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Mine get a small tub each twice a week...they love it...good for them too... then give the tubs to the ferrets, they'll clean em up and have toys to play with. Good idea mate...wouldn't have thought of that...
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Good stuff...
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Mate, for many, that's the f***ing stark reality of the dog game...
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Unfortunately...for far too many last season's dogs will end up the same as this season's dogs and next season's and the season after that...swapped, sold, palmed off, pts or worse still dumped or discarded...to be replaced predictably by "this season's hopeful"...nothing is guaranteed to depress me quicker than the sad and perpetually abysmal treatment shown to our canine compadres...often by self proclaimed 'dogmen'...who should know better...
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I use it in the winter when they are grafting hard...dogs seem to do well on it...32% protein...works for mine anyway...
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Thank you mate he's a top lamping dog takes whatever I put infront of him no reverse gear wouldn't be without him on a night out I feed red mills racer with a mixture of other food I.e pasta , rice , chicken, veg, rabbit alsorts plenty table scraps a good variety and everyday is different just lots of good grub hours out good size kennels and run plenty space keeps them right atb JD You got it all covered buddy...dogman beyond your years I reckon... thanks Borderscot I try my best for them And it shows mate...
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Thank you mate he's a top lamping dog takes whatever I put infront of him no reverse gear wouldn't be without him on a night out I feed red mills racer with a mixture of other food I.e pasta , rice , chicken, veg, rabbit alsorts plenty table scraps a good variety and everyday is different just lots of good grub hours out good size kennels and run plenty space keeps them right atb JD You got it all covered buddy...dogman beyond your years I reckon...
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Andy...I'm long enough in the tooth to recall out agri merchant stocking 2 brands of complete...Happidog and Wilsons...both grain based and not ideally suitable for dogs...lots of shepherds in the valley fed their dogs on nothing more than flaked maize and milk from the 'hoose coo' even as a young un I had enough savvy to realise that wasn't gonna get the best outta my dogs...I used to go weekly to our local killing house to fill two drums with sheeps heads and paunches...at the time they were 10 pence each...dogs thrived on them...and were fed lamb/mutton whenever I had a useable casualty...g
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Andy...I'm long enough in the tooth to recall out agri merchant stocking 2 brands of complete...Happidog and Wilsons...both grain based and not ideally suitable for dogs...lots of shepherds in the valley fed their dogs on nothing more than flaked maize and milk from the 'hoose coo' even as a young un I had enough savvy to realise that wasn't gonna get the best outta my dogs...I used to go weekly to our local killing house to fill two drums with sheeps heads and paunches...at the time they were 10 pence each...dogs thrived on them...and were fed lamb/mutton whenever I had a useable casualty...g
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Mine has a pilot's licence... Do things in style here... When you coming to see my pup????
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Well, as the old saying goes you get what you pay for...
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Fair comment that some dogs do on certain foods and others don't. Personally I wouldn't feed Dr John's...tried it years ago and my dogs turned into 'shit factories' within a week...never seen dogs shit like it...not healthy that...but know others who use it ans while they admit they are forever picking up shit their dogs look reasonable on it...the shepherd next door uses it and his dogs must shit at least 5-6 times when they're first let out in the mornings... The link below is interesting...not a great review of Dr John's... http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct
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Fair enough your dogs are looking good on it, but why add more protein with meat, when you are feeding 28% protein. I received info on feeding gain from the rep, for my working whippet, who said to feed Gain 28% on its own. if adding raw meat which i was planning, to feed Gain 20% with a supplement. I'm sure you did mate...he's a rep...on commission maybe?????? Feed it on its own...feed more... shovel it in...don't add anything and I'll deliver another two bags next week... The way I have always done it is...feed the complete...whatever % and add meat or fish or whatever...so,
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Excersise And Feedng Please Read
BORDERSCOT replied to clueless's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Penny put the conditioning chapter from her book up here somewhere a while ago...I read it and thoroughly enjoyed it...lots of good sensible advice... Biking dogs is all well and good and is a great tool for getting them fit...but it's gotta be done sensibly...read a post a while ago from someone who I thought would know better...seemed pretty chuffed that he'd ran his 6 month old pup for 8 miles behind his quad at 12 miles per hour...that's just plain stupid...reckoned it was a good indication of his pup's fitness...I thought it was an indication of his stupidity... -
I had a whippet when I was 12...by the time I had reached my mid teens it no longer fulfilled my every and varied needs...good fun when I was a kid...got into heaps of bother with that wee dog... But things progress...maybe when I am in my dotage I will have another...and hopefuly will get into lots of bother... Cold comes to mind though...jesus it felt the cold...couldn't fault him in the guts stakes though...when I left home he stayed with my mum and dad and lived til he was 16...
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Fed Gain 28% for years and also Red Mills Excell 32% when they are grafting hard...never had an issue...interesting point you make tho...how quickly did this condition take to manifest...and did it affect their behaviour...some folk reckon too much protein makes em nuts...never had an issue...mind you when they are on the above feeds they are getting a serious amount of graft...they're on Gain 20% at the moment...
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Til Death do Us Part - Alf Garnett had it just about right... The Vital Spark Fawlty Towers Dad's Army
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Proper decision mate...only last night on here someone was wanting shot of a terrier that wasn't good with kids...and it got a home too...let's hope it was a 'forever' home (really unlikely for a 3 year old non-working patterdale on this site) because if it ain't and it eventually finds its way into a family home who knows what the end result could be... You did the right thing...
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TheYanks call 'em rocks...we call 'em stanes Big Stanes Small Stanes And a pile of stanes awaiting my attention...I will post pics of the end results in the next few days...
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Keep watching until the end...mule/donkey/ass dunno what it is but it's certainly got ASS in mind...
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Someone else's problem now then eh??? Result...
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He was a strong lad...good gutsy animal...broke a hind leg when he was 3 years old...left a big hole if I am honest...never ever found this dog out stamina wise and look at the fecking feet he had... shame that mate he did look a strong dog ,bully looking even .. As been said, the half cross out of richard jones is a real nice stamp borderscott. And i think the taffy 3/4 breds did throw a few handy fox dogs back in the day. Good pics thanks for sharing Cheers Atb REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THAT DOG IN THE 2ND PIC BORDERSCOT.... The dog in the 2nd pic was
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AYE IT WAS. WAS TALKING TO WHIN AT THE SHOW ON SUNDAY AND SEEN HER SIRE AND DAM. SHES A COMPLETLY DIFFERENT ANIMAL COMPARED TO HER PARENTS AND LITTER SISTERS AND YOU WOULDNT THINK SHE WAS RELATED AT ALL. I was at the show...woulda been good to chat... Maybe next time...