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Its only water Yeah, but its not like its a nice warm shower or bath! Just hate it when it starts running down the back of my neck and all the way down to m' bum! Ugh! Me? I'm a fair weather hunter dowadays: at least I live in the driest part of the UK Though I don't mind a bit of the wet out lamping: its the only sort of hunting where you don't keep still long enough to get cold.
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that is a very bright looking pup: I wouldn't mind a wee dog like that myself some time: bright as a button and twice as fearless if they throw right. Good luck with him: me too, I am interested in seeing his progress.
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Magpie: Those are cracking pics of A. She really is a smashing little dog: mmmmm, I wonder??? Interesting what folks are saying about Beardies being more sensitive than Borders: the only Beardie cross I had wasn't any more sensitive than any other of the dogs I've had, though she was always willing to please, and she was 3/4 Grey, so the Neardie side of things was fairly diluted. SJM: in my limited experience with Border Collie crosses I agree with you: my present little sh*t is about as sensitive as a lump of wood, which is just as well as she and I have had some serious disagreements
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Looking for a black and white terrier like this!!
skycat replied to Foxgun Tom's topic in General Talk
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It's only special if someone takes you as you are, dead things on the table, warts and all. If they don't like some aspect of you or what you do (horrendous crimes excepted!) then they're not the one for you. I honestly thought I'd never find anyone who would put up with me, my dogs etc and not try and run my life, and now I have I treasure every day together, and I'm only writing this cos I've had wee dram, and in a moment we're off out lamping together, despite the fact that we've both had a crap day: a couple of hours out on the lamp with our dogs and the world is right again. If every
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Good van that: got something similar: lurchers and terriers separate and safe. Good haul too. Magpie your'e a plonker! Or are you half duck? LOL We were going out lamping but we thought that any sane animal would be tucked up dry somewhere: we were right weren't we?
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I'd say that it usually ONLY happens to the best: the ones that are trying hard. My sympathy to you.
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Had to choose hare, though in reality I'd be hard pushed to choose. Only talking s/h running here of course. A really good hare on the fens with a savvy dog that can do the business is a sight to behold: no good fit daytime hare with fair law is a pushover whereas foxes and rabbits can all be had with ease with the right dogs in the right conditions and situations.
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Have you tried a fresh rabbit skin dummy? That's working with my little b****d!
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I wouldn't attempt to lamp my old ones: its a hard dangerous business, ditto hare flushing, but a little ferreting or bushing they just love, as long as the weather's not too cold. Just an hour out a day they get, the 10 and 13 year olds, but they'd sulk if I didn't take them. Use common sense: if the dog is stiff and sore after its been out then its done too much, though oldies often get a bit arthritic anyway, like us! Cod Liver Oil, Evening Primrose Oil, Glucosamine Sulphate all help with old joint problems. That and a good meat based diet: apparently steamed nettles are good for arthri
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Well me and my OH have just got back in from a couple of hours on the lamp with the dogs, this morning we were ferreting, sort of together: doing separate hedges of the same field as I wanted to work my young dog on her own without being distracted by another dog. The other day he was digging to one of my terriers, and I guess the only thing we don't both do is fishing which has never interested me, though I love trout! Pretty idyllic really: but I reckon I've kissed one hell of a lot of frogs before I found this prince of mine. PS: he gets to carry all the rabbits out lamping too!
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Don't leave a plastic bag on it all the time: only when you take the dog out, otherwise the foot will get damp and nasty and be very prone to infection: any bandaging needs to be breathable or it will get smelly and bad in no time.
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Oh God, not again! there must have been that many threads on feeding dogs they warrant a site of their own! LOL Cure for sloppy shits? Feed raw: BARF. Raw meat and bones, animal fat, minced veg etc etc. Your dog will never be loose again: unless you feed too much raw heart and liver which is very rich. My dogs get minced whole rabbit, minus the guts and jackets, some, not a lot, of tripe, minced beef which has some heart in it if I run out of rabbit, breast of lamb once the butcher has finished taking what he needs off it, ditto chicken carcases and other butcher's waste which we g
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If you are going to super glue you need to do it straight away after the cut has happened: once natural healing has started, as in the cut filling in from the inside, supergluing will cause all sorts of problems. You are looking at at least 3 weeks for a cut pad to heal properly if it is a deep one. Keep the dog off it as much as possible for the first 2 weeks, leave it open as long as it stays clean: the dog will clean it. Keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get infected. If you do take the dog for short lead walks make sure to bandage it and put a plastic bag over it so it doesn't g
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Yes
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But look how he's just gently swinging the whip back and forth: they know not to tempt a sting!
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Just great! Love to see the mothers teaching their pups. Just gotta say, one of the quickest, most devestating catch dogs I ever had both on fen hares and daytime rabbits and lamped rabbits was as slow as a coach until he hit 18 months old. He had a fair bit of Saluki in him and I despaired of him ever being fast enough for anything. Stamina he had by the bucketful from the start, but the speed came later: all is not yet lost! Quite a few Saluki types are like this: look as though they couldn't catch a cold as pups, but its bunny beware once they've matured a bit.
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Patterdale keeps running off!
skycat replied to stealth's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
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Patterdale keeps running off!
skycat replied to stealth's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
I have to say that I agree with you Wilf: that's a first, I think! LOL. Terriers were bred to be tough independant little sods, so it stands to reason that they need treating a wee bit more sternly than a lurcher, for example. My terriers respect me, and they've learned that respect the hard way, usually by giving them a damn good shaking by the scruff, but they still come to me when I call and we'll have a bit of a play and roll about (though not in the mud ). Most of them are like that, though I've one to which even a raised voice is enough: the others need putting in their place every n -
so sorry for your loss: and a sudden thing like that is such a shock. My very best wishes to you and your family. No point in coming out with the usual platitudes, just an "all the best" from the heart.
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NO way!! that dog of yours looks like it has a bit of Collie in it: far too sensitive and intelligent to be treated with a shock collar for only doing what is natural. Read SJM's post again: that tells you everything you need to know! Believe me, once she understands what you want from her (if you have a good relationship with the dog, that is) she will start responding better and better. Does she come in to call when you tell her to? I'll always sacrifice a few bunnies on early outings by calling the dog back to me if it decides to hunt on in the dark. There'll always be some for anothe
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Well done: the dog looks really keen and alert, and how sensible of you to call it a day after that first success: she'll never forget that moment: nor will you!
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I disagree, though I know that most diggers will think I'm a heretic: my terriers have always bushed rabbits above ground, but know not to try and follow them to ground. Dogs will do what you let them: if you teach them as youngsters not to go to ground on rabbits, then they won't. Decently bred terriers worthy of the name terrier would sooner hunt a fox than a rabbit any day: once they know what the real quarry is ie fox, then there's even less chance they'll go to ground on a rabbit. However, only a dog that is allowed freedom in the field, taught what it can and can't do in a firm, no me
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Our ferrets have rabbit, pheasant etc available to them all the time in the winter: they eat when they want and we seldom have to dig to dead rabbits, nor do we get lay ups. A ferret's metabolism is very fast and they need food little and often: no problem to leave a rabbit carcase in their hutch/court when the weather is too cold to attract flies.
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Good on you: sometimes things deserve a second chance