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  1. skycat
    That is unbelievably brilliant But, I do think it looks weird with no back end: IMO would look much better full body, but the 'water' and it's mouth are incredible ... just what is the water made of, and how on earth did you get the ripples and splashes? Or is it a trade secret?
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    Food is the most important resource for a dog, so even the most mild mannered and submissive animal may react defensively/possessively towards a bone. Add the fact of her age where she may be 'hormonal', possibly on the run up to her first season, or maybe even that you took her by surprise ... Personally I'd have offered the new bone first, made her sit, give her the new bone, before taking the old one away. If the old bone was one which she had had for a while, treasured even, she saw it as her's. Bones especially are funny things, and I believe that they represent a dog's attempts to contro
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    Keep them separate until the older hob's balls have retracted again at the start of autumn/end of summer. Once he is no longer in mating mode he is more likely to accept a younger hob.
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    I dread to think what the jill must look like if the kits have only had her milk until 7 weeks old: and no wonder the kits are tiny. Ours are sucking on rabbit even before their eyes are open. Hate to post negative comments, but in this case I feel, from the facts given, it is necessary. A large litter will start to suck on meat even earlier, even before they have teeth, but they mumble and suck at meat and get a fair bit of goodness nonetheless.
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    I think he's dead ugly, but I'd sooner have an ugly dog that works well and is a joy to live with than the most beautiful animal on the planet that is useless Cricket:
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    I'll put up a new copy of Running Dog Maintenance which retails for £35: see here for details of the book: http://www.skycatpublications.com/pages/Titles/Working%20Dogs/Running%20Dogs%20Main.html
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    It's good to see such well reared pups
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    Not bragging as I didn't breed him, but Cricket has to be one of the best ferreting dogs I've ever had, or seen. Only problem as I see it is if you cross two very dissimilar breeds together you'll get more litter 'wastage' in terms of physical type, though as both Borders and Whippets vary a lot if size/leg length/ build, you can reduce this I would think if you breed from a big Whippet and a leggy Border. Cricket is only 17" but very stocky, so not suitable for lamping and he can't catch on top on flat open ground. Excellent in cover, and has caught many bolters out ferreting purely by the s
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    Thanks guys. I have no idea what day she was of her season when they finally tied; both were maiden, though Midge had stood for several days when Cricket finally stopped, erm, spraying the kennel walls in his haste. TMI I know, but with a bit of help he managed eventually.
  10. skycat
    No weetabix for my pups First thing they'll taste after their mother's milk will be nice fresh rabbit ...
  11. skycat
    Thanks for the positive comments. tb25: I'm sure you can send the publishers a cheque if you don't want to pay by Paypal: it will just take a bit longer for you to receive the book as they'd have to wait for the cheque to clear before posting it to you.
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    Rspca

    skycat replied to dymented's topic in General Talk

    Donated: keep up the fight. Good luck.
  13. skycat
    That is truly superb: love the tree design Maybe should have used the screws and holes in the branches as knot holes: just a thought.
  14. skycat
    I've never measured her, but I'd guess around 13", certainly no more. I've got a full body pic of her somewhere but can I as hell find it. One of the things I like most about her (and her line) is her temperament: a lamb at home and around other dogs, and a lion in the field, and a work ethic second to none: right up to last Thursday she was bushing out rabbits, though I had to keep her on the lead where other stuff might have been lurking. She's a real treasure and I love her to bits, soppy though that may sound, but I don't care. I never thought I'd get a litter of her as she had sparse se
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    What a brilliant first night for the pup: I've always brought mine up bushing by day and they normally take to the lamp very well: a case of activating the brain while young so they soon cotton on to a different method of hunting by night. Well done that pup, and good on Jim for taking you both out
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    Sorry: should have said: Midge is a terrier, this is the fourth generation I've bred from her line. Just keep a bitch each time. So Midge is out of a Russell 'type' bitch, and her sire was a Lakie 'type'. I say type as they're mongrelised terriers that have done the job for me over the last 20 odd years. Midge:
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    Thank God last night and today are over: I'm too old to spend all night without sleep, and having thankfully not got into bed when Midge started barking to tell me she was having problems, so off to the vet, then another hour or so biting my nails waiting to see if we would get live pups and live dam at the vet's while she was undergoing a caesarean. Nothing wrong with her, poor little mite, but the first pup was a breech, a true breech. I could feel a tail, and nothing else and there was no way it was going to come out as nature intended. I knew for certain she had 2 inside her from a scan
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    That's great. I had a little Welsh Mountain pony when I was a kid: nothing he liked better than getting into a dip in the ground full of water after it had rained, and rolling to his heart's content.
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    Same here: every six months for adults unless I see sign of tapeworms: very rare and usually only if they've been scavenging bits of dead rabbit they find in the fields. Obviously use a 3 week worming regime for roundworm in pups under 6 months.
  20. skycat
    I certainly noticed a difference in weaning age pups when I started feeding raw meat to wean them on to. Years ago I did like everyone: soaked puppy food or wheatabix, but starting them on raw whole gutted rabbit to suck on as soon as they started looking for food, usually about 3 weeks, then finely minced chicken, then beef by 5 weeks, their coats were much shinier, they had better bone (as in thicker stronger legs), and they never did sloppy yellow shit like pups weaned on to cereals. Also, pups weaned on to cereals nearly always have bigger bellies: they need to eat more to get the goodnes
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    It would depend on the bitch of course, but I know none of mine would be happy whelping in a place full of strange dogs and strangers. Plus, the responsibility on the person whelping the bitch is huge if anything were to go wrong: like if the bitch got into difficulties and needed a caesarean, or some other problem.
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    That's why ours has a thick layer of straw all over the floor: and they love burrowing under it too. You might think it would be a real mess, but they have two toilet corners and only use them, and the rest of the straw stays clean. We lost an almost full grown kit many years ago when he fell from the roof of the hutch inside the court and he broke his back> lesson learned.
  23. skycat
    Feed more fat, more protein, and yes, more carbohydrate. Some dogs can do without carbs, but others, especially those which are working long shifts and expending energy over a greater period of time, do need carbs. A chicken carcase may or may not have a lot of meat on it, depending on where it was butchered. Some may have a lot of fatty bits on them, others virtually none at all. We get ours from both the local butcher and a dog meat supplier: the ones from the butcher are pretty much all bone and nowt else. Add carbs: cooked rice, pasta or brown bread. Feed fatty meat such as lamb. Boiled
  24. skycat
    That's a very good video from someone who really knows what he's talking about. There are a fair few Saluki lurchers around like this, but they don't necessarily have the same trainability factor as a Malinois, and that's why so many people come unstuck with them, particularly in pet homes. When you have high prey drive plus lack of trainability/biddability, then sh*t happens, especially when the dog doesn't get enough work and socialising and starts chasing livestock/other dogs etc.
  25. skycat

    Dog Attack

    skycat replied to armdog's topic in General Talk

    Maybe she ran to see where the dog was? Bit strange: first thing I'd have done was to pick the child up and get him in the house: fast.
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