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  1. skycat
    .... and yet nothing changes. Humans are still at war, committing atrocities: is there any hope for humanity at all?
  2. skycat
    They look very bright and sharp Good size too for all round bushing etc. Quite apart from anything else, they shouldn't attract too much attention either.
  3. skycat
    Good to see the bitch in such great condition after rearing those big, strong pups
  4. skycat
    Before anything else, I'd get the dog checked over by a good greyhound man: could be there's a niggling little injury: sore muscle or whatever, that you won't have seen, but can affect the dog's performance. Once you know that there is nothing physical, then, if necessary, you can address the other possible problems such as lost confidence.
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    Silt, sandy earth, fen peat are all good to run on no matter the frost. But horrible when really sodden: bottomless ground then.
  6. skycat
    Running a dog on frozen clay plough is like running on sharp lumps of concrete. A thin covering of snow just hides the sharp bits. Running on frozen grass land isn't so bad, but can still be dodgy if livestock have poached the ground and left holes all over it with sharp edges. It all depends on what ground you have to run on. Permanent pasture with a good thick covering of grass is do-able for some dogs, but they still can't get a purchase on the ground with their feet, and lose a lot on the turn when they're running something.
  7. skycat
    Beautiful looking animal: just look at that depth of chest, at such a young age too: should be able to run forever!
  8. skycat
    Sounds as though you need to be more of a boss and less of a friend to them. Dogs will behave as you allow them to behave, and unless you are a strong pack leader, more than one can take the p*ss and do their own thing: one dog on its own is a completely different thing to having two together. It does sound as though they don't have any respect for you. I'd recommend speaking to Jim Greenwood http://www.jandjgreenwood.co.uk/ if you really want to turn things around. Without seeing both you and the dogs together it is hard to offer the right sort of advice over the internet.
  9. skycat
    Some one has to sell pups........... I just don't like bullshit............. Tell it straight, no miss direction. Good luck with your Airedale and any future pups. I have spent a lifetime doing my very best not to bullshit. Why would I start now? The truth will always find out a liar in the end, and I have nothing to prove. As someone who wishes she'd found the working Airedale decades ago, but who is still as enthusiastic about hunting my dogs as I ever was, I only want to promote what the Airedale can do, in my very limited capacity over here in the UK.
  10. skycat
    Oh dear, same old same old. I'm happy with my Airedale, that's all that matters to me. She does what I want in a country where there are no large game to hunt and there are laws which must be seen to be abided by. And no, I won't be advertising any pups now, soon or in the future. Sorry to disappoint you PMul.
  11. skycat
    I haven't done a lot of feather with my bitch, but she was a natural from the word go. So soft mouthed it amazed me. The one time I took her on a shoot where there was a flight pond, she was straight in there putting the ducks up. When a pricked bird came down and hid under the overhanging brambles at the edge of the pit: had steep high banks, she practically submerged to go in there and find it. Took her some time, but she persevered and eventually came out with the duck, and had to climb near on vertically up the bank through the brambles with it. It is that sort of determination and perseve
  12. skycat
    Ian: I sent you a pm yesterday, I think it was. Please could you look at your personal messenger!!
  13. skycat
    She is very useful indeed: I can use her for bushing/cover work where I daren't let the small terriers loose. Her nose is brilliant as she uses air scent much better than the small terriers. She is also very focussed, something I've also noticed and admired in her lurcher daughters. I've seldom seen such a sense of purpose combined with total focus on the job in hand. For example, some lurchers and terriers, will, if there's nothing to hunt, mess around, play etc. Not the Airedales: they just want to get to the next place to work, though during the summer when I take out tennis balls with the
  14. skycat
    I must admit I've only had experience of one Airedale, but that definitely isn't the case with mine, but of course I've not tried her on boar, bear or cougar. I doubt anyone would want their dog to go one on one with something that large, but smaller, toothed quarry is a walk in the park for my bitch, though it must be said that she's not fast enough to catch one s/h in the open.So will your puppies come with the same promise that they won't let you down,or will there be the same clause that if it does it needs another year or you did something wrong entering it.Brian plumber springs to mind
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    I must admit I've only had experience of one Airedale, but that definitely isn't the case with mine, but of course I've not tried her on boar, bear or cougar. I doubt anyone would want their dog to go one on one with something that large, but smaller, toothed quarry is a walk in the park for my bitch, though it must be said that she's not fast enough to catch one s/h in the open.
  16. skycat
    Well tiny am know photographer how do you want me to take the pics Take pics with pups on the ground, not held up in the air! Impossible to see what they are really like if they're 'flying' in your hands, or all bundled up together in a heap in your arms And get down to the pups' level: don't take pics from standing high above them. Get at least 6 feet away, and get someone else to attract their attention so they look alert: takes ages to get decent photos of pups as they never keep still for very long, but worth it so people can see the shape and condition, look of the pups. Good luck!
  17. skycat
    Scroll down to No. 20: though 19 is pretty amazing too. http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/gifs-that-will-make-you-laugh-every-time
  18. skycat
    Probably about end Dec/Jan time. I need to get something organized!
  19. skycat
    Muddy Waters coloured my earliest days My dad was a blues fan, and I've always loved the sound of those gravelly voices.
  20. skycat
    Fourth and sixth photos are the sire to my bitch Dill. He has to stand at least 25". Superb dog he is with that indefinable poise and calm, steady and confident temperament.
  21. skycat
    I only quoted these two sentences, not that I disagree with the rest of the post in the slightest, but for me, they illustrate perfectly what is wrong with today's society ... just about anywhere in any big city in the world. As in the industrial revolution here in the UK, when the poor people migrated to the cities, eating nothing but newly invented 'white' bread and jam, a diet they pretty much subsisted on because it was cheap, but more importantly because it represented, to them, the food of the rich. No longer content with their black bread and root crop diets of the countryside, an imp
  22. skycat
    That's so good to hear she's come round. I've had similar issues with one or two of mine in the past, and it always got sorted by a bit of one to one: it's all too easy to let the pack bring a pup up, but it's not until we get problems that we realise that 'pack' isn't always a good thing. My most nervous bitch is horrible when she's out with the pack: growly, stiff legged when we meet other dogs, but really just a fear thing. Get her on her own and she's a different animal altogether. We sometimes don't realise that all the different types of behaviour correspond with an individual dog's pla
  23. skycat
    Ask them to do a spinal tap for meningitis.
  24. skycat
    Thanks R. It is so good to hear from someone who has really studied the whole nose and tracking issues in detail, specifically with Airedales, as opposed to the more usual tracking breeds. I am also so very pleased that your posts have met with appreciation and enthusiasm ... maybe this site really is changing for the better!
  25. skycat
    Absolutely spot on in every way
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