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20 hours ago, Leo Sayer said:
Personally I think one man's allrounder is different to another man's allrounder. Also as time goes by you maybe go for different methods and different species. It's no one trick pony
fair enough, with any type bred lurchers, you can push your self in to a corner with breeds, and % deff. Going only on my own dogs and dogs ive seen work.3 of my colliexs thats, 1x , and 3/8 c 5/8 g all good rabbiting dogs, not really deer dogs, or fox dogs had 3/8 blaze do couple but was wary of the sharp end , the odd hare in the lamp, now that my dogs,. now had mate had Hancock 1/4 beadie x 1/4 collie x 3/4 grey , catch few daytime hares, do couple deer , and few foxes , was bib 27 in fawn rough coated dog. Now my Buck 1x gsd x grey was far better in the lamp than my colliexs , had far more quarry in the lamp , he bust gut to grab them , he grab fox anywhere , got nailed , but kill the fox, then couple bites, had few hares as well, this is just lamping , as he was bred for that, he put few bends in to day hare, but i left that dogs bred for that simple as that. So your right breeding/ % can go out the window with the right dog, plus a ton of luck deff.
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3 hours ago, Borr said:
O'Sullivan seems to be going the way of trash talk to bolster coverage, maybe for the sake of the game but all seems a bit the same in sport , media coverage and drama forsakes the sport...
yeh, but O'Sullivan is the best ever thats played this game no doubt about it, and he knows by the reaction of any crowd where he plays, thats he very well liked as player fact. But as a man, i not keen on him, but like been said he deff keeps the game afloat, just like Ali did in the 60s - 80s in the boxing , most people back then, didn't this trash talk he came out with more so this white/ black stuff etc. But he was best , and same as O'Sullivan , you love his magic he brings to the game deff, even if you want to see him beat . lol ps no help on my post then .?
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i did know but forget, same on me phone, prob look on here with that , more than my computer . carnt use me phone to look on here, if touch the screen to reduce the letters , so read the page, the page move to left and carnt see feck all . something happened on me phone , its only on this site , so carnt reduce it on here or me phone ? any help thanks .!
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seen 4 vids to day on social - media , with very young pups been dumped, that either left by the roadside , or in the street in old box, now this 4 different pups , one at a time . Now it either the breeder put them, hoping it tug at your apron strings etc, or there some cruel sad fookers out there dumping them , if they didn't want them , should hand them in to pound, at least they die quick , not freezing death slowly .
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On 14/01/2024 at 12:07, Greyman said:
Retired greyhounds make a lazy house pet used to be loads of rehousing charity’s for them when the racing was more popular but still worth a google
yep deff, at the racing kennels they pic her out nice old one, they gentle , nice temp , and happy to lie on a sofa most of the day, and be easy for your mom to walk deff, i worked at racing kennels for 4 months, every sunday they had people go round to see dogs who were ready for rehome .
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2 hours ago, gnasher16 said:
Played us off the park and wanted it more.....fair result.
We've got too much dead wood comes to the surface for cup games and tends to show just how much we rely on Bowen.....im still yet to meet a fan who knows what Danny Ings actually does at the club apart from make players laugh in the dressing room.....Moyse has proved he can get a game out of players but the likes of Cresswell,Benrahma,Ings and a few others are just past motivating in my opinion.
Bristol City centre doesnt get any better does it all round that Cabot Circus is like a f****n homing beacon for the mentally challenged far left is there any " normies " in Bristol anymore....saddest part of all is its mostly all white people as well !
and fookin wolves are interested Danny Ings , god knows why . mind you we desperate for a No 9 so we prob going in on a cheap loan.We got Brighton away next premier game , then the shit (West Brom ) away .COME ON THE WOLVES
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20 hours ago, paulus said:
Perceptions based on a usernames ramblings on the internet can make people into a Demi god, But the reality could be a far different story. Strange old world.
didnt he have a rottie that kept biting his feet, i felt sorry for the dog, his feet were
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On 15/01/2024 at 23:27, leegreen said:
Recon they're a bit late for it to become an all round good Mastiff, might suit someone.
I'd have another Mastiff one day, great dogs if you get it right.
they deff are dangerous dog in the wrong hands , about 15 months there was bloke who had one big black male, not docked ears or tail, but like been said huge head, prpb as tall as Buck 28in, but easy 11 st= 150lb , this fookin thing dwarfed Buck. he had on a lead, i was walking past him, and i was really nervous of it, it would have killed Buck or me no prob . the bloke said that he never have a males in that breed, said have bitch next time easier to live with , i could see that. now not seen it for long while, but you get lot of idiots who , will always have there dogs loose, and the worst are lab owners, it wouldn't surprise me, if one of there feckin labs had ran up to it, and that thing nailed it, prob serve them feckin right . yeh deff not a pet type dog, need serious dog owner deff .
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On 14/01/2024 at 22:15, low plains drifter said:
He reminds me of a dog one time I was walking up a footpath through a Cheviot farmyard from a distance there was a booming bark, thought it was a rottweiler, when I got to the farm a smooth coated tri colour collie was up at the mesh, looked a hell of a dog
like what Aussie Whip says, the acd are a top guard dog, the kelpie seem to be more of the alround cattle/ sheep dogs, but lot farmers had couple loose on there stations farms as guard dogs , so acd x collie or back to kelpie be great guard, any herding type x make great guards , ive always said one of the best guard dogs i ever seen was big black gsd x collie , on chain in the day, but at night loose, you didnt poach his ground lol, that fooker would rip you to pieces , 75lb teeth on you , you have to shoot 1st.
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4 hours ago, Bits n bobs said:
That’s what I was thinking, the only thing he’s changed is put a pure greyhound in to freshen the blood and that then opens the door to start folding all his own dogs in again.
It seems to have done some high class day walkers no harm at all in the past. I’d sooner use a pure to freshen blood than a lurcher that may unknowingly have for instance saluki blood or whippet blood in it, nothing against either breeds but by using a pure greyhound you’re at the very least eliminating any what ifs.Joe knows score with his dogs, he bred long enough to know what works and what don't. Same as Trunk on here breeds collie x pit greys line bred, use what ticking the boxes on his fox control in Ireland. Iam on a Oz site, where bloke working pit x grey x mastiffx greys, types. He go back to pure greys, when want bit more speed, he plenty power grit. He works wild pigs, foxes, and rabbits, when get dogs fit. It great read, and what his dogs can do, it fookin rough at times, he lost few dogs on boars. He did have some good game bred pits, that he used in the past, and some real fit looking English mastiffs, not like our show crap mastiffs, yeh the bloke dogs are top notch.
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Yeh, great to see, but put lamp on that lot, they soon piss off. OK you get few daft ones and get good bags, but in time rabbits soon learn light mean danger, unless you use night rifles with night scope etc, dog lamp they soon lamp shy.
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On 27/12/2023 at 19:27, Penda said:
Rabbit number local to me have been dropping for years you get the odd pocket that holds a good number trouble is if people sniff out a decent rabbits population they hit them hard all year round then as time goes on they wonder why there not there when I was younger I was out more times then on was in never took big numbers but I used to always take a few but some people just take it to a next level almost wiping populations out fair enough is you have to do it but think once there gone the farmer don't need you there,me personally I go where I won't so it doesn't bother me much but to some people it's gonna take a toll
well said, where i lived before by weston park, rabbits numbers were low, had to travel to get good bags .But funny really that after a full season lamping with bryn i had back then, ok was getting mid 30s few nights , was getting back to my place next morning 6am after 4 hours of driving , started fed up with it doing all season. Had Buck who was bred for deer / foxes really , but i did get 38 rabbits with him one night, which i think was great for a big dog like him. i was like you going anywhere , but getting chased most nights , ok when you can run , but fookin hard as you get older , bloody hell had some close calls when out with big Buck cops/ farmers after you , got away with it thank feck lol
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On 15/12/2023 at 13:33, FUJI said:
Still kicking & breathing mate...just!! My back,hips,knees & ankles are about totally knackered but I still try my best to keep the dog's & myself active. I'm not in the greatest shape myself nowadays Paul so the five dog's I still have will be my last. I couldn't do a young dog justice anymore unfortunately, nothing lasts forever as the saying goes mate. Hope your all keeping well buddy.
what happened to the little pom you had? i liked him lol. i am the same now mate , every about fooked on me lol, but i am 71 now, 72 next year, old Buck 11, 12 in august he ok just plods along with little woody my jack x he about 12, suppose in life nothing last for ever , carnt keep living in the past as they say, but having had lurchers 37 years , they are great type of dog to have been around deff
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On 24/12/2023 at 15:27, shaaark said:
Gooey, wilder is shite!! Been telling you for a few years!!
There all shit mate, only usyk his the best of the bunch. OK. People say he to small, but at 6ft 3in and 15st 10lb, same size as Ali at his best, he was class as cruiser, and he stepped up to this division quite good I think. But if him fury do fight in Feb, I think fury win, only because he use his extra 6in, 3 St heavier, fury try drain him down, and finish him end of the fight. But if usyk can get in close early rounds, he stop fury. But the fight got to happen yet lol.
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On 10/12/2023 at 09:16, WILF said:
Wolverhampton?……I hope you used protection and put gaffer tape over her mouth so she couldn’t speak !
dont know what worse , cockney shit , or my my w-ton shit , both do your fookin head in when sober haha
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3 minutes ago, bird said:
thats bang on that, as few know on here ive had bad lower back for years. what ive found is you got to keep moving dont get me wrong, while your at the very real stage of pain, just move about slowly, but once you can get past that stage, the lower back exercise's come next. 1st i do the above flat on my back, leg up straight, then other, 2nd still on your back, legs together then on your side, go from left ,and to the right couple times , 3rd this called bridge, legs/ feet on the floor, arch your lower back up, just enough to tense your stomach , this a core exercise it will help your back. the last one is lie on your bed , get a moveable rolling pin it moves from the middle , you get them prob on eBay in health/ fitness section . lie on your front , and run the rolling ping on your left side nice and easy, because it be painful from your sciatic nerve , do say 6 on both you feel the tenseness in your buttocks through your pants , what it does is it will release the muscle slowly that being held from sciatica nerve . these things deff do help mate , read this and put it with your pms , all this will deff help , you have to live with a bad back, i have for 45 years , read it and do the exercises , if any questions pm me Ray
the bridge is 6 on left side hip to buttock , and same on the other side repeat.
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On 11/12/2023 at 11:51, king said:
Laying on your back and pulling my knees to my chest with my hands takes nearly all the pain away mate..but walking about is terrible ot feels like I'm lop sided
thats bang on that, as few know on here ive had bad lower back for years. what ive found is you got to keep moving dont get me wrong, while your at the very real stage of pain, just move about slowly, but once you can get past that stage, the lower back exercise's come next. 1st i do the above flat on my back, leg up straight, then other, 2nd still on your back, legs together then on your side, go from left ,and to the right couple times , 3rd this called bridge, legs/ feet on the floor, arch your lower back up, just enough to tense your stomach , this a core exercise it will help your back. the last one is lie on your bed , get a moveable rolling pin it moves from the middle , you get them prob on eBay in health/ fitness section . lie on your front , and run the rolling ping on your left side nice and easy, because it be painful from your sciatic nerve , do say 6 on both you feel the tenseness in your buttocks through your pants , what it does is it will release the muscle slowly that being held from sciatica nerve . these things deff do help mate , read this and put it with your pms , all this will deff help , you have to live with a bad back, i have for 45 years , read it and do the exercises , if any questions pm me Ray
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On 08/12/2023 at 17:51, keepdiggin said:
Take little woody
funny thing you say that mate , as i get few in my garden , next door got horses and few alpacas knocking about, so rats are always knocking about . when i loose little woody out at night , he right to the fence he deff knows where they get in , i left him out with Buck the one night for 20 mins and they were both going round the garden like whippets haha , not sure if a cat or maybe fox might have been on there, it would have to get out real quick with Buck in there , as he kill it if found it.
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On 06/12/2023 at 22:24, Samcowman said:
Hi guys. Came across this forum whilst searching for ratters in our area. We have been at the new farm here 15 months and have a rat problem and wondered if there were any guys or girls local to us that wanted somewhere new to go?
cheerssounds good that, bound to be few on here who like bit of that on sat or sunday morning .
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1 hour ago, gnasher16 said:
The going out of sight thing is surely only going to work with a dog you have a bond with......doubt you have that with a 15 mth old....never used one myself but heard a lot of people praise the electric collars for such situations.
thats what i wrote Gnash ( bond) you spot on mate, 15 month old it going into teen thing . electric collars can be good if used sensible , i used do lot of beating as younger bloke, and ive seen them missed used on gundogs , and i seen big lab just fook off from the shoot, the bloke was twat how he used it, i nearly kicked knackers through his head for him, he told me keep it shut, i said you want to hope the A/E not shut , because thats where you be going next . the keeper moved me away from him, because he was paid gun , and keeper didnt want to upset people who pay his wages , ok but the bloke was twat deff. ok done right , but lot of sighthounds / lurchers, have sensitive temps anyway , the only time i use one if a dog no good with sheep, ok try then , but as i say from a pup you sort that out very quick from 9 week- 14 weeks old.
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22 hours ago, tinder128 said:
Afternoon,
I'm at my wits end here and wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation.
I bought a pup at 14/15 months old green as grass and in my opinion very immature.
I've been in the game long enough to know there's more chancers than genuinely people selling dogs especially early on in the season but the dog was exactly what I wanted and a reasonable price........bedlington x greyhound.
I have been working tirelessly on recall for the last three weeks absolutely perfect on a long line perfect in the garden but give the little shit that tiny bit of trust let him go he just flicks the middle finger ad will not come back to the point I've actually just started walking away.
I've never come across this much of a problem before but I haven't owned anything with bedlington in it.
Can anyone offer any advice or maby a method I'm overlooking as I'm really running out of patience.
Many thanks
right, 2 things to look at here = age, breeding . 1st the age, it best to get any dog from 9 weeks old , build up the bond , and put few little rules in , ok all pups will try it on, but it will mold around in 6 . 10 weeks with repetitive training , but nice and easy with it . 2nd breeding , beddy xs , now i know lots of people on here get on with this type x, ok no pob with that but for me . i had one years ago , it was beddy x whippet x grey gen bred. it was the worst lurcher i ever had, no re call , very hard mouth on anything , i had it 2 years pts in the end, it had ( hard pad) it feet bled and open wounds, vet said it never get right , so pts , but was a massive lesson for me, as you got to get something you get on with , it not got to be world beater , just good honest dog tha gives 100% , and wants to please you , i got on better with my pit x greys , than that beddyx fooker lol . so i found herding types suite me lot better, dont get wrong they got sensitive temps , that over the years have pissd me off, but i know what choose 1st, from them xs . i suppose mate, if you want a dog to be up and running at them, well you prob done right with its age, but with any young lurcher at that age its gamble if works out for you and the dog, thats why the rescue kennels of full of them, more so now xmas ."
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1 minute ago, keepdiggin said:
Walks are boring as f**k without a dog
you are right deff, Buck as young dog was a fooker when young , go in cover after foxes , get sent of fallow he be gone trigger tell you same was gone 1 hour seen 1/2 dozen was gone , come back in right mess lol , other times killed feral cats come back with them, like he did with his foxes, great nights lamping with him , you deff feel a boring walk with out that fooker haha . i know what what you mean D.C with catty etc wouldnt get a spaniel , if got another it be herding type x lurcher , male good coat , bit of brain etc as it live outside in kennel . few things in me head if get another lurcher .!
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On 07/12/2023 at 07:53, lurcherman 887 said:
Don’t start him off ffs he’ll have the tanitas out
lol , them days are gone now lads , trigger tell you that as well , he 11 year old dog , not the same dog no more, but we both old now, so there you go . ( keepdiggin) not sure what do when he gone , i did think prob at my age 71 to wrap it up . But being around lurchers 37 years day/night , prob find the walks bit boring with out one, but no rush old Buck could plod on another 2 years yet, i leave the door open as they , if i stay as fit and strong as i am now .
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9 hours ago, Daniel cain said:
If your just after rabbits then any x will catch them(smaller,faster the better)...but if rabbits are thin on the ground,you will need a dog with a bit more about it... personally I like a dog,that will have a go at what ever is put in front of it,day or night.... couldn't feed a dog that was only good for one thing...who wants to see shit running off in to the distance and a dog stood looking at you?
true , nice line bred bullx grey x collie x grey , that catch rabbits , and anything that jumps up in front of it, it was a type x i wanted 16 years ago , but back then , but not many bred that way back then, but you see lot more about today .
UK to phase out smoking?
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very true WILF , but as ex smoker mate, this fookin thing really needs a big push to try stop the young kids starting dirty habit . i know you say mate all ex smokers are the same once they quit , maybe true .But let tell you i started at 15 - 30 years old , roughly 10- 15 fags a day , stopped when i got married a 30 years , took 3 attempts , but done it , and never smoked since 37 years ago. Nowthis is the shocker you think after that time my lungs be good, ok better than smokers , but there still fooken scared mate , that damage there for life , it prob get me in the end, i am 72 in august , hope i can get few more years out these old bones lol