Ratreeper
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personally I don't think it matters how many generations you breed a working running dog to another, or how many breeds are involved in the recent bloodline I would still call it a lurcher. I haven't really thought about the pedantics of the word, I just think of a lurcher as any working dog that was bred to chase down game. If others think it is a mongrel then I would be proud to own a mongrel.
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I don't usually make a habit of taking photos of dead animals, but this one has really confused me. I can't make heads or tails of how the clustercuss this muntjack got like this. This was in a nature reserve, was fairly high off the ground and there were no other remains nearby at all so I am stumped, any ideas? Is it possible it jumped and got trapped by the leg? It must have been there for a long time, let me know if anyone wants a muntjack skull and I will go back in a few weeks when its clean
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my chocolate bar melted
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I see lots of buzzards and redkites, but I don't see any reason for them to be controlled. Sorry but protecting game birds is a piss poor excuse in my opinion and shows a lack of understanding of how predator population and distributions work. It isn't like taking out a problem fox that learns where a chicken coop is, any buzzard might take a young pheasant if it gets the opportunity but I would wager it is infinitesimal compared to the numbers killed by cars and if you release birds into the countrside you have to expect to lose a lot of them, that is just common sense. I would understand if
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I go for the long game personally because killing a bunny is cruel. I prefer to break their moral, cripple their self-esteem and leave them the materials to take their own lives in a humane way. A catalyst would be to try and convert them to a cult, which is also convenient for mass genocide but this is strictly for pest control purposes. A quicker method is to just shout BOO! but I consider this murder.
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Dont think you even need to be famous............... mothercussing true, but my low profile means my victims don't notice me following them about so they don't know they should hate me yet so I feel like I am dancing on the wind when posh wanking in the bushes
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Personally I would rather have a mongrel than many of the 'purebred' types only bred for looks. As a pet, a cross is a perfect companion and I would wager would live a longer and healthier life than many. But I think you are referring to the fashion crosses like a 'cockapoo' which I agree is annoying, but I don't blame the dog and I don't think it is destined to be a bad dog just because it was bred for idiots. The best ratting dog I have seen was an accidental JRT x Collie, one of the best gun dogs was a GSP x springer and I don't even know what the best lurcher I saw was and all of these do
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Interesting Hare experience. Feel free to add yours.
Ratreeper replied to tegater's topic in General Talk
Never had a hare sniff me, but I have stood on them before because I am a great hunter and keep my eyes open but I love going to a wood near me and I swear that a local muntjack there recognises me. Or so it seems anyway because it was predicatably skittish on my first visits, but then it would hang around longer and longer to the point that it would stand still with me about 20 feet away. Now it barely seems cautious and carries on eating leaves and if I sit still it will walk right up to me, not really as impressive as the hare but it is strange for me because I am not accustomed to seeing -
f*****g hell, that takes confidence and a LOT of boredom. I wonder what you need to experience before the only way you can have fun with your mates is to take huge risks? Sounds like a fun life top be fair, makes me feel like a pussy.
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I love cider, usually drink normal stuff like Magners but I do love testing all the ones I don't know. I love the dangerous stuff that tastes like apple juice so you drink 5-6 fast and then it feels like you just got punched in the jaw, you don't get knocked out but as far as memory goes you might as well have been. I think I have had good times on it
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Since I always make devil's advocate comments to make people like me, I think it is funny how many people say something along the lines of 'I bumped into Elvis whilst he was tapping a lass, so I asked for his autograph and he said he was busy...WHAT A c**t!' I am glad I will never be famous because everyone would hate me very quickly
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1 year in prison, when you get the death penalty for selling weed?
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Any explanation to why you are posting this jibberish? It doesn't really fit in with my faith in the giant spaghetti monster, please stop blaspheming against the one true God!
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If it really is the size of a GSD then that would be a FOOKIN MASSIVE fox......3 or 4 times the size of the biggest fox ever caught??? What's the betting it's just a normal sized fox and someone's got a little bit carried away in the heat of the moment like the old saying millions of cats on our back garden last night, well hundreds, well there was ours and the cat from next door exactly!! basically, it's listen to the story and divide everything by 10 with some people. my dad is the worlds worst for it.....apparently he was walking across a car park with his dogs the other da
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What if it was someone's yorkie using the shared garden, would that be any different? From the sound sounds of it both the cat and the dogs had equal rights to use the garden, but neither were kept under control. So since it was shared, I would guess that the dog owner would get the blame for having a dangerous dog but nothing serious. It's very unfair, but I get the impression that the law is bias towards the cat owner when there is a gray area like this. But hopefully the owner will be reasonable and understand it was an accident. Personally I would be more annoyed that the dogs were able to
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Bet you were hunting in the grounds of the playboy mansion, (lucky f***er!) You don't get invited back after you catch one and don't let it go again, picky fuckers.
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Here's another, am I the only one who never wondered if dogs close their eyes underwater? I assumed they blinked when they smashed their heads in to avoid hurting their eyes but apparently not
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My mrs got emailed these photos and I thought they were pretty funny too, there's loads more if you click the link or Google 'underwater dogs'. Please feel free to post any funny dog photos, there must loads of gems left people haven't seen yet http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2012/03/18/underwater-dogs/
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love the look of the beddy/whip...I have a novice question but how do you rate the difference in intelligence between them? Not really in terms of training but more hunting style and thinking for themselves.
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I have never heard of this pineapple idea, why does that work? I thought dogs ate poo if they were lacking something in their diet, or some just do it anyway and you can just let them know it's not a good idea in the latter example.
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I would just go with the innertube idea but I think covering the walls would be better long-term in case you forget about it or it drops off (or chewed off). But if you would like to pay for the privelage, you can buy covers online http://www.gundogsupply.com/lewis-dog-tail-protector.html which might suit lab too if you wanted to keep it on when working? (for the dog's tail)
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Had a few like that but they are rarer than the black bunnies which seem pretty commonplace (the first time I caught one I thought it must have been crossed with a domestic). I have never seen a white one, but did catch a beautiful looking blonde bunny once and it is the only one I have ever seen like it, I wish I had had a camera with me
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I have bought and sold a few things on this forum and others and never had any bother. Don't let a few dickheads ruin it, they get found out quick enough and from the sounds of it it's usually the same name(s) proving that it is the miniority of people who are scum, even on here
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Sounds very unlikely that this would happen, it is just too unlikely that everyone would turn a blind eye. If it was trully on the verge of catastrophe then the US wouldn't benefit from not making a fuss about it, nor would the global media all decide they best keep quiet. I think people overeact to anything nuclear because it sound scary, but remember we have already dropped over 2,000 nukes in tests and also remeber the only nation to ever use a nuke in anger is America, the world police. But either way there is f**k all we can do to stop an Earthquake so there is no point worrying about
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One day if you get the chance, buy a Phillie cheese steak sandwich from Philadelphia. It was the greasiest bugger I have ever eaten by bloody hell it was good...you might have a winner here if it passes the burger rule. Yes, it has passed well done steak sandwich is currently position #1
