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  1. littlefish
    Nice healthy looking birds there. Sounds like they have a great natural existence picking round the orchards. Do you have to lock them in at night to keep them safe? You mention that you got the male birds ready for the table - is the male and female birds similar in size and do they taste the same if slaughered at the same age?
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    Sorry, I don't know how to make a link but if you google wormers.co.uk you should be able to see it. The more you buy, the cheanper it works out. They usually arrive within 24 hours too, good service. Hope this helps.
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    Sure, I was just giving The Keeper a rough guide to the price, suggesting that Drontal Plus, which i think is a good wormer, is easy enough to get hold of at a reasonable price. I picked up my latest batch on special offer whilst visitin Crufts, where it was on special offer - I bought enough to keep mine free of wriggly things for a right while.
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    Do you have objections to using worming drugs or just find it inconvenient/expensive going to the vets? I use Drontal Plus, I order it from Wormers.uk costs about £1.50 per tablet. I don't know how much the vet charges per tablet as I always buy it via the internet. Has anyone ever bought it from a vet and how much does it cost per tablet?
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    Just being seasonal.............look at the packaging on Easter eggs: CARDBOARD BOX PLASTIC AROUND THE EGG TINFOIL AROUND EGG PLASTIC BAG AROUND SWEETS INSIDE EGG Anways...............enjoy your Easter eggs everyone, I certainly will!
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    I thought they were two great 'Norn Iron' films! Mighty Celt is a real heartbreaker!
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    Regarding the posts about you getting this dog home very quickly from the rescue centre.....maybe after meeting you at the show, the people who run it saw it as a chance for this dog to get taken on by people who were genuinely interested in taking on such a big 'specialist' type dog. I have been to dog rescue centres where there were loads of big crossbreed type dogs, for them the future looked pretty bleak, obviously not the obvious candidates for rehoming as pets in typical small family houses, where small dogs would probably be easier managed. Good luck - hope you have lots of sport
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    Good luck for giving him a chance. Obviously (looking at your bitch) you are familiar with handling big dogs - she looks a right bruiser. Hope it all works out.
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    Was out walking along a stretch of canal during the week. The plastic bags were adorning the bare hedgerows and trees......the ducks and water hens were swimming throught the plastic bottles, beer tins and crisp packets floating on the water...... the dogs were investigating the abandoned sofas and fridges in the ditches..........how picturesque! (and the tow path was covered in dog shit as well). Makes me wonder what a bunch of ill reared dirty bolloxes live aroung the place. The thing that really gets me is that all you have to do around here is phone the council and they will send two
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    John Connolly's series with Charlie parker as the hero was engossing - i hope he writes another soon but in the meantime i am reading the autobiography of Mottley Crue.......blimey!
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    [size="4"]If you want show fine, but Workers are a different animal, these have been tested in the earth not on a bench![/size] Well said. Regarding the show types, i'm sure they may well catch the occasional squirrel or possum but surely any dog, whether it be a kennel club King Charles Spaniel or Shi tzu might try to do that, dogs being dogs, and dogs chase small animals, birds, cats etc and bark to let warn if a stranger approches their territory - that is natural dog behaviour and i'd be surprised if a dog (of any type) didn't do that. BUT A workers priority is to be a worker,
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    Please learn to recognise genius when you see/hear it! The man is a genius (well, apart from marrying what he is now trying to divorce - to his COST) No, seriously, I'm a big fan.
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    Hope your pup gets better soon. Antibiotics can upset the system for a bit. What is your pups typical daily diet? When my bitch was a pup she often had the scoots - experience showed that she was intolerant to milk and wheat type cereals - she still is, i can't supplement her diet with these even now or it's back to the same old runny stuff - complete with blood - yuk!. i cut them out and she started to do solid waste and put on a bit of condition. I may be worth feeding her a bland, consistent diet, especially without the milk?
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    I started my dogs on oil of evening primrose (from Holland & Barrett) about six weeks ago. One of them has sensitive skin that 'flares up' maybe twice a year, it goes weepy and bald and then crusty before healing up again. Since starting on the evening primrose oil their coats are already smoother and they are definitely shedding less, so I think it is working well from the inside and i will keep giving it to them. It might be worth a try with that dog. I'm usually very sceptical about alternative stuff like homeopathy and one time the vet gave me a skin wash and stated that GLOVES MUS
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    It's good to get out and about with your dog, good craic meeting up with others etc. but remember it's still a pup with a lot more physical maturing to do - go out and have fun but remember those little bones and joints are still developing - have fun but don't ask too much too soon by doing too much jumping etc. You could check out your local dog training club for help, they should have all the gear and help you to use it safely. Enjoy
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    Good luck with your new (or should I say recycled) chickens! How may eggs would you expect a ckicken to lay? Do they lay one every day? Do they make much noise? I have head a rooster making noise but are the hens usually quieter?
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    "Ive heard muzzle the 2 dogs and leave them together. If/when they fight they cant injure each other. One will come out on top and settle pecking order then should be ok. " I would not risk doing this - the minute you leave them unmuzzled and turn your back they are likely to be at it again, perphaps with disasterous consequences. I think some dogs(and bitches) just do not get along and the least stressful option for all involved, if you cannot keep them separately kenneled and under close supervision, is to get rid of one. .....a tough choice
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    "Say what you mean and mean what you say." ALSO "If you think that it is good enough for you, then it is".
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    Maybe he should try tormenting a Rottie - that i'd like to see........
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    What sort of orange did you use little lloyd? Was it out of a carton or squeezed freshly from a real orange? I'm starting to get visions of it now....perhaps gently warmed with a clove..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
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    I had one of my terriers dew claws removed by the vet because he kept damaging them (each one of them about twice every year)and it caused him grief while they hardened up and grew back. Now when i say his dew claws were removed, the whole 'thumb' digit was removed right from the joint, not just the growing nail. He was right as rain in about 7-10 days. His nails got injured no matter how short i clipped them - and hell, was that a stressful activity for him and me! The bitch has never had problems with hers and i don't even clip them. I guess at the saying goes - they are all indivi
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    it has to be spring time for me....lighter evenings, hedgerows starting to green up again and the smell of the ground and growing grass when the sun shines on it...........lovely!
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    WELL.............what were they like?
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    I have used citronella spray collars but they only activate when the dog actually barks sharply, not whines. My dog whines when shut in the kitchen loose at night, but when he is shut in his cage in the kitchen he is quiet. I cover the cage with a blanket and he loves it, it is only a small cage but sometimes the three of them (terriers) are all sqeezed into it together, they choose to do this themselves - they seem to feel secure and hidden away in it.,
  25. littlefish
    DS- for taking on a dog like that you must have a heart of gold and balls and nerves of steel! Your'e a brave one!
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