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  1. Aussie Whip
    But they still make your slugs look useless on rabbits, plus yours eat more and have zero recall. In fact my terriers would catch more rabbits in their usual haunts and have better recall and that's saying something ?.
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    He was the only dog I've owned that could crush weldmesh fencing with his jaws. Chainlink fences were nothing to him and he wrecked many dog runs, his own and others trying to get at bitches. He ended up toothless from this and shearing through big bones like butter. He wasn't an easy animal to keep, lol.
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    One dog I had, Bubba a pit/bullmastiff, not overly big at 35kg but he had hybrid vigor on a grand scale, lol. I used to have to walk him for km's every day, throw balls for him and let him swing on a tyre just to keep him happy. I got too old for him, lol as he died at 18. I was relieved in a way when he did but he never had a day sick and cost me nothing in vet bills. Pic of his last Christmas at 18.
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    There's a few over here as flock guards, I think they range out a fair way so you'd need a big property. Crossed with a big Oz staghound they would be huge dogs. Some staghounds are good guards and the cross would kill feral dogs/ dingo easy. I'd like to see one in action but not own one these days, lol.
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    Nice, strong looking pup, he has the eyes of a hunter already. ?
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    I used to own agile type guard dogs, mostly pit cross types, awesome canines as yours looks to be. As I've got older I've found them too demanding of time and exercise and these days prefer the lazier guard dogs that are happy to lay around and only spring into action when needed. I'll always admire the big athletic dogs though.
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    One I was interested in when younger was a Tasy a Russian greyhound that I read about, they hunted hare, wildcat and wolf. Also Plott hounds interested me but there wouldn't be much game for them here in Oz. I enjoyed the vid Welsh red put up on here on bear hunting with them.
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    It's a worry with the terriers. My male Parson lived in the house yard with my cats for years then decided to single out one and kill it. He's alright with the other two but I watch his behavior when he's with them now. The cats are just mousers around the place but a bit different if he got the neighbors pet.
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    It's bad if they kill some old ladies pet cat, probably all the lady lives for. The feral cats need killing but my mate worked for pasture protection and would take a heap of dogs out to push rabbits into the warrens and then gas them. One feral cat tore up a few dogs one time. Apart from killing of a pet cat they can tear dogs eyes and infect them badly from bites so I'd rather the dogs stay away.
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    Just ferret it early while the fwit vegans are still trying to chew their morning lentils. If caught, say you are relocating them to a better place. It's not a lie, their spirit will go to heaven and their body, the freezer.
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    Tbh mine avoid feral cats, they pretend not to see them, lol. The same dogs will grab pigs which could easily kill them and get dragged around, it's not their job. I have farm cats that sort the pups out young so that's probably why they ignore them.
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    Heaps of them can take foxes by themselves.
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    I'm talking working whippets over here, I wouldn't own a ped whippet to work. Ours could or probably have grey, bull or stag in their breeding. Whatever they have they are faster off the mark than a grey, tougher feet and way more stamina. They look pure whippet but doubt they'd win a conformation show.
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    Yes a whippet is quicker off the mark, probably because it is lighter and more agile. We had a racing grey bitch that won many city races, she was never beaten out of the box and weighed only 32lb, on long runs the bigger dogs would pass her. I've hunted rough country with pure whippets and their feet are fine where the greyhounds are shredded. I only hunt daytime myself so can't comment on lamping. I have a 3/4 whippet 1/4 grey atm and she does ok.
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    Obviously none but I've had greyhounds and their crosses, staghounds and they can all catch rabbits but whippets and whippet lurchers are quicker off the mark, turn better and are just one step ahead of the bigger dogs which is what you want for ferreting and hunting around cover which is where the rabbits are. I'd only want a coursing dog if I was targeting hares only, the staghounds can handle anything bigger in the bush here including pigs and deer.
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    No, just personal experience, 45 years of hunting rabbits.
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    The coursing dogs might catch a rabbit if it's on holidays lol but not many rabbits venture too far from a warren or cover. This is why the whippet is the ultimate purebred dog to hunt them.
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    They are fast and quick between warrens, maybe 50 or 100m not 1 or 2km's of slugging, lol. If you did you'd want something that can catch quickly, lol. Old saying, rabbits can make a hare dog look clumsy and useless.?
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    You need to mince finely or feed whole. I was getting pet chicken mince during Summer and spent a lot of time poking bones out of the young ferrets teeth. i ended up putting it in a blender.
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    How do the Jap quail go in cold weather areas mate? Was thinking of getting some.
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    That's really annoying, I've never had a whippet do that but my Parson male makes a weird whiny noise. I think your whippet should grow out of it with more experience.
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    VB, with a swizzle stick, lol.
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    We drink beer in Oz because we are hard, we even a little umbrella in it ?.
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    I think these high up in society people have been doing these things for centuries. I don't know how they will stop this.
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    I must admit I'm guilty of saying the gay word in a derogatory way. I was having trouble starting my mower and was calling it a dirty poofter when I realized the gay couple that owned the shop next door were watching me, horrified lol.
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