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  1. bolio
    The pics of working types that I posted were all in Northern Ireland but I'm sure there are still some enthusiasts working away quietly in the Republic too.
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    I was waiting on that one,fair play to you. Unfortunately the old committee of the sporting Glenn club was not into using anything and wanted Glenns to travle through the shore with bends and corners, Just seeing who would travle and how fast the dog came out the other side.The committee has changed and at the next meeting I hope to put a few suggestions to them. They seem to be a bit more open to change.They mighten put a fox in a cage at the end of the shore, but maybe something scented like one at least. They deffo wont put a badger as its illegal. Im not too keen on a dog entering an empty
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    If it's a dog for the traditional work that wheatens have been employed at in Ireland I would avoid anything that looks like this show bred dog..... Here's a proper working type at a country show that I judged about 20 odd years ago.... And this was my winner at the same show.... This was my pals big wheaten dog that produced some outstanding foxing lurchers, sadly died a month ago...clipped for the summer.... Another shot of the type to avoid....Show breds....
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    When you say "shore work", was there any incentive at the end of the shore or were the dogs judged on their willingness to travel an empty pipe?
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    Over the years those of us who have enjoyed the hare hunting aspect of lurcher work above all others have been short changed when it comes to literature on the activity. The few books that touch on the subject usually concentrate on the competitive coursing that involves two pure bred hounds of whichever breed being slipped on a hare with the main objective of betting on which coloured flag will be raised by the judges arm, and has little to do with lurcher work. Other books in the past have used the same formula of a chapter on each breed of dog that has been used as a cross with the greyhoun
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    There's 22 pages of photo's of wheatens and or glens in my copy.
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    I rarely put a tape measure to a dog mate. All I want to know is.....is it the size to catch stuff. And thats the size she was, lucky enough!
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    There's more saluki in the type of dogs I've had since then but I regret never taking a litter from Fly. She snapped a ligament on the outside of a second toe in, on a hind foot and the vet couldn't cement it as the capsule was basically punctured with nothing to hold the cement in. After a lay off the skin had healed over and I gave her a few runs but inevitably the twisting turning resulted in the bone breaking through the skin again and it was back to square one. She did actually continue to kill hares but it wasn't fair on her to have her regularly laid up and I bit the bullet.
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    She was bred in England and I brought three of the litter over. That Fly bitch turned out the best of the three but none were ever run on the type of ground they were bred for....fenland. They killed all their hares in Ireland, North and South. She had her faults. Sometimes she would let out a yip or two on the first run of the day, but her main fault was that if you didn't get to her quickly, which is not often possible in small hedgey land, she would have begun to dine on her catch....beginning with the nose. several times I got to her with her hare eaten back to the ears and one boxing da
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    That's a pic to drool over Compostman, I look forward to more as the season progresses. Optimus you've travelled far and wide across these Islands this past two decades in your quest for knowledge. If you hadn't recently sent me this shot you took on one of your visits to me I'd have little else but memories of her.....thanks again.
  11. bolio
    A first cross bitch I was running in the early 90's by Deacon. Her name was Fly
  12. bolio
    First attempt with photobucket Optimus? Try copying the code from one pic at a time. I take it that pic is of the pup from Ozzie, which will have been the last one you copied from your album? Good luck.... it will all come together for you with practice.
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    Couldn't agree more hogdog! You wouldn't hear someone say "I don't feed broth because beef is better". Because you feed fish doesn't mean you can't also feed chicken, etc. And is a joiner using a power screw driver lazier than the one using elbow grease.....or just smarter? Below is a pic of two famous coursing bitches of the past, the one on the left never having been beaten in a match. Does anyone imagine these two had their free running curtailed because C.N. also used a mill? The one I was using before the ban knocked off after 30 minutes so you would rewind the clock at 25 minutes. My 3
  14. bolio
    Could that first pic be a Sumatran Tiger? Somalia is in Africa and tigers are only found in the wild in Asia.
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    Artist

    bolio replied to Gin's topic in General Talk

    The art world is crazy. Here is someone with real talent and yet other people get vast adulation and awards for things like a wrecked bed or a tent with the names of past lovers scrawled on it. There's another guy called Andrew Ellis, I think, who does unbelievable paintings on the theme of falconry. Brings the birds right out of the canvas at you. Yet the fame goes to the trendies.
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    Check out my review of this new gem in the review section
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    Tsk tsk Rab your granda would be ashamed of you......Greyhound! It's a generational thing I suppose
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    Two great bitches for sure. One difference between a match and a competition like the Forley is that you can spend all day looking for the "right" hare to slip on in a match, but in the Forley it's up to the designated Slipper to ensure the hare has the required law. The owner just has to grin and bear it if he gets a really long one like, for instance, Blondies fifth in millennium year. Great memories!
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    I always found greenies to be among the easiest of natives to breed, mind you I bred them in the aviary. Got rid a few years ago when work shifts changed but by this time of year I would have expected young up and out and the hens building a second nest. I wonder how the unusually long and cold winter has knocked them back this year....
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    Sorry folks, the most exotic feast upon which I have ever dined is Labia minor, made to make your mouth water...!
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    These are a bunch of the nicest pups I've ever seen Kye. Keep it going mate, you're living the dream mate.
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    She's a nicely balanced little bitch isn't she Brendy?
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    From this mating......
  24. bolio
    Endgame sent me some pix to my phone last night. They're looking real good Benny.
  25. bolio
    I think we can sort you one Dear Pal, with windmill lurchers on it to boot Hope all's well with you two.....
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