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  4. Lamping Gear

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    Clulite clu briter...is that the hand held led that comes in blue or green? If so I've had one, I found the beam range quite good, but too narrow personally for me, seems well made. Handy little lamp though, although there are better led torches out there.

  5. Fluxating Patella Advice Please

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    Had two dogs with this. Both jack russell terriers which can be prone to it. My first was only young and she had it pinned, never affected her work. My current bitch started with it at ten years of age. She'd do the usual hobble, but also her back leg would give way every now and again. The vet gave her tablets but there was no great improvement, he was considering operating, but I wanted to give her rest ( unless completely necessary I don't like to have them operated on when they're fairly old).... Anyway she had plenty of rest and she's much better, still hobbles occasionally, but no leg giving way.

     

    On the other hand my mothers jack russell has always hobbled through its life with it, but it hasn't affected the dog. Strangely always been the back right legs.

  7. Lamp

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    Ultrafire 1600lm cree zoomable. About 20 quid with charger + batteries

    Have you got a link for that please Conner? I wouldn't mind one meself.
    I can't get a link as I use the app, but it's sold by 'bgood2010' £7.99 for the torch. 5 modes and small, the larger non zoomable ones light up the whole field.

    And the battery charger are about £14 with 4 18650 batteries. Can't remember where I got mine just make sure it's a uk seller cos there's loads of fake shite from china

    edited to add- hold the switch down for 5seconds to keep it on the same mode

    Be careful with them batteries......if there cheap ones and it's a none too good charger it can be a deadly combination, especially if the torch uses 2 batteries, if it only uses one battery less chance of an explosion, but if it's only one battery it'll be no where near 1600 lumens..... It's a sales ploy.

  8. Single Dog Bushing

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    What about the bull whippet or beddy whippet type lurchers as bushing dogs? Any experience with these?

    There lurchers to me...and not bushing dogs, more jack of all........if your lucky would make a poor bushing dog compared to a proper bushing type dog, not saying you wouldn't have dome good sport.

     

    Didn't you have a young jack russell not long back ........ Or was that someone else?

    If so how's it doing?

  9. Single Dog Bushing

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    My little jack russell catches the most out of all my dogs.....she's small and slow. If I was to say which dog would be the most suited as a single bushing catch dog....a good old fashioned jack russell.... Not from hardcore earth stock though. Not without their faults though. I don't particularly class whirriers as bushing dogs.

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  11. Purpose Bred Bushers V Terriers

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    Some of the bushers ive been out with are little farm yard bred jack russells of no particular breeding. The type you pick up on done deal. They are so far removed from anything thats seen ground work that the ones ive been out with usually dont drop to ground ( if they do you could call them out) arnt as indapendently minded as an earth dog so stick close when working, which suits me, and are yappy little fuckers by nature so will open up when up on a rabbit or fox in cover and are small enough to move through the tightest of brambles using the same runs as the rabbits use with relative ease. Im a believer in purpose bred dogs so it has taken me a while to swallow my pride and just admit some of the best days ive had out mooching with running dogs is when ive been out with lads with the little white yappers . Of course they are never going to have the same nose or stamina as a hound/spaniel or cocker but having said that, the ones i go out with dont miss much, they always let the running dogs know when their on and ive yet to see them ease off the work even after a few hours of hard cover. Im not saying every one should start scouring the pages of d deal for scrap being bred for the sake of being bred but i have to say it as ive seen it

    That's exactly the type of jack Russell's I've worked....I call them lap dog jack Russell's........made for bushing

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  12. Purpose Bred Bushers V Terriers

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    Just curious......when they still have terrier in the breeding do you find that they may still go to ground at all? Or do you use terriers in the breeding that aren't too driven in that direction.

     

    Also, when you breed say spaniel to terrier first cross does anyone favour any particular terrier breed or spaniel breed or do you just tend to go for a dog that's doing the job?

  16. My New 'plummer' Terrier

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    Just thought I'd post an update. My misses slowed me down saying I am expectin too much from a 6 month old pup.

    But she caught her first rabbit, no great story of over-achievement for her age. Just a hamster sized one that squatted rather than ran. Retrieving is good to fair. Though I guess it isn't my main aim with her.

    Just had mooch with her on some land riddled with rabbits that aren't hunted and she made me smile diving through nettles and grass after them. She hasn't got the blind drive of my mates patts. But I think I can make something of her.

    Just over 14" and 6.5kg at nearly 7 months.20140618_122715_zpscgf2utiy.jpg

    Last thing I personally want is too much drive in my bushing dogs...drives me mad.....lovely looking bitch.
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  17. Muscle Injury Do They Fully Recover?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    I was giving my 11 month old springer/ lurcher lots of good walks every day, on the only day I didn't take her out I came back and she was limping......I was clueless, checked pads felt legs etc, she showed no signs of pain. Anyway she's been back and forth to the vets for the last 5 weeks, advised it was her shoulder and advised total rest at first, eventually she started putting more weight on it....I was advised little walks and to build these up, little and often. She was given sort of the all clear last Saturday. I'm still working on her, she's been off the lead for 5 -10 minutes a few times,but at the moment no more than that because when she's off the lead she doesn't stop so I'm very cautious. Seems to be some good advice on this thread.

     

    And once again thanks Oddser.

  21. F.a.o Jigsaw: Noggin The Kelpie

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    Neal.....how vocal do you find the breed at home. I've always liked the look of them, but this old lady in the woods used to take her sons kelpie and collie out with her spaniel, it was a stunning looking dog and racy with it too, but by christ it never stopped barking.....something I have to be mindful of with neighbours.

     

    I spoke to her son about the kelpie asking how it compared to his border collie as they did agility comps etc with them, he said the collie was brilliant, always waiting on commands, whereas the kelpie was more wanting to get on with it rather than waiting on his owners commands as much....which I think would be quite useful.

  24. The Border Collie

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted · Edited by wuyang

    Interesting thread guys.

    Wuyang... are you the guy with the spaniel x greyhound? If so, how's it coming on?

    Hi Mustelid, been doing great ( bloke said it was a greyhound, but in the real world a big smooth haired lurcher), very clever bitch and covers a lot of ground which I wanted, also does a lot of air scenting. Just been slowly bringing her along as a mooching dog. Unfortunately she's been lame on her front right, holding her paw up....stranglely on the only day I didn't get to take her out. Vet said its a shoulder injury, I've been resting her the last two weeks and now she's not showing any signs of limping, so just slow short walks at the moment, keeping my fingers crossed.

     

    The only other problem is she's stuffing with her tail end bleeding a lot, been advised by the vet if it's no better she may have to have it amputated to a 3rd of the length. Not ideal, but if it's in her health's interest then it'll have to be done.

    She's more of a grafter than an out and out sprinter, but she's certainly not slow. Looking foward to next season with her.

     

    I posted a few pics etc on the bushing section, page 2 or 3, clouds n silver linings by arctic gun.

    Cheers wuyang

  25. The Border Collie

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    Russboy, as Neal has said. On the lamp they used to catch the up and down the hedgerow rabbit and squatter. Quick to learn ferreting and almost some how knew to tip toe around catching most within yards of the net.....if not in most cases would escape.

     

    Both of mine were a pleasure to work, both having different strengths. The smaller bitch had what I would call good field craft and was a joy to watch work. She would work any cover and was very agile....also a very jealous bitch.....she would hunt for a scent regardless of how little scent was about.

     

    The male would lamp well and could last well, he learned to some how throw the rabbit away from cover....or that's what it looked like..... In the day time if there wasn't much scent about he would not be too bothered about hunting and find a stone to play with, but if ferreting would concentrate on it all day long.....they have so much to give and it makes catching a rabbit a worth while challenge.

     

    My finely tuned little lurcher has all on to match some rabbits around here (speed wise)...never mind a border collie.

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