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  1. COSH
    didnt the dog get pts a while back after a bad injury?
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    I been out wit dnn and his dogs, the bull cross especially made a big impression, good lads too.
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    Yep, beddy crosses should be tough wee tykes... some Ive seen lived for the fox! Nice picture Chalkwarren
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    feck boys theres a bit free dog/ferret food there!
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    good footage
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    http://youtu.be/8vjF_fIuAuo http://youtu.be/Z-oM5RBWYvM
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    and some shooting with decoy dogs http://youtu.be/AGrl5PiHe1s http://youtu.be/jt4KtLhs46g
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    http://youtu.be/OY_GU9E4uiY
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    http://youtu.be/x-BhohgjsCA
  10. COSH
    worked a charm, thanks a lot pal
  11. COSH
    il try that cheers
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    Im trying to look at the data from my pictures on photobucket, checking date and which camera used. How do I do this? Can I do it? I cant seem to find any data that says when pic was taken or what camera used... if you know how to do it please let me know thanks
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    Seen a good foxhound/greyhound that made a cracking lamper. Also seen a few great pointer crosses. Never seen a working poodle, or poodle cross, but surely pretty much anything crossed with a greyhound would catch game?
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    I dont keep bull cross these days but thats not to say Im not a fan of them,. best fox dog I ever seen was a line bred bull cross, and Ive seen a good few others that were fair workers. As a terriermans dog they are hard to beat if they are raised properly around terriers. And no other cross wil have the same drive thats for sure
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    I know a lad that used a cocker spaniel as a draw dog! I admit I laughed my arse off even when I seen him working, by feck it was nuts!
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    seen some good some bad, the best fox dog I ever seen was a half cross, but he was not a first cross. Seen some that caught rabbits easy as any cross, some even soft mouthed with the bunnies and cracking retiievers, its wrong to tar all dogs with the same brush. Good luck with yours. The main thing is fitness, get it super fit and out with you in the fields and woods, obedience is essential as is stock breaking. Good feed, meat, bone etc put in the time and effort and as long as the ingredients are there (breeding) you should reap the rewards.
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    Alpaca's and pigs pay all my bills, including vehicles. I would hardly call them pointless. Ive eaten a couple too, and there mighty tasty meat. They breed easy, and are hardy, with little call for vets or expensive feeds Alpaca's, how many have you got and how much did you earn out of them last season (truthfully). Sold two female with cria at foot and a stud male, they alone more than covered all bills.
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    Alpaca's and pigs pay all my bills, including vehicles. I would hardly call them pointless. Ive eaten a couple too, and there mighty tasty meat. They breed easy, and are hardy, with little call for vets or expensive feeds apart from hay in winter and a bit of meal (which I grow and make myself). Pigs are the best animals on our holding, the old sows are great with the kids, and rear enough piglets too keep us well fed, we make all of our own parma style hams, salamis, bacon. The sale of weaners brings in plenty of revenue. Choose your base stock wisely, it can be worth it in the long run to
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    Yes wool is very good quality from the alpaca, very soft. I spin my own wool, to sell, my partner also knits and crochets various items. I wouldnt expect to make too much just selling the fleeces but its better than nothing. It took me 3 years to establish a good breeding stock of animals. I rotate my grassland with my arable, so that the productive quality remains peak. I grow green manures on fallow overwintering land and turn it in in the spring. I also keep gypsy cobs that pull trailers, and timber etc Ive got a small business on the side that keeps me above water, and also selling stock
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    You havnt even scratched the surface for a 6 acre holding. I have 4 acres and have 4 breeding sows, a jersey cow which I breed every year, 1.5 acres of fodder crops, beet, swedes, carrots, kale, tic beans, oats and barley. Wheat. 2 acres of quality grassland and a half acre veggie plot and orchard with bees and poultry. I also keep goats for milk and meat. Alpaca's for wool and selling stock at extortionate prices. I rear lambs at times just for meat. If you want a hand with planning or just a bit craic give me a shout
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    this made me laugh and know where your coming from skinned and cleaned some hares a few days ago annd still farting hare smell days later and havnt eaten any lol. I squeeze the guts out the rabbits arse as soon as its caught, lightens the load and keeps your bag clean. then straight in the freezer for dog food, I feed them skins on.
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    sounds interesting, is this here in Ireland? What cross was your dog you used when you did the ton on the lamp? I run lurchers, cross not important, my lurchers are fit, but Im not kidding any moderate lurcher could pick up 100 here EASY. Like I say its not much fun when the rabbits dont sense danger at all., but was done for pest control as there are no predators, no mixy, and to fill the freezer. sound. i am not saying the cross of lurcher was important, just wanted to know what you had. sounds like them rabbits a fairly green and like pet ones? The only reason I said tha
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    True, my lurchers are good enough for me, but no world beaters thats for sure. I often lamp on ground that out of twenty runs I may get a dozen rabbits. On other land, even less. I have permission on large tracts of penine hill and some areas of it we can get big bags with a couple of good dogs, hardly missing each run, but at least they do run there
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    The first time I went there I just had a spaniel, my boatdog, and he retrieved about 40 just from a lap around the place, he already had a knack of picking up squatters though, so on that place he was deadly, we couldnt carry any more so we left, it was unlike anything Id ever come accross.. In my younger days I was keen to get big numbers, and really hammer the dogs, but now with hindsight I would take a night of a dozen good runs and good sport, over 50 of those sitters NO QUESTION
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