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  6. SHOW US YOUR PATTERDALES

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    WHAT ???????????

    Not sure if it's correct or not but would rather not take the risk if I can help it
    sorry I should have explained a little better , whenever a length of dock is discussed its common to hear phrases like " it should be a good handful " or " there should be enough to grab hold of " implying that it can be used as some sort of handle, it shouldn't be and I think someone new to terriers / earthwork should know this

  14. Whelping Advice For Beginners

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    have anyone giving a relaxer of some sort to bitch once she pups. have bitch and has puped two litters first litter 13 and one survived. second litter 8 none survived.bitch does great job getting them out and cleaning them does great job but then absolutely looses the plot and either does be too rought or just pushes some aside each day till none left. and is lovely pleasant bitch before pups butbwould eat f**k out of you when has them. any suggestions.

     

    If you've tried twice and the bitch has either rejected the pups or damaged them badly, then I wouldn't breed from her again. Some bitches do lose the plot, possibly due to hormonal behaviour gone awry, but unless you can hand rear or foster pups on to a sensible bitch I'd not put myself or the bitch through that again.
    Good advice Penny .Out of interest ,have you had much success fostering ,something I've never tried but then again I don't ever have 2 litters on the place .
    never had the need to foster personally but have seen it done on a couple of occasions with hounds and sheep dogs , both times the whelps were smothered in butter or margarine before being placed with the surrogate mother and both times the bitch accepted and reared the pups without any problems.
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  18. Red Brick B&f Advice

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    You'll only get an accurate reading when both the collar and box are stationary, when I've got a terrier in ground I just turn the box on a leave it in one spot until the numbers stop moving (or are only moving slightly)then move the box slowly in the direction that the numbers decrease, its no good trying to follow a moving terrier the reading will be all over the place.

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