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    These posts should show, as unfortunate as the post by poacherspocket is, that it isn't just greyhounds that don't learn or have accidents etc. And fragile they most certainly aren't. All types, crosses and purebreds will have some that will or won't learn, and some that suffer with injuries etc more than others. Luck of the draw in most cases I think
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    Hey.. Us whippet men have feelings! Looks like a great night Trev70 BBB I'm a big fan of pure whippets myself, always have been . And I wouldn't give a toss if any of mine ever caught anywhere near 40, which they didn't lol. Cracking dogs, will always have a soft spot for them, and will more than likely end up with another in the not too distant future
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    Cracking, how did you get that many, it's only a whippet?! Lol
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    I'd never compare this cross to a decent bull cross, they'd be worlds apart imo.I would say the same qualities as a Beddy cross but with better drive, coat and feet. Got to agree some the work iv seen bull X do I don't think any breed lurcher will compare to them for what they do and bred for But proper lurchers are not bred for doing the same things that proper bull x's are best at. And by proper bull x, that's exactly what I mean, not a lurcher with a bit of bull in one, or even both parents, because then that's just a lurcher with a little bit of bull in, not a bull x. Like that bitch
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    Lol just pointing out really, that if someone wants to take ducks, not off ponds, or in flight lol, with an air rifle then it's fine, and as far as I'm aware, it's still legal to shoot ducks with an air rifle. And I personally have never regarded hunting for the table as sport, again, just saying
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    If someone wants to take ducks for the table, I see nothing wrong whatsoever with using an air rifle. Shot to the head = humane dispatch, and far more effective. Let's not forget punt gunning. Sporting? Just saying, let's not decry another person's choice of providing food/game for themselve's, as long as it's humanely done
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    This thread was doing ok til bull blood was mentioned. And I'm quite aware that there's bull blood in many lines of patterdale lol. I also agree with neil above. And I'd also go along with neems to a degree too, I don't really class staffs etc as terriers, even though they are classified as such
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    Cos they've got crap feet, no stamina, no brains, shit coat, too much drive, too little sense, too fast, too heavy, gimme 5 and I'll think of a few more reasons lol
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    Seen plenty of lurchers of most types and sizes get cut, ripped, 'smashed' and whatever other injury you can think of, by running into fences, posts, cattle troughs etc etc, it isn't only greyhounds. And lurchers weren't bred because greyhounds couldn't do the job. And there are more than a few greyhounds, even ex trackers, that will put in a decent night on the lamp etc and retrieve live to hand, and are as biddable as a lot of lurchers. Most running dogs, including greyhounds, which are given the opportunity as youngsters to explore/negociate roughish ground with trees etc, and with half a b
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    Think he was referring to a couple of the earlier posts tk. But yeah I agree, any dog that runs flat out into anything large and heavy, vehicles of any sort, posts etc isn't going to fare well
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    At the end of the day, aaah f**k it, it's night!
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    With a name like AL CAPONE perhaps he can't venture freely outdoors for fear of reprisals lol
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    Speed, as you say 'can' be their undoing, but that could be said about most lurchers, especially the ones that don't learn how to use their speed, either through their own lack of intelligence, or are given limited opportunities to enable them to learn. And I've seen more than one or two nicely built greyhound bitches that were far more versatile than many lurchers. And I agree with you about the 'myth that greyhounds, and especially whippets, being fragile
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    Most people, especially on here, base their opinions on ex track dogs. f**k all wrong with most greyhounds id rear one to be worked as a lurcher no probs, as you say if they learn from young then by the time they're ready they should field wise with exception t the rule of course Yep, and many people do practically the same thing with whip/greys. Oh no! shit feet, shit stamina, no brains etc etc
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    Most dogs given the opportunity as youngsters, and experience, will learn how to use their speed in accordance, not all granted, and it's not just inexperienced greyhounds that don't learn. Had a collie/grey x deer/grey bitch, that had it all, height, power, terrifically fast, but just didn't seem to want to run anything other than flat out!
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    Most people, especially on here, base their opinions on ex track dogs. f**k all wrong with most greyhounds
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    Irish terrier x italian greyhound? lol
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    Good point that nl, about making em lamp shy. Why make life harder for yourself for the sake of a little patience? I know waiting for perfect conditions is almost impossible for many, but the 'right' conditions don't have to be 'perfect' conditions. As an example, if there's like a 58% (waning) moon and 6 mph wind, you will NOT see me venturing out with the lamp, but give it a couple of nights later and a bit of cloud, and 15-20 mph winds, and I'll have a look. Just seen the above posts, yeah, fog and I'm in keeping warm lol, I'm a patient sort lol
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    Lol that's another thing, you won't find me out in those conditions anymore, in my 50's, and those nights are thankfully gone lol
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    Sounds ok to me, I'm far more patient, and hopefully wiser, than I was in my younger years. And when you're older there's less pressure on you to try to outdo your mates and their dogs etc. And you can go at your own, and the dog's pace with the training, work volume etc. Good luck
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    Lol pied dog is very nice thanks. that one is actually mine, shes a good honest little bitch atb I know colour doesn't mean much, but I like some of the pieds, especially without being mostly white, and that's a nice bitch. How's it bred?
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    Lol pied dog is very nice
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    Nice looking bitch, how's she bred?
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    ..while I was sat in my armchair Most of the dogs on here under 10 years old have taken deer 'pre ban', feckin superdogs
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