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  1. Maximus Ferret
    Is he just picardy and grey Osset or has he got beardy blood too? What's he like as a worker?
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    As said above, give him a while off from lamping (maybe even the rest of the winter if he's really bad). Start him again in a place where there are no electric fences to get him going properly again. When he's recovered his confidence you could try him near fences again, preferably switched off, and don't rush things. To begin with you'll probably find that he stops on rabbits that run under wires but give him time and he should get back to it. If he jumps on command it may help to get him jumping a low wire in the daytime too (not a live one of course). I'm speaking from experience here. Whe
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    How much collie and how much deerhound was/is in your two collie/deer grey crosses gaffer? I'm curious as it seems to increase the bone a fair bit.
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    If you don't know then get it diagnosed properly. "Little sores" could be caused by lots of other things, like mange etc. and people on here can't tell what it is without seeing it.Ringworm treatments might be wrong and a waste of money. Get it sorted properly before the baby catches it.
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    I haven't been to Norfolk for many years now but I'd guess that depends on where you go, who with and whether you have permission or not.
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    I love the look on that terrier's face!
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    Some of these have probably been on before. I've got others but these were already on photobucket.
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    Or lucky??.... only Rob will know .
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    Most people have no idea of distance day or night. When you use longnets for ferreting you soon learn.
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    What a dog can learn from watching is that the rabbit is always in the beam. Personally I start my pups lamping on their own and just persist until they're going well BUT when you get a pup that gets unsighted on every turn and often just charges off into the darkness, even when slipped right on top, then a spell watching an experienced dog can work wonders. If you have an adjustable width beam then using a wider beam for a few outings is also good for those pups that don't like looking into the light.
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    Great bag Jim but watch that cut. One of mine got one exactly the same. I got it stitched and it seemed to heal fine but she goes lame on that same leg now whenever she has a tough day or night. A days rest sorts it though. I think the cut nicked a tendon, weakening it.
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    If you know how to use superglue and do it quickly it's good for the small cuts and tears.
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    Grand job BreeZe.Have you put it on C.Curs?It's a bit quiet over there at the moment.
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    A friend of a friend bred these, there was still a bitch left out of the litter on Friday. Im hoping to put a Cooklands/Doxhope dog over my bitch once she is a bit older and had another season or 2 working. Which dog are you thinking of Dan, and what bitch have you? (I've an interest in deer crosses where I live now).
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    They're mostly run off the mains here. A popular brand is Elephant which has a choice of voltages, as VOON says, for dairy or higher for excitable beefers or bigger acreages. http://www.igrowstore.ie/products/Elephant-M85%252dD-Mains-Fencer.html
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    The thing is, there isn't a specific type of dog that Hancock breeds. He has many different dogs and bitches and they produce different types of pup, both physically and mentally. Mine was sired by "Johndog" (now dead) out of a greyhound bitch they called "Molly 2". She's a decent enough rabbit bitch and a good nose dog, winkling out hares, foxes and deer quite well. She's less good at stopping the foxes, hares and deer, not really having the gears to be a decent haredog and being a bit too "carefull" with the others! She's also a great pet and does her bit keeping the freezer filled.
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    It's high voltage and low current so will do little or no harm but it feels like a helluva bang and will terrify some dogs. Almost all farmers here have it and it surrounds every field. Luckily they mostly switch it off in winter when they take their cattle in. Until then it's a total pain in the hole!!!! If it's only around their bales then just keep away from it. Problem solved. If you need to work the bales with terriers or lurchers just ask the farmer to switch it off while you do (or unhook the wire yourself with insulated pliers not forgetting to do it up again after of course).
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    I had Trevor thinking "get te fuuck" meant bed lol Most dogs will do as above go on tone etc but they are capable of so much more. There is one dog I remember seeing on telly that understood over 150 different words for objects and would fetch them from another room on command. That goes way beyond tone and body language The most impressive bit was when his handler got a toy he didn't know the name of and put it among a load of his own toys then named it. He went and looked at the pile, thought for a while, then chose the right one. He'd never seen it before but knew she hadn't asked f
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    That's true but then it's also true of humans. If you bring up a child saying "brussel sprouts" when you want him to sit, he'll do it. Words don't have any actual meaning beyond what we've been taught that they mean.
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    Especially lurcher work done with whippets! My daughter has one - beautiful looking hound and very fast and keen but manages to run into things on a regular basis. I owned a non ped whippet myself 20 years ago and it was even worse.
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    Different terrain and climate. I thought of British coursing dogs first but maybe a line of salukis or saluki bred that are already doing it in the States might be better.Something like the hounds that dirtwinger runs http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/311998-hunting-hares-from-horseback-with-falcon-and-sighthounds/ The ones there look to have collie in them ,so a lurcher really,so maybe a coursing dog of British or American roots would do. ,raised from a pup they wouldn't know any different,I think even the Arabs will a Bob or 2 for British bred coursing dogs and their climate is qui
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    Different terrain and climate. I thought of British coursing dogs first but maybe a line of salukis or saluki bred that are already doing it in the States might be better. Something like the hounds that dirtwinger runs http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/311998-hunting-hares-from-horseback-with-falcon-and-sighthounds/
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    What you need is a saluki or a mix of saluki and greyhound or possibly a fast coyote hound. If I was you I'd go for the saluki. Whatever you choose the important thing is to find a litter of pups that are bred from dogs that work rather than show dogs. Maybe this might interest you:- http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/311448-coursing-hares-in-new-mexico/
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    Likewise, can't wait for them to take in cattle and SWITCH OFF THE FECKING FENCES !!!!!!
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    There're still one or two milky does around here.
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