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  1. skycat
    So why did you decide to put him outside? Was he causing problems in the house? You're probably right when you say he's looking down in the dumps: if the dog has always lived inside then he's feeling excluded by the pack: you/your family. Plus, if he's the only dog you have, he's obviously been used to company of people. If you have other dogs, even more reason for him to feel down. Dog do adapt, so its up to you. If he's only been out one night then either he is a very sensitive dog and it is stress causing the shits, or he's picked up a little bug, which is more likely.
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    Looking good: huge pups as well: she must have been massive. Interesting pale brindle ones there: look like silver and cream coloured. Maybe go the colour of the sire: he is superb.
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    I used to keep fantails and tumblers: only problem was, they bred and bred, until I had a fookin great flock of the things and they took to sitting on the house roof in between exercising themselves ........ after a while it looked like it had snowed only on my house Fun to watch, but messy b*stards
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    I use the Wahl Nail Grinder: brilliant: like gripper says: even dogs which are impossible to clip claw get used to this in minutes.
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    This really is a 'how long is a piece of string' question: so much depends on the dog's breeding, how fit it is, what work it is doing. Some dogs do better with more carbs when working hard, others need protein; it depends on the type of work they are doing and what sort of physiology they have: fast twitch or slow twitch muscles. Sprint dogs generally do better on a higher protein diet, and stamina dogs need plenty of protein but often do well with slightly more carbs in their diets.
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    2nd daisy and first dandelion: WOW!!!!!! Superb
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    Great news. So glad they managed to find out how to treat it, even if the actual cause was unknown.
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    Is it a split or a cut? Splits often happen with very dry pads and can start on the pad wall: sometimes due to lack of fat in the diet or a poor diet in general. I wouldn't use Hibiscrub more than once as it can slow healing down: salt water every day will be fine. Put a sock over the foot when exercising to keep muck out. Get some Padsanol from the Greyhound shop: apply twice a day: do all the pads if it is a split dry pad: this will help to keep the wound from going hard and crispy as the edges as well as promote healing.
  9. skycat
    A chip off the old block
  10. skycat
    Been there, done that: I've tried to save runts, not any more: too much heartache. I've a theory on why a true runt, not just a smaller pup, is the runt: to me they seem premature when they're born, so maybe the egg didn't implant into the uterus until later than the other pups. The other theory is that there is only so much room in the uterus, so the runt got stuck between two more vigorous embryos and didn't develop as well as the rest. Who knows. Good luck with them.
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    Well i tell ye for nowt , half the big hard irish lads are short fat and bald in real life, the other half are normal looking and sounding apart from jigsaw who looks normal but ye cant understand a word he says
  12. skycat
    Most people on here probably have some sort of idea in their heads as to what members are like in real life: I know I've been really surprised on meeting one or two people: like you say lurcher1, maybe some of them feel they won't live up to their reputation on the forum I've had this idea that some blokes are real rogues after reading their posts: in the flesh they seemed quite normal Or maybe I've just been around the 'wrong' sort for way too long
  13. skycat
    Its true you learn something new everyday :laugh: Does that mean that I am now a computer geek?????????
  14. skycat
    just click on the 'edit' option at the bottom of your first post of the topic you've started, then click on 'full editor' and you can change anything you like, including the title.
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    i would take a chance with one before id take a chance with a kc that the only grass it see is hanging out of the guttering get one in and treat it like a lurcher pup, give it time too mature out mentaly and with a little luck you might have a jack of all trades master of none sort on your hands, like a lot say they wont make out and out coursers , but thatdon't make em gash plenty of dogs have no saluki and manage too please their owners enough to get fed and a home for life, to be fair theirs no neeed to keep a ferrari if you live in the mountains youd likely more want a landrover if ya g
  16. skycat
    Thanks General, but why "leopard" ? Do you know if the dog still exists in it's original form ? http://backwoodscatahoulakennels.com/index.php?p=1_2_Information-on-Catahoulas
  17. skycat
    Why not contact Lurcherlink? They may be able to take it in and rehabilitate it. http://www.lurcher.org/llink/forum/
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    Got to be muntjak fillets cut into tiny steaks and quick fried in lamb fat and garlic: at the last moment, add a good slosh of cream and horseradish sauce: Yum.!
  19. skycat
    Some are just I met a woman with a lurcher she said she'd had DNA tested: swore blind it had Dachshund and Elkhound in it: looked like your average rough coated smallish Deerhoundy type lurcher. I'd love to get some of my dogs tested some day, purely out of curiosity.
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    ....... and they could end up like JDog's bitch once the novelty has worn off............
  21. skycat
    do bedlingtons have herding instinct because i have a we beddy x that will do the same when told to like most of the lurchers ive had I reckon all sorts of dogs have an instinct to protect their homes, owners etc: doesn't matter what breed. It has to be because dogs have been bred for thousands of years to protect us, work for us, etc etc. But there's a difference between the way a herding type will go about the business of keeping cattle back, or actually driving it. My old Deer/Grey put herself between me and a mad bullock once, lunged forward and grabbed its nose as it charged, but she
  22. skycat
    Years ago I had a little Beardie lurcher. She accompanied me on my pest control rounds every day, which included various farms. One thing she was scared of were cattle. She'd inch her way past the calf pens shaking like a leaf in a high wind, eyes rolling, tail tucked between her legs. Out in the fields she gave all cattle a very wide berth ... yet she took all quarry which was legal at the time, was an excellent fox dog and totally not the nervous dog you'd see if there were cattle about. One day, when she was about 4 years old, we were ambushed by a herd of stroppy bullocks on a disused rai
  23. skycat
    As far as not being a show stopper is concerned ... I'd beg to differ. I reckon her conformation is damn near perfect.
  24. skycat
    most beddy x and saluki x are narrow chested an have front legs very close together and they have great turning ability yet the wide chested bull x turns like a boat But are they really narrow in the chest compared to the rest of their body? Maybe I'm wrong, or maybe its a lot more complicated than that: something to do with the angle of the shoulders as well and their placing with relation to their rib cage. I have a very detailed and in depth book called Dog Gait and Analysis, or something like that: I'll have to try and dig it out some time: can't remember who it is by, but a lot of wh
  25. skycat
    Not necessarily: had a couple of really long backed curs who could turn on their own length at top speed: I'd say great flexibility is the key to tight turning, and having a wide enough chest to allow the front legs to stabilize the front end correctly when turning: never saw a very narrow chested dog able to turn well.
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