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  1. runner neil
    A mate of mine runs a pair of Kelpies , a few Collies and a Huntaway on his farm . Was asking him about the Kelpies and by his reckoning they are fantastic working dogs . They push just hard enough to get respect of sheep / cattle without the manic nature of the Collies , then as soon as their job is done they are happy to go out the way and wait until needed again , where as the Collies are constantly around the stock looking for work nipping at the cattle etc
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    I will keep you informed of progress . The Huntaway works in the opposite manner to my Collie , she is a great driving dog , she gets behind the sheep and pushes them on , fantastic for working in yards and filling races etc , where as the Collie is more of a herder always wants to bring sheep to you . Completely different temperaments to , the Collie tends to dive in and sometimes snap at the sheep a bit where as the Huntaway tends to use her physical strength more . Here's a couple of pics , not the best sorry
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    His dam is Bull x Grey and the sire is Whippet X Collie / Grey
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    The chap i work for has a Huntaway x lurcher , getting on in age now . It showed plenty of promise as a youngster but the chap is a terrible dog man and made a mess of it . It was keen as mustard and def not just a rabbiting dog. I run a pure Huntaway at home on the sheep alongside a collie . She is a fantastic dog and I much prefer the breed to a collie . She has a huge prey drive and a brilliant nose , as soon as the sheep work is done she spends hours up in the forestry hunting , and not just edible as someone else stated . She is very vocal but she is bark on command trained ... other
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    Fair enough ... Not my kind of person then !! You have no need to tell me about keeping the best of the best and breeding from them so these animals can hit the heights , I have had working dogs for years now , through runners , terriers and herding / driving dogs . I just can't get my head round the lack of respect shown to the animal thats served you until death .
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    I have to beg the question as to what kind of man runs a dog and has so little respect for its life that when it has given its all for you and died tying you don't even have the respect to bury the poor thing but just throw it in the river like trash
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    Several young rabbits, about now its warmed up a bit they are out at the fresh grass coming through . Seen a few Roe , but the estates stalker has taken quite a few out as they been causing a lot of damage in the gardens . Not seen any Reds for a week or so but they will be out more once they have their calves and a few too many charlies for my liking
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    Afraid so , public footpath so unable to obstruct etc , its the worst part of where I live path right through the length of the farm . Got to say though 95% of users are good people and would say if there was a problem with any of the stock etc and tend to keep to the path with their dogs on leads , the other 5% are total ignorant sods who think its their god given right to do exactly as they please
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    The owners are ignorant people. We have a footpath through my yard , there was a chap who would walk through every weekend with his Lab and without fail stop in front of my kennels with his dog barking and straining at the lead to get to my dogs , you have to question the mentality of someone who behaves like this . Ended up walking through one Sunday morning when I was late feeding up so my dogs were still out , my old Deer x grey was on the lab in a shot and had it on the floor by the throat , the chap reckoned it was unacceptable and the dog should never be loose ..... needless to say we h
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    My Parson Jack I had was the same , mother in laws collie squared up to him once , from then on every Collie was fair game for him to attack
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    Are you a total idiot or something
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    Good luck with it
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    Not on this post mate
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    Some great pictures in here and some very interesting reading
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    He looks a little cracker , hope you have some fun with him
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    You must be from Redruth or Camborne to hear stories like that ?
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    That's very interesting mate , I believe there were a lot released quietly over the years
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    It is that for sure , but i wonder how many of that massive population have actually seen one in the flesh
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    You not that far away give me a shout sometime
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    Lol ... they are not rabbits mate ?
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    I bet Boris still thinks the world is flat
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    It strikes me as funny that when i mentioned i had seen a red stag in my field a few pages back i was ridiculed for being slow , couldn't get a photo ... I must be useless . Thinking logically i have farmed here for about 10 years and we have always had a herd of 20 or so reds that float in and out off the moor and every year we watch their calves grow , but in all the hours i have spent outside , day in day out , all hours of the day and night , lambing , tractor driving , fencing , walking ,shooting and of course out with my dogs ... countless hours ... I have only seen that one stag , a fle
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    Lol ... is that in favour of yes or no
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    You are entitled to your opinion , you still haven't offered another possibility which is credible for my lamb and a few hundred people every year who report sightings are wrong . I don't think you would notice one in plain sight unless it was pointed out to you
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    So my lamb , the sightings , the other kills of livestock etc all rubbish ?
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