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One day whilst out on the big land with my mate Roly we spotted Alwyn and a couple of lads out on a field, we pulled up to watch and hadn"t been there long when a landrover pulled up, its occupents just sat watching so we suspected they were waiting for the boys in blue to arrive. The lads started running of the fen back to the car one of the lads was nearer to us so he came and jumped in with us, Alwyn came shooting down the road past us and we followed. As we drove down the road there was a police car coming towards us lights flashing the lot, he stopped in the middle of the road with his
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Had to laugh at this as over the years Alwyn coursed pretty much anywhere and everywhere so it would really have been difficult for him to fall out with someone for poaching his permission
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not seen that but he did own diesel so I"m guessing yes
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After a long illness Alwyn passed away yesterday, he leaves a wife,daughter,son in law and three grandsons. Alwyn I"m sure will be known to many coursing men as this was his great passion in life rip Alwyn
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Have you thought of getting the dogs on a good complete food, I"m sure that would be cheaper, I"ve got 4 here and it doesn"t cost me what your paying
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with regard to coursing under rules I would in many ways liken the dogs to racing dogs (some I"m sure will disagree lol) My logic behind this is that the scoring system to my understanding gave out the most points to the dog who came out 1st at the run up and then for turning or half turning the hare with the least points being awarded for a kill. This being the case you require a sprint dog (racer) who will excell in that 1st run up and consequently within the 1st 30 seconds to attempt to turn the hare to gain the maximum of points. This I feel would be the case with both greyhounds or wh
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What do you mean by pace..not a dig im just wondering.. as folk most certainly have different veiw's and idea's..my idea of pace is a dog running at speed but not putting everything into it..and running for a long period of time covering a lot of ground with each effortless stride...i have seen the odd grey with good pace and even a whippet x grey but never a pure whippet..as i think there back's and bodies are too small.. Hi, my idea of pace may be different to some others idea , but when watching Racing Whippets we talk of early pace; finishing pace, etc. So i would class "pace" as sp
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A good thread and as yet not ruined by the idiots-------lets hope
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Have you met the man, have you seen the dog sonny perform and has as been said if Mr Tony Dent rates the dog (and he"s seen him perform in the field) there must something about him
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how old dose my pup have to be to take him ferreting
rolysmate replied to lampingkid's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
My little bitch was out from 18 weeks ferreting they learn by experience, I like to take them with an experienced dog as they"ll follow him/her about learning without realising it. -
I"ve seen some very good dogs/bitches from 23" upwards that would take hares on both big land and smaller fields and most I have to say had some saluki in their make up but with a lot of them being lurcher to lurcher breeding
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lets see what ya dad was runing
rolysmate replied to the big chief's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Mostly my dad was running me and no way did I want him to catch me lol -
Try one of these mate I"ve used them for years, you"ll pick one up from most pet shops for a few quid
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what are you wanting to do with her?
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looking at bedlington whippet crosses you could be anywhere from 16" upwards, as has been suggested think about what your hunting and the type of hunting your going to be doing including terrain etc then look for a dog thats going to do it for you
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Some years ago there was a chap from Ilkeston ran a saluki x collie looked like a pure saluki but had the brains of the collie, though I saw the dog a time or two I never saw it run but was told it was tidy, he had it nicked and it vanished never to be seen again
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Sorry to hear that mate BUT at least you know and wont spend years wondering
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Nice one mate I think you did the right thing and you"ve probably made yourself a good friend there but best of all knowing what happened to the dog
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I don"t take the dogs with me and ask for a bit of ferreting permission, I tell them there"ll be me, my mate, ferrets and the little dogs, turning up with the dogs looking as though your expecting to go marching off straight across their fields can be a bit off putting.
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You aint wrong there, well done
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Lurcher missing possibly stolen in Teesside
rolysmate replied to Mr Hunter's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Hope you get him back mate, I"m a long way from you but will keep my eyes open -
do 2 liverets count as one full grown hare??
rolysmate replied to jimlampit's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Well if this isn"t a wind up we really do have a 1st class muppet!!! -
do 2 liverets count as one full grown hare??
rolysmate replied to jimlampit's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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There not out and out hare dogs but pre ban they where more than capable of taking them, it depended on the type of land you where running as to how successful they were but that can apply to lurchers as well. The little dogs suprised a lot of people but unless theres a repeal of the current hunting laws whats it matter