Particularly with the loss of a head and shoulders 
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My fees etc., etcâŚ
Have Foxhound, can totally relate. Nose and hunt drive on, ears and brain off.
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Same here - if there is a pheasant within 100 yards Tara will spark into life, rushing around with nose to the ground and then when she does flush it out shes legs after it when it flies off. Many a road has been crossed doing this over the last 7 years.
To be fair Tara is nowhere near as big a nightmare as my old Petit Basset Griffon - once I had to chase after her while we were walking at the local golf club in Whittlebury and by following the occasional bark (she was well out of sight) eventually caught up about half an hour later at the perimiter fence of Silverstone circuit. By this stage I was seriously pissed off with her but even with her just yards away and me screaming and shouting at her she didnât even pick her head up.
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I feel your pain, but this is why our two wear full harnesses and are always on-lead unless in a very well-enclosed area. Big downside with rescue dogs is itâs too late for fully-effective training by the time they get to you⌠No chance at-all with Salukis - theyâre a legend for their intractable stubbornnessâŚ
Ruby is pretty much the same, a sniff of pheasant or deer and sheâs away. I have an insanely loud mountain rescue type whistle that sometimes cuts through the red mist if I blow it quick enough when I recognise her going into pursuit mode.
Otherwise itâs a tedious half hour or so of trudging through woods or over the farmers fields whistling and shouting myself hoarse to get her back. Luckily the game round here tend to be well away from the roads, so sheâs not caused any multi car pile ups yet.
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Patch is more into playing with them,then banging them and ideally fighting with them
Here getting ready to attack the telly
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âKill-it-and-fuck-itâ - my kinda doggo 
Yeah, we spend a lot of time and effort in training with that big lump of Foxhound weâve got, but sheâs about two years old by the time she got to us and that precious time to instil good habits has been lost in various rescue homes.
And then thereâs only so much you can contain whatâs in their DNA , to hunt, catch and then rip apart small things that move. Luckily Saffron absolutely loves cats and will paw at ours rather than chase them.
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Another notoriously difficult breed youâve got there. You just do what you can, and you adopt assorted coping-strategies for the rest - every breed has its issues, even flabradors are not for everyone (just nearly-everyone). However bad it gets, I just remind myself how fortunate I am that I donât like pugsâŚ
They love it though, donât they. Nose on the ground, arse in the air and that tail just seems to be giving you the finger as it fades into the distance.
We must have an AA dogfest, @mickbald is disqualified as his dogs seem to be well behaved and well adjusted. Sorry Mick 
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Ours is thick as mince, and twice as stupid. I recall spending an hour trailing him across boggy fields after he caught sight of a deer and legged it. Fucking arsehole.
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Unless a nearby pub table has food.
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That puts a whole different complexion on things. Disqualification lifted.
Iâd have to bow-out, sadly, cos Maxâs intense and aggressive dog-reactiveness has never, ever responded to all and every attempt to socialise him. Brilliant with people - loves everyone - but a fucking nightmare with other dogs.
Ah yes, good point, well remembered!
On your travels again Jim.
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Jenny gave Zak a dose of Avantix flea/tick treatment today, caused him to have a seizure. Heâs okay now but scary.
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