Maximus Ferret
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36 minutes ago, Busher100 said:
That's a lovely looking bitch mate and if ya happy with her good on you but do ya not think for a dog that big with shits that big id atleast expect is for it to have a good bit of drive and courage?
Yes and that's why I said what I did. She does have plenty of drive on some quarry but just isn't interested in foxes. I don't take many pictures and that's an old one but I've got a pup on at the moment so I may take the trouble to take the camera out a bit. The pup has a little deerhound in him but the rest is greyhound pit and wheaton so if I ever do want to catch foxes that should take care of it. I'm not really into catching foxes though, unless the farmer wants it done. I like a dog that can fill the freezer.
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Alan and Heidi Charles in Westmeath breed a litter now and again, though they mainly breed pure deerhounds. Bear in mind that if you get a deer/grey it may not be as "drivey" as other lurchers. I like mine but she won't take fox. Doesn't seem to see them as an enemy. She takes most edible. She isn't as good as my collie/grey on rabbits but she can catch a few.
Just to add, her feet are very good for such a big heavy bitch. In the months leading up to the season I give her lots of roadwork with the bike and she runs a fair bit on v. rough rocky ground and forest and only once had a knocked up toe. She does damage stoppers a lot but on that ground they all do so I've worked out how to deal with it.
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On 10/12/2019 at 11:57, jon15 said:
Bunny Boiler thank you.
Ok guys, which is it to be the 240 Light force or a 210 deben?
Blitz variable is good in most situations. I keep it turned down until the game moves and dog is away. If a rabbit comes towards you, keep the light in front of it so you won't dazzle the dog. The "wok effect" is only a problem when it's v. windy and it'll blow about a lot.
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Very nice litter of pups Jigsaw. I was very tempted to ask to buy one of these but ended up buying one from a line I'd been watching for a few years now.
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9 minutes ago, shaaark said:
You wouldn't get me to saudi arabia, or any other country that religious freaks/fundamentalists etc inhabit, for love nor money
Don't cross the border to England then. (joke) lol.
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As above, Joshuas' lost a lot of weight so who's going to win???
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2 minutes ago, poxon said:
so not a deerhound then like the bloke asked for or a predominately deerhound bred long dog but a courseing long dog that generations ago started of as a deerhound greyhound long dog that’s been watered down over generations with saluki greyhound coursing dog an had other bits an bobs added to the mix but still as the title of deerhound long dog
Surly you mean just a coursing bitza of no discript type bar saluki greyhound type
I was suggesting a pup with one parent a pure deerhound and the other a fendog. The better lines of fendog are closely linebred so such a pup would be a first cross.
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3 hours ago, poxon said:
To much for any man that’s wanting one for working with a high likelihood of it being a duffer an no good for work take your risk on a deerhound greyhound the odds are far better in your favour
Or a deerhound fendog meaning deer/grey by fendog. I'm guessing you might not know what a fendog is so it's a dog bred from generations of dogs that run hare well and is mostly saluki and greyhound with other bits and pieces way back in the breeding. This'll add drive and running sense. ( look at the "Alan Sankey" thread to see what one looks like).
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On 27/11/2019 at 22:02, Gaz_Lurcherlad said:
If it was just rabbits surely he can’t get done for that ?
You still can if you're poaching and his previous is what put the brass hat on it.
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Fexs sake, I just skipped a lot of pages because I was bored with this stuff...........................Must've takenup 3/4 of the thread by now.
One thing about those dingos, they had a lovely rolling gallop, kind of like a running dog to my eye.
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12 hours ago, fats said:
Any got a border collie greyhound first cross up for stud
So what kind of a bitch do you want to cover?
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On 06/11/2019 at 22:55, zx12edge said:
Nicely dog you got any photos of him stood up.
Yes, I'd like to see a side on shot of him taken with the camera level with his shoulder. If you breed him to your deer grey bitch you'll soon have enough choice to breed some v. nice deerhoundy types. The litter you bred from her and the wheaton cross dog looked good to me.
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45 minutes ago, billhardy said:
That's the one I liked the look of from that litter but I'd like it even better crossed back again to coursing dog from similar lines or even deer/grey.
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Lurcher Lad, in answer to your original question, I've run dogs for a lot of years now and I've tried most of the foot hardeners and pad tougheners and none of them were the cure I was looking for. You should try every possible cure you come across and find out for yourself but listen to me now 'cos here's the bit that matters. Learn everything you can about treating sore and injured feet because that's the only thing that'll keep your dogs running. This is form a man that runs rough, hard, rocky ground on a regular basis. Nothing will keep your dogs always sound so learn to deal with the injuries and problems that occur. We all get them.
PS. I got a great laugh out of the first few pages.
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21 hours ago, Black neck said:
Lovely mate 1 of them Galapagos
His feet look quite tough to me. Good big knuckles. It's my opinion that the strength and toughness of ligaments and tendons means far more than the shape of the feet, hence the flatfooted bull crosses and saluki crosses that stay sound.
Now for the controversial bit! Ligaments and tendons increase in size while a pup is growing and once the pup is fully grown they (ligaments and tendons) don't grow anymore. Muscles grow in response to work but ligaments, tendons and cartilage don't do, not noticeably anyway. Because of this it's my opinion that a pup intended for work should be allowed to run over roughish ground every day. Maybe not broken glass or slate quarries at first but that bit of woodland with roots and stones protruding from the ground should stress their little tootsies just about right and they'll also learn to dodge the worst bits as they go.
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10 hours ago, TOMO said:
pound shop.....pack of 5-6 craft knifes with razor sharp snap off blades....put one in every outdoor coat you have...and spares in your shed and car...feck spending silly money on knifes you could loose
Don't bring one of those to woodentop country (and I believe that's most of UK these days). You'll come badly unstuck
. I've seen it happen.
Opinel 12 is good and fits in the knife slot in the cargo pocket of German army flectarn pants. Cheap mora knives are ok too and you can tape a strong elastic neckstrap to the sheath and hang it inside your shirt. Either one is cheap enough to lose without worrying too much about it.
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I agree that a bite from a rat might make her bite harder but I never understand why people want to encourage a dog to crunch bunnies. Last week my big bitch picked up a couple of rabbits which I made into a pie. When I skinned them there was no sign of a bite, bruise, or even a red mark anywhere on the carcasses and since I was eating them I was well pleased about that. Both were caught while running flat out and both retrieved o around 30 metres.
If I start a pup and it holds rabbits gently enough that they can run off if it drops them I'm over the moon about it. I don't care if it loses a few to start with as this is my chance to make a useful provider of edible/saleable rabbs, rather than mangled ferret food.If you play it right they learn to carry them unharmed and alive.
There are certainly times when a dog should bite hard and hold on but IMO rabbiting isn't one of them and a dog is well capable of knowing the difference.
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19 minutes ago, samurai said:
I maybe think it was meant to say, DEERHEAD chihuahua which is a type of chihuahua, deerhead or appleheads
That makes a lot more sense. A deerhound chihuahua mating.... I just can't see how that could happen short of AI.
Maybe they placed the ad by phone.
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Is he straight dutch or dutch/mali ?
Handy looking dog either way.
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On 21/05/2017 at 22:53, roybo said:
Get something with Saluki in it,it will hate strangers
And posssibly won't much like people it knows either,
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12 hours ago, jcm said:
Stan just over 2 year old now made 27tts.
Bottom pic was him last year and top pic was him other day ready for start of season
I like that. Looks a real allrounder.
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38 minutes ago, Retsdon said:
I'm writing this from Thailand - been going back and forth between here and the Middle East for 16 years. It's OK, but there's nowhere to run a dog.
But with a good mouth you should still pick up a few hairs.
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1 hour ago, ginger beard said:
What would i get.....that's a win win situtation for you.
If you could reach around to one as big as mine that's a win win situation for you boy, for sure!
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13 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:
50p cut in half I pay.
Do you only get the half or both halves for your 50p?
Deerhound greyhound
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That's what I keep telling the wife.