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  1. Maximus Ferret
    that white dog has died i am sure it got ran over. Fair enough, it just came to mind as a possibility.
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    Or the white dog that Fuji owned???? Isn't he in the North East now?
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    http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/257121-razor/
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    Wila isn't saying the father of the pup is Razor. He's saying the father of the pup was bred off Razor.
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    Longdogs by day is great when you're too twisted to do anything but look at pictures.
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    Good find. Here's a tip for you..... don't lend books out unless you don't mind losing them. Whatever people say they hardly ever give 'em back. Two things I never lend are books and camping gear. The latter always comes back trashed.
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    How is he at working gnipper? Hard, soft, soft mouthed, wilfull etc. Is he from Hancock? What's his nose like? Sorry for being so nosey but I really like the look of him so I'm curious.
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    2 dogs there Gaz but olny 1 gets run at a time and in the day. Do you only let them off the lead when you spot something then? Or can you call one of them off if a hare gets up? Do you keep them on the lead all summer for that matter? I know what you mean but accidents happen and it's bad enough having the real police without the THL police too.
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    What breeding's in the deerhoundy looking one Artic?
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    Nice looking bitch Mswarbs.
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    some of this for me please .
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    Stick some pictures up hounddog . What way is the man in Wexford breeding?? Does he use a deerhound dog on greyhound bitches or vise versa? What work if any is he doing with his deerhound or deerhounds and with his greyhound or greyhounds?
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    The original strains of deerhound did both AFAIK. There are many accounts and paintings/prints of pairs of them catching reds and other deer but as firearms improved it was no longer necessary.
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    The working deerhound situation is indeed dire! I don't think even the most ardent deerhound fans (and I'm one) would disagree with that.There are a few pures over here in Ireland that are run on fox and occasionally hare. For anyone wanting to breed deer/greys these are the type to look for. There are also some deerhound lurchers bred by crossing deer/greys with bull/greys or wheaton/greys by lads that want something big, heavy and tough. I personally feel that if anyone has a pure or deerhound lurcher of any type that turns out half decent as a worker they should breed it with the best work
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    Sorry to hear that mate. That's the world we live in.
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    The working deerhound situation is indeed dire! I don't think even the most ardent deerhound fans (and I'm one) would disagree with that. There are a few pures over here in Ireland that are run on fox and occasionally hare. For anyone wanting to breed deer/greys these are the type to look for. There are also some deerhound lurchers bred by crossing deer/greys with bull/greys or wheaton/greys by lads that want something big, heavy and tough. I personally feel that if anyone has a pure or deerhound lurcher of any type that turns out half decent as a worker they should breed it with the best wo
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    If I thought they were capable of good judgement of what a pup was ready for and when then I would. Lamp it at such a young age is an emotive way of putting it. It's not like he ran the guts out of it. If you read back... It missed the first 2 ..got on another field ran 2 which it caught ...and ran some with his older dog..now if that ain't running a pup of that age ragged what is... Only Trigger knows that since only he was there to make the call.
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    If I thought they were capable of good judgement of what a pup was ready for and when then I would. Lamp it at such a young age is an emotive way of putting it. It's not like he ran the guts out of it.
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    Its a bit like the old English longbow archers who started training at around the age of 8 I think. There is logic in that,but the training would have to consist of fast walking and trotting on hard surfaces wouldnt it? That sort of steady repetitive action that builds up over time. Its controlled at least. No its not.That's how I interpreted what you said too. You said "as a general rule the growth plates finish development at 15 months,and its in the dogs interest not to put work like pressure on the joints until they have finished growing". read it again then.Read what again? I've
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    .... and the half crosses aren't usually very fast so most folk don't have the patience or knowledge of how to get the best out of them but they can still be quite athletic. Once near Horncastle, the black 1/2 cross dog in the pictures put three hares into a 15 foot gate net at once in one sweep of a field of beet in daylight. No hedges or fence, just 3 ft wide drains either side of the gate and a good strong "trod" running out. He also caught the occasional one in a straight run, both fen and field but that was more the exception than the rule. Hares can see 360 degrees and if a dog is clo
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    I don't deliberately go after foxes these days but if I did want a collie cross for foxing I'd try to find a litter from foxing parents and I'd choose a dog rather than a bitch. Having said that, the bitch in my first picture self entered to fox and was always keen.
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    The brindle bitch on the left, 3/4 greyhound 1/4 collie, I had mainly for coursing during late 70's through early 80's. Below are, dog 1/2 cross, (dead now), Pup, a Hancock bred, roughly 1/4 collie, which I still have now at seven years old. Below is another half cross dog I had in the 80's As you might guess, I've always liked the collie crosses and still do. Get the right one and rear it right and they'll do anything.
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    People tend to be set in their beliefs on this subject so I don't see the point of argueing about it but I will say that I personally like to give as much good experience in the field as possible from as early an age as the pup can cope with it (physically and mentally). As Socks say's it varies from pup to pup. The pup in the photos was out and about from a pretty young age, learning and getting keen, ferreting and lamping, and is still running sound over some v. rough ground now at the age of seven.
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    I don't believe "Here and There" or "Lammtarra" would have had their successes, early or not, without proper preparation and training..
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