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Besides, if I win this, the photo will be hanging in the Saatchi Gallery in London. I, for one, would love nothing more than to see a photo with a lurcher in it hanging in a prestigious gallery.
Thats a really good pic, and i agree with the above quote....
Mars..
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Start at home in a confined space where the pup cant get past you.
then when you catch the pup as it`s trying to get past you...lol...give it loads of praise.
Eventually the penny will drop that bringing stuff back to you is a good thing...
Mars...
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A few years back, Walking through a park / Green space on a summers day weekend with lots of people and kids about...
My Bull X who was off the lead walking to heal, took her self off to the brook that was around a hundred yards away down a bit of a bank, i thought nothing of it as i assumed she was just going to get a drink & cool off...
As i turned to call her she was coming back towards me with a Large White Duck in her mouth.. and lots of people pointing and kids shouting "LOOK MUM" !!!!
Luckily she is soft mouthed with anything that does`nt bite back, and once i told her to put it down the duck just waddled off back to the brook....lol...
Not really an odd retrieve just an odd situation....lol..
Mars...
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Have any of you seen the news on calendar tonight about getting up to a thousand pound fine for walking any more then 4 dogs at a time . that's me knacked then lol
Can you put a link up please...
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Next year I am planning on breeding my First x bull grey bitch she is four year old now and has done everything I have asked of her she has ran doubled up with some of the best dogs up this neck of the woods and to my surprise she has made a fool of a lot of them, ok I have a laugh and joke with the owners of the dogs she has ran with and try and soften the blow with them on how a first x bull grey just made a fool of there champion bred lineage salukie lurchers it is all in jest but what I am always told by them are if that was in a massive open place like the fens then the outcome would of been different (but we are not on the fens) and probable never will be ! the only thing that I would change in this bitch is that I would give her one more gear so she can be there all the way on the more open ground that we hunt ! I would like to pass everything this bitch has onto her pups but with a extra gear !!!!! Any sugestions would be welcome ...............
I`me looking for a suitable bitch for my dog, my reasons are as a back up plan should my current pup not be up for it....
My dog is 25" 28kg 1/2 Whippet 1/4 Grey 1/4 Bull, He`s a decent day time dog with a good nose and is able to tackle whatever his nose will find
I.M.O. This would add the "extra gear" that your looking for...Give us a p.m. if you`d like to know anything more..
Mars...
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I attended the service today the bonnet family should be proud god bless every one who attended
I was their to, and the turn out said a lot .. their were terrier and lurcher men & women from all over the country,
He was a man who touched many lives and will be sadly missed...
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COME HUNT WITH ME AT THE DAWN OF DAY,
O'RE THE MOORLAND MOUNTAIN AND SCREE,
FOLLOW ME TILL THE END OF DAY,
THEN JOIN ME IN HARMONY,
NO GREATER PLEASURE CAN BE FOUND,
I HOPE YOU WILL AGREE,
THAN TO HUNT WITH HOUNDS WHERE THERE'S NO BOUNDS
AYE AND HUNT TO ETERNITY,
WITH ME YOU'LL HEAR THE RAVEN'S CRY.
RED STAG AND EAGLE SEE ,
SCENERY TO TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY
IF YOU WILL HUNT WITH ME
HARK NOW TO THAT GLORIOUS CRY ,
A FOX IS A FOOT AND AWAY'
THROUGH THE VALLEY SOUNDS THE CRY OF HOUNDS,
FLEE OR YOU MUST PAY
SO ONWARD FRIEND AND YOU WILL SEE,
WHAT HUNTING MEANS TO ME
A FOX AND HOUNDS AND GODS PURE AIR
WHAT LUCKY MORTALS WE ARE.
LOUDER AND NEARER DRAWS THE CRY ,
THE HUNT IS NEALY DONE
THE FOX WILL BOLT HIS BRUSH TO SAVE
THIS TIME THE HOUNDS HAVE WON
KILL HIM WE MAY BUT THIS I'LL SAY
HE'LL ALLWAYS GET FAIR PLAY
ON MOUNTAIN STEEP , OR BORAN DEEP
A CHANCE TO SLIP AWAY
SO ITS HOMEWARD BOUND THE DAY IS DONE ,
AS THE EVENING SHADOWS FALL ,
MAY THIS FIRST DAY NOT BE THE LAST,
YOU'LL HEAR THE HUNTSMAN'S HORN
A DRINK WITH ME BEFORE WE PART.
A HUNTING SONG TO END ,
A GOOD DAY GONE A NEW FRIEND WON
GOOD NIGHT MY FRIEND
RIP DAVE
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Very nice looking dog bud....
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i cant understand why pepole are using bullx for rabbits and ferreting when there so so so much better x for rabbits..
ive got a bullx well she wont be going for the rabbits thats for sure,
bullx allways damage the rabbits with there rough mouth....
Firstly, with a comment like, " bullx allways damage the rabbits with their rough mouth"
that shows how much you really know about the a Bull X Lurcher,
Secondly, A person might want to work their dog to a variety of Game as a lucher should be...
And Thirdly, have you thought that people wouldn`t want to tell YOU about what they do with their dogs
"loose Lips Sinks Ships"
Mars....well yes yes ok, u know the lot dont u...lol
I dont profess to know it all, but i`ve seen enough on this site to know it`s full of Antis, grasses, and computer hunters....
I`me not saying that you are any of the above,
But some thought before you post will in the long run save you and this site a lot of grief
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i cant understand why pepole are using bullx for rabbits and ferreting when there so so so much better x for rabbits..
ive got a bullx well she wont be going for the rabbits thats for sure,
bullx allways damage the rabbits with there rough mouth....
Firstly, with a comment like, " bullx allways damage the rabbits with their rough mouth"
that shows how much you really know about the a Bull X Lurcher,
Secondly, A person might want to work their dog to a variety of Game as a lucher should be...
And Thirdly, have you thought that people wouldn`t want to tell YOU about what they do with their dogs
"loose Lips Sinks Ships"
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she has started well caught 1 last week after i got a squeaky toy so thanks for advice about that an she is the most intellegant dog i have ever owned or will own i have never hit or made her scared of me she just knew she gets spolit if she listens an if not she gets ignored so anyway im off out 2nite with her let you know how i get on
Good luck,
All i can add to the thread is my own Quite recent expierance !
I got rid of a pup that i`de bred as he wasn`t interested and at 18 month old i thought he wouldn`t be making the grade.
The lad who took him on Knew the above, and 12 months on he has a very well trained dog doing all he asks of it....
Mars...
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Rather than prison, the sad fecker should have been sent to a secure mental hospital
What kind of sick minded person sits at home making videos trying to insight other people to attack another person cos their skin colour is different to his own...
Mars....
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i new somebody who brought a 13month old airedale greyhond i lamped the dog a few times it seemed to have a amaizing nose but wasnt over blessed with bottle or brain perhaps thats why it was sold to the lad i new. thats my experience but its only based on one dog. atb trigger
airdale with not much bottles cant see that
I'm not surprised at all actually. I dont even know where one would go to find an Airedale that could do it.
I thought over the pond their is where the Airedale has been kept as a worker....
Mars...
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Well how wierd that this thread has been bought back to the front again...!!!
The truth is, I Gave up on my pup when he was around 18 month old......
And i have to say now..."I WAS WRONG"
I rehomed him to a relative of a lad who has one of the other pups, and i rehomed him as a rabbit lamping dog as i did`nt believe that he had it in him for anything else,
A shame really as he was a good dog in all other ways, good coat,feet, decent speed good turn, and was very easy to train....
However His new owner texed me the other day to let me know "HOW WELL"
he is now doing, So i think i should have been more patient,
Just goes to show that in this game their are always lessons to be learned
Mars....I think it was a good litter as all the ones that I know of are doing well.I don't like to say it..........but I told you so mate,lol.
Like i said above bud " I WAS WRONG "
But that said i dont have any regrets, as my goal for the litter has been achived, dogs that are able to course,catch, & dispatch a variety of quarry and the lad that now has my pup has a "Very Well Trained" dog thats also very able.
I`ve also met some decent dogmen {yourself included} and i have if needed future bloodstock to breed back to if thats what i decide to do...
Yis Mars...
You have most certainly achieved a decent result,I think the litter was quite exceptional.You are welcome to use mine if ever you want a bitch lining.
Cheers!
If this Airedale X makes the grade, In a few years time i just may be looking you up again, dont be a stranger anyway.. I always like to hear how my pups are getting on, and theirs a few down your neck of the woods...
Yis Mars...
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Well how wierd that this thread has been bought back to the front again...!!!
The truth is, I Gave up on my pup when he was around 18 month old......
And i have to say now..."I WAS WRONG"
I rehomed him to a relative of a lad who has one of the other pups, and i rehomed him as a rabbit lamping dog as i did`nt believe that he had it in him for anything else,
A shame really as he was a good dog in all other ways, good coat,feet, decent speed good turn, and was very easy to train....
However His new owner texed me the other day to let me know "HOW WELL"
he is now doing, So i think i should have been more patient,
Just goes to show that in this game their are always lessons to be learned
Mars....I think it was a good litter as all the ones that I know of are doing well.I don't like to say it..........but I told you so mate,lol.
Like i said above bud " I WAS WRONG "
But that said i dont have any regrets, as my goal for the litter has been achived, dogs that are able to course,catch, & dispatch a variety of quarry and the lad that now has my pup has a "Very Well Trained" dog thats also very able.
I`ve also met some decent dogmen {yourself included} and i have if needed future bloodstock to breed back to if thats what i decide to do...
Yis Mars...
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My pup is coming on well, very confident and loves to greet other dogs out on a walk, and to the anoyance of some people she likes to say hello to them too....
She too loves to fetch and grudgingly returns to me....lol...
I have my Dog that she likes to try and follow and copies his scenting skills, thankfully her recall is already far better than his.....!!!!!
So all good so far....Pic taken 6/11/10
Mars...
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Well how wierd that this thread has been bought back to the front again...!!!
The truth is, I Gave up on my pup when he was around 18 month old......
And i have to say now..."I WAS WRONG"
I rehomed him to a relative of a lad who has one of the other pups, and i rehomed him as a rabbit lamping dog as i did`nt believe that he had it in him for anything else,
A shame really as he was a good dog in all other ways, good coat,feet, decent speed good turn, and was very easy to train....
However His new owner texed me the other day to let me know "HOW WELL"
he is now doing, So i think i should have been more patient,
Just goes to show that in this game their are always lessons to be learned
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DOSE ANYBODY ON HERE RUNS A GREYHOUND BULLX WHIPPET AND WHAT ARE THEY LIKE ON GAME
Why do you ask....?????
Mars
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I remember the thread you put up at the time,
And i seem to remember i was quite critical at the time too...
But well done for sticking with it, and perhaps the terrier going missing has helped
Perhaps it was the terrier that was creating the tension within the pack.....
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Was chatting to a bloke just this morning, who stopped to chat about my dogs....
He was saying that the best lurcher he`d ever owned was a 3/4 Grey 1/4 Lab
Mars...
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she about 22" tts...yeah mate fields small up here...so there usually fast short runs!!! i already have a few local lads wantin a pup off her and i will be keepin one for myself!!! i know a decent whippet ..but i am worried it will make the pups too fine!!???(it will be my firt litter...and the dogs so am going to try and put as much thought into it as possible)
thanks!!
I think that 1st you need to ask yourself, is she really worth breeding from, try to be honest with your self and if she has any faults even though they may be minor,
You perhaps need to look for the sire to not have those faults..
Is your bitch Ideal for the work that you do and will you be using the planned pup for the same type of work
A lot of people have mentioned a dash of terrier blood to add some fire, i agree but terrier blood also adds brains and ease to train, as terriers just want to please their owners, a bull whippet type perhaps,
Good luck and well done for sounding out others opinions and giving it plenty of thought ahead of time....
Mars...
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worse thing i know of with the sat navs is a mate getting pulled with a ounces of skunk. Police went through the sat nav and found dealers address and raided him.
I would`nt call that a Sat Nav Blunder....
I`de say that was a Massive Plus For the sat nav..
BULL XES
in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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" Phew ".....
I almost bought that pup myself...!!!!
My Own now retired bull X has been the best dog i`ve ever owned, and in her day has done all you`d expect from a Bull X,
A very steady bitch, worked with all sorts of other dogs and never a fight..
And back in 2006 Novice Obedience champion at Chatsworth
Yis Mars..