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I was thinking the same here. All this Looks is for showing, yes it's nice to have a Looker, and I will comment on a nice type of dog. But it's not at all important to me. Looks wont fill the pot, a looker may get you a few rosettes and a day out at the game fair. There are people who show and people who work their dogs. Is there both? Valid question . Thing is ,Merle colouration is usually linked to having collie in the make -up of the lurcher . Collie crosses are not that successfull as show dogs _a bit too mongrelly possibly when compared withan elegant deerhound cross or
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I was thinking the same here. All this Looks is for showing, yes it's nice to have a Looker, and I will comment on a nice type of dog. But it's not at all important to me. Looks wont fill the pot, a looker may get you a few rosettes and a day out at the game fair. There are people who show and people who work their dogs. Is there both? Valid question . Thing is ,Merle colouration is usually linked to having collie in the make -up of the lurcher . Collie crosses are not that successfull as show dogs _a bit too mongrelly possibly when compared withan elegant deerhound cross or
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This bedlington xwhippet belongs to my mate's lad . It's his first lurcher and as well as being a good ferreting dog with more than enough speed to catch rabbits in the open is a very affectionate and trouble-free little dog .Based on what I've seen of this dog I'd say ideal for the first timer especially if you've had experience of training other dogs already. The skinny black thing is my saluki x whippet .Between them they make a good team . We left them to dig this rabbit while we picked up the nets .
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Pre digital pictures I'm afraid . Sadly she's been gone a few years now but I promise you it is the same puppy as in the picture with my daughter. I always just called her a brindle merle .
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A fat little merle pup at six weeks asleep with my daughter and the same dog and daughter ten years later by which time most of the blue patches on the dog had shrunk so much you'd be hard pushed to recognise her as merle .
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All the best .
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As a youngster digging was something that I avoided . For a start I was quite weedy and anyway my spade skills extended no further than tickling the soil to find a few fishing worms . If my ferret-a gigantic hob called Sidney,given to me because he was supposedly too big for work -stuck I waited until it came back , was thankfull for its return and depending on the time either moved -on to another burrow or went home . It was just part of the game . As I became more experienced I realised that digging wasn't something other folk did . Once I aquired a jill and started using
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Even when I Keepered I never worked a proper Gun dog breed always a lurcher or mongrel collie.An obedient dog is just that whatever breed it is .
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Can I ask what cross the neat brown dog is. He looks like a beefier version of my little chap ?
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Katy Price goes to an expensive clinic to have her "private parts" tidied up by a top cosmetic surgeon. When she wakes up after the operation there are four bunches of flowers with notes attached on her bedside cabinet . The first is a small bunch from the surgeon and the note just says how well the procedure went . The second note -attached to a bigger bunch of flowers -is from her hubby and says ,"Get well soon xx". The third -and bigger still bunch of flowers- is from Hello magazine reminding Katy that they have exclusive rights to the pictures of the operation. But the biggest
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A good tip is to practise on a rabbit that is already dead . If you take this to the next stage you could skin a rabbit( leave the back legs on so you have something to grip) so that you have a good idea of the anatomy and can be aware of exactly the angle to hold the head and amount of downward pressure needed to dislocate the neck . It really is not a matter of strength at all ( forget the effort that Bear Grylls put into it - very dramatic .) No need for twisting or yanking . Hold the back legs ,grasp the head, bend the head at right angles to the spine. All that is needed is
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I've always managed to load pictures (after re-sizing)straight from my computer. Since the site came back after maintainance I've noticed (eventually ) that I could'nt load any pictures totalling over 200 k whereas the limit used to be 500. Does this mean that from now on that all bigger pictures must go through photobucket or similar ? Bit of a luddite Sorry .
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I'm validating all accounts at the minute. What is VALIDATING,...does it cost anything....is it painful.. I just asked the cute little lass who works in the local shop (using my bestest Leslie Philips voice of course .) if I could validate her account . Terrific left hook that girl ...
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Definatly worth setting a cage trap (if it is big enough for a ferret ) and putting cardboard or wooden boxes stuffed with hay about the garden with a dead rabbit tied securely in each . . They do sometimes wander aimlessly away but quite often stay in the area. Keep looking and if you are on good terms wit any neighbours ask them to do the same . Good luck .
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Good thinking ratattack. And when you are done go to the pound shop or similar and buy a load of cheap dangly air freshners to hang up there . Reduces the scent trail that lures the next lot of flies into your loft .
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20 or so years ago I recall finding a few bunnies dead in strange circumstances . They were just huddled as if asleep under piles of logs or tucked-up in cover. The wisdom of the time was that these were typical VHD mortalities. Considering the weather that we've experienced it is possible that the dead ones on your patch are simply the weakest bunnies that succumbed to stress , starvation and cold. Also when rabbits do become stressed or forced to survive on unfamiliar or damp food they are very likely to be weakened by gut diseases such as coccidiosis and enteritis. These
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My ferreting mate rang to say that in the interests of domestic bliss he'd decided to decorate his kitchen and would not be taking part in our planned ferreting trip on the Sussex Downs . To add to my feeling of rejection entirely his boy would be unavailable as he'd been co-erced into taking part in an indoor cricket match. A cynical person might wonder if the weather had played a part in these last minute decisions to engage in indoor entertainment . I spent a couple of hours slumped over the wood-stove ,feeling rejected and drinking tea with an equally despondent dog hanging on m
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You say she won't eat raw meat . Could she have been fed on dry food from the start and develped a preference ? . I'm not saying starve her but maybe stop giving her the choice for a day or two-just a nice warm freshly opened bunny or some chopped rabbit meat . I think Chalkwarren wrote a while back about some ex-laboratory ferrets that he owned that totally lacked a hunting instinct and a friend of mine had one that was actually terrified of even a dead rabbit. It would brush its tail up and retreat screaming for some reason. Just to give you a grain of hope. One of my present j
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Yep,and your mum would leave plastic pots out for the mikman to put over the bottles to stop it happening .
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lets see your hunting machine (dogs)
comanche replied to JRTMAD2k10's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
im 13 and look at you slabbering away thats low like JRT MAD . You were on as loser from the moment you asked to see pictures of people's hunting machines . That sort of macho /hard boy talk is rarely used by serious hunters . They are not machines they are dogs ,members of the family,valued companions and hunting partners . Basically you put folk's backs-up from the begining but as you say you are only 13 you probably did'nt realise it . Start again , and as deanflute said, check out the hundreds of pictures already posted . Don't let this little set-back put a damper o -
[quote name='warrigal' timestamp='1291155125' post='18179 If your pics of the fly tippers are half as incrimnating as that of your mate "the Sussex hedgerow flasher" then they are in big trouble. Motorhead!(I am surprised they are still alive!)Actually you could be on a winner with the fragrence, unless Moto fans have changed a lot, a subtle blend of sweat, rabbit gut, ferret pong and dash of ditch mud should be a real "puller" with the um...er...well "ladies" that used to attend their sophisticated musical soirees Nice looking and useful dog you have there, I note from a previo
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I think you are thinking of Cliff Richards shows. Oh no . Cliff's fans all smell of wee and boiled cabbage .
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Age is a cruel master. Having reached that certain stage where the plug-hole of life has to be unblocked of hair after every bath I've become loath to allow an oppertunity to do something other than work or vegetate at home to pass . So when I found myself with an early finish on friday I hurled the nets in the van,grabbed a couple of ferrets and the young dog and paid a visit to my nearest bit of permission. I'd worked this bit of land quite hard but there were a couple of nice open medium sized burrows that were untouched . As I walked towards them the dog made a mark a
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You can only catch what's there to be caught. Every bunny in the net is a success . Glad you enjoyed yourself .
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If its a young dog that's made a mark I'll have it lay quietly by the hole its marked while I set the nets leaving the one next to the dog until last . Obviously the rabbits will be aware of the dog but I think it keeps a pup feeling that it is truly involved in the whole operation . Once the ferret is in I'll keep it with me out of the direct line of the holes. Once the dog knows the game I may place it in a tactical position to cover exits I may not be able to see clearly . I've no problem with a calm experienced dog that calmly moves to another position with a purpose as ,has been
