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    Pissed off? Read 'in pain'. If something hurts too much for a dog to lick it then it leaves it alone. If you look at the angle of the wound, and the biggest flap of skin: when she does get around to licking it she will lick it downwards, down her leg, which will open it up even more. So put some Savlon (or any antiseptic cream, just to stop it sticking to the wound) on a piece of lint, and bandage the wound: it needs to be kept covered for a few days as I said. But check and change the dressing every 24 hours. Any sign of pus, smell means it has become infected. Hypocare spray is good stuf
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    If the dog has only just changed then you need to look at possible health issues: trapped nerve, damaged tendons? Not something visible but easy enough to diagnose if you take her to a good greyhound vet or back man. Also possible are changes in behaviour caused by being in season/post season. Or did something frighten her that you aren't aware of? Any number of reasons a dog alters its behaviours suddenly: just because we don't notice why doesn't mean to say its for no reason: there is ALWAYS a reason.
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    If you can't afford to get it stitched, then clean with salt water gently once a day. Keep it covered until the flesh starts to granulate: for a wound that size it needs to heal from the edges inwards and will gradually shrink in size, at the same time as forming new flesh across the open bit. The trick is not to let it get infected if you let it heal naturally. Once the edges of the skin have stuck themselves back down to the underlying tissue you can let the dog keep it clean by licking, which will also help to speed up healing, but if the dog shows signs of nagging at it continually you may
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    Get it stitched/stapled. Be healed within a fortnight if you do: if not, a few weeks with more chance of infection.
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    I know that your book is primarily for pig hunters, but I think it would be very useful for all hunters as an aid to understanding how their dogs' minds work, and how to get the best from them too. Look forward to reading it!
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    Finally Here!

    skycat replied to kps1979's topic in Bushing Dogs

    They look big pups! If you have half as much fun with them as I have with mine you'll be happy Little rocket-fuelled dogs with drive and common sense all in one package.
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    So good to read a post that explains prey drive and temperament so clearly. All too often people tend to equate aggression with prey drive.
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    Terriers

    skycat replied to Lloyd90's topic in Bushing Dogs

    Nice to hear good feedback about them. They don't behave like typical terriers at all: very intelligent in a more hound-like way: there is supposed to be both Beagle and Bull blood way back, and no, they've not got any Plummer blood in them. I saw the grandparents of the first bitch I got from the line, and they looked like smallish Bull type terriers with big floppy ears and Beagle colouring, and long houndy snouts. God knows what's in them: bit of this, bit of that, but they do hunt well and are very biddable too. I guess if I'm still around when the current pups are old enough it might be i
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    Terriers

    skycat replied to Lloyd90's topic in Bushing Dogs

    I think they'll be as big, if not bigger than their dam: little buggers are getting out of the garden everywhere: talk about inquisitive. Doing my head in trying to block all the gaps up: very crafty little critters indeed. I shall get my camera fixed soon: before they're all grown up I hope!
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    Terriers

    skycat replied to Lloyd90's topic in Bushing Dogs

    Surely the whole point of a bushing terrier is NOT to have a dog that will run a line for several fields on quarry it has little hope of catching? IMO a bushing terrier should stay fairly close to you, be biddable enough to go into and come out of cover when told to/called (unless its right up to its quarry and on the point of catching) and provide catches for dogs on the outside of the cover. That's the way I use mine anyway: to flush game for the lurchers, though of course they do catch a fair few in cover themselves. If I wanted to watch a dog follow scent for miles I would get a b
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    It is impossible for someone who hasn't suffered from depression to even begin to comprehend what that illness does to a person. Professional medical people haven't even learned how to 'cure' it, so to the man on the street depression just seems like a weakness, or a pathetic excuse for a life style or addiction, whereas in reality it is a life-threatening (and in some cases: life-taking) condition with no real cure. Our minds are so complex, and if the 'wiring' or chemical building blocks are put together in such a way that the person feels and sees things differently to the norm, people tend
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    There is a big difference between retrieving in a garden where the pup's mind set is different to when she is in a big open space out on an exciting walk. What you need to do is to get the pup to retrieve to you because she really, really wants to bring that item back to you for more fun, and she must see the item as YOURS not HERS to play with. This is where tug play and training come in so useful, for the dog brings the item back to you whilst it is still in prey drive, rather than knowing it has to give up its toy and submit to you. The dog that has been conditioned to see you as the most e
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    Advocate
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    Motorhomes

    skycat replied to paulus's topic in General Talk

    I've decided to only keep tiny dogs now
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    Hard to tell much from a photo at all: I've taken photos of pups I've rescued that were a bag of bones in the flesh, but didn't look bad at all in a photo. As Bosun says, the pup is very worried being stuck up on a slippery surface anyway, but if you are thinking of actually buying a pup you've only seen in a photo ... the answer is DON'T. Go and see it in the flesh if you want to see what it's really like, both in body and mind.
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    Motorhomes

    skycat replied to paulus's topic in General Talk

    thought this one was a tad more affordable
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    Opposite sexes are fine together: just kennel the bitch when she is in season. Two is company when you're not there, so why put one in a kennel when the other is in the house? Much better for dogs to have each other's company. Our bitches go in the kennel when they're in season and they know the routine once they've had their first season.
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    Useful to know that collieman. However, if you are sure that a dog won't actually eat the plastic you'd be safe enough, and it does let in light into the kennel, unlike carpet or matting. Or can you get transparent rubber matting?
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    That water effect is very impressive indeed
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    Like this? http://www.ipsluk.co.uk/strip_curtains/partrolls.cfm
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    You did say in the first sentence of your post that your bitch was 'dog nervous', and of course nervousness can lead to aggression. It is very hard to give correct advice over the internet without seeing the dogs in question in the flesh. When we just get a small amount of information it is easy to jump to conclusions, and there have been many idiots on here who don't have a clue, not saying you are one of them, but your first post only seemed to dwell on the problems: small wonder I saw a tragedy in the making. I still think it is a bad idea to let a small pup climb all over an adult
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    So you muzzle the bitch because you know she isn't trustworthy with the pup, and then you let it climb on her? Forgive me if I read this wrong, but if I read it correctly then you are setting yourself up for even more problems. It is pure cruelty to the bitch to force her to interact with a little puppy that wants to jump at her, chew on her, when she hates it, and if you ever leave them together without her being muzzled you can be sure there'll be pay back big time, even far into the future. Do the right thing for the bitch, and the pup. Keep them separate. Don't let the pup use her as a
  23. skycat
    Spot on Casso. I find that very highly driven dogs are the most likely to behave like this. I have a Saluki lurcher who is a very mouthy dog, always grabbing at other dogs, my hands, the lead etc. He has to be kept occupied all the time or his drive overcomes all the learning of manners he's ever had. Directing that drive on to something that isn't your body is the key. What the dog is trying to tell you is that it really needs stuff to chase, grab etc. So yes, playing tug, with strict rules on how the dog plays with you, is the way to go. I've sent you a pm.
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    The Airedale is the worst roller of them all: and the worse it smells, the better she likes it: that dog is so confident she thinks the world owes her a big smile every time she strolls by
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    I think they just like the smell: perfume for dogs. Mine go mad when they find a dead fish: the smellier the better They seem to react to smelly things the same way as a cat does to catnip. I guess it's just a 'dog thing'
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