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OldPhil

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  1. The good old dogs of yesteryear,...great times to be out and about,....no hassle,...well, not too much..?
  2. Lovely animal,...several lads locally keep similar types....?
  3. I did not think you were being funny,.. feck all funny about that shitty business,...just giving ya the head's up on my situation... Stay safe now,..?
  4. Yes, I did once have,... a fair old photo album....?
  5. Well done dawnraider09 ? Its nice to be out with an old style mouching jukel. I miss my original rough coated gals,..they used to please me every time I watched them moving around, or waiting up behind a bury,...always something different to see...Real interesting and entertaining,.more so when they get on the move....? Have fun,..stay safe, OldPhil.?
  6. Well done Brother,..life is too short to waste it being around negative thinkers and dross heads,..if you do not walk,.they will eventually kill your soul, and that would be criminal...? I have always walked my own path,..it has been so hard, and my poor temperament and inner Demons have definitely made the walk far harder than it should have been... But, I've learned my lesson....bit late I know, but there ya go.. I wish you good fortune for the future,..stay safe now, regards, OldPhil.?
  7. Well done Earth-Thrower,.good to see the old Timber Talpa Throttler put to good use...?
  8. You will be lucky to get the thread 'back on track ',...that ship has sailed,..those days have long since gone...? Yes,..I do remember that image....?
  9. Personally,...? I've only bred genuine first crosses using Pastoral Sires,...I like most of the Herding types , so producing a frequently larger edition is really no big deal. I can only talk of the sheepdog and Cattle Dog composites that I've bred, but one thing I want to see from such a hybrid is plenty of robustness, tractability and physical traits of good strong feet and short sturdy wrists. If my end product starts to resemble a pure running dog, I feel that I have failed. The streamlining effect and the addition of extra speed can come later, in the next cross... As for that n
  10. ? Well, I've never owned a Smithfield Collie,..but back in the day,..I found a rangy heavy -coated Herder, working on the South Downs. I was visiting a traditional Sheep Fair at Findon in Sussex, and I saw this strange critter in the back of a pick up. The good old boys that owned him said he was just a roustabout, rough and ready farm dog, and that similar types used to be common,.but were no longer kept. They called him a Blue Shag... I used the dog across my Mercedes bitch and produced a quite amazing litter... Exciting days.? Connie 9 months.....
  11. ? Personally,..I believe that the initial hybridisation twixt two different types , whilst being more than satisfactory for most enthusiasts, invariably tempt many of us to go to the next stage, and try to produce, something better. I've attempted to create a superior end-product on several occasions, but my results have not always been better than the first attempts. Yes, I've admittedly gone up a notch speed-wise and even in stature,..but, sometimes I've felt that it had been a bit of a waste of time.? The one thing that any sane and sensible running dog/lurcher enthusiast should always
  12. ?If folk are talking large Deer , then I suppose we are thinking along the lines of Red Deer. I think FUJI is speaking from his own experience, so I'll not disagree. I remember,..back in the 1980's returning home from Lambourn Lurcher Show..we had three Deerhound type lurchers in the Transit Van and I thought it would be handy to let them have a quick spin the New Forest. Almost immediately, we bumped into a small herd of Red Deer...these were exceptionally large deer, far bigger than anything I had seen previously. Our dogs were running loose and soon coursing them across the Heath
  13. You would love that GypsyDog? I grew up walking similar places around the Elan Valley,...every fecker turned out with a cur or a mongrel running dog. When a dog took a line it was great,..they would go for miles and we would follow on, best as we could? Quite a melee when the lead dog connected....? Real unique style of hunting,...I miss it...?
  14. Unbelievable? What is the fecking world coming to?
  15. Some folk's want a different mode of behaviour from their dogs ? No right or wrong ,.just different..?
  16. Keep cool, grit yer teeth, everything will fall into place,..eventually..?
  17. Locally,...there was a real good line of Pit Bull x Greyhound....I saw this type back in the late 90's, just when I had decided to quit trying to get myself,..Jail time? Prior to walking out with this style of jukel I had 'done alright' on the deer with all sorts of miscellaneous crossbred critters....However,..nothing I had would match the pure physicality and prey drive of the Bull/Saluki/Greyhound composites that are available today..I missed out on running such obviously handy animals, but I am pleased that the lads persevered with their breeding programs, and produced such amazing specime
  18. ?Yeah,...I think these lads know exactly what they are doing...?
  19. Many lads in my area keep this mix of running dog,....they are exceptional beasts,...not much can evade them...?
  20. Hampshire and Sussex are just the same,....an innocent mouch in the woods, is fast turning into a stressfest? I don't need it at my time of life,...my poor old heart cannot take it?
  21. Pretty wee jukel,...you will have some good times on the rabbits with her?
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