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    I agree with you matey, but i think there is a world of difference between HAVING to help a jacker because it CANNOT do what is needed and stepping in to help a dog that CAN and HAS done what is needed, just to make the thing quicker and cleaner, especially if it is toward the end of a night where the dog has taken multiple big game and is starting to tire. Also i think its a case of i would expect most dogs to have the job done by the time i get there, but if its not done by the time get there i see no reason to not slip a knife in and finish it so we can move on. Even if the dog WILL finish
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    Have noticed with this warm weather there are still a lot sitting out on the top during the day. Also we have had 1000's of acres smashed by what we think is RHD. And folk starting their lamping season end of june doesn't help!
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    As the man said,,sounds like your doing fine, i like to walk up on squatters with the lamp on with pups,,and if the bunny bolts try to give a command as soon as the rabbit moves,,that way he associates your command with the rabbit running,and him running,, it helps to be able to send him down the beam on squatters later on that command,,ps Id offload the not so keen pup and just pump all the work into the keen one, he'll be twice the dog he is now by the end of the season with all the work,,Best of luck pete,, Dogs mature at different ages, I've seen dogs not clicking until they are 18
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    Wise words as always Mr Chalkwarren
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    Good thought on the air rifle. If he doesnt seem to be getting it, take him and the gun out and drop a rabbit in the beam and send him in on the retrieve, if your lucky you will get a twitcher! Then move on to squatters like has been said.
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    I'd imagine 99% would be useless, but (and i know how much flak this will bring) there is / was a member on here who keeps a malamute bitch for working with the running dogs and she is SOME animal at her job, i do however believe she is a pretty rare act.. She was put to a grey and the offspring are superb at what they do. Plenty of guts, very fast, good coat, good feet, very god temprement and very trainable. Now obviously plenty of folk are going to say 'no, this is impossible, all crap, i don't believe it', well who cares, it's true. For the record i only met this bloke and began to watch h
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    Sounds like your doing ok and if he is running the rabbits and coming back etc then it's probably just a matter of time. I'd keep him on a lead when lamping, and a bit of rope through the D ring is absolutely fine! atb Jai.
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    Patterdale x Gandalf ?
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    Sounds like a hormonal imbalance mate due to the jab and changing season, like a phantom pregnancy, my lot all live together and it was hapenning, but they have knocked it off now. It will pass.
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    Good to see the young lad out and getting stuck in! But like has been said, teach him to handle the ferrets properly, whilst it might be good training for them in many senses, it's probably causing unnecessary discomfort. Respect for your workers is a good lesson to learn
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    I know this has been done, but i looked back and can't find it. I was hoping to hear from anyone who works / worked a collie x containing half collie or more, or a pure collie? Pictures would be great. Cheers, Jai.
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    Get on the phone whoever it is and DO THE RIGHT THING.
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    Ahhhhhh America, fat men with shotguns on horseback watching men in chains picking cotton. Timeless!
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    foxes

    Ideation replied to kingkeeper21's topic in General Talk

    Fair enough if you HAVE to kill them because they are genuinely causing a problem. It's just my opinion but i dont see the sport, fun or attraction in sitting on your arse, calling them in and dropping them from across a field with a rifle, it's pretty easy and i always find for those lads it's all about numbers, taking photos on their mobile and sticking them on websites so they can feel like a big hunter. It's not hunting it's just shooting (thats just my opinion). It's also funny how many of them say 'i'm looking for new permission as i seen to have killed ALL the foxes on mine' and how man
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    Depends why your hunting them i suppose. If it's just the pleasure of matching your dog, or if you want the foxes dead for a reason. If i found myself standing about in a field while my dog 'fought' with a fox, i would be thinking about either new dogs or seeking some kind of mental health help. Also like i said not sure we are talking about fox.
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    I agree with you mate, i would hope / intend for the dog to kill it's prey quick, but say you had a small type dog that had managed to cut off and hold a good boar, you get there and the dog has it held by the business end, but is getting chucked about a bit, and so can't release it's grip if it wants to stay unhurt. . . . would you not run in and stick the pig? We ain't talking about fox, rabbit or hare here i don't think. Obviously 'pre-ban' etc.
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    I agree Malt, dog hunts with me, not for me, although i'm sure they get 'pleasure' (in the dog sense of satisfaction from pleasing the pack leader) from my pleasure. I hunt because i like to hunt and i hunt with dogs because i like dogs and like to hunt with them, both due to just enjoying their company and the way they work and also because they have abilities that i don't have and vice versa, so it's a good meeting of skills / minds which results in a more successful hunting endevour. At the end of the day like i said i'm working with them so we 'both' do our 'part', and if that part involve
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    I don't know . . .
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    There are some very good dogs that started life in hancocks kennels, but why get a dog from a place where niether parent is ever going to have worked, the bitch is being used to pump out pups, the dog is only let out its crate to service bitches and its generally all about money. Only reasons i can think of is firstly its easy - you can get his number out of cmw and he ALWAYS has many many pups, and secondly someone is buying into hype attached to hanncock/plummer. If you want a collie x find two working dogs that have been put together. Take time, put effort in.
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    Actually NOT going to see a dog tonight . . . . . . suddenly it's not 'convenient' apparently. Bollox.

    1. tb25

      tb25

      was it a pup mate or a older one

    2. Ideation

      Ideation

      older - trying to find a decent dog for my old man.

    3. old real tree

      old real tree

      messers....

  22. Ideation
    I'd agree on most of that. Obediance is a key place to start, get the recall and retrieving spot on before you worry about hunting, also get to know the dog, then you can judge whether he is mentally mature enough or still being a pup and likely to f**k about. 8 months is definitely not too late, with some dogs it can be a tad early. Then when you think you have him under your control, take him out on a nice windy, rainy night with lots of cloud cover and see if you can find a rabbit out in the middle of a field, see if it will squat and walk it up, then when close, let the dog run it. He may
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    Put it this way - you saw a fly on it in the bag and are worried. But had you put the meat into the cage and then watched a fly land on it and walk about. . . . . would you immediately remove it and bin it. Fair enough if there are maggots coming out, eggs hatching or it starts to get a bit stinky, but other than that it's all good. As long as it's not hanging about for TOO long in warm weather then you should have no problems, it's just about figuring out what you ferrets eat in a sitting and not over loading the, I chuck in a whole gutted rabbit and in less than a day all thats left is the s
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    foxes

    Ideation replied to kingkeeper21's topic in General Talk

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    Out of interest has the dog begun any work yet (i know shes a young un) and whats her obedience like - recall, retrieve etc? Cheers, Jai.
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