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  1. skycat
    The problem is that the two dogs have very different mindsets, and also, size matters. The small dog retaliates because it doesn't like being used as a target too roughly by the very high prey drive Saluki. The Saluki, once in prey drive, retaliates against the small dog fighting back, and bingo, you have a problem. It's not that either dog on their own is a problem, but Salukis play very hard and rough, bite hard, and many get into the red mist zone if something hurts them. In my humble opinion, you'll never be able to let them play together again. Also the Saluki is probably suffering from f
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    Depending on the sex, temperament, status of both dogs, they may NEVER forget, and there may always be tension simmering away under the surface. Without knowing both dogs well, and having not seen the incident, I'd never leave them loose together again. What starts as retaliation for a nip in play, could well go on to be a serious problem. I have two dogs that can never run loose in play, but who can work together just fine bushing, so long as their energy is focussed on the prey, rather than each other.
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    When my son lived at home I fed him barf and he always seemed heavy. Our vet said raw can put too much weight on a dog and since he left home and began feeding it tinned stuff the dogs much slimmer, so maybe the vet was right with certain types of dog? Its all down to feeding correct amount for size/weight of dog. . . most give too much Barf when they start because there used to giving larger amounts of the complete or whatever it is there feeding. Your lads dog is probably thinner because its eating crappy food and most of it is going straight through it. . . Tell your Vet to go do
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    None taken, and I see what your'e saying, but like so many ultra adaptable and intelligent canines, there's no reason not to keep them going on the quarry we do have. Better than letting them die out altogether IMO. A waste maybe, but for those who really connect with a certain type of dog, and keep it as much because they love the bond they get with a certain mindset, character and personality as they do with a dog's working ability .... yes, definitely worth hanging on to. I get almost as much fun watching mine working the river banks for mink, or retrieving water fowl, as I do listening to
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    To mention the stalking down the beam thing again: I had a lurcher who probably had around 50% Saluki in her breeding; coursing dog to coursing bitch for generations apart from the Deer'Grey I put in there once. She was a sod for stalking down the beam, but she knew what suited her: times I'd be nudging her up the arse as we stood over a squatter, but she never struck until the rabbit moved: and she very rarely missed doing it her way. That dog had more brains and more prey sense than any other dog I've owned. A dog in a million, and forever sorely missed. A true hunting companion, competi
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    Couldn't agree more Being in tune with the owner is more important than anything else: and this, in the end, is why no one breed, type or cross will suit everyone.
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    Ruptured lung? Quite possible after a collision. Not necessarily the diaphragm. I had a serious case when my Deer'Grey hit the far side of a ditch out lamping many years ago. The vet drew off 3/4 pint of air from her abdomen: she would have died as the air was seeping out of her lung and gradually compressing it from the outside of the lung. Not all cases are so severe. Good luck with your dog: let us know what the vet thinks.
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    Never quite got the whole Airedale thing... Here in the UK,..we don't really have the type of quarry for a giant terrier to pursue,.seems a bit of a waste.... I can only say, from my experience with my Airedale, that they (she) is a lot more than a giant terrier. A dog that is as easily trained, and easily as biddable as a good pastorally based lurcher, very intelligent, with a nose that is hound and terrier and gun dog in one, is capable of many things. I have found it a lot harder to train most lurchers than I have this Airedale. When a dog has an innate desire to work with a human
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    I must admit my Airedale's tail looks stupid curled over her back, but she has never injured it, even when shredding her face and ears in thick brambles. The fur and skin is that thick you'd need a hedge trimmer to clip the fur: it's like wire wool Hardly a worthy prey for a tough dog, but shows what she's willing to do even for a tiny rabbit....which she retrieved from the middle of an old bramble:
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    I can vouch for this method working as I've seen it in action with a dog I regularly meet when exercising my dogs. The dog in question is a Lab/Collie mix that was rescued as a young adult and she had NEVER been socialised, so her reaction to any strange dog was one of both fear and aggression: defensive. It took her new owner a year to sort her out completely, but he did it purely by the method that Casso has explained, and of course regularly meeting other dogs (every single day) so he could work on the food overcoming the fear. Once she realised that good things (food) happened whenever ano
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    All depends on how much the dog wants the prey: I've got a 24" lurcher that can get through a thick bramble almost as fast as a terrier because she's desperate for it. Though I guess if you're only working really thick brambles with runs under thick brash a short legged dog wouldn't hurt. My own preference is for one around 12-13" with good working ancestors all down the line: wouldn't touch anything that wasn't doing the sort of work I do.
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    Email sent.
  13. skycat
    Good point Try him on a raw diet: I doubt the vet will help you there, unless they are very enlightened. Most vets are anti raw feeding. I can send you the chapter on nutrition if you want, from Running Dog Maintenance. Pm me with your email address if you'd like it.
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    Midge/mosquito bites?
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    Bitches generally mature faster than males. Small breeds reach their adult height sooner than big breeds.
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    Thinking about those injuries again Weasle: most times the stifle joint is affected when turning very sharply on very uneven ground, or there is a collision between dogs. At least that has been my own experience. I must admit I'm very careful these days not to let two young idiots play together too much, especially when they get some speed up, but don't yet have the muscle to hold their joints together, if you see what I mean. Running fast on smooth open ground is much safer, from one point of view, than running on bumpy ground, but that don't mean a thing if the dogs collide, try to evade eac
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    Lovely looking pup. I remember losing a youngster on the road, like it was yesterday: nearly 20 years ago now. She was only 14 months, but had already taken most quarry: a natural in every way. I picked her from a litter of mongrelly things: she was the only one that stood out. I honestly think I've never quite got over that and I've been paranoid about running near roads ever since. The worst one was when I had been invited to go coursing down in Norfolk. For some reason I couldn't explain, I just didn't want to go: so a friend took his bitch instead, and she got run over on a very quiet coun
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    Were they all of the same breeding? Could there be a 'design' fault in their conformation? Got any photos of them? For example: I knew some dogs from a particular line, and they often seemed to have shoulder problems. They weren't my own line, though some of the breeding was related. Me and a friend noticed how several of these dogs seemed to injure their shoulder assembly more than they should. No tests were carried out as such, but if the angle of the shoulder is wrong, then it could open the dog up to repeatedly damaging tendons, ligaments etc. This is why breeding is both a science and
  19. skycat
    Crouch down, holding the ferret. Let the pup come and sniff it: if she prods it with her nose, tries to nip, tell her 'NO' in a harsh voice. then as already suggested, put a drop of milk in a saucer on the ground, put ferret on ground, and HOLD pup so she can only just reach the saucer, keep hold of her while they share the milk. If she's showing signs of wanting to play with the ferret you say 'NO'. You don't want her to think of the ferret as a play mate, so you need to teach her this. It can take time. Don't expect her to understand straight off that the ferret isn't a furry toy. Be strict.
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    Here's me firing away! Firstly, I would NEVER assume that a pup (or any dog) won't wander. My entire garden is 6 foot fencing, or more. There is only one way to keep a pup off a road, and that is with a fence. I even have a designated 'dog zone' in the garden. OK, so I'm lucky enough to have a big garden, but even if I didn't, there is no way that any of my dogs would be allowed to run loose: at the very least they'd be into the neighbours' gardens causing mayhem. Secondly, two pups together run a much greater risk of damaging themselves tearing about than just one pup on its own. I've o
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    Some nice shots in those vids
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    There's plenty of dogs that are fine with 'their own' cats at home, but deadly on strange cats, and it also depends on whether or not the dog is hunting. Here's one of mine looking daggers at a farm cat that was nicking the kidneys out of the rabbits. She wanted to go for it, but I was warning her as I took the photo. Also depends on whether the dog is in hunting mode or not. If she'd put it out of a hedge I wouldn't have had the same control over the dog at all. I've only ever had one dog who really loved cats, in a friendly way. We were out working a plantation once and she was wo
  24. skycat
    More likely to be a scar from a small scratch. I've had a few dogs with scars like this, could be from playing with another dog, scratch from claws, or even getting a bit of grit smack into the eyeball. If the dog is OK now it should be fine, but watch out for any signs of cloudiness in the eyeball. So long as the little grey spot stays as it is don't worry.
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    If you were in a public place the dogs should have been on leads, no matter how well trained or what their breed is.
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