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  1. grompz
    both looking well, what age are they, looks nice land to run on,wont be long now till they get a run,shortest day coming up 22nd june,atb.
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    absolute cracking piece of work, love it,dare i say it looks a lot like an english deerhound, lol, none the less your work only gets better,will this be up for grabs any time soon, atb.
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    lovely old photo, of an age sadly long gone, bet the dog pictured put plenty on the table and kept the owner in food for the family, time and era i would hazard a guess that it was a strong collie x greyhound, as was favoured by the old warreners and poachers, a breed that has stood the test of time, from those days till now.
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    Cant believe its 40 yrs today, that the falklands conflict began, seems to me just like yesterday, just thinking about all the lives that were lost from british forces, lost a couple of classmates to it, those lads would have been 66yrs old now, if they would have got home, sad that they never knew family life, i remember and salute them all. rip.
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    Sounds like a good handy cross ,never thought that the wolfhound would have added nose to the mix, but if he suits your needs thats all that counts, any chance you good put up a pic, be nice to see him. atb.
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    How right you are bird catcher about the decline in green finch numbers, havent seen any for years, still see the occasional yellow wagtail, another bird that is fast declining round our way is the skylark, the moors used to be alive with curlews and lap wings, miss there haunting calls, whilst walking the high groundsin dead of winter, oystercatcher is another, sadly a sign of the times, with loss of habitat and predators, changing times indeed and not for the better.
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    Had a nice early morning stroll today,beautiful sunny and frosty with the old dog, walked a piece of ground ,ive lnot been on for ages,decided to count the rabbits i seen and started,there were 41 rabbits on it sitting out in the sun, fingers crossed they will get a good breeding season through the summer,nice to see them making a come back, as for the song birds, i blame there decline in my area on the amount of birds of prey that i spot on my travels, lots of buzzards on the increase along with harriers, sparrow hawks, kestrels. and peregrines, nice to see them , but they are getting every
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    price of fish and chips, these days is a joke,bought some for tea the other night charged£8-50, remember the days of sitting in chippy, ordering chips, peas, sausage, pot of tea, and bread an butter for 1s/6d, wouldnt like to pay for a family of 4 these days, used to be a cheap meal to fill up on, me mam used to give us a basin to take in as kids, and it get it filled up with chips for next to nothing, good old days, when people had nowt but all looked out for each other,price of food only going to get worse.
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    Not really my type of lurcher, but all credit to you, they arein excellent condition for the age they are at the moment, going to be real powerful dogs , when fully matured, atb.
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    am i missing something nere,just looked on newmount link, doesnt say its £9-99 to buy and £4-95 to rent, maybe im a bit stupid but thats how i read it.
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    anybody watched it yet, what he charging for pups these days, getting harder and harder, to find genuine working stock from proven working deerhounds, any lads on here got any pups or know of any forth coming litters, that are going to be bred soon. atb.
  12. grompz
    nice collection of usefu[ looking dogs there owen, bet you had some fun over the years with them, thanks for posting pics,atb.
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    fantastic night windwise for getting up to them, but a hell of a full moon,waste of time for lamping, just like being out daytime, waste of time, plus makes hard work fot the dog, and good to make rabbits lamp shy,alright if you just want one for the pot.
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    you may as well stuff a couple of white mice down the holes mate, seen a few trying to work stubborn rabbits, wouldnt give them hutch space.
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    during my working life i paid into 3 different pension schemes, but never invested in a personal pension, took my first pension at 60yrs after 18 yrs paying into a superanuation scheme paying tax weekly on it, got taxed again on it when i took as a lump sum all wrong,the other 2 company schemes i paid into were a defined benefit and a defined contribution scheme same thing, paid up full stamp all my life, came out of work once in my life, for a few weeks,some struggle to get dole at that time, swore i would never sign on again arseholes.
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    getting out and meeting folk ,topping up the pension would be good for you mate, only thing i can tell you is you will probably be hammered by taxman on earnings, i finished work last year, got offered 8wks temporary work with my old company. made good money on the 7day week, got taxed 20%,had to pay more tax on my small monthly pension, and when i got my final lump sum payment, paid another wedge on that, hoping to get a decent rebate this year, alright if you can get cash in hand, but had to go on the books, already asked me about doing a bit this summer, dont know will it be worth it or no
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    thats at a lovely strong looking animal, how old, is it a first x deer-grey,my type of lurcher, atb mate.
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    it must be people with a good knowledge of stock, to be able to handle these animals and get them transported up, nothing but pure scum, the world is a sad place.
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    the weather is nuts these days mate, asyou say just like a spring day, hope it lasts certainly shortens the winter up, seen my first wild primroses out in flower a couple of weeks ago,the hares round our way are starting to pair up already, and quite a few new born lambs in the fields, spring has sprung, still plenty of time for harsh weather yet, enjoy while it lasts.
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    great stuff mate, when they come back from a real bad injury like that, and good on you for hanging on to the dog, and getting him there,just remember not too much too soon, hope you have more fun together, atb
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    yes tats it is very common in pure deerhounds, know a couple of people who had in show bred stock, but never heard of it in the crossbred deerhound stuff, heard it said before that pure greyhounds can also suffer with it, even the vet said they dont know what triggers it off in dogs. atb.
  23. grompz
    thanks lads, for all your kind messages and consideration, your a good bunch of lads,going to collect him from vet today, and lay him to rest in a place where he loved to hunt,and he will rest where the hares run, and the rabbits hop, and he will be at peace,when my dogs come to me its for life, and i do my best to give them a good working life, doesnt get any easy, still got the other old deerhoundx grey, coming up 11 yrs, be another bad one when he goes, getting soft in old age.
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    earlier today, i sadly lost my 5yr old deerhoundx greyhound to bloat, vet did emergency op on him,but sadly he didnt make it,had lots of lurchers in my 6+years on this planet, but first time losing a dog to this, freddie was no world beater, but he was an honest and loyal pal to me, and always gave his best,he kept me going when i was going through a rough time health wise, to say im going to miss him is going to be an understatement, run free freddie my loyal pal, seems to get harder to deal with now im getting older.
  25. grompz
    absolutely stunning work fella, atb in your new found talent, like bosun said keep posting, like them a lot.
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