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2 hours ago, mr powers said:
645 0vno
Where is it actually advertised
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5 hours ago, scutty96 said:
looking for a lurcher x lurcher bred collie x after mine had to be pts after a nights lamping in december, she was an 11th generation collie greyhound bred by a man called garry in telford, shropshire, in 2016. I lost contact with him and was wondering if anyone on here might know him, she had a seizure at about a year old and another one that lead to her death whilst lamping, wanted to know how the rest of the litter turned out and if they had any similar problems, thanks for any help
Maud
What a shame , lovely looking dog that
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27 minutes ago, the lamping ferreter said:
Lesson 1 with the horse whip this morning and a long ish lead 1st sheep he whent to run I smacked him then kept walking to wards the flock 2nd sheep he pulled to go a little bit smacked him then he looked at one run and stuck his ears up so smacked him after that he didn't wanna walk near the flock so I praised him up and carried on calling him toward me and stroaking hum loads for the rest of the walk so he didn't get scared of me no saying it's cured but will continue to walk him round the sheep alot more and hopfully the stick don't have to come back out
Sounds like you are heading in the right direction, good luck with him
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11 minutes ago, Blackmag said:
I have mine round sheep while there penned up from 8 weeks same as cats any eye balling is soon sorted then I have them sat there when there loaded up for market all that running and jumping about soons gets any dogs attention but again it's soon sorted but I have found running venison regular seems to put all that training to one side if your not careful
The venison bit seems relevant to me , had a little bitch back from a mate who used my old deer x grey to line his bitch . Had her from a pup 8 weeks , live on my own farm so she always around sheep , never battered an eyelid , used to go in with pet lambs even play on the garden with lambs and my kids . As she got older she used to come out round the ewes with my Huntaway and was always more interested in rabbiting than the sheep . At about a year old she realised the Huntaway would go up in our woods after roe and would join her ..... never bothered me until my neighbour said they had seen the pair on a roe in the neighbouring estates formal gardens , so from then decided to only let one out at a time . Shortly after had a couple of sheep attacks from dogs , ewes pulled at behind and a couple half grown lambs with tails missing . This happened a couple of days running then nothing for a week or so , then every couple of days for about a fortnight ...... I was going nuts , out all the time checking sheep always with one or other of my dogs with me , neither of which even looked at a sheep . End of third week , got a call from the missus while i was away from the farm , she had caught my little lurcher bitch red handed chasing the sheep . Moral , no matter how good and how well trained you think your dog is never trust it completely .
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Looks good , what is the breeding of your lurchers ?
Going to try to get mine out for an hour with the lamp before it freezes
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2 minutes ago, Saltmoon said:
Some nice land down that way worked down there a fair amount always wondered if there is much that way. What type of hound have you got?
It is good ground , little fields but it suits me and i have quite a lot of permissions which is good .
Did always run a collie x deer / grey and a first cross deer / grey but they got older and kids got in the way so had a few years out , just getting back int it really and have a 11 month old pup ... his mum was first cross bull /grey and the dad was whippet / grey x collie so hoping he will make a handy dog
What do you run ?
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3 hours ago, Saltmoon said:
You from down that way? Much game round down there? Seen abit round calington but nothing in good numbers
Yes mate , between Launceston and Liskeard
Plenty where i am , but my dog is only young so this may change as he gets older .
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6 minutes ago, Saltmoon said:
f***ing exmoor lurcher....... so if I ever decide to breed mine can I call it Dartmoor lurcher and put them up for 2k
LOL ...... do you want some Bodmin Moor blood in them
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Coming up for 11 months now , still a bit mad but definitely quietened down . Been out with the lamp a few times and a days ferreting, he is very keen .
Considering when I had him he was very under weight and not very well looked after , I think he is starting to look quite good.
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Not seen one in Cornwall for about 5 years now , used to be a lot out on the moors
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Clu-Briter sport .... light and seems to last ages with a good beam spread . Maybe not great in massive fields but as my biggest is about 6 acres its perfect for what i want from a lamp
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8 hours ago, Chid said:
Any pics ? Them huntaways are class looking curs
Here she is .Hell of a job to get a decent picture , she is carrying a bit of extra weight at the moment but not to worried as she is an outside dog and it gets bloody cold here in the winter
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34 minutes ago, trenchfoot said:
You more tolerant than many. If a working sheep dog did that around here it would soon be worm food.
Lol ... super patient me
She has always done it any scent and gone !! Did read somewhere that they added Foxhound blood when creating the Huntaway to add endurance , guess thats where the nose and drive comes from
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1 hour ago, Chid said:
Any pics ? Them huntaways are class looking curs
Will try to upload a couple later
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On 26/09/2018 at 13:50, Born Hunter said:
Kelpies and ACDs often get spoken about together but what about their regional cousin the NZ Huntaway, have these ever found their way into lurcher breeding? Too vocal perhaps? But solid looking animals.
Another breed/type I found out about recently is the Idaho Shag. Again a pastoral type but one that is gritty as f**k. There's a chap that uses them as decoy dogs on coyotes and they will finish a wounded yote which is no trivial task. Don't look stupid hard, quite clever with taking a throat hold.
Chap i work for has a Collie / Huntaway x lurcher , getting on now and retired but showed promise when younger but the chap isnt really a dog man and didnt know what he was doing .
I have a pure Huntaway bitch at home which i use on my sheep . Her prey drive is mad , as soon as we finish doing anything to the sheep she is gone off through the woods after deer / foxes , as you say she is vocal but only seems to be when scent hunting if we are ferreting or out with the lamp she is quiet , not a huge amount of speed but could run all day and super clever . I have been thinking of putting my lurcher to her if he turns out good . Think it would make a good strong dog .
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My tractor broke down earlier and while I was waiting for the engineer a whippet turned up , shortly followed by a lady with about 7 dogs on leads , turns out the whippet was the father , and black lab she had with her the mother and the remainder were the offspring. ... they looked very handy dogs , almost like they had a bit of bull in them , said they had to stay on the lead else no rabbit in the area was safe ☺
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Great video , dogs working well with the ferret
What breeding are the dogs please ?
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I have the varmint in .177 with weirach silencer and Hawke scope. Its my first pcp moving from various springers and i am really impressed by it . Seriously accurate and found it to be an excellent hunting rifle . Only downside i have found is that i was meant to share it with my lad , but he finds it a bit heavy so bought him a smk which is also very impressive especially at about £170 .
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1 hour ago, FKOF said:
Tbh pal I wouldn't call it him a bull x more lurcher to lurcher breeding as you've stated there's a few different breeds in there so god knows, 10 months old it's still a big puppy should mature with age same as any other dog
Perhaps he will turn his liveliness into good pace later
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1 hour ago, jake824 said:
I ll second what down south said. All my bull x s have been very laid back. Especially the half crosses they never made a peep in the kennel and If we were out with terriers they would never be all over the earth. Just go and sit at the top of the earth and wait. He might just be glad to be out. If you have access to a quad give him a decent run daily round the farm. Nothing drastic if he s a young dog but give him a good run and let him come and have a nose about when ur working . The dog I have now I got at 9 months old and he was the same. His head would touch the kennel roof ,jumping on the spot when u went to his kennel. He did nt take long to settle with the exercise and work . He just lies in his bed now and u never hear him. Good luck with him
I hope he calms down a bit , really pleased with him he just a bit manic . He does get a good run out both ends of the day with my other dogs . Thanks
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11 minutes ago, downsouth said:
Ive actually found most bull bred dogs ive owned to be quire calm and sensible.How often is he out of the kennel and for how long?
He is out , for a couple of hours in the morning while I feed up and check stock and a similar time in the evening. Started taking him on the lamp once a week and playing about ferreting weekends.
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25 minutes ago, Allan P said:
I think it’s just an adolescent dog trait.
Perhaps , but he is nothing like my others that I had from a puppy just seems a bit more full on .
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Hello , having recently taken ownership of a new dog after a break of about 8 years i am interested to find out about other peoples observations of temperament of their lurchers
The dam of mine was a straight bull x grey and the sire was collie x whippet / grey ..... I think he will make a good dog , he is about 10 months and have started to give him a bit of a run out to get him used to the lamp and working on recall etc
My main question is will he calm down , as soon as he is out of the kennel he is full on and literally runs everywhere ( i live on a farm so space no problem ) and never seems to just chill out . His prey drive seems fantastic and he has taken readily to stock breaking not looking at my sheep , horses or poultry .
Is it a specific bull x trait to be a bit hyper and i am just not used to it coming from my last couple of dogs which were deer x grey and deer / grey x collie
Many thanks
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Hello everybody
Thanks for accepting me on here , I have been an avid follower of the site for some time and thought now would be a good time to join .
I live in Cornwall and have recently started running dogs again after a break of about 8 years , I have a whippet x collie grey back to a bull x grey , only a young dog about 10 months , took him on in a very bad way at about 7 months old and now started to get him fit ..
Its great to have a dog again as i have a fair bit of land to run on and i am keen to get my son into dogs
Hopefully i can contribute a bit to the site
Neil
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I had the pleasure of going out with the lamp a few times with a chap from Plymouth way back in the mid 90s , I was running my collie / grey x deerhound at the time and the chap was friendly with a few of my mates . He had a first x bull grey and at the time it was the first i had seen , i remember it looking the meanest dog i had ever seen and made my 25 tts look like a whippet . Anyhow my mates told me plenty of times how the chap and his bull x would ride on the back of the quad out on the downs , get to within striking distance let the dog go and he would pull reds down , they were however quick to arrive on the quad to finish dispatching the deer . My most vivid memory was taking him out up on the moor lamping through a gateway and getting a pony in the beam , the dog nearly dragged him through the gate to get at the bloody thing and he mentioned about having a few accidents !! with him