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  1. skycat
    God, that brings back memories: and with the Severn bridge in the background: I used to hunt with them many many years ago in a different life! I remember the huge hedges and reens (sp?) (ditches or dykes to those from the rest of the country LOL) Ended up in a couple from time to time Good to see they are still going strong.
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    Brilliant! I am SO happy for you Dingo!
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    Small amounts of water whilst they're working won't hurt them at all: in fact I'd consider it a necessity if they are doing a lot of running and panting. If I'm out all day I'll take a small coke bottle of water with a dash of Recharge in it: not 100% necessary I know but I feel better giving them electrolytes when they are running long distances several times during the day. I just give them the equivalent of half a tea cup full at a time. Water only stays in the stomach for 20 minutes before it is absorbed into the system so small amounts at a time won't hurt if they're running. Electroly
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    Count me in Don! And to Millet: I agree entirely about smokers, but you'd never smoke these rats out from under the sheds: they are a foot off the ground! LOL In the banks yes, but not under these sheds.
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    Are you sure it's just cramp? If the dog has damaged IE pulled or torn a muscle then that would have a similar effect. She'd be fine until she uses the leg hard, then the pain would kick in. I have only come across 2 working lurchers in my life that didn't have scar tissue in a muscle somewhere in their body due to a pull or a tear at some time. What happens is that the muscle heals, probably not as well as it should if the owner didn't know the dog had done it at the time, then scar tissue forms: this tissue is not elastic like normal muscle tissue, so when the dog does a bit of work the
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    To me it looks MAL nourished, as in fed crap food and not given the right sort or enough exercise: maybe taken out once a week and run hard. Seen a lot of p***y dogs look like that: a bit bloated in the gut area where there should be a good tuck up behind the ribs if the dog was getting proper regular exercise and the right sort of grub. Even for this sort of dog there is a definite lack of muscle in the hind legs. BUT it is difficult to tell from a photo: be interesting to see more pics of the dog on the ground moving along.
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    Raw chicken carcases, lamb etc. In other words: raw meat with fat and bone. Fat gives energy, muscle meat builds muscle, bone for calcium and trace elements. There is NOTHING better for a dog.
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    Do any Yorkshire people know these: my dad used to say them when I was a kid. "Tweet (pronounced t'weht) makes em poke em" Tranlsated as when speaking about chickens in the rain: its the wet that makes them scratch themselves. "Can't ugga poke up a stee baht making th' rig wark?" Translated as: can you carry a sack up a ladder without making your back ache? There were loads more but these are the only ones I can remember.
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    Bump. the organisers have asked me to bump this up for anyone interested: you need to get your entries in before the day:should be good fun for anyone interested in a get together and a bit of fun. Freindly pub half a mile down the road from the venue.
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    If she's had the injury for a few weeks then its unlikely to just be a strain or it would have probably righted itself by now: I'm afraid your'e going to have to play it safe and treat it as a tear or risk her going lame again in a fortnight if you run her. Typical: right in the middle of the season!
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    Massage, lead work only, Portamag if you have one. Is the damage a strain or a tear? Fortnight treatment for a strain then she should be OK, 5-6 weeks for a torn muscle. Massage with Tensolvet or other suitable embrocation: what you are doing is stimulating blood flow to the area, and loosening tense/knotted muscle fibres..... don't do it too hard unless you a trained physiotherapist as you can do more damage than good if you don't know what you are doing.
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    Well I'm glad you found him and not some person that might have just shot him or stuck him in a shed. He looks well content on your sofa. I'm a firm believer in fate: some things are meant to happen. Best of luck with him, he looks bright enough anyway.
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    What is her breeding Bigbird? Someone asked, but I forgot what you told me! This was only her second trip out ratting: the first was about a week ago for just 4 rats in a few holes under a hedge. I thought I'd lost her today but she was under the rearing shed for nearly an hour, just killing and hunting rats. I was best pleased with her when she started digging in a mound of earth and bricks that my old bitch was marking. Other dogs came and went and lost interest but Beetle just kept on in there digging away, and when she lost the hole she just looked and looked again and started digging
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    and if I've double posted dome I'm sorry but I kept getting muddled up!
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    and still more!
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    And some more!
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    Some more pics:
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    Somewhere in deepest Essex lies a farm full of rats! Thanks to DonnyC a whole heap of people and terriers turned up there this morning and had a whole lot of fun: a few pics, some a bit blurry, and a lot I took were just a heap of terriers with a rat somewhere in their midst! LOL So quite a few pics of dogs' bums Took several of a great Staffy who was determined to get where the smaller terriers did: under a container, under shed. A huge long game rearing shed had a gap underneath where most of the terriers disappeared for quite a long time: you could hear yaps, splashing (in the slurry!)
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    [quote but meat mixed in his dry food makes him sick no mater wheather it be a little bit or any type of meat he scoffes it down then throws it back up but if you give him the left over`s of a sunday lunch he eat`s it all and holds it down .............. In that case get him on to Purina Proplan for old dogs (senior) and mix in left overs etc into it to make it more interesting. IMO this is the best complete food there is.
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    If the dog is old then you need to feed him the best possible quality protein. A 12% protein food is far too low in protein, probably more cereal than meat in it and the chances are it's not got a lot of fat/oil in it either. If you value the dog get him either on to fresh meat: beef and lamb mince would be good, not too much offal (tripe) and the occasional bit of liver. Add a bit of SA37 (vitamin and mineral supplement). My old dog loves tinned rice pudding too! At nearly 13 years old she needs food that is high in quality and easy to digest. She gets 2 meals a day now, instead of the
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    I copied this from an article::: Padsanol is an excellent way to prevent cracked and dry pads, and whilst diet goes a long way to aiding healthy feet, some lurchers will suffer from pad problems from time to time especially if they are run constantly on wet ground: it’s the same sort of condition that plagues livestock farmers whose hands are continually exposed to wet and cold during the winter months as they care for their sheep and cattle. Rub the Padsanol into the dog’s pads on a daily basis, preferably just before bed time so that the ointment has all night to be absorbed.
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    If you are really desperate how about contacting Lurcherlink? I know it's not an ideal solution but they do have a lot of contacts. I'd take her in for myself but I have a 15 year old cat and I think he deserves to end his days in peace having educated God knows how many pups! LOL Best of luck in finding her a home. I'ts a difficult time of year for people to take on a new dog as well, what with Christmas and family committments coming up.
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    How about contacting Heart of Wales: he may know of someone who'd want her.
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    sound`s like the vet`s then??
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    How old is the old lurcher? When you say you have had to separate them what do you mean exactly? Are they in the house, kennelled? Are you giving the old dog less attention now the pup is here? Is the old dog getting less exercise? And now that you've wormed the dog let's see if there is an improvement over the next few days. If there isn't then I suggest you take him to the vet. If the dog is still eating normally then cancer is a possible cause for weight loss, not wishing to alarm you, but it is a possibility, as is stress from the new pup. Make sure you keep things as normal as pos
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