Born Hunter
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A few years ago when i was a kennel hand there was a little black bitch of the trainers called 'ciaras starlight', she couldnt have been more than 23" tts but had the heart of a dog twice her size. I would love a pure grey like her to bring on as i would a lurcher, one day maybe...
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Hell of an attitude youve got, atb with the fight
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oh to have open warrens...... 90% of my warrens are under blackthorn, hawthorn and bramble
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what do you carry when out walking??
Born Hunter replied to stiggy's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
A decent stick and a knife. The more shit i take the more i end up wishing i had left it at home -
OK well done usually good rabbit holding land the landowners will have someone willing to take over when there's rabbits wanting controling especially in your area Y.I.S Leeview In my experience there are very few genuine men about who the land owners trust these days, in many cases landowners or particularly keepers would rather deal with the problem themselves with a rimmy than let someone they arnt sure of on their land. Not always the case mind you, I also know a few landowners that litteraly let anyone who turns up on!!!
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alright, but seeing as i was the only one that said how many commands i use i naturally assumed your post was aimed at me. Now i understand the context i completely agree with you. Happy?
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Im not talking about working the dog with the whistle on the lamp, that would be daft. Im talking about day time, its usefull to be able to turn your dog when its hunting about. But thats just my way, im far from an 'expert'.
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3 pips for a 'recall' and 1 pip for 'turn'. the turn whistle command is a new one and one im still working on, coming on steady though. They're not spaniels so obviously have their limitations but non the less more than capable.
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Im going to throw a question to you all now... Do you think the standard of working ferret would be alot higher if more people worked rats with their ferrets? I couldnt give a f**k what people think about weather or not its cruel to use a ferret for ratting, just weather this would improve the quality of working ferrets? When a ferret is entered to rat it really sorts the wheat from the chaff! Ill admit non of mine will work rat other than possibly my hob but he hasnt been given a fair chance to be honest, certainly not seasons of work. I would travel a hell of a distance for a couple
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IMO the problem lies with people breeding from ferrets just because they bolt rabbits, they think that that constitutes work. No thought goes into the breeding and standards arnt high enough. Owners remember the few times they have dug to their 'best' ferret hard at a bottled up rabbit and forget all the times that same ferret had a rabbit bottled up and gave up on it. Or the ferrets that are aparantly good workers but never worked alone to prove what they are capable of. I dont care about how fast a ferret can kill a rabbit or wheather it bolted a mink once last year! Just give me a hones
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How? There are currently a few very convienient 'loopholes', the police know this, the courts know this, the antis know this and we know this, if the act was reviewed do you honestly think that these loopholes would be left so as us naughty dog lads can abuse them still?
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seems to be alot of people running saluki/bull xghd
Born Hunter replied to a topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Getting this thread back on track! I would suggest this particular cross works well because the bull cross makes up for where the saluki cross lacks and vise versa, crossing 2 very different specialists. If the 'mixing pot' is stirred right it produces dogs that lack in very little. But as with all breeding it matters ALOT on the strengths of the parents as individuals. -
"review the Hunting Act" those words are making me nervous already...
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A friend of mine has a bitch that aparantly has glen of imal in the breeding. deerhound/greyhound/glen is the way the dogs bred, supposedly... The dog came from notts, dunno if anyone can elaborate...
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At last somebody talking some sense!
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Now that really put a smile to my face! A very moving video. cheers Callum That was my first reaction!! Tom Mine too, who ever that little lads parents are should be very proud to be raising a kid with such a good attitude.
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I would imagine alot of damage could be done with a decent multi shot air rifle and a NV sight...
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If i was after an 'out n out' rabbiting dog, i wouldnt be looking much further than these.
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any pics of wheaton crosses..?
Born Hunter replied to jackson2kaii8's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
1/4 wheaton. About 11 months old in these pics -
bloody talented! thats the sort of art i like
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cracker mushroom! turn the screen upside down and ya really cant tell the difference, lol
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On paper yeh, in reality no. Remember each parent only passes on half their genetics, so in theory they could both pass on the greyhound halfs or the saluki halfs and end up with a very heavily saturated greyhound or saluki pup that on paper is still a 50/50 sal/grey.
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Crackers! Love the coat on your big dog. Not long now untill both ours will be getting their first taste of proper graft...
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I wonder if its because people either want bull crosses or wheaton crosses? Too snobby to accept a cross of the 2 types! If i was after such a lurcher currently, i would jump at the chance, especially having the reasurance of knowing its a reeat breeding, so i could see/hear how the previous pups are going.
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Same shit, different day... Untill the hunting world unites i dont beleive theres feck all we can do. So ill carry on with my business and so will everyone else while the silly little bunny huggers worry themselves stupid over what they think we all might or might not be doing. Keep ya heads down, be sensible and use whats between ya ears...