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shaaark

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. With a name like AL CAPONE perhaps he can't venture freely outdoors for fear of reprisals lol
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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!
  10. Most people, especially on here, base their opinions on ex track dogs. f**k all wrong with most greyhounds
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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?
  15. ..while I was sat in my armchair Most of the dogs on here under 10 years old have taken deer 'pre ban', feckin superdogs
  16. They dont come in brindle mindThey any good on mice? I could put up with one if they are, brindle would be of secondary importance if it came from a good line of mousers lol You'll never see a top flight mouse hound without a brindle coat (pre ban), and they were always crossbreds, they needed the hybrid vigour for a hard day on the rough grass Yeah I had a top class mouse hound once, field or fen, and she was brindle, and tall, mind you, saying that, she was worked with a shiny collar on and on the lamp Lol
  17. That is a strong bitch. Is buddy a pure saluki or a line bred saluki/coursing type? he's had saluki greyhound and bedlington in him, line bred coursing dogs
  18. That is a strong bitch. Is buddy a pure saluki or a line bred saluki/coursing type?
  19. They dont come in brindle mind They any good on mice? I could put up with one if they are, brindle would be of secondary importance if it came from a good line of mousers lol
  20. what% collie dog pal what% collie dog palnot really sure to be honest, both parents have collie, grey, deerhound and whippet in them, so guess there just lurcher X lurchersI might be wrong or getting mixed up here kps, but is there bedlington in the dam?nope your right, about 1/8th id say,
  21. what% collie dog pal what% collie dog palnot really sure to be honest, both parents have collie, grey, deerhound and whippet in them, so guess there just lurcher X lurchers I might be wrong or getting mixed up here kps, but is there bedlington in the dam?
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