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Usually a lot more hot headed when in season. If obedience not spot on, and even then they can run amok, the hunting on thing is quite common. Plus, don't know how it was where you live last night, but light as day here with a big half moon. Dogs more likely to run on when they can see what's around them.
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That's sad: more likely the owner has realised that he/she is just not the enthusiast they thought they were, or had a nasty shock and a run in with plod? Just a thought. Could even be that the dogs have chased stock, or any number of reasons. The fact that both bitches are young sometimes also implies that the owner wanted to get into lurchers, dived in and then realised that there were more problems than he/she though when owning a running dog. Tempted to ring and find out, but they said no phone calls from people wanting to chat :laugh:
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:clapper: Now that's what I call a good post: great photos too.
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I really like the look of that little Collie/Beddie/Whippet: you can practically see the life bubbling in her eyes, even in a photo. Having had a selection of bushing type dogs, though admittedly never with any Spaniel in them, I now believe that any type of dog with real drive, a great nose, and not too big, will do the job. I had a small smooth coated lurcher, 22", which could get into any bramble, could wind fox from a long way off, caught no end of rabbits deep in cover, and pushed out what she didn't catch. I now have a 24" lurcher, one of the Airedale lurchers, who is just the same: th
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Kennelling together - The day will come!
skycat replied to Gaz_1989's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Gaz: you ignored the advice and your terrier very nearly paid the price. Sorry to sound harsh, but it was always going to happen between two bitches. Trouble is, you probably won't be able to rest easy, EVER AGAIN, when they are loose together. Not trying to by funny, but why ignore the advice given to you by people who had experience of this kind of thing in the first place? I just feel sorry for the dogs, especially the terrier, who may suffer an attitude change towards bigger dogs from now on. -
Whilst Orijen might be the best food on the planet, the cost alone would stop me buying it, especially when you can feed just as good a diet by feeding raw with bits and pieces added for a fraction of the cost.
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Don't knock it! :laugh: Seriously, all animals eat to live ... and live to procreate: simples! Re the Whirrier: he's a very good worker: great nose, great drive, and great temperament, but to say that all crosses of this type would be good is like saying all dogs of whatever breed are good: all depends on the genes, the parents, and grand parents and so on. There's bound to be good and not so good in any mix of dog, so doing homework on a potential sire or dam's ancestry is more important than the actual pure breeds that went into the make up.
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My vet has just told me that they are recommending THREE initial puppy jabs now: because maternal immunity is lasting longer than it used to, due to bitches being in better health, better cared for etc. Has anyone heard this? Is it just another rip off vet scam, or is there really evidence to back up this information? They now recommend getting a third jab at around 16 weeks.
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In my experience, all pups, no matter what breed or type, have the instinct to carry stuff in their mouths, BUT if something happens, or more often, the owner does something which make the pup feel uncomfortable about coming to them carrying something, this can upset the whole retrieving apple cart. I NEVER tell pups off: I never say bad dog, or 'NO!' to them, no matter what they are doing. If the pup comes along carrying one of the kid's toys, or my best shoe, or even a piece of dead, rotting carcase, or worse still, a piece of shit in its mouth, I never tell it off. A pup has no concept
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Food and sex: the two most important things in any animal's life: just be thankful that bitches only come in season twice a year: imagine what it would be like if they cycled monthly!!!
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Meindl do a 'comfort fit' in certain boots for those with wider feet. Get the ones with memory foam lining: super comfortable, so much so that you can wear them with just thin pair of socks if need be. And NEVER use saddle soap on Goretex lined boots as it blocks the pores in the leather and reduces the breathability.
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I have GOT to get me one of those :laugh: Doubt it would do so well on a ploughed field though I can still walk all day or night, but its the fecking plough that gets me down, especially the clay land that you carry with you at every step.
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Not thick mate: but it shows just how the English language evolves over time, and with all the European 'input' in the States, their language contains loads of words we never use. Fascinating stuff if you are a language geek like me! Like the word faucet, which comes from the old English tap, on a barrel. Those 'brats' sound really good: my local butcher could make them for us.
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:laugh: I must have been doing something wrong then, because I never actually made any money from selling puppies, if I factored in all the costs over the years. To be honest, trying to keep a line going for one's own use is a much more expensive business than buying in a new pup every few years. And with the huge number of lurchers being bred these days, I doubt many people really do it for the money any more: the market is saturated, and mostly with sub-standard stock. Good luck with your litter black recking it: I don't know your bitch or the sire in 'person' but from what I've read, t
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How about a competition for the funniest story, hunting related or otherwise? Something I think that Craigy would have appreciated. That way people can vote online for the best one.
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Pig rails need to be flush against the sides/ends of the box or the bitch could get her legs/feet hooked under, over them. Box needs to be half as long again as the bitch stretched out on her side full length, with her legs able to extend fully in that position. Sorry to be boring, but having bred a few litters in my time, I've experimented with all sorts of boxes. Also, making the sides and one end high enough to either place a board over them to create a den effect, or at least a blanket over the top. Some bitches get a bit worried if they are exposed to the world, and having a 'roof' make
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Thanks for bringing this thread back up: I was crying and laughing at the same time reading it. I would have loved to have met you Craigyboy: RIP.
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I've heard only good things about it, even though I prefer to give my dogs fresh food.
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Sorry! Death has a habit of reminding us of our own mortality, especially us older ones. I'm sure that Craigy would want us to live each moment to the full, I sure hope that he did.
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Me too: old bugger with knackered body: I used to be very strong for a woman: my dad had me helping build our houses as a teenager: all that mixing cement by hand and lugging concrete blocks took its toll in the end , that and falling off horses and too many nights lamping, days digging: those were the days, now too much for an old fart
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Even though its the web, there is a real sense of community amongst us: hunters all, in a world where hunting is seen to be wrong by many people. It binds us together: and long may it do so. ..add the fact that there's a lot of us spend as much time talking to each other on here as we do with our friends in real life. You're bound to feel emotional when something as tragic as this happens to someone you've been having a laugh with for a few years. It's a relatively new form of friendship, and one that the older of us are not used to yet, but when think about it, it's one that is just as
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Wow! That's a really nice pup: alert and so well put together. Great feet as well.
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At 8 months old, the hormones are kicking in, the pup is wanting to do his own thing, go further, go wilder, kick over the traces: which is why I don't start lamping a dog until it is at least a year old. Bitches are often less wayward than dog pups, but even so, IMO it is asking for trouble to enter a dog on the lamp at this age. You should, in my opinion, (and this works for me) let the youngster get over this stage in its life, concentrate on playing games which reward the dog for being with you, go ferreting, which is much more suited to youngsters as it teaches them that they get the fun
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Good luck with Tegan: should be useful and talented animals: as you know, I've long favoured a dash of Saluki: it adds that something extra IMO.
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Even though its the web, there is a real sense of community amongst us: hunters all, in a world where hunting is seen to be wrong by many people. It binds us together: and long may it do so.
