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I put a 3/4 Grey 1/4 Whippet over my 1/4 Collie 3/4 Grey many years ago. Lovely dog, but the stamina was definitely well reduced. Her dam could run hares all day, and catch a few, but the daughter was stuffed after a decent run: lightening fast though. Nowadays I wouldn't want a dog with that much speed in it. Always injuring herself.
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Call me a big kid if you like, but I never ever tire of looking at these critters, or any critters for that matter! Just thinking about that complicated process awes me: and it's nothing to do with that caterpillar having a big brain: let's face it, there's only a 'nervous ganglia' driving that creature to do what it does. Quite amazing!
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LOL @ Rabiteer
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to Snoop. Well said! You said it all there, though the only thing I'd add is that the dogs with a lot of Saluki in them are doing the same as those fen hares: thinking while they are running. From the moment the hare jumps those dogs are thinking, reading the hare, watching to see which way it really wants to run, in what direction etc. And they are there, ready to head a hare off its chosen route the moment they see that the hare wants to go a certain way, in other words, towards cover, a rabbit hole or whatever. Even the so called 'slower' dogs can catch hares in a lot of different pla
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Most dogs' stopper pads will be damaged if you run the dog on hard/stony ground: one of the reasons most people don't do so much with their dogs in the summer unless they have lush meadows to run on. Keep bandaged until they are healed if you must run your dog on dodgy ground, better still, lead walk only until healed, then be careful where you run him.
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Personally I've had small lurchers that were every bit as good as terriers in thrashing into cover to put stuff out or catch it in there, and in the days before the ban one that caught no end of foxes in thick brambles: she was only 22". My criteria for a good bushing dog would be: excellent nose, small enough to get in there LOL, very high drive/determination, good thick skin, and I've also found that very rough coated dogs don't do so well as smooth coated ones: the rough ones get held up by the brambles! Not referring to the silky type of Spaniel coat there, just the really hairy lurche
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JD: will they eat ordinary willow? when I lived in Cornwall as a kid we had a big hedge of fuschia: there were loads on there! Not seen one since I moved: many years ago.
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I'm following this with interest: there seem to be more and more deliberate matings like this around, a cross I've thought of having for a long time but never quite got around to. If the pups get the best traits from both parents they should be useful little dogs. Has anyone got any Tockers etc up and working at the moment? Be interesting to hear about their qualities.
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For years and years I never even thought of taking photos of the stuff my dogs had caught: just didn't even enter my mind, even though I did have a poxy instamatic (sp?). It's only since having a computer and a digital camera (last 2 years) that (I've started taking pics in the field. Yes, it's a good way to have a reminder of a particular day/night out and I really like seeing other peoples' pics of their dogs and game caught, but I agree 100% with what others have said on here about showing respect for the quarry; using discretion when posting is paramount. I like what Dustyfox sai
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That must have been seriously scary! I've had bitches eat very little throughout their pregnancy, look like hat racks when the pups were born, then proceed to eat everything in sight once they were feeding pups. I'd imagine that just like women, some bitches can have difficult pregnancies and feel like sh*t all the time!
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I've only suffered from it since I lived in East Anglia: but some of my dogs get it too, mainly gunky eyes after they've been running through grass: all that pollen. When we were in Wales last weekend I never sneezed once: this area is supposed to be one of the worst in the country for allergies/hay fever and sinus problems.
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One of the reasons I went on to raw food a few years ago is that some of my bitches would only eat raw meat/rabbit carcases etc when they were in whelp. Nature knows best I reckon: and I've not so far had a problem whelping when they've only eaten raw food when they are pregnant. You don't say what you are feeding her, but if you haven't been giving her raw, why not try it.
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I think I need to give it a test drive for you! And I really like the tray underneath for collars etc. Very good idea.
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Thanks God for a sensible answer!
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Bandage it and tape it to his head with Elastoplast for a couple of days: that way it can't flap about when he shakes his head. You'll have to wrap the Elastoplast right round his head to hold it in place, and don't leave it for more than a couple of days without undoing it all, cleaning the ear flap and rebandaging if it's still open.
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That Deerhound bitch looks spot on: a proper working animal: good to see.
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I forgot to add: MASSAGE! A good rub down before and after exercise can work wonders too. I also forgot to say: is it muscle stiffness or sore joints? Probably a bit of both. The things I suggested in the first post are excellent for joint problems specifically: general wear and tear as things get older: including humans! LOL
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Try all of these! Glucosamine Sulphate with Chondroitin(from health food shops), Dorwest Herbs' Mixed Veg supplement.http://www.dorwest.com/, Cod Liver Oil. Or even try a Pure-U magnetic collar. None are going to make the condition go away, but all of any of these may well help a lot.
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The 3 bitches in the pics I put up are all sisters: their grandsire was sired by a dog called Poser belonging to Anne Power of Burton-on-Trent. She never particularly claimed to breed for work, just to produce nice dogs, in her own words, but they and their progeny all have excellent strikes, field sense, hunting instinct and retrieve naturally. I originally had a bitch from Anne's line which, if I remember rightly must have been born around the time you mention, but the litter I got her from had been bred by a woman in Broadway which I think is in Gloucestershire or nearby. not good on E
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"quote: Little lurcher the dog David Pike bred my bitch of was a very old dog called Ashy (some where I have an old picture of him and the bitch David kept back for himself) the bitch he used I think came for the Norfolk area called Fruit Cake a bitch with a lot of collie in her, unfurtunetly David thought he was going to breed some thing better and use a first cross beddy we had to continue his line, the last time I met him he had 5 generations of these lurchers all like peas in a pod has they do they all reverted to the beddy cross, fawn rough haired not what he had all them years a go, he w
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John Bromiley had an attractive show dog called Isaac ,you probably remember it Skycat , that was a Norfolk type,and thats what it is now ,imo, a type.The difference between "specialist bred Norfolk and Tumbler lurcher pups " and lurcher to lurcher pups is in the price.Great pics ,is that the dog you had out with R? There's 2 different bitches in those photos, although they are full sisters: the top one is the one you saw retrieving Here's another pic of a dog that is very similar to the dog in those old photos Little Lurcher, and she is also a sister to the other two.
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All this talk about the definition of these lurchers! Could it just, maybe possible be that the lurchers described as Norfolks, Tumblers or whatever, are simply the result of many years breeding lurcher to lurcher? Could these be them Naarfok dogs? I wonder!
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Here's a couple for YOUNG rabbits only. this just uses the front legs, the bits I normally give to the ferrets and dogs. Cut feet of front legs, having first removed them from the body! Dip in seasoned flour: use garlic salt, tikka powder, cajun mix, or just plain salt and pepper, then fry in a mixture of olive oil and butter VERY gently on both sides until golden (or reddish brown depending on what you seasoned them with!) You do need quite a few legs to make a meal, but they are a really delicious finger food. The other recipe is easy peasy too: take the hind legs and saddle, dip i
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I remember reading something a few years back which said that town foxes were actually evolving physically, getting smaller, and even their teeth were changing to adapt to a more scavenging diet of human rubbish: whether that is true or not I don't know, but I'd imagine generations of town foxes would become smaller due to a poor diet of left over chips, burgers etc. I know that when our local landfill site was active we had loads of foxes round it, and none of them grew to the same size I'd expect from foxes we get out on the fens eating only a natural diet. AND this landfill was being fill
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We always freeze venison if it is not possible to hang it due to weather conditions or other reasons: it might not have quite the same effect as proper hanging, but I reckon it does tenderise it nicely though the taste is not quite the same as properly hung venison.
