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I wanted to fast track and improve the brown bitches strike, so I started her on a fizz be. At the first couple of throws, she walked over & gave it a very slight push with her nose, within five minutes she decided to murder, that red flier. It has now become one of the most important things to her, only a slight second to her joy of chasing a rabbit. Nanna has never been one for half measures, it's always 110%,in anything she does. If she can catch the disk before it hits the grounds, she's as happy as a dog with two tails, it's a type of game to her, catching that flying red bugger before it hits the ground. After a couple of runs, she hops into a stock bath full of water where she releases the disk to get a cold drink, then she has to place her whole head underwater, moving back and forth like a bloody seal to locate the red demon. No matter how many times I see this, I can't help but break out laughing, They only last a couple of weeks as she worries them to death, folding them in half as she chases the other dogs growling, barking out of the side of her mouth, but never once dropping the toy on dry land where one of the others might steal off her oh no ,then there would be a bloody murder .
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16 hours ago, Aussie Whip said:
What's the white dog got in it mate? it looks whippet or grey and russell.
Aussie Whip we bred this bitch ourselves, her Dam was 50% collie 50%kelpie and her Sire was a working whippet imported from Aussie. She's very full on and bossy as all hell, also has a truck load of brains.
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Since my wife required to be dropped off at her mother's place in Central Otago ,I thought it rude not to take advantage of the high rabbit populations that can be found around the lake in central Otago so I threw a couple of young lurchers ,ferrets and nets on board and after dropping her grace off, I bolted off to one of my favourite places, an area of flat ground with some large pine trees around the local collie club. There is a walking and cycle track that runs along the water's edge at one end, a busy man road at the other and the two other boundaries are both fenced in rabbit netting. The south fence is new & the north end fence is old and done .I first checked the main road fence to make sure there were no rabbit holes leading under the fence, as I didn't want the dogs, during a chase, jumping the fence and getting hit & killed on the busy road. That done, I then let the dogs out and walked under the pines to push all the rabbits underground, I was headed to a big warren to the north I'd netted off and on for 30 odd years. Over the next 3 hours, I only had to shift the net once for a healthy total of twenty rabbits, I could have taken a lot more, but I sat and enjoyed the slow pace, alongside the views and ponded what new adventure lay ahead for me now that I've retired . I think I'd be happy just doing more of this, as a hobby as it once was, many years ago..... I have gone the full circle...
"Nellie", the white bitch, is a straight cross of a collie bitch to a working whippet dog. She is about 20 months old . The chocolate bitch is my own breeding,"Nannas"Dam is a half whippet x bird dog (including GSH,WHP,visla)and sire is a half greyhound x Whp/beardy.She is about 24 months old and as mad as a hatter, that I don't think will reach old age .
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On 21/03/2023 at 22:16, Aussie Whip said:
Has the dog ever overheated badly in the past? I had a dog that got out and was chasing roos on a hot day and would overheat very quickly after that. Don't know if this is a scientifically proven thing but it happened to mine. I agree with gnipper on the highly strung thing though.
Yes that's a common problem over your way Aussie Whip, once the dog has heated or heat stoke (call it what you want)the dog then becomes prone to it, over heating faster each time. In some cases, this has ended a dog's working life, making them unsuitable for any hard running and hunting.
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On 06/03/2023 at 21:07, Moocher71 said:
I was in India for 18 months early 200s and yes they lots of poverty but I found them to be kind people and I loved my time there , admittedly I was in goa area ,but I regret not travelling more .
And yes it was a shock to see full families living on the streets but that's down to there government not giving a toss
Interesting enough, there is now a huge housing problem in the states brought about when hard-working people lost their jobs over the Covid this along with a number of new drugs hitting the streets has seen 1,000s of middle income earners homeless .1,000s of people living in tents on the side walk and in parks, most addicted to a killer drug that leaves people in a zombie like state ,bent over passed out standing & another new one, that eats the flesh on the bone resulting in fingers falling off without any knowledge what happened to them. What a very sad state for a country to find themselves in, drugs taken openly in the street in front of passers-by who seem to be switched off to the problem......
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On 07/03/2023 at 07:57, Baretta28 said:
After a telephone call with the farmer today Just thought I would ask for ur thoughts on the following.
the last few weeks I’ve been moving house and waiting for the little one to have his operation on his ear so I haven't been able to go go to the farm. I did let him know I was moving house etc.
I ring today to let him know I would be up Thursday and he told me not to bother!!! He now has some one going up and is clearing the rabbits at a cost of £250 a day. Which I think is f*****g ridiculous.
I had that permission for 6 years I don’t know if to be pissed or just ignore it and think f••k it
I find there is no value long term to fall out with the landowner, yes at the time, after ripping the farmer a new asshole, you feel vindicated however with the passing of time you realize that you will never get back onto that property while that farmer still owns the land. Now when this happens to me, I nod, smile and say "ok if it doesn't work out you know where to find me "then I walk off. While this has only happened a few times, twice I've had the landowner ring me at a later date, and ask would you be interested in doing some control work on a couple of hotspot areas to which I've agreed to without making any comment, then within a few weeks, I'm back doing the whole place again. My approach these days is one that delivers the best outcomes for me. When I was younger, I would tell the landowner what I thought about him, his farm and grandparents five times removed .lol Cant say it ever resulted in me getting back on the place to hunt, however upsetting folk is no longer my style, I have at long last learned to zip it, smile and wait .....
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On 12/03/2023 at 20:21, mackem said:
I saw a program a few days ago, kid of about 20 years of age got caught spotlighting deer in the States, he admitted to shooting a number in national park land, I think he was fined 5k and banned from hunting AND fishing for 40 years.
Yes since he would be unable to buy any licences & tags for fishing & hunting. Wild life rangers have sweeping powers & are anomaly armed.
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6 hours ago, Troutslayer said:
£6650 fine to pay, motor confiscated along with thermal spotter, and to top it all off losing there dogs and a ban on keeping dogs for 5yr! What's next? Same for coursing rabbits? Country's on it's fkn knees!
They have been hammering the illegal hunters in New Zealand as well, big fines, impound your car/truck for 28 days, at your cost to get it paid out of the yard, confiscate all your hunting kit, you lose your firearms licence and the Judge can ban you from any hunting for a set period. All set up to make it as hard as possible to sneak into company owned forestry, all the neighbours ready to call if a truck or car is parked at a gate or on the roadside, cameras set up to alert the forest managers in real time pictures arriving to their phones, so in the company of the police they know which road you are down & when you went down it. I decided some time ago to give the sneaking around away while I still had my teeth, as it was only a matter of time before I ran foul of the law. They hammer anyone they catch to send a message to everybody else, see what happens if we catch you.
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8 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:
I was in India for 18 months early 200s and yes they lots of poverty but I found them to be kind people and I loved my time there , admittedly I was in goa area ,but I regret not travelling more .
And yes it was a shock to see full families living on the streets but that's down to there government not giving a toss
Yes I totally agree ,....... we might be joining them soon the way the world is heading these days ........each day a new level of madness is thrust upon us .....
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The Dam looks like.......
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2 hours ago, Moocher71 said:
They few different types in India
Most of those people wouldn't know who their father was, let alone how these types came to be .....
Foot note..... I just watched a video on youtube about how people from India ,leave or drop off their unwanted kids at a train station ,never to return.The kids then live in the train station ,stealing to pay for food & drugs, it painted a bloody sad picture...poor wee sods.....tucking into half rotten food ....a puff....then into the tucker again .....
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All top shelf photos lads ,keep em coming !
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To be fair it's not a single dog but several ,animals bit in the under belly & flanks don't last very long at all.
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These new laws/rules are worldwide, driven by the UN with each country having mandates to meet ,it's without doubt a brand-new level of madness. With each passing year, I question & ponder these matters and realize this world is not the one I was brought up in ,It's something I would never have imagined in my wildest dreams ,ponkers running the damn country now.
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On 08/02/2023 at 09:46, chartpolski said:
None at all, one of my mates is doing it up.
Cheers.
You look a lot like step toe sir
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On 25/01/2023 at 10:30, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:
Pathetic state of affairs, what the f**k is wrong with these people
They are allowed to live & breed.
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A lot of these matters are out of ones "control", any spare pups I have, after all the dust has settled, are sold. Most have been picked/ordered early, however for any reason a person has changed their minds I try to make it as easy as possible for them to drip out. Often people don't even show when stating they are coming out to view, that doesn't bother me I expect nothing, I simply move onto the next name on the list, that's been formed before the pups arrived. I've just about heard every story /plan for the puppy, some normal and some wild, but I've LEARNT a long time ago once the puppy leaves here its fate is out of my control. Once again, I expect nothing, so I'm not pissed off /gutted to hear the half witted /weak-minded, cross-dressing bloke on bloke lover has totally wreaked the pup/young dog. I do however give credit to those that decide for a huge raft of good reasons (matters out of their control) to rehome the dog & give me a call first.I don't judge. Furthermore, I can live with what I've done, the effort I've made, the rest is in the hands of others & again out of my control. I sleep like a baby at night.
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Your pup will once full grown have you tearing your hair out in lumps some days, but just like me, you will come back for more the very next day !lol
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During my pig dog ownership, I had two pure ACDs dog both males, I liked the second one better than the first but only just, hunting wise they didn't have any distance & were fine if the pig was under control but almost took a back seat, if the boar was dishing some hurt of its own, so I don't really like them. I can think of many breeds I'd rather use than an ACD however that said all this means zip, nothing, many others have used this breed within their own breeding programs and been well pleased with results. I still don't like them .......so I will never have a good one ....the human mind is a minefield..... of bullshit ....
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I brought a quick set net off Brian 12 or 15 years ago, and It's still going strong, however that was in another lifetime going by these reports, it certainly doesn't sound a very good business model. The rabbit world is a small one & bad word of mouth can see sales drop away at a very fast rate. My go-to saying in these matters is this," anybody can make a mistake while in business, it's what happens from that point on that really matters."
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I at one point in time ran 6 beagles, however that was going back ten years or so now .Of late Ive decided to once again to hunt a pair of pure beagles instead of the usual cross we run, a terrier x beagle is our go-to breed these days & it's worked well for us, but I miss the sound of a hound when it's eating up the ground in full cry. One is a 15-month-old bitch & the other a male who's only 4 months old & shaping up well. Looking forward to breeding my pair of nutters & my plan is to keep all the bitch pups as this will help build up my pack to reasonable numbers .This puppy is a first Cross foxy x a beagle & as you can see he's thrown more to the beagle .
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On 02/01/2023 at 10:19, Aussie Whip said:
What worries me is their burst in popularity with a cartoon called Bluey. People are breeding them everywhere over here as pets and some are just that now. Every kid wants one and the original temperament is getting lost or the good ones end up in pounds being too full on for most families.
Every family wants a pup, until it becomes a dog.
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Found this on the net ,might be useful.
Coccidiosis is a common and worldwide sporozoan disease of rabbits caused by the protozoan parasite Eimeria ep. Up to 25 species of coccidian have been observed in rabbits, with two main forms seen, hepatic and intestinal.
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Great result ,looks like you guys managed to get the truck AND tractor stuck, did that required the use of the digger to get both out ? All part of the adventure, bet you had a few laughs.
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Ferreting this season
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Taking out some youngins is one of the most rewarding, neatness things you could do in this sport sharing it with a grandson is even better ,job well done ,I tip my hat to you sir .