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  1. What a disaster. I know it's not a popular point of view but I think the more rigorous we are about preventing breeding the more danger there is of ruining dogs - you end up with highly bred pedigree dogs with defects instead of healthy and robust cross breeds. Pedigree breeders and the Kennel Club between them have managed to ruin many breeds - I was horrified to see the shape the borzois were in at crufts for instance. I don't know what the answer is but leaving the future of dogs in the hands of pedigree breeders who are happy to churn out dogs that can't breathe and who's hips give up the
  2. I think reddog's point is very valid. Potential lurcher owners need to be realistic and honest about how much work they can give a dog and perhaps should think more about the qualities a pup has been bred for. I could afford to buy a big name dog with an impeccable working pedigree but I couldn't give it the amount of work it should be doing. Result would likely be an unhappy dog, unhappy owner and yet another lurcher passed on to eventually end up in a rescue. There's every justification for breeding top class lurchers (for those who need the right tools for the job) but for part-time "one
  3. There was something on the telly a wee while back about well-meaning morons "rescuing" urban foxes and releasing them in the wilds. They just sat shivering in the middle of a field shit scared of all the open space.
  4. Know what you're saying mate but there is still some very good music being made beyond the 70s. I'm 45 so lucky enough to have seen Led Zep, Sabbath, Santana, Neil Young, Floyd, John Martyn, The Stones, The Who and a whole load of classic bands in their prime. As an Eagles fan you may enjoy The Jayhawks, Wilco and Teenage Fan Club. For lyrical content with meaning The Arctic Monkeys make some great comments whether you like their tunes or not. Having said that a lot of the old school musicians have recently been putting out some truly excellent albums - Dylan, Springsteen, Mark Knopfler &
  5. People give the antis way too much credit. Antis did not get fox hunting with dogs banned - the voting city-dwelling public did fuelled by the media which in turn was fuelled by images/videos of blood & gore which the public has no stomach for. Government sees a vote winner and hey presto another draconian law is passed. Antis didn't make it impossible for me to buy an airgun online - idiots shooting at babies did that, then the media hysteria getting the public all riled up, followed by parliament who will pass any laws they think will win them an election. Same story for the banning of
  6. Personally I like the look of his dogs and they seem to be fairly priced. He doesn't appear to make any claims about performance in the field so as a newcomer it's hard to understand why there always seems to be so much flak regarding DH breeding. Even as a johnny-come-lately lurcher novice I've heard of Hancock dogs. Like it or not lurchers are a product and Hancock is a brand name. But surely breeding dogs is always going to be subject to nature? The more you breed it stands to reason that you'll have a higher number of pups that don't make the grade. With a DH dog the buyer has an idea of
  7. Hi Claire - my lamping advice would be go to somewhere that you already know during the day, somewhere you have checked for any obstacles, fences, holes, rubbish or machinery that could cause injury to your pup. You will hopefully have many years together so take it nice and easy and do not be disappointed if he's not catching. Give him a couple of runs then call it a night whether he catches or not. Good luck and enjoy your whippet - he looks a cracker.
  8. Hi Bud - you'll probably get better responses from more experienced lampers than me but my own pup was already retrieving well during the day, in the house, in the garden etc. I use a standard dummy but put on some reflective "eyes" on it (iron on reflective tape) and would just throw it out into the garden, light it up with a surefire torch and as soon as he grabbed it switched the torch off and he'd retrieve as normal. We progressed to a park near me where I could throw the dummy further and put my clulite on it - also I would run dragging a plastic bag on a string which my wife would try an
  9. My whippet X beddy/grey. 12months old. 20" TTS
  10. Definitely - hope the weather will be better than last year.
  11. I'd be interested in this one too as I'm planning on another pup over the summer. Bitch or dog? Also could do with some advice about training pup two. My whippet X beddy/grey dog is 14 months old and is doing fine despite my many mistakes and lack of experience. He has excellent recall and I can call him off anything that might get us in trouble. He's also whistle trained to down/stay at a distance and has an acceptable heel off the lead. I don't know any other lurcher owners so nearly all my training advice came from Dave Sleight's Purdey's Progress video. Will the new pup learn from his s
  12. Landrover Defender 110 - have always had landies.
  13. You've had some great advice from people who know a lot more about lurchers than I do but I'll add my tuppence worth anyway and focus on the fact that you want a rabbitting dog that your folks will approve of as a pet. I had the almost impossible task of persuading my wife that I wanted a lurcher pup especially as she had never had a dog before. The ban was a factor for me so I wanted a dog for rabbits only. We decided on a whippet or whippet X and very happily settled with a whippet x beddy/grey. The reason she was happy with that choice was he is small (he eventually made 20.5" TTS) which
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