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  1. trenchfoot
    I wish you all the best in your search for the perfect lurcher. Collie x's and curs work for me and many others. I have no doubt that there are other "breeds" or types of collies that could well have something to add to a hunting/running dog type. if that were my quest then i'd just do it. Quietly. Put the pups in the hands of people I trusted, and take honest feedback for what it is. Then take a decision as to whether or not to broadcast it via forums or the Countrymans etc. If you are that way inclined, then it is better to have tried and failed, than to have never tried at all. But be hone
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    I do, for mooching. Not as fast as a lurcher, obviously. But good nose, works under close control or on his own wide ranging. He also works sheep and pigs. My favourite way to use him is to send him out to the top of a piece of ground to be worked, then have him bring the ground in towards the lurchers at the bottom end . No big hauls but makes for some good sport. The way the current climate against hunting with running dogs is going, I think that for those of us that prefer to keep under the radar would be better served with "hunting collies" rather than out and out speedsters. If th
  3. trenchfoot
    I'll be okay then. Just need to respray my dogs ears red and then maybe they will catch a rosette. Come to think of it, short necks are a bonus 'cos it stops there heads getting stuck in pots
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    Didn't Plummer right that his Merle had a short neck, which meant that brain impulses got to the dogs feet faster. Hence a short neck= faster dog. Mendelssohn's law of independent segregation and all that?! Or is that just a load of boll###s too
  5. trenchfoot
    did it take them twice No before the deer act 1984'ish
  6. trenchfoot
    It's because you don't have illusions that you are a long lost relative of Aubury Frier (spelling!) But give it a few more years and you'll eventually see the light
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    You cannot dislike them that much, It took you 3 days to amend and edit your comments about my dogs on page 2. Messer
  8. trenchfoot
    Anything that doesnt bay at 'em
  9. trenchfoot
    I do, for mooching. Not as fast as a lurcher, obviously. But good nose, works under close control or on his own wide ranging. He also works sheep and pigs. My favourite way to use him is to send him out to the top of a piece of ground to be worked, then have him bring the ground in towards the lurchers at the bottom end . No big hauls but makes for some good sport. The way the current climate against hunting with running dogs is going, I think that for those of us that prefer to keep under the radar would be better served with "hunting collies" rather than out and out speedsters. If th
  10. trenchfoot
    I do, for mooching. Not as fast as a lurcher, obviously. But good nose, works under close control or on his own wide ranging. He also works sheep and pigs. My favourite way to use him is to send him out to the top of a piece of ground to be worked, then have him bring the ground in towards the lurchers at the bottom end . No big hauls but makes for some good sport. The way the current climate against hunting with running dogs is going, I think that for those of us that prefer to keep under the radar would be better served with "hunting collies" rather than out and out speedsters. If th
  11. trenchfoot
    I would rather have an ugly bird that put out, than a high maintenance one who needed caviar for a fumble http://i211.photobuc...photo1005-1.jpg my old bitch, bred on collie x lines. never won a show. put a lot of game to bed. very cloddy, grafted hard. Barely injured, and never tired. No written pedigree. Not even a mention on Wikipedia If she had ever come in season then I could have sold her pups 3 times over. Give me a keeper over a seller anyday
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    One minute you are concerned about good feet which matter, next your worried about its lugs which don't! why dont you give Jeff Burrel a ring you'll get on famously
  13. trenchfoot
    You got homes for all the pups yet? I'd see if anyone else wanted to share in the trial and tribulations of such a venture before I threw an unknown, unproven type over any bitch of mine
  14. trenchfoot
    I know what you mean, but for my line of work I think they have a bit too much "grunt"! Not knocking them, as I have never seen one work
  15. trenchfoot
    Some "bull" lines carry the wall eye
  16. trenchfoot
    grand looking dogs! Any idea where the wall eye came from in that pup?
  17. trenchfoot
    From the top, full collie, 1/2 collie, 1/4 collie. worked hard and never suffered with a genetic foot problem at any point
  18. trenchfoot
    They touchy - I shooty!
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    I'd say get yourself down a clay club and try out a few from people of a similar build/size as yourself. Then when you whittle it down to 1 model/maker, spend a grand on it and the rest on getting it fitted properly. This way you should stop the trade in merry-go round that happens when people buy the prettiest gun they can for the money, then wonder why they still can't shoot for sh##. Trust me I have made the same mistake myself! a 28" barrelled 12 bore from browning, miroku or beretta would be a good start for your budget and game shooting. Maybe go for 30" if you think clays are likely
  20. trenchfoot
    Its not surprising, having worked for and run pharmaceutical companies. The technology, skills and framework to manufacture such a product nigh on exists within the NHS already. If there is no patent on it, then it could be done. The NHS would never have the gumption to do that and the Government haven't the budget to set it up. They would then approach the pharma companies for funding. The pharma company have no intellectual property right over the product and hence would have no financial gain to the company share holders. The NHS has been hamstrung by Labour mis-management and more r
  21. trenchfoot
    must have been aiming at the starfish.
  22. trenchfoot
    Your right, they do excel at a specific job, however, I do a lot of mooching and within the pack there are racier and larger, sharper dogs. I always have 2 main working dogs, one large one small and I have recently added my bull x whippet as my small dog is starting to slow a bit on a full days graft. I have up till now had collie x's, and the last two have added terrier into the mix (bedlington in one and bull in the other). this appears to have taken of the manic/obsessive/sensitive edges that can come with the collie x's. I chose a bull/whippet this time around purely because I wanted a sm
  23. trenchfoot
    Any suggestions on custom stockers? Not Don Robinson though. Half his stuff looks half chewed
  24. trenchfoot
    Your right, they do excel at a specific job, however, I do a lot of mooching and within the pack there are racier and larger, sharper dogs. I always have 2 main working dogs, one large one small and I have recently added my bull x whippet as my small dog is starting to slow a bit on a full days graft. I have up till now had collie x's, and the last two have added terrier into the mix (bedlington in one and bull in the other). this appears to have taken of the manic/obsessive/sensitive edges that can come with the collie x's. I chose a bull/whippet this time around purely because I wanted a sm
  25. trenchfoot
    what height tts is that pal 21" tts and second gen 1/2 cross
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