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  1. neil cooney
    That look more like a croc than a gator in the first clip.
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    Looks that way.
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    She's got balls, I'll give her that.
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    In the good ol' days we just let the briars do it.
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    Must be some big shows coming up, LOL.
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    JMHO but the dogs back in the late 70s, the 80s and the 90s that had big reputations (and rightly so) that were known as Irish Terrier crosses always had something else in the pedigree. Whether it was deerhound, foxhound or ,in the 90s, saluki they were still called Irish terrier crosses. In saying that there were a few dogs with nothing other than Irish terrier and greyhound in their breeding that were very good but they were a lot rarer than the other Irish terrier crosses that were scatter bred. IMO any one who'd think about putting an Irish terrier over a greyhound nowadays needs their
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    There's no doubt about it Spindolero some of the well bred strongdog crosses need to be very fit because the heart will want to go on when the body can't and IMO to have a dog with so much heart unfit is cruel. I can remember more than once having to put dogs in drinks or streams to save them because they've actually punished themselves more than the job in hand has.
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    Spindolero so do you think a bull cross would on average would have more wind than a Wheaton cross? i would say a well conditioned pure bull would have more wind than a fit pure wheaton - thats your starting point. the running dogs you choose to use them on will have an affect but i would say the right bull lines would have the edge that said there are so many poor bull x out there now its difficult to sort out what's what. I can only speak about these crosses from my own experience so I could be way off. Yes. the wheaten was bred to do 6 minutes whereas the bull terrier (not th
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    I agree. There's a lot of lads in Ireland prefare the wheaten over the bull and I wouldn't be surprised if the bull cross was more popular in Britain because of the amount of badly bred wheatens that were sent over there. Whereas the brits have always known what a good bull terrier is.
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    I just thought I'd bring this thread back up as it's very similar to the current thread on Families/LInes and inbreeding Vs linebreeding etc. There's some good points in it.
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    Did you tell the vet the reason for a vasectomy ? Unless they did tests what's to say the hob still wont get the jill pregnant ?
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    I'm sure you could get it mounted if cause of death is proven but a bitch in milk probably has a very bad pelt on her. Some of the taxidermists on here could give a better answer. Pity that as there's probably a litter of cubs out there starving. Did you open her up to see if they're still in her ?
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    Good to hear that Raymond. Brian is very much a supporter of the working dog and is very good. I wasn't sure if he still did a surgery on Tuesdays in Dublin but to hear he does a Saturday is great too. I often seen a que outside his surgery. For his Dublin surgery is he still on the North road ?
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    So they have that in common with our own hares. It's amazing how bold they can become at this time of year.
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    One of those moles has a tattoo saying JD. Must be a fan.
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    I don't know much about the Brown Hare but with the Irish you'll see them popping up in numbers where they haven't been all winter. They also become a lot tamer. Is the Brown the same ?
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    First thing this morning I watched 4 hares sitting together. Put's a man in a good mood to see that.
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    YES, one of the best.
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    I'm very surprised a vet said boredom as most vets would have put your dog on a very expensive course of medication. So maybe your vet is an honest one but IMO it's not boredom. It could be a few things and I've noticed signs of fleas early this year (I've also noticed slugs out early this year too, so be careful of lungworm) but it could be mites or something in the blood. But I wouldn't say it's boredom, most dogs would chew their kennels before they'd chew themselves out of boredom.
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    Mobile pens are a good idea but they must be very well made as a lot of moving can loosen up timber and joints etc. and eventually the pen will fall apart. Also, the fact that they just sit on the ground means that a fox would dig under them in a few minutes (especially on a nice soft lawn) so the area they're in needs to be fox prove. But they are good for keeping good healthy fowl.
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    I'm always suspicious of that question. If hares are a problem then they'll ask "how do I remove hares" but when the question is "how do i get a live hare" IMO the intentions are those of a cowboy. It's their breeding season so leave them be. JMHO but there isn't an animal living in our countryside that deserves more respect than old Puss.
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    Hope that fine whippets OK.
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    If you get some terriers from a mans breeding and after a generation or two they are still going strong then they are your line. IF, however they start to go wrong then they are the other mans line. Same goes when you use an outcross. If it clicks it's your breeding. If it doesn't it the the other blood that's shite.
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    Were a bully or was bullied, your grammer is much terrible ,LOL.You say I try to belittle people ? I don't resort to the name calling that you have towards Fireman. As for digging cubs ? You should educate yourself on the political side of fieldsports (IMO everyone should.) and you'd realise that the main reason in both Ireland and GB that terrier work is very much a legal activity is that there is no other legal and humane way to account for foxes both young and old in the breeding season (when fox problems are at a premium) other than terrier work. Simple as that. I visited a woman a fe
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    A happy ending, good stuff.
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