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  1. Maximus Ferret
    Do you spot much other wildlife with it? Just curious. I'd love to try one but I'm too mean to buy one until I know just how good it is.
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    I've got this picture in me head now of Trigger running along shouting.
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    If he gets a tenner a rabbit he's selling them to greyhound racers who haven't bothered to encourage their young pups to chase a lure. That's what makes his soft mouthed dog worth persisting with.
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    IMHO you're looking at this from the wrong angle. Leave percentages of protein to chicken farmers and just feed a diet made from good quality ingredients and based on meat and bone rather than soya, peas etc.
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    She was on here earlier this morning. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/user/13035-keeps/
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    That makes a LOT of sense.
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    Dezzy, can you let us know what the vet says and what the outcome is for future reference please.
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    Get on the case then but probably best not to mention it to anyone .
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    As above, you did right by the hound. As for the Landy, they may go wrong a lot compared to modern motors but at least it's possible to fix the feckers yourself. My son has an ancient one and another for spares and then a pile of other spares. He's always swopping bits round.
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    It looks a lot like the cysts formed from tapeworm eggs though I'd say it's most likely epulis, as in Paulus's article.
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    Did you ever try Altbergs? I wear Altberg warriors with knee high gaiters and find I can walk through a stream and stay dry. (Only if it's not deeper than the gaiters of course.)
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    Just have a bit of patience and stick with it .
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    See this - http://www.tv3.ie/ireland_am_video.php?locID=1.65.74&video=69677 I don't know how closely they're enforcing it but if you get checked going from Ireland to the UK you could be in trouble.
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    +1 +2!
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    i haven't but if you google it there's a fair bit about it on the internet. - https://www.google.ie/search?q=best+dogs+for+finding+antlers&rlz=1C1TEUA_enIE477IE477&oq=dogs+for+finding+antlers&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0.31389j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8
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    If you start the dog retrieving dead birds that'll give it the idea. Most lurchers start out by catching the type of game birds that try to run through cover before flying. (Newly released pheasants, wet partridges after heavy rain, moorhens in reedbeds etc.)
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    Great write up Liam. It sounds a lot like the areas where I go hiking. I stalked up very close to a mob of 15 to 20 not long ago, with the two dogs with me. They were keen enough but the old bitch only wants to herd and snap and the pup's way too young to risk with them at the moment. Fair play to Sonic, them big old billies can give out a right battering. . I reckon I could nearly track them myself though with the smell off them.
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    If this is your first dog, regardless of what cross you pick, go for one that's out going and friendly. This might sound like a cliche but temperament is very important in collie crosses. Don't buy anything older than 9 or 10 weeks at the most from Hancocks either. This is important as these dogs need early socialising and won't all get it in a puppy farm. If you want your pup to grow up to do any particular job then ask them if any of their lines have been producing pups that do that. They may not work their dogs much but they do get a bit of feedback from customers. Good luck with it.
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    Patience won't be a problem. The deer/grey breeding is a new thing to me though. For the last 40 years I've had collie crosses, apart from one Mick Douglas bred dog and a couple of whippets. The collie crosses have been OK really (I've had a couple of good ones, a couple rubbish and the rest middling). When you get a good collie cross they can make a good show at almost anything. This pup's surprised me though. She's almost trained herself and stockbreaking has been easy so far (touch wood). I've been surprised at how clever she is, I wasn't expecting it.
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    She's deerhound greyhound, bred by Alan Charles. Neither the deerhound sire or the greyhound dam were big for their breed and both take rabbit hare and fox. Pups from previous litters have taken all kinds of game.
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    She's a smashing looking dog alright though if I'm honest she's a bit bigger than I was hoping for. I hoped she'd make around 27 to 28 ats and she's already made 28 and got more to go. The best thing about her is her temperament. She's calm and unfazed by anything (including electric fences so far) and she loves a rough and tumble. I have to call her off of the other dogs sometimes when they're playing as she hurts them by hanging onto tails, legs and necks way too hard. In spite of this she seems soft mouthed with rabbits. She's caught two so far and I skinned both and found no bruising at al
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    I try to get out on rough ground at least a couple of times a week as I love it and it's good for the dogs. I don't usually take a camera with me but did today so here're a few snaps. Only a pocket camera but you get the idea. The pup is 8 months now and huge but looks as if she'll grow a bit more yet!! Dusk was drawing in before I got back to the car.
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    As chid said, here in the south you can buy them in chemists. Look for one in a country town, and with an agricultural section.
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    Buy the dog a fecking bus ticket!!!
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    Who said 400 yard slips? That's not right. A greyhound at full speed would only take 20 seconds to cover that distance, all things being equal. There's too many variables to take into account to work that out properly though. Yes, definately too many variables, by the time the greyhound had covered that 400 yards the hare would have gone a fair distance itself.
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