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I've seen the same said, about feeding every six hours. Well, i try to feed mine once a day, and they eat it all pretty much in one go (one rabbit it main court and a half in each of the other two runs), and they do have a short tract, as they shit it out pretty quick If i doubled their food, no doubt, they would eat that in a day as well. And in the past i have not fed them for a day a number of times, and although very much ready to eat the next day, their health does not seem comprimised. How many wild mustalids would make a rabbit sized kill every single day? What about when nursing y
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Cheers guys
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Cheers guys! Tomo - Aye a game pie is planned, just a shame i didn't add the woodcock and duck to the bag, but i do have some veni and duck in the freezer, so happy days! SR - He's a cracking little worker, he's just a little b*****d as well He's one of those dogs, that as soon as his paws hit the ground, he's hunting, and he will keep going until he finds something. He takes you for a walk, rather than the other way around. Can't fault his work ethic, his bottle or his nose, but sometimes i wish he'd fecking listen to me a bit more lloydus - The best way, is probably to find so
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Yes, head on over to the UK Labrador forums and you will see some amazing working Labs, you wouldn't buy a whippet you want to work from a pet breeder, no one would and it's the same with every working dog type. There is no harm in them going to pet homes at all, the border collie is now everywhere, my pack stands at four, three working and one rescued pet and you can pick out the pet in a second. http://www.flickr.co...rve/5776293397/ I see decent labs working pretty much every week. I was out with a couple yesterday. My point was, that you said 'no one gets huffy about pet labs'.
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Good luck Bryson! Let us know how you do. ORT - Yes mate, we'll get him before the seasons end, maybe before christmas. He's just taking the piss now Always good to get out mate, and the company is always a pleasure Finn is just a little b*****d for hunting up, but at least now it's only the one field, not the whole farm :laugh: He's knackered now, after playing the gun dog this morning, the ferreting dog this afternoon and the lamping dog this eve.
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Got a call from Old Real Tree earlier asking if i fancied a quick shine. Had a long day and had started feeding the dog, but after about 5 mins of persuasion i said yes. Met up at our local spot, just as the rain stopped, wind stopped and cloud thinned right out. GREAT! Anyway, had a bit of a mooch about, but it was pretty quiet, and what was there was long slips and tight to the hedge. Gave Finn a couple of long slips to see how he would fare, and he did well on them, spotting well, getting right up the rabbits ass, and was really unlucky not to connect tonight. Milly however,
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Not sure who is more retarded in that clip. . . . the girl? the dog? or the rabbit?
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Woke up today and it was misty, damp and cold. Which is better than misty, damp and warm, so i decided to have a little mooch this morning with the dog and gun, just to stretch my legs and do something a bit different. Had a nice walk a long the river, and managed a pheasant and pigeon for my efforts, although i missed a woodcock i should have hit, and didn't spot some ducks (until too late) that would have made a good shot. But anyway, can't complain. Went home, had some food, and did various tasks that needed doing, and then decided to swap the gun for ferrets and venture back out, a
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Not sure if you mean me or bryson? But anyway, my lad is about 21.5 / 22 tts, and well built. He came from North Wales.
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Wax leggings. Brilliant invention!
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In the beating line....
Ideation replied to Born Hunter's topic in Gamekeeping, Conservation & Shoot Management
I'd say it depends on the situation. Mad screaming isn't going to help anything, however the odd bit of noise to turn back birds trying to get through the beating line or to try and flag them up can help. As for calling birds, i think that it again depends on the situation, like you said, with less birds and thick tree lines, the call of 'over' or a peg number can be helpful. -
Cheers guys Finn caught another nice cock bird on a walk this eve. He's getting the technique well now Malc1 - Some foreign land mate.
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FIRST CROSS DEERHOUND BULL, ANY INFO?
Ideation replied to welshwizard's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Only ever seen one, that was owned by a member off here. f**k me, was it some dog to look at. -
For me mate assuming it is necessary through litter size or excess of either sex I weigh every pup at birth and check for deformity any defect and it goes then at 3 days I reweigh the litter and having observed them at some length to determine which fight for the tit and which are pushed out or hold back I cull the lightest or least determined from either sex as to my requirements. Thanks Dan, that's a decent answer mate FTB - I understand what you are saying, and i agree, it would be worse if the pup ended up in the hands of an idiot, but it would be my hope (if i ever bred a litt
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It's a lot harder than folk think, especially in winter, and especially in the first few years until systems are sorted. Also there is always a spanner in the works, such as getting ill, or needing to treat stock etc, which leads to a need for cold, hard, cash. I've tried it in various places, and some countries are easier than other. U.K is pretty tough.
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i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.?? Can be passed by the fleas, and they can transfer from the rabbits to dogs / ferrets etc and moved from permission to permission etc. is also spreed by birds and live stock as well as fox`s,badgers,hedgehogs infact anything a tick or flea can hitch a ride on whilst feeding. Yup. But we don't have much control of the rest . . . . . . I just think sometimes if you have been in one area and killing mixi bunnies and you have land in a totally different are
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Have you SEEN the general standard of labs about these days. . . . . ?
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My main issue with culling, is that it is a bit of a gamble. You breed a litter, and chances are, if you put best to best, there will be at least SOME cracking dogs in that litter, but also some not so great and some average, couple of fails etc. So if you cull half the litter at birth, you are taking pot luck that amongst what survives, is the dog you were hoping for. Out of interest, when you are culling at a young age, how do you decide? Enie-meenie-minee-mo? First out? I bet most end up doing it on color or something daft!
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i was told its passed from a fly , so its in the air. Never heard of humans passing it either from clothes or boots.?? Can be passed by the fleas, and they can transfer from the rabbits to dogs / ferrets etc and moved from permission to permission etc.
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Win/Win ? Less cheery when you run out of rabbits and the spot is dead for years.
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Spent two years with my ex-girlfriend.
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It seems that this post has just become a version of 'what makes a good dog man'.
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Cheers mate It was the right situation for them mate, a ditch with cover too thick to fly out of quick, and a good fence and hedge one side of it, and a big number of birds. Didn't really want him nailing that many where we were, but these things happen
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Something like that mate. I'm just too tall I had a quick look at the edge of the main maize, but left it, went over to that ditch by the other maize, and had a look in the gully. A good few about above ground. Had a nice walk, but it wasn't really a days ferreting, doesn't have the same feeling without you and the crocodile! Looking forward to next Sunday I think my old man wants to come, keeps 'mentioning' how he fancies a days ferreting again.
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Bit out of order mate. The local area is getting hammered enough as it is. . . . . . how's about leaving a few standing for others . . . .
