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  1. skycat
    Looks very lean and fit to me Trouble is that members of the public, or those who don't understand the Saluki type of body think that these dogs are thin: they're not, it's just a different type of muscle with no subcutaneous fat. If you really want the dog to look less 'ripped' then exercise less and add more carbs to its diet, but IMO it looks pretty darn good as it is.
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    You'll need to get two: goats are very social animals and don't do well on their own: one goat on its own will likely try everything to escape and find company, or injure itself trying. A goat intent on escape can climb seemingly impossible fences.
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    Let's just use the case of a torn muscle, or a damaged tendon: most owners wouldn't know how to diagnose this. Still less would they be able to diagnose nerve damage if the dog had fallen or run into something and damaged a joint: a sideways crash into a fence or tree whilst out of sight may result in spinal damage, of which one of the signs is a weak rear end, just as an example. Whilst rest may indeed solve the problem, how is the owner, who hasn't been able to diagnose exactly what damage has occurred, then be able to decide when the dog is fit to run again? Just because it walks or trots o
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    You need to get the dog to a GOOD Greyhound vet who will be able to tell you what damage has been done. Often in cases of nerve/muscular/joint damage, a few days rest and painkillers may seem to have done the trick, but the damage is a long way from being healed and the moment the dog runs again it is crippled up. Find a good bone man or Greyhound vet and follow their advice to the letter, even if it means keeping the dog on a lead for months: most skeletal/muscular injuries need a long time to heal, and most owners don't give it nearly long enough.
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    Vet now.
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    That's a very good point: dogs always learn much better and faster if they can copy other dogs, though I was lucky with my first bushing terriers as they had that dash of beagle in them which made them desperate to follow their noses wherever the game went. Subsequent generations have always followed their dam to begin with, though I have parted company with some that were too 'terrier' in their heads. Any terriers I've had purely from digging stock have never been as tenacious in cover as my own 'line' which started with a little bitch who had bull and beagle in her as well as Russell, th
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    I never get fed up of seeing photos of a dog that is clearly talented as well as enjoying its life: I'd say that both this dog and her owner are very lucky to have each other.
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    People who say that feeding raw gives a dog too much protein forget that there is a high water content in all raw meat etc. An unbalanced raw diet (red meat only for example) is indeed not good for a dog as it will lack in essential vitamins and minerals not to mention fibre. But a well-balanced raw diet which includes a variety of meats/bone/offal, with vegetables and a bit of carbs in the form of brown bread or rice, is far better than any commercially made food which contains no end of artificial ingredients. When ticks fall off or are scratched off by the dog, they often lead a small r
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    No. Midge and the bitch line have naturally low tail carriages, more like lurchers than terriers, and Cricket is Border/Whippet cross. The black and tan pup has the most Whippety tail of all of them. She is also the finest coated, like her dam: but that never stopped Midge from getting into thick cover. I'm really surprised at how much both the grizzle (mine) and the black and tan have thrown to the Whippet: considering they're only 1/4 Whippet. The red pup and mine have Border type tails. and mine, the grizzle:
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    Red puppy sold: black and tan pup still available. And sorry, forgot to say I'm in Cambridgeshire, despite the fact that it says so on my avatar
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    Brilliant Though how anyone can keep a straight face whilst reading that stuff out is beyond me: I'd crack up immediately I got to the 'ripping the head off' words
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    No wonder the world is totally f*cked if all people have to occupy their heads is to moan about how to run a forum. I don't post on these threads as a rule, but to see 6 pages of bitching and whining about forum membership is unbelievable. Personally, I blame the internet Sad thing is, user anonymity creates monsters in some form or another, and whilst calling names may never physically harm you, the fallout from internet 'playground' slanging matches can and does have repercussions in real life. Why can't people have manners on line the same as they would (hopefully) do in real life?
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    If the older ferret is traumatizing the kit to that extent then you can't put them together. It may just work if you put them all into a completely new hutch/court, but we've had jills that wouldn't tolerate a new ferret amongst them no matter what their sex or age. It's not worth damaging the kit either physically or mentally. Some ferrets are just plain nasty when it comes to something new invading their territory. If you hutch is large enough it may be worth dividing it temporarily with a fine mesh between the two halves, so the older ferret gradually grows used to the new one, but it doesn
  14. skycat
    Lovely. I envy those who can nip down to a beach with their dogs.
  15. skycat
    Whatever next! A remote control for the kids amongst you ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2694684/Set-phasers-change-channel-119-TV-remote-designed-iconic-Star-Trek-weapon-36-commands-authentic-sounds.html Some of the comments made me laugh: Authentic phaser firing sounds': Meet fed-up wife with real phaser.
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    I've never actually measured Midge, but I'd say she was around 13", and Cricket is just 17". Being bitches I'd guess at around the same height as her, but who can say for certain? I'll get a tape measure on her tomorrow, but she's narrow and never had any problem getting into hollow trees after her quarry. Her sire was big, at least 14" and built like a brick sh*t house. (He was out of a Lakie/hunt terrier bitch I bred years ago, and his sire was a black fell type. The red pup is the strongest at the moment, and although the black and tan is the fattest I've a feeling she'll end up more light
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    Forgot to say: they are very bright indeed: already sitting for their food and playing tug and give with me. Very sharp and they'll retrieve well too given the right training and environment. There shouldn't be much they won't be able to do: also forgot to say that both parents have worked on shoots beating as well as general mooching and bushing. the black and tan pup is, at the moment, the most human orientated: desperate to be with me and listen to me: the greediest too
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    Black and tan pup that wouldn't keep still: and another one of Midge: and a couple of Midge's dam Sonic, ratting. She was also a very good earth dog too, as was Midge.
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    Right, I think I've finally made my mind up as to which pup I'm keeping. You'd have thought as there are only 3 of them it would have been easy, but I like them all in different ways. So there are 2 bitches available. The sire is Cricket, first cross Border Terrier/Whippet, and the dam is Midge, from the line of terriers I've kept for over 20 years. Cricket is a first class ferreting dog, but he's barely fast enough to catch a rabbit in the open, though he nails plenty in cover. Very biddable, tough minded but very sociable. Not a nervous bone in his body, and more terrier than Whippet in
  20. skycat
    Even anti-histamines are not without side effects: http://livertox.nih.gov/Antihistamines.htm OK, as the link states, most do side effects disappear if you stop using them, but I really just wanted to highlight the dangers of the over use of any medicine. Sure, one dose won't hurt, but it's too easy to rely on stuff like that when it is easily available over the counter. The only time I've used anti-histamine is for an extreme allergic reaction to wasp stings in my dogs ... and it does make them dopey, though you could also argue that the pain the dog is suffering at the time is the reason
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    Like Socks said: nothing to worry about: dab a bit of antiseptic cream on them if you want, but I don't agree with banging anti-histamines into dogs at every opportunity. Same with all medicine. Save it for when it's really needed. Some dogs do have more sensitive skins than others: best to keep the thin skinned, or ones with hairless undercarriages out of long grass during the summer.
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    Surely it all depends on the type of terrier and its mindset? I've run the same line for many years, and they'll go all day on shoots as well as mooching with the lurchers. As steady temperament is worth its weight in gold, and I've no time for the crash and burn type that run themselves silly, burning pointless energy too fast. A good busher is one that doesn't go everywhere flat out, but follows its nose calmly ... something that a lot of terriers cannot do as they are too typically 'terrier'. Having said that, there is a small dash of Beagle way back in my line
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    Your memory aint that bad P, the terrier was 6 in June, the old gal was 8 last March and her daughter (the other blue bitch) was 2 beginning of July . What was the date of that pic of yours . . . I'm has bad as you really for losing the track of time Just looked up the date: September 2010
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    Yes, doesn't it go fast: I think the terrier's 6 years old this year? My bad memory And I thought of Jewell too in her younger days, though not that many years ago really, just seems it.
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    ~Sounds what they call 'atopic dermatitis'. In other words, a bacterial skin infection of unknown cause. Badly blocked anal glands can sometimes affect the skin on the rest of the body as infected matter invades the blood stream and circulates through the body, trying to get out via the skin. Dogs can also sometimes become intolerant to certain types of food as they get older: this can happen as the dog ages, and if it has been fed a food that isn't 100% acceptable to the dog over a number of years it can cause problems. Very often, skin problems are symptomatic of deeper problems, digesti
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