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Bird - if you ever breed a litter off Bryn thats not to a bull blooded bitch (or not too heavy) let me know!
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Love that dog EVERYTIME i see it mate - a credit to you!
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Spot on mate. I think Buttermilk got confused - no one was comparing their and her way of doing it and saying one was better, worse, or shit (other than her), they were merely highlighting the potential problems or dangers, which was what was asked for as advise, to which she then got defensive and proceded to discount it all based upon her personal experiance Don't be so utterly patronising Ideation....just because you can string a decent sentence together and use grammar properly, it doesn't make you the oracle. I didn't get confused or defensive....and I never said anyone's
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Spot on mate. I think Buttermilk got confused - no one was comparing their and her way of doing it and saying one was better, worse, or shit (other than her), they were merely highlighting the potential problems or dangers, which was what was asked for as advise, to which she then got defensive and proceded to discount it all based upon her personal experiance Don't be so utterly patronising Ideation....just because you can string a decent sentence together and use grammar properly, it doesn't make you the oracle. I didn't get confused or defensive....and I never said anyone's
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The "heal" command is taught from an early age and adhered to on or off the lead, although personally i favour teaching it off lead. When walking next to cover, its pretty obvious from the level of noise when the dogs are about to flush something a bit bigger. In my experience very young pups (which is what the thread was initially about) will have a natural air of caution, allowing time for a distraction such as a whistle, to avoid a situation in which they may injure themselves. Again as i said as Spider matured he was restricted when and where it was necessary , nothing super speci
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The "heal" command is taught from an early age and adhered to on or off the lead, although personally i favour teaching it off lead. When walking next to cover, its pretty obvious from the level of noise when the dogs are about to flush something a bit bigger. In my experience very young pups (which is what the thread was initially about) will have a natural air of caution, allowing time for a distraction such as a whistle, to avoid a situation in which they may injure themselves. Again as i said as Spider matured he was restricted when and where it was necessary , nothing super speci
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Spot on mate. I think Buttermilk got confused - no one was comparing their and her way of doing it and saying one was better, worse, or shit (other than her), they were merely highlighting the potential problems or dangers, which was what was asked for as advise, to which she then got defensive and proceded to discount it all based upon her personal experiance Don't be so utterly patronising Ideation....just because you can string a decent sentence together and use grammar properly, it doesn't make you the oracle. I didn't get confused or defensive....and I never said anyone's
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The "heal" command is taught from an early age and adhered to on or off the lead, although personally i favour teaching it off lead. When walking next to cover, its pretty obvious from the level of noise when the dogs are about to flush something a bit bigger. In my experience very young pups (which is what the thread was initially about) will have a natural air of caution, allowing time for a distraction such as a whistle, to avoid a situation in which they may injure themselves. Again as i said as Spider matured he was restricted when and where it was necessary , nothing super speci
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Thanks John ...it is interesting isn't it...? Yes my darling its interesting. . . . . .. that you asked for advice. . . . .. . got a range of responses, all civil and all offering advice. . . . . . . .. and because it does not support what you do entirely, you take it as having to 'defend' yourself. Lets be honest, you did not want advice, you wanted confirmation that what you were doing was ok/right, which you already believe and have 'defended' against all other advice and opinions. What....????? I never mentioned defending myself...? And not all other opinions differed f
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Spot on mate. I think Buttermilk got confused - no one was comparing their and her way of doing it and saying one was better, worse, or shit (other than her), they were merely highlighting the potential problems or dangers, which was what was asked for as advise, to which she then got defensive and proceded to discount it all based upon her personal experiance
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That's such an informative post Hannah....and it sounds very much like your dogs are brought up similarly to mine. Thanks for responding... Its a topic that i find really interesting, i was knocked by lurcher guys a lot when the pup was young, all telling me by allowing him to hunt up i'd get him into bad habits, but as you stated earlier there is a massive difference between a dog that has been brought up roaming and a dog that has been kenneled and taken for walks, in their attitude to game. I'm not stated either way is the better way, just i favour the free range lifestyle.
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Thanks John ...it is interesting isn't it...? Yes my darling its interesting. . . . . .. that you asked for advice. . . . .. . got a range of responses, all civil and all offering advice. . . . . . . .. and because it does not support what you do entirely, you take it as having to 'defend' yourself. Lets be honest, you did not want advice, you wanted confirmation that what you were doing was ok/right, which you already believe and have 'defended' against all other advice and opinions.
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What i meant was - how do you know that it does no harm etc to bone growth? It's a survival of the fittest type thing and any young animals DO injure themselves when young and not survive - hence the high mortality rate of wild animals within the first year of life. A lurcher is not like this - we tend to like to ensure that the one we own makes it all of the way and are not so keen to subject it to survival of the fittest situations. It's not about not doing anything with them when young - they should be out, just not put in situations where they are unlikely to come across things that t
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Think it's a bad idea but seem to end up doing it a fair bit. . .. . .. but last season did see a bitch do a flying forward flip complete 180 flip in the air and slam down on her back. Luckily she was fine but we did pause for a minute.
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It's all fine until there is a problem if that makes sense. She WILL learn a lot mooching about with the others but you just have to be aware that each time you go out she is NOT equipped with the necessary mental and physical attributes to cope with many of the situations which could easily arise, and if they do. . . .. . she may escape from it unscathed. . . . .. but she may not. And if she didn't, then it would all suddenly seem a bit foolish. It's not a case of keeping her on a lead or in a kennel all the time OR having her free running all the time. . . . .. you can easily structure both
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I think he meant. . . . .. whilst they get exercised every day. . . .that particular evening was a beautiful one. Not hard mate.
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everybody over here in belfast seems 2 have a bull cross of some sort y is this iv did my reserch on inet (nerd) and it says the best lurcher cross is str8 half cross between deerhound and greyhound buh ive rarely seen 1? (brawn) lol Anyone who claims to be able to tell you what the 'best' lurcher cross is. . . . . is a total f*****g moron.
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I would suggest largely ignoring the cross, look for the best litter you can find from the two best working dogs. No good getting a pup from a substandard litter just because its such and such a fashionable or supposedly good cross.
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I think the issue is that whilst most of the time it's fine if she put up a full grown, healthy rabbit and ran it full out across the field she could do some bone/ligament/muscle damage as she has not fully developed yet. It's like there is no problem taking your 5 year old to the jungle gym, but if you took it to a real gym and got it lifting weights etc it could easily damage itself. Also they do not have the brains or experiance to judge obstacles and are much more likely to have a collision whilst on the chase. There is also the case of over matching the pup against a quarry that can e
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Yup - hence the 'hup' command etc. Find its also handy as they tend to stop at gates to road etc rather than fly straight over. Same with getting in/out of car or going in/out of kennel.
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Poke nets f*****g handy things. I've also set stop nets at a right angle to the hedge and put a big peiece of sacking or something in the hedge just before it in the run - the rabbits run down, see something foreign (i've used my jacket) and break out and try to run a long hedge - straight into the stop nets. Or use a shot gun.
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To add that i start most dogs really young with a very low board in the kennel door and give them the 'hup' command to get over when i'm getting them out (starting with barely more than a step over). . . . . i very gradually build it up. Works fine.
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Collie will probably learn quickest. . . .. . . .. i'm only saying that as they are GENERALLY faster learners than the other breeds. And to be honest i dont remember ever teaching any of our collies to jump. . . . .. they just did it as it was a logical way around an obstacle.
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It's not the selling of eggs it's the trading. I had a serviced office for 6 months for 6 eggs a week. Our baby sitter will do a 7-12 shift for 6 eggs we have swapped eggs for wine, beers, veg, apples, venison, phesants and a duck. All worth a lot more than a few eggs once someone tastes real fresh free range they realise what they are missing and a trade is easy. Your f*****g your baby sitter over I keep chickens also and not many would do 7-12 hours of anything for half a dozen eggs. Ah, that’s where you are wrong. Our kids go to bed at 7.30ish hers go when they
