[MR] running of the hounds

[Tina Paxton]

on 11/13/03 10:48 AM, Marybeth Lavrakas at katrous at yahoo.com wrote:

> The other
> ran another 10 feet or so, then calmly walked over to
> one side and waited for the lure to come back towards
> the starting point, at which time he pounced on it.
> Clever doggie.

on 11/14/03 1:22 PM, Alianora Munro at noramunro at yahoo.com wrote:


> Not every dog enjoys coursing, either.  While
> lure-coursing is enjoyable for some non-sighthounds,
> it is not universally applicable to all dogs.  I have
> a Golden Retriever.  He is baffled by the concept of
> chasing a plastic shopping baggie.  (Would it be too
> much for me to complain that plastic baggies hardly
> contribute to period atmosphere?)  Why would you chase
> something just to chase it?  As far as he is
> concerned, you mark the fall of a thing (tennis ball,
> duck) and then go after it for the purpose of picking
> it up and bringing it back.  The current "hound
> events" offered by the SCA offer nothing to him.

Reminds me of how my cattle dog deals with dog chases...you know, in the dog
park when all the dogs decide to chase one dog in circles?  Well, there they
all are running after the chasee and my dog goes to the center, hunkers down
and waits.  When the chasee comes around to heading in her direction, she
pouches and either tackles the dog or decides to redirect the chase but let
it continue.  She does the same thing with thrown balls....she lets the
others chase it and when the proud catcher is coming back with the ball, she
way-lays them and takes the ball....but see, she is nuts about balls and
will lay on it so no one can take it from her!


Cristiane de Paxtoun
MKA Tina Paxton
Shire of Seareach
Apprentice, Companions of the Silver Spindle
Atlantian Embroiderer's Guild
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