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  1. trenchfoot
    Them as shouts loudest knows the most
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    A terrier will hunt hard with the intent to catch and kill. A good spaniel will keep working the cover regardless what it has already put up, My experience is that the sport is more "exciting" when bushing with a terrier, but most effective when using a good cocker. Ask your self the question,If terriers were the best at bushing then why do most rough shooters keep spaniels?
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    Feck!?
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    Irish Hunter, Whats that dog in your Avatar?
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    And you suggested I don't log on after an few hours on the lash
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    They are six foot apart 'cos they are all bleeding soap dodgers
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    trenchfoot, I have some advice for you.....don't log on to your computer when you've just got in from a night on the lash! I drunk man tells no lies, only speaks his mind!
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    A bull x can be very attractive on the eye. even an average bred one stands out. I could easily fall for that myself. But if you are looking for a true working lurcher, its a long term commitment. Never marry a bird that you have only just met. or one that you come across on the internet. Try going on a few dates, even with the less attractive ones. they may surprise you. As a "virgin" in this lurcher life you need experience. a beautiful "slapper" may excite you right now, but fools rush in where angels fear to tread. You dont have enough experience to be so definitive in your choi
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    This vixen is mooching around our fields at the moment, less than 100 yards from the chicken runs. They are well fenced in, electric wire and all. the collie keeps rowing at it. it if becomes a problem then the lurchers get to see it off. Its got young on, so I will let it be and enjoy the sights for what they are. It is happily feeding on voles (she has a mouthful of them in this photo), easier meat than trying to break into stalagluft!
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    good idea mate but it already looks like its been run over several times. Don't feel so bad,looks like that cats had a Goodyear
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    not sure legally, but I'd bury the beggar and keep stum. If anyone says 'owt, use the 12th commandment - deny it
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    Try rubber matting. Old conveyor belt works a treat, silicone the pieces together to stop liquids getting in any gaps. Its easier on the dogs joints etc when they lounge about on it. lasts forever too!
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    What a man does with his dogs is a matter for his own conscience. The best of breeding over the years has created great animals, but in these times of easy come, easy go, folk are taking on dogs without little thought as to suitability, breeding etc. If you are that serious about YOUR need for the very best of performers, then your choice of cur warrants long and deep research. Not some spur of the moment purchase of what you THINK you want, then end up with a pig in a poke. that only fuels the fires of messers breeding shite for the sake of a quick buck. Many people have consider
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    if its out of season, it's not fecking hunting. End of
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    agree with that mate, I have a beddy/collie/whippet that suits my temperament to a tee. But my wifes working bred collie is just too sensitive for my character unless I am right on the top of my game. I lost a collie/bull cross last year that was as stubborn,forward and independent as fook, great freelancer and took a lot of calm force to keep upside of her. taken another on and its taken a month or two to find his off switch, but were getting there. IMO too many folk take on a dog that is too much for THEIR abilities and put a lack of partnership down to "bottomless prey drive" not an ina
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    bang on the money there fella what I ask of a lurcher is that it both does as its asked, but must also at times does as it knows best. a true lurcher must be able to go freelance when it sees fit. It takes a good dogman to recognize that side of the partnership, yet still keep a hand on the tiller if needs be. Oh and by the way, I don't put myself in that category - but it is what I strive to be for my dogs
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    I get what your saying mate and i agree both are optimum, a do or die attitude shouldnt over ride good training and a good dog/handler bond, i'm just betting that there are few dogs about that work well that if they were running game in open ground and had turned it a few times, were getting ready to put a strike in, and with a single command could be made to just give it up and come back. . . . . Totally agree with that, had one that was that responsive at times, and we all want to pull something at the end of a run. But we have all had the occasion where, once a dog is on that the nee
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    it strikes me from this thread that there is a great variation in what some people ask of a lurcher. That "do-or-die attitude" to take whats at the end of a run is an impressive thing to watch. So is the immediate response of a well trained dog to its handler. So long as you can answer the question honestly, "have I done the best for my dog?" at the end of a day, night or seasons hunting and sleep easy in your bed with the truth then that training has been right for the 2 of you. I have made mistakes in training, and the way I have run my dogs in the past - I will always hope to do the be
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    can easily be done. 1/4 collie is a good place to start. not as sensitive as a half cross and a little more forgiving of mistakes. you may have to adapt your training methods from what you have had before, especially if its gundogs etc. as a true working lurcher needs to be able to think far more for itself at times. At the end of the day what you talk about is basic obedience and that should be the starting point for the training of any dog
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    Do numbers? Mine have never managed to read the hunting with dogs act, let alone master simple mathematics!
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    Have stood at the peg with a skinny arsed cur. She picks up well enough but when a roe came through the line then some explaining had to be done. Fine to keeper paid and piss taken. Still it never stopped me taking her again though
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    20" collie x 1/4 beddie,3/4 whippet 33lbs runs hard all year and rarely drops an pound. bitch 26" collie/grey bullwhippet 50lbs. dog pair together, completely different running styles
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    Meg once nailled a fox some walkers had pushed up on the edge of a playing field. slung dead fox in thick hedge bottom. Whilst explaining away the ruckus to onlookers my lab retrieved the bugger and dropped it at my feet
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    ran into a strangers house twice. once came back with a slice of warm toast, next ran out with a bacon sandwich. Both live to hand and didn't go to waste
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