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Hope you don't mind TJ, but I've lightened one of them a bit as it is so good: lamping pics are not difficult, they are bloody difficult! Love that dog: my old Deer/Grey was pretty nifty on the lamp and I'm always impressed at how big dogs can turn themselves inside out to catch a rabbit.
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can I come next time? Brillliant photos: keep at it. Lovely to see the Whippet doing the biz too. I always rate small lurchers and Whips as among the best ratters.
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The black grit is flea shit, and if there's that much of it you really do have a serious infestation! By all means treat the dog with Frontline, but that will only kill any fleas that jump on board for a meal. You must treat the house/kennel and vehicle if she goes in it to sort the problem. I've never bothered with calling a pest controller: just go and buy a can of Indorex or Acclaim 2000 from your local chemist or vets: costs about £15 per can: spray everywhere in the house if it is a house dog: the underneath of sofas and armchairs: in all the cracks where the arms and back join, th
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Just another thought after what Snoop said about some dogs needing to be run lighter/heavier than others: I always find that I need a full season with a dog before I can categorically say at what type of weight and muscle it runs at its very best: that first season is a learning time. I generally find that the Saluki types run better lighter rather than heavier, but of course it depends on how fast they are too: the faster dogs always need a bit more muscle and weight on them at the beginning of a really hard day's or night's work as they'll fade fast if they're too light.
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Pity the firework didnt hit you in the head..if brains where dynamite you wouldnt have enough to blow your nose.. =@ Only a complete idiot would be setting off fireworks with dogs running looses in the same area. And then to kick the dog...........???????????Words fail me!
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I just think that it's a shame that all these wounded beasts DID crawl away to die a lingering death: doesn't say much for the shooter does it? Lads, I'm sure you enjoyed your night out but do please think how you word things in future: sometimes silence is golden, and whilst we all remember being young and enthusiastic, it does pay to be discreet as well: think about it. AND all this youthful enthusiasm may well extend to your dogs, but putting young dogs on things they don't in all honesty have the maturity to catch could well affect their prospects. Just a thought........I wish yo
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Quick tip I was given by a very good dog man many years ago, but not the sort of thing to do to a submissive or over sensitive dog! You know the 'web' of skin where the hind leg joins the body, at the front of the hind leg: just pinch that skin between finger and thumb: the dog will let go very quickly and whip its nead round to see what 'bit' it. Like I say, absolutely not the thing to do if the dog is anything but stubborn and bloody minded: I've tried it on some of mine like that over the years and it works well: let go of the dog's skin the minute it lets go of the rabbit and praise it
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I wouldn't worry about her unless she appears not right. I let mine go bushing right up until a couple of weeks before whelping: the fitter they are when they whelp the easier they have the pups. They usually decide when to take it easy, though obviously I don't take them where they're likely to run into anything more than a rabbit.
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Is 12 months old too late to start the dog?
skycat replied to grubbavitch's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
I've often found that once a youngster has had a season of day time hunting under its belt and has learned to chase and catch during the day then it catches on a lot more quickly at night. 12 months is no age at all: I wouldn't be wanting to lamp a pup until is has well finished growing physically and its head is a little more mature. -
Why not just use kindling wood? Thin shards of very dry wood: I usually use bits of old planks split into thin pieces. Mind you, this is for an open fire: maybe ranges are different.
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Great photo: have you got any more of your dogs: I've always had a thing for the Sloughis: but finding either 'real' ones or those that are not inbred over here is somewhat difficult.
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Just a thought on these old fen hares: Where I ferret these days there are plenty of hares, and I would wager a grand on no dog being able to catch 3 out of 3. Unfortunately this will never come to pass as the land is near a town, with public footpaths and keepers everywhere . The reason these hares are so hard to catch is that the fields are surrounded by thick hedges which the hares run straight to and weave in and out of them, there are plots of pheasant cover everywhere too. Even when I had some really good hare dogs running up there who knew the land like the back of their paws I wa
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tp SJM
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I'm lucky that I can bike my dogs off road: just on lead through the village to begin with then out on the tracks and commons: I've got 2 routes: one is about 8 miles, the other is 14 miles. they get the 8 mile route 2 or 3 times a wekk and the long route once a week if I'm up to it. Ther're trotting and cantering beside the bike and chasing the odd bunny and hunting up when we get near cover. Even though my dogs are out bushing all year round the older ones don't do as much as the younger ones who are always tearing about keeping themselves fit. I really noticed the difference with one of m
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How old is your pup now? I'm thinking he's still a puppy really: a lot of youngsters mess about with their first catches> keep on with the retrieving training: use a rabbit skin dummy wrapped round an old weighted stuffed sock: something to mimic the weight and feel of a rabbit. Don't over do the training though as they get bored very quickly, especially at this age. One, maybe two retrieves per session. Try hiding the dummy and sending him to look for it to make things more interesting. Also, don't take the dummy straight from him when he brings it in, the same goes for what he's cau
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Just my opinion, but I always keep my terriers outside: I find that if you give them an inch they try and take 10 miles, far more so than most other types of dog. Keeping them out is a kennel is one way of letting them know their status in life because the moment they share their 'den' (your house) with you they seem to think that they can do as they please. OK, so I'm generalising, but if I let my male Russell in the house he'd soon get the wrong idea on his standing in the pack: I can just imagine him growling at someone if they tried to turf him off their chair. Maybe your's isn't d
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HofW: I do think that maybe you should tell folks that you keep GSDs and Collies: all with thick coats and thicker skin than most lurchers. Many lurchers wouldn't do well at all in those conditions, plus their thin skins need more padding underneath them than a thick coated dog to avoid bursas on their elbows and hocks. I know your dogs all look well and they are a credit to you: I just wouldn't want a newcomer to lurchers to think that all dogs need the same type of kenneling regardless of breed or type.
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there were a few lurcher clubs tht ran 'under rules' i.e. as in Greyhound coursing: 100 yards law, points awarded to the run up, turns (full or 'wrenches' which are half turns) and sometimes a point awarded for the kill but not necessarily so. I ran with such a club for many years, but we also ran single handed hare numbers permitting and if the land owner wanted them thinning out. A minimum slip of 50 yards was the rule on those days: and yes this was on the fens. Fen hares were not easy in winter given that any hare that survived the gangs that massacred the August leverets and stubble ha
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As above: trying to send you pm!
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How can you get milky does in stubble stubble is from August onwards and does are milky aip/may. Where have you been for the last 10 - 20 years? There are leverets around even now: its called global warming. I reckon the only time you are unlikely to find milky does now is from late Novemeber to late January: that's been my experience anyway these last 10 years or so. so you run y dogs two month a year part timer I dont know you Nite dog ,but I do know Skycat ,and that is one person who has a wealth of experience of coursing hares pre-ban,and Im talking about coursing w
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Bone man or greyhound vet: they're the only ones who will put your mind at rest. the 2 hip (kor pin) bones should look the same on both sides: obviously! It is quite commmon to get a muscular problem over one pin bone which then makes the other one look as though it is sticking out more as the problem one is surrounded by swollen muscle, if you see what I mean. Dogs often carry on running with muscle problems far more often than we, including me, realise: get the dog checked out: it could be it just needs a bit of massage and lead only walks for a few weeks: but get it seen first.
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OH SH*T!!! The handle on our mincer has just broken: we've only used it a dozen times, putting halves of rabbit through with the big bones smashed up and skinned and gutted. The bit that has broken is the round bit that fits on to the mincer worm: just cracked in half. Not happy! I'm going to phone them tomorrow and see if they think we might have had a dud one: I must admit, the metal it's made of doesn't look that strong really: looks like metal fatigue they way it has cracked across. Anyone else had any problems?
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What are you saying? There is no problem. Scroll down to the bottom of the forum where it lists all the thread, topics etc: at the bottom left it explains what the suitcase, envelope icons mean!!!! Hot topics, new replies etc etc. Don't be paranoid LOL It's the same for everyone who posts.!
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Retreiving a thing that you have thrown 'away' is pretty boring for most dogs unless they are Collie based and obesessed with balls and retrieving. Bringing back what they've caught is a whole different ball game. If you have got a good relationship with your dog, ie you boss, dog not boss: (something you only achieve with affection, firm but fair handling), loads of praise and more praise when the dog catches something: I always say good dog the moment the dog starts to carry anything at all: even if its stuff I don't want them to have like my shoes! They then associate carrying something
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About £600 new! Though we got ours second hand for half the price: almost new but the person who'd bought it left his dog in it to go mental and the inside was covered with sh*t! Ugh! took me ages to get it smell free and clean. Bloody hell Moll: wish I could fit in my box like that, though if it wasn't tucked away under the tele I could just take the top off and sit in it!