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Happy Birthday! Have a good one
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As you say, the pups will have maternal immunity from their dam's milk. I always let my bitches out to exercise as soon as they want to: older experienced bitches don't take kindly to being deprived of their fun for weeks on end. Mine exercise off lead where loads of other dogs have been, and I'm sure you'd have a fit if you saw the mud and cow shit they trample through but I've never had a problem. If you live in a high risk area for Parvo and Distemper then I'd simply say wash the bitch's feet with an anti bacterial disinfectant before letting her back in with the pups. Do you gown and ma
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So how did you treat it in the end? Glad its getting better.
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Which Lamping dog do you think is best?
skycat replied to wabbithunter_15's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Depends on what type of land your'e running on: big fields, flying rabbits need something with a lot of speed. Rough tussocky grass and moors and hills: a good tough Collie type lurcher. Its horses for courses, and a Whippety type would soon come unstuck on rough hilly ground, and a slower dog would struggle on big arable fields: OK, there's always exceptions, but do the ground work, think about the conditions you'll need to run the dog in, and talk to as many people as possible for their opinions: try and see some different dogs running as well. -
Is this a wind up? You say "my dogs like hunting anything that moves" then later on that you had to give up going to the New Forest as there are too many ponies!!! Does that mean they were hunting the ponies too?? How about TRAINING YOUR DOGS????? Or better still, keep them on a lead if they are that disobedient! If I have misinterpreted your words I apologise, but it's got me worried that you are out walking with 2 completely out of control dogs who are likely to kill or be killed either by a kick from a horse or an irate farmer. Anyway: where do you live? you must drive a long way
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The Malinois I've seen in the UK have been VERY sharp, is how I'd put it kindly! Not saying that the right ones aren't the business, but they do seem a bit quicker to boil over than a good line of GSDs, though I agree, I'd like to have that lighter build.
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[quote yet wont go after a rabbit sat next to a blackberry bush the same distance.which i find strange. That just shows how intelligent they are: she knows the rabbit will disappear straight away into the bramble but she's hoping the squirrel will make a mistake and fall to the ground. Sometimes squirrels round here are in such a hurry to escape they misjudge their footing and land on the ground! Ooops! Yes, those big bat ears can home in on a sound just like a desert fox, or fennec. Even our own foxes hunt a lot by sound when they're mousing in long grass. I've noticed Moggy's
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That's all she's done so far ( I take it you mean how does she work cover: what we call 'bushing' over here). I've seldom seen such agility in such a large dog: she reminds me of a giant fox as she goes through woods, fallen branches, fences etc: got that same easy moving lope, and a very supple body: she's looking for stuff all the time: just discovered squirrels! Each time a dead leaf floats down from the trees she's looking up there for them.
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At least I can see what size they are now: cute little chap isn't it! LOL
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Apparently German Shepherds stopped being called German Shepherds during the war as the UK was at war with Germany, Alsace being part of Germany at the time, and no one wanted to be seen to have German dogs! I've got one of the same litter as the black one already featured on this thread. I can't say she has really been tried and tested as she is only coming up to one year old this next month. What I can say is that she has a fantastic hunting instinct and nose: never stops working when we're out. Very biddable but the prey drive is very high so needs firm, though sensitive handling as
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I once had a little Saluki bred dog that looked the part at 9 months old: he didn't reach his full speed until he was nearly 2 years old, though he was dead keen as a pup. This one thinks he knows a lot right now and he's only 7 months! Shape wise he is not dissimilar to your's, and I know that mine will be at least 18 months old before I'd want to really work him hard.
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Natural behaviour! Just fence off the part of the garden you don't want her on! Better than always telling her off for doing what is completely natural for a pup.
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Or could it be ringworm? Are the bald patches round about the size of a 50p piece? Bare skin in the middle and slightly pink and scabby at the edges?
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Looking at the photo I'd say that pup is still very much a pup: he's not finished developing yet: up at the back end, still appears to have a bit of finishing off to do around his wrists (the knobblybits on his front legs) Some Saluki types are very slow to mature physically: you know the old saying.......one year up and one year out. Plus he's a dog, as opposed to a bitch, so will mature more slowly than a female. I agree with the others: he's doing VERY well for his age. Don't sour him, and take it easy: plus if he hurts his still growing joints and bones at this age you'll have f**ke
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A Norfolk lurcher is simply a term for a type of rough coated lurcher, usually lurcher to lurcher for generations, regardless of its breeding: read what Reload said again: you know it makes sense!! I have never heard of a smooth coated Norfolk type, and that is all they are: a TYPE. Don't be fooled by fancy titles and seller's tales of hundreds of years of line breeding. What sort of lurcher are you after anyway, or simply a dog to do the business? Contact me: I can always lay my hands on whatever you want. !!! Seriously though, beware of the people that want to blind you with lur
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That's interesting: where are you getting your pup from? What breeding etc.
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I'll ask on the shoots I beat on not too far from you: do you have any landowners who can vouch for you, character references etc? You know what it's like nowadays: bit dodgy letting people you don't know on to land.
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What sort of terrier went into the teagle: any pics?
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Got it for my OH's birthday: (well, I wanted it but it was his birthday!) he's not really into terriers at all, but digs to mine! LOL Even he liked the book and I reckon its a good read: though I agree about the doctored photos: weird colours: maybe JD had been taking summat when he did them . I reckon you've hit the nail on the head making just a limited number: way to go. Keep it for the minority (sadly we are a minority nowadays) who appreciate these sort of books. Keep 'em coming.
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If this dog is terroreising other dogs you are perfectly within your rights to contact the dog warden. I know most people on here are anti establishment, but this is one case where the dog warden can and should do something about the problem. All they will do is have a word with the dog's owner: sometimes that is all it takes to teach the owner the error of their ways. This way you need have no direct involvement with the dog's owner. If that doesn't work then may be you could borrow a taser?!!
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What a cracking looking pup: just throw her my way if you don't want her!
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Hibiscrub is what my vets use when cleaning a wound prior to stitching or stapling it. Yes, it can also be used as a hand wash: ..........to be honest I generally use boiled salt water when cleaning a fresh wound, but in the case of the wound in the pic it looks a bit dirty, so probably already contaminated with bacteria etc. I'd use Hibiscrub if it were my dog. Just copied the following from a medical site........ This preparation contains chlorhexidine gluconate in the form of an alcoholic solution. Chlorhexidine gluconate is an antiseptic effective against a wide range of bacteria,
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Nice looking bitch. What colour is she: she almost looks like a red merle in the pic. And slightly rough coated? Difficult to tell from the pic.
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and I've just seen the new Thornhill womens' trousers from Seeland: looks like they should put paid to ripped trousers when I'm crashing through bramble in search of a terrier. LOL Gotta agree, not worth buying cheap stuff as it never lasts as long, as well as sounding like a crisp packet
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If you have suppressed her seasons for quite some time, a year or so, it could be another year before she comes in season. On the other hand, she could come in season in about 6 months. They are all different, but racing greys that have had their seasons suppressed for a long time can be one to two years before they come in again.