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    Some good points in that blog. Just as relevant to pet owners. On dried food feeding I don't know about long term all year use but I've feed it for many years during the summer and not had any issues with health so for me its a great option. One proviso and TBH more of a concern to me is they need a lot of water with dried food. In comparison mine hardly seem to drink when on a mostly rabbit diet during the winter.
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    As some have already said, a running dog with a decent coat will struggle in warm weather. I have a Collie x who will ferret all day, runs canicross with me and needs walking 2 hours + in winter days but since April looks like he can barely handle an hour's walk at midday. ?
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    Optimistic you'll be fine. Amongst the dogs I've had there have been 3 first cross Collie x Grey's and they all barked at home but were silent hunting. Current dog prone to letting out a disgruntled growl if he just misses a rabbit but it's never got beyond that ?
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    I hope you place them. Sadly we could hardly be further away Great looking kits in fine condition, credit to you ?
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    I have never had mine vaccinated. I will pay for jill jabs if necessary, a few surgeries over the years to sort abcesses out, just not found it necessary. Unless you are taking them on hols abroad or going near unvaccinated dogs or walking them on footpaths should be fine. Only other action I take is if I ever bring a new ferret in its quarantined in another hutch for 2 weeks.
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    Courts are great if you have the room, my stock is definitely fit even though we don't ferret anything like as much as we used to. Originally I went for simple all mesh under a roof made from single sheet of exterior ply and cages inside. The door started 30cm from ground. Fairly quickly had to make a ply step through at the base of the door about 2 foot high, as they shinned up the wire and flowed out like water ?. Court is positioned by a fence but when we moved to a flatter part of East Anglia I also fitted exterior ply up to 4 foot on two sides that took the most weather. Windy AF here.
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    Sorry to hear that. Understand why you ask. Certainly my experience that old ferrets never die without some indication their time is coming. Also seeing other comments, old ferrets have sometimes not appeared at feeding, I've opened a nest box and thought they were dead only to have them wake up in my hand The only natural quick death of a Jill we've had was likely a diabetic type response to an early stage cancer. Suddenly she was struggling to move, Regrettably we weren't sure what it was and within an hour she fitted and died. In future I would use a syringe to get some sugary fluid in
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    Nice one, even at 26" they are useful to have along when ferreting and they bloody love it ?.
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    Best of luck with rehab. If you've not had a dog with an injury like this before, From personal experience its critical to stick to the advice of no off lead antics; even in the garden. Its boring for both of you and really takes min 4 weeks to up to 12 weeks if there is serious ligament damage in the dislocation
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    Absolutely agree with comments you ve for so far. Could be fatal for other male. Even vasectomised are little better. Both vasectomised hobs I have had over the years have also been aggressive with castrated males.
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    If she wasn't fully in season when jabbed then you have a case with the vets. Agree with what you're hearing above. A couple of points to add. When I've not had a vasectomised hob I've used Jill jabs. They don't always work as a one time per season treatment. 2 factors here, first off if a Jill is early in season expect another season at the likely end of pregancy cycle and that's also true for using a vasectomised hob (worst case 1 in 2 to typically 1 in 4 Jill's per year in the lines I keep). The other issue is if your vet is not ferret experienced they maybe terrified and if the ferret move
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    Hopefully not arthritis. Similar problem with my dog. Unfortunately I put him in the situation for it to happen by going out several times a week very early in the morning during May. The ground is way too hard and often cloddy around here for running rabbit and although he is in great shape with good feet after two weeks he was lame. Sorting it has been dull and cost money. lead walking only, not even allowed to run free in the back garden as he arses about and its small so he is turning every few strides. Also painkillers from the vet. On / off recovery but he's walking sound for several day
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    Poor bugger. ?he's well soon as they struggle with those collars. We use the largest diameter models as they are flexible enough to take the piss out of smaller more comfortable designs. Current dog is terrified of the collar ?
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    Unfortunately you're right
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    Fingers crossed numbers are climbing again, 2017-18 was a right off round me. On permission, I can only get it for the odd but of ferreting and I long ago stopped asking about lamping, farmers suffer a lot of damage from vehicles out hare coursing and wind each other up over how much they hate lurchers. Good news is that only once has someone said no to bringing the dog along ferreting ?. Main issue I face is competition with night shooters, they often claim incredible numbers of rabbits to farmers without evidence and a genuine typical lineup of rabbits from a morning out ferreting doesn't so
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    Absolutely, check out these two dirty buggers ?. As a contrast I also have two castrated jobs who live with the Jill's and they are in mint condition
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    If you can run 10k xc in 36 minutes you may not need a lurcher to catch game ?. Good thread anyway, hope you can see you are not unique but it needs some calm attention. Hang in there, my current dog was (apart from terriers ?) the worst behaved with other dogs that I've owned. Took about 4 months of focus on it to be confident it was resolved
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    On running with your lurcher. We run with our Collie X, he loves it but it does get their adrenaline up and I use a harness for moments when he needs to be on the lead but you want to keep running. It's not cheap but a Dragratten harness works well and a proper canicross belt would help if your dog is a strong puller. Looks a great dog, not obviously edgy, Good luck
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    There's a lot more pet dogs than when I started in late 70s and a lot more opinion with it. I think we have to adapt, lurcher play can look aggressive and that will upset some. it can be actually aggressive as well, watch for the nasty habit of "playfully" grabbing dogs that won't play. IMO when scared owners rush to put theirs on the lead it makes aggression more likely so I avoid them as much as possible. However it's important they do have some freedom and socialise so hopefully you can find some like minded people with playful dogs and all should be fine
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    Many years ago I just used to scrape them and salt them. They were very stiff but with some oil would go around a canvas dummy. Recently I bought some tanning chemicals but to be honest even after a lot of work found the results very varied. Some are excellent, some little better than salt method and nearly half I binned as they ripped in the process. Seems like it needs skills I don't naturally possess ?
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    Wonder if shops are not making as much margin out of Wellbeloved? Store I use stopped carrying Wellbeloved but are happy to order 10kg sacks for me.
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    Feeding dried food in the summer made life a lot easier ? mine genuinely favour James Wellbeloved over others I've tested although not tried Alpha. The one change I made was moving to additional drinkers, it's extraordinary how much more water they go through compared to when fed raw. In the court I put in a chicken drinker
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    Now I know thats not BS for two good reasons ; first because driving off in the car is how I dealt with it. It was that bad. Even then I wasn't going to leave him so didnt go far and the smart arse recognised that and it took separate 3 occasions for the message to sink in. Second is that one of 2 other first cross collie greyhounds Ive had over the years would drop her ball in ditches if she got bored, although that was her only vice. Both of those other 2 were in general a delight to own, they were bitches mind you. Still I shouldnt bad mouth him too much as he does the job
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    Must be bloody frustrating. Its happened to me recently with our 12 month old collie x dog variously refusing to return to the car when ferreting finished for the day, doing a runner when loading the car for ferreting and refusing to come back on other occasions . Two months of real frustration, he was great as a pup. I went right back to basics using high value treats like liver, calling in from short distance etc. Now at 18 months he's great but he really tested me. Good luck
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    Absolutely agree with Hullman and Balaur, She may still stalk in daylight but expect her to "get" lamping if you use the lead to walkup squatters, I have an 18 month Collie Greyhound with same traits as yours, great ferreting but needed a very disciplined approach to lamping. BTW he still stalks in daylight
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