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    Some charities such as Scope and Oxfam (I think) have furniture sale rooms in larger towns. Also have a look on your local Gumtree: can sometimes find real bargains there is someone is just wanting rid of an item.
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    Thanks bunnys.
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    That's good news, but it should have been white rice. I know brown contains more goodness, but it is higher in fibre which can, in some cases if the gut is inflamed, be more difficult to digest. I normally feed brown rice, but always keep a bag of white in the cupboard just in case a dog gets a dodgy gut.
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    Bloody hell! Not a fuzzy one amongst them
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    and there was the cheetah completely ignoring them all: brilliant!
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    If the dog is not carrying an injury ... get it checked out by a good bone man first ... then being unable to turn tightly is down to the dog's conformation and natural suppleness, or lack of. Like Baw says, up or down hill can make things harder, also running on hard ground makes it difficult to turn tight, not that there will be much hard ground around at the moment!
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    And the worst of it was that this was an old guy who'd had dogs for years and years: needless to say he was passing his ignorance on to his son, and he to his
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    I would have two concerns about such a collar that is permanently on a lurcher: firstly, lurchers and sighthounds tend to have much narrower heads than other types, and the collar would have to by very tight and right up behind the ears if it was going to be impossible to pull off over the dog's head. Secondly, would having a bulky collar that tight right behind the ears when the dog was working affect its ability to breath hard/panting when running? As a location device for dogs that disappear whilst hunting, it may be good, but as an anti-theft device, I have my doubts about using it on
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    skycat replied to Gingerhob's topic in General Talk

    What a sad thread. I imagine that most of us have hooked up with someone (at one time or another) who wanted to change us into what they saw as the perfect partner. To me the crazy thing is that they must have liked what they initially saw in us, but then didn't want to live with it. I could never work that one out
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    Once went out with what I discovered was a total idiot. Tried to run a nice little black and tan bitch that hadn't been out of the kennel in weeks. She ran hard, tried her best, but blew up after a couple of minutes. She came back to him panting like a steam train and he hit her for jacking: there are plenty of idiots about in this game: far more than those that know what they are doing with a dog.
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    What sort of antibiotics and what dose are you using. It is important to use the right sort of antibiotics, and at the right dose and for long enough.
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    Start with something that isn't edible. Most pups are better off retrieving toys, lightweight dummies at this age. The temptation to eat fur is too great for a young pup, and instinct tells it that this is a big prize which they must keep for themselves. Get the training done on less smelly or prized things, but make the whole deal very rewarding for the pup when it comes to you. Play tug with the pup when it gets to you. I've sent you a pm.
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    I used to feed giant bones like that, but after a few problems I restrict the dogs to lamb rib bones, pork rib bones for those who don't try and swallow big chunks that they break off, or chicken bones: all raw of course. Each dog is different: greedy dogs are much better off getting softer bones, not big beef rib bones, as they risk getting damaged guts by sharp edges. Of course, it might not have been the bone at all, just a bacterial infection. But even so, I certainly wouldn't be feeding an average sized lurcher one of those bones. Too much bone there altogether.
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    Forgot to mention that. Probiotics better for the gut than antibiotics, unless you really need them.
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    No food at all for at least 24 hours. Just small amounts of water at a time. Every half hour: don't let her fill her guts. If she's not vomiting then there's a good chance it is a nasty gastro-enteritis (stomach bug)/ Then only very small meals of boiled rice and chicken meat only (no bone) for another 3-4 days. Bloody diarrhoea is often caused by inflammation of the gut , hence the bloody colour. If it was stomach bleeding the shit would be black, not red. Get some Tree Barks Powder into the dog asap. A teaspoonful mixed with warm water into a jelly and spooned, a teaspoon every hour down
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    FANTASTIC PHOTOS!!!! Sorely missed and very much appreciated. Thank you, thank you, thank you. The commentary was brilliant as well oh sod it, a few more ... ​
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    Brilliant thread. That country looks fantastic to hunt over. Thanks for putting the photos up.
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    Erm, not 'just' a photo there, but a bloody good photo. Those action pics are hard to get right: I should know ... I seldom get them clear and sharp, more likely to be a Paulus fuzzy photo
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    I'm sure you must have mentioned the spaniel before, but what was wrong with him?
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    Course it did you daft thing I never said that it didn't. But I suspect that more people are against the dog because of the way it is being promoted than anything else. I don't have any axe to grind here, and whilst DG fell out with me big time a while back when I spoke my mind on here, that doesn't mean to say that I'll rubbish his dog, or his offspring.
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    bunnys: what's Landywoods like these days? I stopped getting from them a few years ago as half the time they didn't have what I ordered, and their chicken carcases were often really rank and slimy, not to mention stinking.
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    Almost impossible to get proper green tripe these days: tripe gets pressure washed down and run through a metal detector during pet food preparation these days. I remember when I could get it still with loads of semi-digested grass in it: had to watch out for fencing staples and bits of barbed wire embedded in it though.
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    My Border Terrier x Whippet was sired by Sonny. Can't fault my dog for drive, toughness and determination. Very good ferreting dog as well: and I've seldom had a tougher dog either mentally and physically. Very biddable as well.
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    Forgot to say: they don't have a rescue centre, though Kaye, who runs it, does have a lot of dogs at her place, but they rely on volunteers fostering the dogs throughout the country until they get suitable homes.
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    Just a suggestion: why not contact Lurcher Link? They are THE best lurcher rescue operation around and have the best chance of finding her a good permanent home. http://www.lurcher.org/llink/forum/
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