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In the context of getting a recall from a dog that hunts on when lamping, would the shock collar be used the moment the dog ignores the lamp going out and whistle / call? Mine doesn't even slow down if she thinks she is going to miss and shoots off into the night. I can get a recall when running at up to about 50 yards, but further out no chance. Recall at a distance is ok if she's just mooching around rather than running. Did the shock collar law actually make it onto the books in England? So far as I can find, the government stated it had decided it was going to ban remote control e col
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THL will be the forum of kings as the country starves post brexit https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/how-brexit-may-make-barbaric-urban-hunters-suddenly-popular-paris-gourtsoyannis-1-4865759 Original story: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/cops-probe-after-armed-gang-of-hunters-butcher-a-deer-in-granton-1-4863648
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In the past, I used a ewe with lamb to chase or butt a young dog, but there is a risk of the dog being injured. There is also the risk of fiery dogs developing a hatred of sheep which will manifest in the dog deciding to get the sheep first before it can do any damage. I was shown a strange method with the current dog which I didn't think would work, but did. You basically have the dog on a long line and walk out toward a group of sheep and when you get to within about 20 yards of the group turn and run away and fuss the dog when at a 'safe' distance. I think the success of this would depend u
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I sometimes get pins and needles in my hands and forearms when I wake up. It comes and goes but can be alarming and quite painful. My neck is fecked from a car crash and when it plays up can cause all sorts of strange problems and the pins and needles is almost certainly a result. It also causes me to have tinnitus (ringing in the ears) about 80% of the time, which is enough to drive anyone crazy. It's probably a good idea to get a chiropractor or physio to check you over as GPs are often not big on muscular-skeletal things, but get recommendations because a lot are not that good. If you can g
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What type of temperament do these heavily collie saturated dogs tend toward? Are they same as pure collies can be with the intense behaviours and guarding and herding, or does the greyhound blood make them more laid back?
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I seem to remember that the second crosses, so more sighthound in the mix, were more successful for them. Saying that, I'm sure there was a thread on here a long time ago where there was talk of lab first crosses to greyhounds that produced capable lurchers.
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Obviously not lurchers, but thought they seemed less intense than border collies in their manner. Impressed with the 'sit' stopping them mid flight.
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I've been trying to get my lurcher to wait in the back of the van (sprinter). I built a 2' x 5' x 4' high box and made a window section in the bulkhead so she can stick her head into the cab of the van and see what is going on outside. Haven't even put a door on the box so she can wander around the back of the van. Put some dog treats in there and started with the plan of leaving her in there for a few minutes and building on from that. The dog flipped out the moment I shut the van door. She doesn't make a sound if shut in the cab and is fine in the kennel. Can't get my head around what is wor
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I've had 2 saluki lurchers with a bit of collie lurcher blood in them. The old one took more to the collie side and was steady, easy to live with, had a bit of a crunchy mouth and you wouldn't loose sight of her for too long in the field. The current one is more to the saluki side and is still puppy-ish at over 3 years old, in a different league for speed and endurance and has a soft mouth. She is a bit much for the land around here with people and roads everywhere, but somewhere with wide open spaces she would be in her element. She is hard work, but I wouldn't change her.
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Running across a 60 acre field to stop the crazy fecker before she found a spot to jump the fence onto the motorway embankment was today's stressful event. Who knows what tomorrow will bring
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I get the same problem, stone garden walls are the killer. Taking down the old, sorting the reclaim, moving waste to where machine can take it, sorting and loading stone by hand at the quarry, moving tons of materials into inaccessible gardens and then actually building the fecking things. I love cycling and riding dirtbikes, but on the wrong side of 40 I'm so tired evenings and sundays I hardly ever get out any more. Also got the most capable lurcher I've ever had in her prime years and I'm letting her down too not getting out enough
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I got a svord mini peasant, which is pretty handy for a cheap uk legal knife. Bit weird looking but it feels less likely to break than an opinel and you can open it one handed. The only problem I could see is the possibility of it slipping in wet hands and closing on your fingers, but the chance of that are slim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPmTkLS49mg
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I've been there with with a dog that likes to clear off and joint problems making it very painful to walk. Gps collar was a worthwhile if expensive intermediate measure whilst getting on top of the problem. My approach has been to stick to rabbity ground as much as possible, so that the dog can get a run or two, but keep her in close and recall after every run, where it is easier to get the recall over the shorter distances. I hate doing it, but the dog goes on a lead for the time being in areas where larger game abounds, the idea being to stop repeating the behaviour of chase > loose / cat
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I could imagine cats taking smaller birds like partridge. According to google, cats that are fed don't tend to travel over more than 5 acres, but feral males have been gps tracked over 1200 acres. Don't see them around here so much since most of the land has gone under the plough, but when it was mostly pasture they would show up a fair way from buildings. My old lurcher was an absolute fecker for cats and had been through a few homes because she would jump the fence at the first opportunity and go hunting pet cats around the neighbourhood. She was ok here because no pet cats around. Did have
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+1 a mate had one with a touch of bedlington in there as well, she was only 17" and I'll never forget the way she could turn rabbits on the lamp up against stock netting with her agility where the bigger dogs would loose them. Strangely, despite being the runt she lived to a much greater age than the rest of the litter.
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Careful they're not breathing it in, I managed to do that sprinkling diatomaceous earth and it was like getting a really sore throat that lasted several days. I would be dubious about putting it on food, although have heard of it used as a wormer. It kills insects by dehydrating and I believe cutting them up on a microscopic level. Sprinkle it on an ant nest and it'll wipe them out quickly. I think the idea is to spread it on surfaces where fleas are going to be. I tried it last year when the fleas were bad here, but not sure it is all that effective. Don't think frontline is all that good eit
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Shock, beep and spray collars to be banned!
Caravan Monster replied to mushroom's topic in General Talk
Have you got a link on that mushroom? Could only find the parliamentary debate on it from a while back. I expect that's going to turn into a ballache with do gooders reporting people for having gps collars on their dogs. -
Adding carb to BARF - very lean lurcher
Caravan Monster replied to Caravan Monster's topic in BARF Diet
? that much grief recently about her weight had me doubting my feeding methods. Will carry on as before. -
Adding carb to BARF - very lean lurcher
Caravan Monster replied to Caravan Monster's topic in BARF Diet
Thanks Socks, so you reckon to stick with meat and animal products? I remember reading the idea that saluki types sometimes do well with some rice / pasta carbohydrate in their diets. Now autumn is coming, I'm going to shift feeding time to later in the evening so there's more time to get out and try to get her to eat a small meal in the morning. I'm giving her as much as she'll eat and quickly taking up anything not eaten (only dog). Here's a better photo, her ribs are a bit more obvious when moving around. -
Saluki / Collie / Greyhound lurcher 3 years, very light build 26" height around 20kg weight. I've always had her on lamb/ chicken/ beef/ tripe/ eggs/ tinned fish, as much as I can get her to eat - around 1lb / day summer, closer to 1 1/2lb / day winter. I've noticed she is keen on grazing (not normally to bring up bile) the lush patches of grass, tips of goose grass in the spring and is often to be found in the cattle feed picking out the molasses. I was wondering about trying making BARF mince with veg and cooked rice, pasta or potatoes mixed in to try and get a little more weight on her. I
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Can remember grafting hard for £30 / day, must be getting on 20 years ago now. I've heard talk of fresh out of college bricklayers on big sites at £350 / day, don't know how true that is.
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teaching recall to a bull x
Caravan Monster replied to sionnach99's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Keep on top of it if not too happy with his recall. I went wrong with mine by treating her like my old dogs that would automatically come back after a long run. I have a bit of track where there are rabbits in the hedge on both sides and you often get a run although catches are rare. If I could start again, I would use that track to hammer home the recall after every run. My old dogs could pretty much be left to get on with it on a walk, but I now know it is a mistake to let them just do their own thing. This one I have to keep on top of all the time or she'll be a mile away (literally) and hu -
Deerhound Club UK but would guess they are tied in to the kennel club, so are probably going to want to see health check papers (is it liver shunt for deerhounds?) before any of their members will consider a mating. Don't know that many people work pure deerhounds, so this forum might not be much help.
