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  2. Pics Of Your Bushing Dogs

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    3 hours ago, SheepChaser said:

    It’s not mine it’s a mates. It came down hunting for a couple of days, it’s a young bitch not sure how old but under a year. The terriers are seasoned pros so it wasn’t really a fair comparison. But it picked up pretty quick, it travels through cover like a snake and gets wherever it wants, it had a good nose and could follow a line and spoke on hot scent. It was also very biddable and easy going. And it was just about the cutest dog you could ask to have about. I don’t think I would convert from terriers, I really don’t think you can beat a good one, but I can see the attraction and wouldn’t mind having one about the place I can see how it would fit into the pack. 

    Thanks SheepChaser,

    Always interesting to get others opinions.

  9. Dog gps

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    I recently purchased the garmin alpha with the mini collars.

    The dog trace is slightly cheaper. But the garmin is a higher spec.

    Sport tek meant to be good and similar price to Garmin.

    Careful there are a few dodgy Facebook pages and websites.  I was on one website, couldn't believe how cheap they were.  It was when they were looking for payment in crypto the alarm bells started to ring. If the deal sounds too good it probably is.

     

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  10. Pics Of Your Bushing Dogs

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    20 hours ago, goldfinch2007 said:

    I’ve got Plummers and my teckels find a lot more stuff 

    doesn’t matter how thick the cover is ?

    I often wondered about that,  how a teckel would compare to a terrier in general. I know it can be hard to compare. 

    What qualities do you think they have that make them better than the terriers?

    Thanks 

  19. Dogtrace x20 and new x30

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    15 hours ago, Fully cry!! said:

    Well lad, I took the lads advice on the collars and got a set, very accurate, bought of British dog, very helpful, 2yr warranty can extend to 3yrs..    haven’t had an issue so far, as the lads say tape them up to give them a help in hand...    our terrain and fences etc hammers any make of collar... Garmin were great but far to many issues... plus illegal to use most of that set up... definitely recommend... 

    Thanks very much.  All the reviews are positive and it looks like a handy bit of kit and not as expensive as some of the others.

     

     

  21. Dogtrace x20 and new x30

    in Hunting With Hounds

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    On 19/02/2021 at 11:01, derekbrown said:

    Ya I have the x20 dogtrace,as someone else said better to tape the collar to protect it in heavy cover,I've had no problems with mine and I use it a lot but I have it taped.I wouldn't be without it now to be honest.The fella that sells them in Clare I think is a grand guy to deal with as well.

    Thanks very much. They sound like they do the job and not as expensive as some of the other brands.

    I wonder how they compare with the Garmin?

    Yeah a guy in Clare sells them, I'll give him a ring tomorrow.

    Thanks

     

     

     

     

     

  23. Dog Trailer Repair

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    3 hours ago, neil82 said:

    complete, only thing you need to add is wheels and some sort of mudguards, only way you could get away with a solid trailer would be to use wide, soft low pressure tyres, not practical if your going to do any road work and your dogs would`nt like you pretty sharpish

    There's suspension built into it. 

    It's cheap. I should have had a look before brexit.

    I haven't seen them over here.

    Thanks again for all your advice it was great to get it

  24. Dog Trailer Repair

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    3 hours ago, neil82 said:

    Suspension Beam (350kg) Caddy 430 (towsure.com)

    something like this with the drawbar welded directly to it will be enough for your needs and compared to the price of individual indespension units it`s cheap, mils steel is fine as long as you understand dog piss is very corrosive, you`ll either end up replacing it again at some point or end up repainting it every year

    Thanks again.

    Is that a complete unit with the stubs?

    Welded to the drawbar and a couple of wheels and ready to go? Or am I missing something?

    Would you get away without some form of suspension

    Thanks.

  25. Dog Trailer Repair

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    8 hours ago, neil82 said:

    depends on how much you want to spend, my ideal route would be new indespension units bolted to a standard "T" frame and the woodwork bolted down to that with mudguards screwed to the wood, your not looking at much weight so that should be ample, leaf springs are a pain, they increase ride height and unless you use a swing shackle on the trailing end it WILL eventually snap the ends off (building trailers is not economic, factor in time and components and you better off picking up a cheap halfords unit and modifying that to your needs, built many over the years but only due to having specific use for them

     

    Thanks for the reply Neil. I appreciate it.

    I was looking at a 350kg indispension unit. For a small light dog trailer do you think that would be sufficient?

    When you say a T frame, what do you mean by that? Is it steel going to the pull bar and then across the middle of the trailer to bolt the indispension unit too?

    What would be the best steel to use?

    Apologies for all the questions and thanks again.

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