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Here is a picture of a "Norfolk shepherd with his Smithfield" from the 1920s . I looked up wire haired "Smithfield" ACDs . They look exactly as you would expect an ACD crossed with one of the old hairy breeds to look!
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I think if Yorkies actually grew to that size l would be quite scared!
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Yes. Welsh settlers are often given credit for introducing it , but the English and Spanish settlers were the ones initially involved in Patagonian sheep farming so their dogs possibly played a bigger part in the breed's creation.
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They were the days I bred a couple of litters of whippet×collies . Never even got as far as posting the advert to the Shooting News but thanks to its influence I could've sold the puppies several times over just by word of mouth. Inevitably most went to people l knew ; no money changing hands ,just the promise of a good home . I still am a shxt businessman
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Dead interesting about the title Smithfield being applied to some ACDs It's as if the function of the dog as much as the origin or breeding lends it the title . Over here , 18th Century writers and modern doggy historians would have the Smithfield as a shaggy drovers' dog of clearly defined type . Thanks to your post l looked up Tasmanian Smithfields .They look the the part well enough to satisfy the romantics . Though to be honest they look much like any one of the generic hairy dogs common in Britain pre the border collie take-over. Thanks again AW!
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Or possibly the sort of collie that used its brain to sum up the situation . One that didn't corner a cow , panic it through a fence and take a bashing . One that hung back and gave the cow room to move in a controlled manner
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Well probably for some of the same reasons you have whippet x kelpies and cattle dog crosses. Crosses not to everyones' taste but useful no doubt in the right hands and right circumstances. By collie l guess you are thinking of Border Collie , and that's pretty much that what folk over here think of when they hear the word. The Border of today has really only evolved over the last century. By the time Australia got Border Collies it already had it's own herding breeds . Ironically these were descended from the very British herding dogs that the Border ousted.
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No Neal ,l haven't heard of it . Do let me know if it's interesting please. There isn't a great deal about them apart from the description of then being hard dogs and rough workers compared with collies . I can vouch for both. Imagine a dog that sleeps on the lawn in the pouring rain. And imagine having your sheep rounded up by a canine version of Lemmy . I wonder if it mentions the WS's amazing ability to gleefully encase itself in anything wet,muddy or smelly . Philip Larkin? Cor that is highbrow. He was good in the Darling Buds of May though .
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I think the idea of old time poachers habitually using fast dogs is overblown . Medieval Laws almost totally forbade the keeping of all but tiny dogs anywhere near Hunting preserves. Sheepdogs were permitted on practical grounds but were supposed to have toes cut off to reduce their chances of bothering the local Game . Even if a peasant could spare food to feed a decent-sized dog they would've fallen under intense surveillance from the Authorities and from fellow villagers ,who were held legally responsible for each others' behaviour. The rich ,the local Lords
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I can dream. Anyway l was including the cleaning lady Is it wrong to hope that one day l could earn enough from writing to buy a second coffee mug?
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Could be an easy number. I could go home after reading the first couple of pages where l touch upon the connection between the sagacity of the the old drovers' curs and obscure Assyrian poetry Nobody would notice because the three people who had turned up would all be asleep by then.
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As in Doris Stokes or Richard Burton?
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I'm afraid l fall short. No way can l afford a whole box of Golden Wonder crisps ,or two mugs!
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No problem with the disheveled appearance .
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And a kagoul
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I'm on it. " After covering myself and the bitch in horse poo to disguise our scent ,l waited atop the dung heap . After 3 hours l was about to give up my vigil when a small woodmouse appeared . The bitch flew forward and after a running battle she had it pinned but due to her inexperience was having a rough time subduing the beast. As l moved forward with knife drawn to deliver the coup de grace l realised that Edith my chair- leg chewing idiot had finally come of age."
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Ha ha. I don't think "Edith .Start of a Dynasty" has a very commercial ring to it.
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Yeh , time might not be on my side but l'm fighting the urge to become one of them backyard breeders I don't actually need a sheepdog for my mini flock ,but. Well er l drove to "somewhere" ( l'm still not sure l could find it again) in Wales on the strength of a photograph , a good feeling and those damn voices in my head and came home with this funny thing. An old fashioned Welsh sheepdog. A very different animal from a modern collie. Do l do it? Phil talk me out of it!
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I think some ,not most ,so called lurchers "could" do a lot more than is asked of them , but with respect to the people who do use their dogs as all rounders, a heck of a lot of running dogs wouldn't make the grade as multi taskers . Any more than a first cross would be any good in the coursing field. I am a bit biased though Tomo. Having grown up in a crowded bit of countryside with small fields and not a hare for 50 miles l only needed something fast enough for the two Rs, steady enough for "various" and sneaky enough not to gather attention . Sheep dog cross does for me, obvio
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Frustrating rather than heartwarming. I and l expect others keep clicking on the new posts hoping to see a bit of interesting input . I guess Tomo you do need half crosses to produce 3/4 or line bred collie lurchers I've had other crosses but to be honest a first cross has always done what l needed. And my dogs have always been expected to do a lot more than simply chase stuff . A knowing Victorian writer wrote something along the lines of " a man might not select the best dog but instead choose the one that will bring less attention " Recent experiences also has m
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Shoulder of mutton from Florence . One of my old ewes .
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Not a great comparison. Donkey and horse are two different species with different numbers of chromosomes . The hybrid offspring are nearly always infertile , hence a mating between a horse and donkey is by nature a terminal cross. Whereas the greyhound and collie are the same species. And as we all know , capable of creating a dynasty
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I think that the idea of using a greyhound as brood bitch stems in part from the fact that ex racers can, or could be , had for nothing. Persuading a farmer to let their collie bitch produce lurchers when she could be in work or knocking out more working collies is another stumbling block. Though if we believe the "Old Tales" from the days when only the Gentry could afford a kennel of coursing dogs and peasants tugged forelocks until their heads bled things might've been different. A stolen service from one of his Lordship's dogs and a bitch belonging to a local shepherd
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If doesn't start to knit together , get a vet's advice. Otherwise rest as long as needed for the wound to heal and keep it clean .Even when the dog is back on all its feet don't let it hurtle about and try to keep it off hard surfaces . It could be tender for a few weeks until the pad has hardened-up. My bitch did something similar about three weeks ago , managed to cut and tear a patch of skin off the pad . It stopped bleeding quite quickly and it was obviously very tender but has healed surprisingly fast . A bit of anti bacterial spray as used on horse wounds
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"Whadaya mean saying l'm beautiful when l'm angry?""What's wrong with me the rest of the time?" "No no ,my love . You are always beautiful." " Are you saying l'm always angry?" "No.What l'm saying my dearest , Oh light of my Life , my oasis in a desert of suffering , is just that.....What are you doing with my favourite baitcaster reel? ""Ouch!" "Did that hurt ? It wasn't meant to but l hope it did!" " l suppose l deserved it. I'll be OK when l get the star-drag out of my nose . All l wanted was to make a few Grandchildren for my Dad." " Is tha
