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it is mate but i'll have to drag myself out again next weekend i think

Ive always had collie cross dogs but now have 10 month old saluki, i know they mature later than most but the pictures of others young bull x dogs are frightening! I think a fox would bring her back to me yet

sha is remarkably fast, even compared to my current working bitch(collie/gryhound/whippet)

What age where your dogs when they were first worked?

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he's a couple get some more off my mate's camera later

 

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GREAT STUFF Its a hard life but someones got to do it eh?

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lastnights result! me and my pup he got 5! the brindle bomber got 6! descent night out.

Looks a great night out. How old is your pup?

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SOUNDS LIKE SOME GREAT HUNTING COUNTRY. In my neck of the woods we can only dream of such sport, all the rabbits are much slower down here

I have a saluki lurcher bitch about 3/8 5/8. In the past i have always had collie based dogs which have been working rabbits comfortably at around 10 months old, she is this age now but seems to puppy like although keen enough on the odd daytime stroll! I have been told that dogs carrying saluki blood can take much longer to mature, i would be glad of your oppinion.

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i know i rarely post on here but come on every day.i,ve made many friends on here and feel i have to share the highs and lows of 2 seasons hunting until my dog passed away on friday

the story starts 2 years ago i was on my way to see a litter of pups .i arrived at my destination after getting lost a couple of times <never was good at directions >.i met the lady that that had bred the litter .someone that i am now proud to call a friend.there were 8 pups in the litter i have never seen a better reared litter ,fat as butter and we all talk about socialising a litter and picking the first pup that comes to you ..this lot nearly flattened me when she opened the pen door.from being fairly clean one minute to fifty muddy footprints,shoe laces pulled undone the next..how do you choose a pup when they all want you.probaly 2 hrs later and now decision ,i wanted a bitch so that narrowed it down the 4 ,in the end i just crouched down and scooped the first bitch that came to me .LIL i called here .we travelled home together .the first journey together.a journey that would take us from one end of the country to the other.hunting rabbit on the cold mountain tops to coursing on the flat plains of cambridge.she just settled in at home never whined or messed in the house.chewed all the legs off the pine kitchen table.she was a joy to train .it just seemed to easy.retrieving balls and socks all day long ..her first summer was spent just walking and playing with the kids in the garden .i started to work her at maybe 10 months old she had seen a few rabbits on our long summer walks.but now it was serious first night on the lamp and i swung the beam across the stubble and there was one in the middle slowly walking towards she was pulling straight .i thought theres no way she can see it at this distance.something she would do all her life, she saw things in the distance that you wouldnt have thought possible.i slipped her and she was all over it i could hear her teeth snapping together as she missed and missed again and again ,closer to the hedge but at the fence she connected..all the training comes in now will she bring it back ..eventually she did in a fashion ..i didnt care i went home 10 foot tall.she went on to catch many on the lamp.the first 2 hares she saw she caught,she made everything look easy. i was invited by her breeder to run in a seven dog memorial trophy.she was just 14 months old .it was in memory of her son that had had a tragic accident.it was an honour to be invited ...competion rules 100 yrd slips..every one got out of the van ,,impressive saluki crosses all rugged up.my dog looked abit out of place ..so what it was great just being there ...it was her first slip and the slipper moved ahead of the line and a hare got up ..i waited for him to slip 100 yrds is a long way .she was away all over it and snapped it up ...i was that pleased her 1st daytime hare ,she had only run one other in the day...she never let me down.never got injured,from strength to strength.i caught my first deer with her..thanks ptb, carrying on to catch 4 different species.great times we had togethernot oly just her with other people we met abnd huntede with ,we made a great team.gentle and quiet at home ,playing with the kids every day to demon in the field,whether it was flushing and retrieving shot game to lamping bigger stuff.she loved it and gave 110% every time.until that fatful day when she was slipped on the last hare ,..she ran it to the top of a brow and pulled it ..i knew something was wrong...she never pulled up.i got to her she had broken her back leg.she went to the vets for x rays but was no good.thanks rob for supporting me on that last day i needed a shoulder to cry on

many years ago i lost a dog in an accident ,i said i would never let another dog into my heart,but lil being the typical female thast she was wormed her way in and now she has broke it...r.i.p

 

looks like she was a cracker mate, my condolences

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just in from lamping had a good night got 6,new bitch got 3,remus got 2 and the other was caught out of the lamp dont know what got that 1.here's some pics will put some more up later.

 

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Must have been a crackin nights sport, great pictures, any action shots?

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Lightforce with out a doubt, I have a resistor fitted to mine which is handy when you need it a bit dim

 

 

 

 

 

 

The resistor is supplied by Lightforce and is the dogs knob

 

It is run with a 17amp batt, tried the smaller ones and they ran out too quick

What sort of life is in those batterys then? and how much cash?

Ive got a lazerlite, its cheap and cheerfull!

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thats a nice looking dog. ever pulled hare?

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both [bANNED TEXT] great to hear people are getting out there. i mainly do ferreting i do a bit of lamping with my mate (i havent got a dog) we go out once a week.

happy hunting

What part of the U.K you from then buddy?

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give up askin long time ago but it shows they aint all arseoles the best of luck

Mate, i live for lamping, and geuss what? Im a farmer, we aint all bad!

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Just ferreting [bANNED TEXT], got a 10 mth old lurcher pup, but just get into that game [bANNED TEXT]. always worked terriers but thought I'd try something different. She's coming on steadily. I'm letting her take her time, I dont want to ruin her.

Ive always been into running dogs, mostly lamping but with ferrets as well but ive got 10 month old patteredale with a bit of border in her, so were pretty much in the same boat!

 

hello do u do lamping as well as ferreting

I get the ferrets out when i can, but lamping is pretty much my full(night)time job!

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the only thing you need to wonder is did they get worked? if they didnt then i'd forget about them and look at real working line dogs

 

Im not going to get into an arguement if it degenerates i wont reply but I have 1 of the new lines which contain 50% Plummer lines and I have seen its parents work to an extremely High Standard shes 20 months old and Im more than pleased, she marks and hunts up is becoming a decent lamp dog she will never be an out and out hare killer but i didnt get her for that. She recently took her first red rabbit doubled up. Im happy.

 

Thats a fine looking dog, powerfull back end and alert with it.

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You a lurcherman or just a ferret fan then?

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;)Hunt in Cornwall, got a collie/greyhound, a saluki/greyhound, a patterdale and a couple of ferrets