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Who owns the sire?,pm me if preferred.
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If i owned a sharp looking mutt like that i don,t believe a little surgery would restrict me for to long,happy hunting mucker.
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"cracking dogs in cover" makes me think they are not as old school as you would have us believe,old school were bred to enter below then work cover as part of their versatility.What graft have the parents seen in the dark?,i allready know your going to lie.Good luck with the sale of another litter of useless Bedlingtons.
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Look through some of the older threads on that subject on here,saves the bickering.
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Im p Im in a fortunate situation at the moment,for the first time in many years,the older dogs i don,t need to rely on now,Fell bitch only 6 and the Beddy dog 5,their progeny have taken on the workload to such an extent that im not reliant on them now,my lad as the Beddy/Fells out at least twice a week,often more,i just loiter about with the parents letting them earn a more meagre crust,the young Beddy/Fell bitch entered early at the end of last season and became a useful sort,this season cannot come fast enough for her,her older brother as been more than useful since entered the year b
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All im saying is this,if i wanted a grafting terrier id be reluctant to visit a litter bred by somebody i did not know,i know for a fact that i could ask a mucker for a pup and it would work.Id not want a pup bred from a litter where i knew the parents grafted,id want one where i knew the working lineage was carried through many generations,uninterrupted by greed and ego,s.
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I started out poaching other peoples land,geez i pissed more than my share off,now i have more permission than i can give justice to and it keeps coming,ive just been recently asked to control some land that i poached for years,i nearly burst out laughing when the old lad wanted to give me a lay of the land.Ive little issue with folk that wander over my permission,unless its fecking summer,leave the odd footprint and leave a gallop or two for me,its the nuggets killing stock,damaging gates and fences and throwing out the threats when challenged that boil my urine.If i was challenged on others
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Luck,the lads that breed with the luck factor in the equation is the main reason the working terrier,all types and breeds,are in the state they are now.
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Id have thought if bred right they,d all be grafters,the day when pot luck came into the equation was the day that litter should not have been bred.To many litters are bred now when there is a chance that some of the resultant progeny may not be up to standard,the main reason for that is somewhere in the recent lineage there should have been a cull.
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I was educated to believe that hunters,especially lurchermen, respected their chosen sport,part of that respect was the few months taken out to let breeding re-stock our hunting pantry,allow the dogs and owner to diversify for a few months without the same level of commitment or expectations.I know i appreciate the more relaxed atmosphere a days rambling about, without any hunting pressure,as on myself and the charges,ill let the dogs chase the odd squirrel about allow the terriers a little ratting and we all appreciate the long leisurely forays along the water courses enquiring of a minks whe
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I don,t hunt all year round,in the summer months i can still keep the dogs ticking over without the need,or urge,to ruin next seasons sport,obviously accidents are there to happen but its down to the individual to control the percentages.I know where the majority of sport is to be had on the land i usually roam,its a case of steering clear of such places,reining the mutts in if they get their nose and rattling the odd gate etc. to make any unwary critter know of your presence.This summer is the first in many a year i have 2 pups that are at an age they need their education,it goes against the
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I don,t hunt all year round,in the summer months i can still keep the dogs ticking over without the need,or urge,to ruin next seasons sport,obviously accidents are there to happen but its down to the individual to control the percentages.I know where the majority of sport is to be had on the land i usually roam,its a case of steering clear of such places,reining the mutts in if they get their nose and rattling the odd gate etc. to make any unwary critter know of your presence.This summer is the first in many a year i have 2 pups that are at an age they need their education,it goes against the
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I spent many an hour in the company of and watching a very good trainer of working and trial sheepdogs.The things he could do with his charges held me spellbound and i put all this new found knowledge into 3 pups i bred,by the time they were 8 months old i had them retrieving,waiting,in sight or out of,moving left,right,forward and behind,running to a gate and waiting etc.,all independant of each other.The bloody pups were a joy to behold,alas i ruined 2 of them,when i got around to the serious stage of their education,the chase and catch,they were totally dependant on me for command and near
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Its relatively easy to train a dog to the lamp and it does not take much of a lurcher to make more than a useful lamping companion.Any dog can course an hare and catch the odd-un,the dogs that can catch on a regular basis,in winter,from an honest slip,are far less common than decent lamping dogs.IMO.
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Good post,when i think ive stock broken a sapling,i go through the training process again and often a third time,then its a case of topping up the training when the mutt is out and about in the field.My pups will be hunting and catching before and during their education,id expect them to be fully broken to stock in their first season,then ill refresh the safest of dogs when lambs are at foot,lambs have been known to puzzle some dogs.One thing i USED to do with mutts,especially saplings,was refresh them around sheep after they had been in contact with bambi.Id not over educate a dog with to mu
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False economy,sooner or later the dog will again encounter sheep,it will be passed from pillar to nugget and possibly suffer because of its early lack of stewardship,better to cull such a dog,kinder on the dog.
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Trouble in waiting,a chase that starts away from stock as an habit of ending on land you have little contol over,pts,better for the dog that will possibly spend its lifetime passed from pillar to nugget.
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You got rid of the first un and failed with the second,the pattern emerging is its not the dog or how its bred,its rare that a pup cannot be stock broken,its common that the owner is often to lazy or not experienced enough to educate the mutt and themselves.Id take this sapling back to basic stock control,plenty of info on this site about that.If you fail this one cull it and don,t get another.
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When was the last time Jockland saw a successful English football team?,we will get the chance to look under a few kilts to source another commando Brit,then both teams will fail miserably again,Scotland just before the Micks and taffs,closely followed by their English cousins that drag the lunacy a little further.
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The last greyhound i utilised as as a stud was 29" and over 80lb,banned from the track because of his aggression,id not want much less even from a lurcher bred stud,as you state personal choice,which comes with hunting lifestyle. -
Id take that mug shot down unless your offering copious amounts of skid that better whets the tyro hunters testorerone appetite,a young tyro as has as much conscience as a standing cock.
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Something the Grey adds is prey drive,they are far more driven than people realise,anything in front of them they wish to chase and kill,anything,dainty around cover is not in a Greys make-up,they don,t have the brains to be dainty and careful.
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Apart from the speed factor it offers a balance,the majority of lurcher litters bred will have at least 4 or 5 breedings in the mix,the more you breed lurcher to lurcher the more chance you have of throwing in the x factor,the x factor can throw to the Whippet,the Collie,the terrier etc.in the mix,the Greyhound balance can make for a more level and regular litter that balances the x factor in the mix.
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You only have to see a Coursing Grew in flight to see what it as to offer,plus they can balance a litter out like a lurcher cross never can.One of the best Hare catchers and fox slayers was an ex track dog,lacked stamina yet added so much to the litter he sired.They are far more useful and versatile than some will lend you to believe,id still use a lurcher stud over a Grey though. So after singing their praises you'd still choose a lurcher stud. Can I ask why? it seems to me well it's a fact really that a lot of folk are now going to coursing stock (established lines of saluki blooded dogs)r
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Where you walking past Notre Dam?
