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It wouldn't surprise me as the rat is an amazing predator. I once had one take 16 canaries in a flight (not cages) on me. IMO if a rat was to catch goldfish there's either two rats working together or the rat is nailing the fish at one point in the pond when they come up for air(as goldfish do ). Either way it's hard work on the rats part so an easier meal in a trap should make them easy to trap, in theory anyways.
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Yes but a poker cut to 8 or 9 inches is the same as any pin. The corkscrew is a great job for holding a terrier or two but I find with them in walking to earths they get tangled in clothing, bushes and wire. That's just my opinion. Yes a terrier will pull up a tether in peat. To me the secret is to find good ground to tether your terrier or terriers in so they don't get loose. Someone said they don't tether terriers at all but leave them in the box. But most lads over here park their vehicle up and set of walking so you have to bring the terriers you want to work, so some will be tethered.
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At the moment I'd say EELV is the least of the French government's problems. I hope those problems get sorted.
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Believe it or not but nearly every cottage in Ireland sits on 1 acre of land. The reason being that Eire's first president Eamonn DeValera (or Dev to his buddies) demanded this saying that 1 acre was enough to keep the average family in spuds and rear a cow every year. And in those days the average Catholic family was over 50 children, LOL.
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Fair play Great White, it's a long trip to make to show sport but I'm sure it's worth it.
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Believe it or not when I was young I seen a chap (considered himself one of the greats) stick a collar on a wheaten and let it go to ground. I thought there's something funny about this but we did have to dig to the dog. We had no choice, it got stuck,LOL.
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Of the three lines you mentioned two are more of less the same with one of them more or less gone since '86 but there would be the same blood in several kennels but can it be called after the man if he's deceased since '86. The other name you mention never had a line of wheaten and like a lot of people churned them out for a few £££££££s.
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I hate those corkscrews, they tangle in everything. I just buy a cheap poker in any hardwear shop and cut a couple of inches of it so it's not pointed (in case you tripped going through a ditch) . The important thing is the ground you peg them in. A small terrier would pull up a corkscrew in peat but a small pin would hold a couple of fells all day if in good solid ground. Just check them every so often while digging.
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I wouldn't have put a picture up but now that you have ask anyone who comes to collect them to bring some photos of them from before. Well done for minding them.
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Or 9 months for some of my neighbours.
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There was 18,000 on that march. Numbers like that usually get politicians sitting up and having a look.
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Great White, after being down there last year are you sure those decent folk in Limerick will have you mad lads back ? LOL.
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Electric Dog Training Collars.
neil cooney replied to whipbed's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
How come dozens of huntsmen ,if not 100s, don't use them. Just my opinion but if someone is bringing hounds out into country that need e-collars on them then they should not be out in the first place. The huntsmen that is. You say you can use them from half a mile if the hound is doing something wrong ? What if that hound's behind a hedge or in covert killing a sheep etc. etc. How do you know if the hounds wrong or rioting ? Do you leave it or take a chance and press the button ? Your advice is some of the worst I've ever heard regarding hounds and it's a pity there's people like that i -
Sorry, just to add. Your terrier will get an infection from a rat bite but Lepto from their urine. So in a rat hunt your terrier is more likely to get a bad infection from a rat bite . They'll pick up lepto at any time in their lives if not properly inoculated.
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We used to rat hunt on a dump and knew before each hunt that we were sure of catching rats and there was also the sharp edged rubbish to deal with. So we used to give every terrier a shot of penicillin before hunting because one way or the other they were going to get a cut that would probably get infected.. It was usually 100 + and in the Summer time which didn't inflict on digging. But if your sure your terriers are going to get a nip of a few rats then have the penicillin ready.
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Saluki I know exactly what you mean and know of several stories. I also know of several stories from the other side of the fence. It's a pity as IMO there's room for everyone, if everyone plays ball that is. Unlike most I've seen both sides of the argument so I know what I'm taking about. To me there's nothing more natural than watching a healthy, fit running dog coursing a hare on the hares terms. Whether that's at an organised meet or a lad out for a stroll on a Sunday morning I don't care. As long as fair play is shown to the hare and well done to any man who can get a dog fit enou
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I would think there's a hell of a lot of artistic license being used in the writing of that article. But, in saying that, there's are a few breeds after coming over from the continent in the last few years that are quiet aggressive I hope a hunter is never killed or gored by one because it would mean a lot of farmers closing up their land..
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Aw, your joking Rob, you idiot. You'd have got 2 grand off the Yanks if you stuck a fancy story and pedigree on it. Only joking, fair play, when you've given it every chance, never asked too much of a youngster and been patient as you have then you can, with full honesty tell yourself it wasn't you. The youngster just wasn't up to it and that happens no matter how well they're bred. When it happens me I start to look forward to rearing and bringing on the next one. To me, entering pups is what it's all about. I love it.
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I have never seen a bird of prey feeding on a road kill, that's a fact. The only time I've ever seen a bird of prey on a road was sparrowhawks who actually made their kill there and they then fly off with the still live prey. If buzzards lived on road kills you'd see dead buzzards on roads too now and again. Anyway, here road kills don't last long with the grey crows.
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Stolen American Gamefowl! Large Cash Reward! Mr Jack Price
neil cooney replied to Keeper eley's topic in Fowl & Feather Talk
Sorry to hear that. A friend got some fowl of Mr Price a few years ago and said he was an absolute gentleman. Nicest gingers I ever seen. Hope he gets his fowl back and justice. -
The wildlife ranger does be there when the hares are released back and they don't take messing. The rangers would just love to find an excuse to take a clubs license away. Also, you'll find that most clubs have their old reliable beats that they use year after year for netting hares for their meets and the work it takes to provide hares for an annual meet really has to be experienced to appreciate it. So it's in the clubs interest to ensure that the hares are put back where they came from. Hares used to be tagged to ensure that the same hares went back to where they were caught but now you
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Smithfield because that's probably where they were droving too. Two of my fathers uncles were cattle dealers who'd drive cattle on the road from 40 or 50 miles away to the port in Dublin and they used a collie crossed with a labrador , the lab giving strength to turn 3 or 4 year old cattle. Drovers used all sorts.
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A Paddy, a Jock and a Taff walk in to a bar. The bar man ( a Paki ) says "Is this some sort of joke ? "
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Tiercel, we're not talking about a balanced natural eco-system here. We're talking about an over abundance of predators who are top of the pyramid. I don't know one single shooter, hunter or countryman who wouldn't get satisfaction from seeing the odd buzzard etc. but when you see half a dozen in a days rough shooting (as I do ) you don't need to be Mr Attenborough to know an un healthy predator population when you see one. Something has to give. As a matter of fact IMO the Sparrowhawk and Kestrel populations are even suffering.
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Shoots are very rare here in Ireland and feeding stations are non exsistant in my part of the world and with feeding stations you'd see more than a couple of birds. As for that pigeon I'd say it was a Sparrowhawk. They often come from underneath and strike. That pigeon got away before the hawk got it to the ground and put it on it's back to pluck and eat it. JMHO.
