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  1. birddog
    got to be a treat, whether it's edible, vocal or play your going to need positive reinforcement, when the dog does good it gets good
  2. birddog
    smart pack mate, is the brindle winking at me?
  3. birddog
    i'm a fan of the collie cross and would recommend it but also consider the type of ground your hunting
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    really smart pup mate. i'm no expert on peddies but i think there may be something else in the mix but shouldn't matter it's a cracker, enjoy
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    spoke to cp about this the other day, it's hard not to have one, i raced them years ago with bob's (whip/grey) dad and going out with bob hunting with his hardbloods and my lurchers they are such smart wee things, once they're in the blood they're there for good i think. that wee pup is from good working lines i believe bob kens better he'll jump in with a bit of luck
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    I don't get what this has to do with THL, though ?? Cheers. cause the fat twat that runs the group on facebbook also has longdogs they show and race , and the theiving fooker that stole our money had the cheeky to ask her to remove my post off the group and she did. birddog great looking pup can't take the credit it's my mates wee peddy pup it's a cracker
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    i think moose is its name, smart wee thing keen and bold my pups doing ok hurt herself the other day chasing something she shouldn't have not lame now and i'm sure she'll learn the finer points of the law in time
  8. birddog
    it might be dude,,,as alot off things,,,i dont think as seen yer 1st post before edit to name ,,plls,,as that could be posted on other site its weird thing whippet types,,,some hunt ,,more dont,,,somtimes understanding that ,,,plls will upset ya ,,,on other forums,,,,but no need to post on here and naming as its a hunting site but as i hate the name ( non ped ) i hate that name given to what ur on about ive got one that breeding goes back 100years,,,he not a ( non ped ) he,s a sighthound to sighthound cross,,,which equals a other diffrent sighthound (lond dog ,,bwra/ nnwrf,hard
  9. birddog
    i'd go back to basics and 1 on 1 time
  10. birddog
    firstly welcome, my advice is take your time, be sure on what you want then wait on the right pup, many people are kinda anti hancock for whatever reason, i know guys that have been back two or three times for replacements when they retire their dogs, i've lived with mine for 4 yrs and i'd go back. give them a bell they always seem to have time for genuine callers Belled them today, had a chat, there's a litter available around mid march, so will wait to hear back around then well done mate, just out of interest how are they bred
  11. birddog
    sorry to hear that kev i'll phone later
  12. birddog
    wolf packs are uniform because the strongest best suited to survive their particular environment earn the right to breed and feed leaving the lower ranked members to get what they can where they can, in time these lower ranks breed with each other strengthening the docility with each generation. if the lower ranks are smaller or weaker this would also be magnified through this breeding so not spontaineously losing type but more diversifying to suit particular circumstances or surroundings. and no throw backs? check out the wolf like stance and prick ears thrown up by some strains of border col
  13. birddog
    aggressive? looked more nervous or timid to me
  14. birddog
    are or were wolves entirely global? is there not a theory some dogs come from wolves and others from wild dogs?
  15. birddog
    maybe its a long slow process and the rocks when they were originally carved were softer and through time have dried, aged and hardened
  16. birddog
    if i were early man i wouldn't fancy my chances of keeping a wolf pack at bay whilst i helped myself to their prize. for me it makes sense that the lower ranked more docile members of the pack that cleaned up the easy pickings from early man learned their offspring that docility around man was a good thing and that it was a long gradual proccess. my dogs lying here after their morning walk / hunt still warn me of strangers (the postie, the inlaws etc) whilst still remain docile and recognise the easy pickings to be had around my camp
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    perhaps it was the easy pickings around primitive man's camp that attracted the more docile wolf, perhaps with these hanging around the camp they gave primitive man some protection from other wild animals, maybe it wasn't a deliberate thing with either side dominating the other more of a humble beginning to a now long standing symbiotic relationship
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    did primitive man pick the docile wolf? or did the docile wolf pick man?
  19. birddog
    is there really such a thing as pure bred running dogs? deerhounds have beardie ancestors, whippets have terrier and greyhounds have bull for example
  20. birddog
    i think probably my best worker over the years was bitza to bitza and imo there seems to be more variation from pup to pup, i'm not talking about line bred stuff where i know its more reliable, on a 1st or 2nd cross i think you can be more sure of what your gonna get ie greyhound collie maybe the pups will vary a bit but they mostly all carry a bit of collie and a bit of greyhound. just my opinion
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    i think it was phil loyd in one of his books that says merle isn't always obvious it could be just one spot somewhere thats where the problem lies, the spot could be well hidden and no one knows that its merle
  22. birddog
    ive seen the bigger 'hardbloods' 35 or 40lbs giving a good hare fair law and not getting a turn just overpowering them with sheer explosive speed, they're not lurchers though but many lurchermen have used and are continuing to use the hardblood to improve their line
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    it has been done quite often in the past and some not all pups have been affected by problems like deafness and blindness and the seemingly unaffected pups whether displaying the colour or not can carry the gene. but imo this is one of the lesser evils in lurcher breeding, i could probably go into it with lots of breeds but i'll stick to my collie type favourites that iv'e got a wee bit knowledge of. border collies especially can be affected by a number of problems, they've had allsorts of eye troubles for decades sensible breeders and governing bodies have screened for many years and slowly t
  24. birddog
    the original pharaoh hound?
  25. birddog
    i can appreciate an owners pride when his dog can last for 5 or 6 min behind a strong hare, i also like a tight dog that pressurises the hare looking for a mistake but i also admire the traditional type collie curs approach using it's wits and inherited skills picking one out of it seat. the hares don't (sorry didn't pre ban) belong to any type of owner, hunter or dog i thinks its back to that old cheese its horses for courses
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