning grrrrr.

So when a hound came too near I shooed it away and when we got a bit tangled up with the pack I picked her up as I was worried that if she was frightened, she would go "Grrrr" and the hound would go "grrrrr" back = no dog. But an ex master said I was worrying unecessarily, as hounds are trained to ignore dogs and wouldn't take any notice. Is he right, or is it better to be cautious?

 

[Charlie007]

I don't know if the hounds are trained to ignore other dogs but I took my tiny terrier to a hunt meet a few years ago. It wasn't til I got there that I thought about the hounds and my little dog!! The hounds came through the crowd, right up to my dog and barely acknowledged her!! They definitely saw her but took no notice!!

 

[Addicted to Hunting]

If you are taking your dog to a meet most hunt staff prefer you don't let them mix with hounds. Just a note to everyone

 

[Clodagh]

JBJ - I have never seen a hunt mind dogs on leads, I am not sure where you got that from? Although my lurcher beating up the minkhounds when they met here was a bit embarrassing and she did have to be removed from the farmyard.

 

[twiggy2]

JBJ - I have never seen a hunt mind dogs on leads, I am not sure where you got that from? Although my lurcher beating up the minkhounds when they met here was a bit embarrassing and she did have to be removed from the farmyard.

please would you let me know if they meet at yours again, I followed them a few times a couple of years back and would love to do so again

 

[spacefaer]

Most hounds ignore non-hounds - not part of the pack and of no interest.. Sometimes they'll sniff them, but rarely interact.

Most hunt staff would prefer that people do not bring their dogs to the meet however and I have been to several meets where this has been specifically requested - please see my thread about kennel cough and the length of time packs are laid up, with no hunting, due to the contagious nature of said cough.

 

[Addicted to Hunting]

As Spacefaer said. Some don't say but they would prefer you didn't due to the chance of more disease being around.

 

[Clodagh]

please would you let me know if they meet at yours again, I followed them a few times a couple of years back and would love to do so again

Of course, they are finishing for this season now (I think, I don't follow, tbh I would rather go carp fishing, or watch paint dry) but I can get a meet card.

 

[Orangehorse]

I wouldn't choose to get too near the pack, but sometimes they just appear from the bushes and before you know it they are all around. No one seemed to bother about dogs on leads, there were quite a few.
As for disease, I can understand that completely. I wouldn't let my dog drink out of a water trough that they all seemed to be sharing, and she is fully innoculated, although I realise that not all dogs are.

I think I will stick to my "cautious" methods, and be glad that she is small enough to pick up easily.