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  1. OldPhil
    Holiday resorts are the same the World over,.... You tend to get what they think you want. I always head for the mountains and hang out with the locals,...but, its not really much fun for a family of lively young' un's,.. I do understand that.... I live 5 minutes from a sandy beach, so that holds no attraction for me.. If I am going to spent time and vonga on a trip abroad I want it to be different,...really different....
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    Done many moonlit nights with the ferrets and Long Nets,.. quite a few legally ,.but far more illegally. Great craic,...always memorable and invariably exciting....
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    Hope that you are keeping well fellah.... Yes,...good ole times back then,....Halcyon Days, eh...
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    Sometimes,...if you don't take them,...by fair means or foul,.....then someone else will....
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    Good answer... I feel exactly the same,...it used to really upset me that I felt like that,...but thank God, at last I have realised that there is far more to life than, "Dawgs and Ferrets"....I've done my service,...I've ate slept and drunk the hunting life, for over 65 years,...I feel confident that my life with lurchers has not been wasted,. .the dogs have opened so many doors for me, and in a roundabout way, my obsessional interest in them has given me a good living. But now,...although I will still always have a walk out , and can never really let go completely,...to all int
  6. OldPhil
    Well said Brother....
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    An item is worth what the buyer wants to pay for it
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    Good old Spud...
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    I reckon a lot of us change as we become older,...I certainly have.... Its a natural part of advancing into old age, nothing to be ashamed of,.. but,.. it does take some getting used to.. Back in the day, I never used to keep my old dogs,....but now, my mind set has changed and whilst it would perhaps be foolishly andromorphic to think of a canine in quite the same way as a human,.. or some kind of fur baby.......I no longer begrudge them a well deserved retirement....
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    Canny ole Dawgs them Kelpies..
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    I would expect a young dog to have all the drive in the world,...if it hasn't, then its not worth a dime,...but, ya got to impress upon a rabbiting dog,...that stupid behaviour,... is simply not acceptable....
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    When the rabbit is in the net,..it belongs to you, its going nowhere.... Slow everything down,... and ask him to stand back when a Coney is in the meshes,.. his services are not required.. A work dog is an investment, ..so forget messing about with shushis for now,. just spend all Summer educating him to behave in the way you would like him to,... for the rest of his life.... Think about it....
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    Sensible attitude fellah,...a dog that is inclined to bite folk,... can be a real liability,...it invariably ends in tears.... Personally,...with the dog you have,....I would gear your training regime heavily towards the jolly old Fetch and Carry.... A lurcher such as he, should be more than capable for picking -up and helping out on a game shoot ..
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    Beautiful...
  15. OldPhil
    A bit of Beddie goes a long way...
  16. OldPhil
    I am a leg man myself,...and the pins on those pups look exceptional...
  17. OldPhil
    Nice Red Afghan Rug....
  18. OldPhil
    You knows
  19. OldPhil
    Good man,...you are a true conservationist
  20. OldPhil
    Good, useful post Brother,. .many thanks for taking time out to educate us
  21. OldPhil
    Bred some good old Beddie Lurchers back in the day
  22. OldPhil
    Well,...I'm of an age when Cancer could strike at any moment,..it might already be creeping through my body Death comes to us all, and unfortunately, when your time is up,... However,...I've learnt to be compasionate as I've aged,.so good luck to anyone who is cruely destined, to fight the good fight....
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    In my hunting days, I've taken the lives of numerous deer, but interestingly, the larger Fallow Buck and majestic Red Deer Stags never graced my dinner table. Despite my attempts, and the inevitable obligation that comes with hunting, these formidable creatures remained elusive. The truth is, my dogs struggled to contend with them, except for the occasional success, often influenced by a stroke of luck or the hindrance of an obstacle. The hard truth of those times was that these magnificent beings were beyond my dogs' capabilities, and that's the end of the tale. For those who make the co
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    Lovely wee dog ,...mind you, that big old collar is perhaps a tad overkill....
  25. OldPhil
    "There's no business like show business"
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