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  1. Rainmaker
    Due to the decline of the British way of life and the continuing creeping privatisation of the Royal Mail, it was Postman Pat's last day on the job, after 35 years of carrying the mail through all kinds of weather to the same villages and towns. When he arrived at the first house on his route he was greeted by the whole family there, who all hugged and congratulated him and sent him on his way with a cheque for £50. At the second house they presented him an 18-carat gold watch. The folks at the third house handed him a bottle of 15-year old Scotch whisky. At the fourth hous
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    Cheers mate. She does what I want her to, so I can't complain You can't beat a good sensible Russell type imho niceone mate. shes defo got something about her that one mate! yeah the russells defo think on there feet and get stuck in, thats what i love about them.. where you get her from mate? is she from well known lines or just worker to worker? atb Worker to worker from an old-ish strain (so I'm told). My mate got her for me when he picked up a dog pup for himself, from a guy called Heinien (spelling??) in Welshpool. He has a pack of hounds as well as the terriers, but I l
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    Cheers mate. She's just turned 3 and does all I want her to and more, so I can't complain You can't beat a good sensible Russell type imho
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    Not looking for an argument here either bud, I left school years ago as I'm sure you did too. I just wondered what you meant Personally I won't disinfect that often but that's a personal thing. Whether you disinfect daily, weekly or monthly they still shit though, so I'd still need to clean up twice a day Of course there's no harm in just doing it all in one go and giving the run a swill down, as I said it's just a personal thing. I'm at home so I just scoop it as I see it appearing. It gives me a chance to refresh the water too. But anyway we're off topic now. No offence intended a
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    Yep, I did know that Micky mate - I've fed raw for donkeys and you're right of course I was just hoping that by highlighting it we might get runforyourlife to quantify his statement and hopefully tell us how feeding complete rabbits 'fecks' teeth
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    Domesticated or not, they're still dogs (well, wolves really). I've fed entire rabbits loads of times, the dogs just eat around the manky bits. The kennels don't stink because they're cleaned twice daily and disinfected weekly Why on earth would their teeth be fecked, though? That's what I can't work out...
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    Here's my little working Sealyham/Russell. She's 12" and not much over 12lbs-13lbs, but there's plenty of oomph behind her when she gets going. Although she's a little long in the back (Sealyham style) her legs are as long as her body is tall, she's just that inch longer in the spine. She can get almost anywhere, though when we're out ratting she'll happily walk past a rabbit warren after casually telling me it's occupied. I almost wish it was that easy to drag her away from other stuff at times Although she's a sensible little thing she's also an absolute cow if you happen to have f
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    Likewise apologies, I've had a busy week and tbh totally forgot about this lol I'll keep it superficial, precisely because it's late and I'm not in much of a frame of mind to go in-depth. However, I thought your effort should at least merit the courtesy of an answer/acknowledgement At the end of the day, research is starting to bear out what nature has told us all along; that feeding a diet not suited to an organism or animal does nothing but facilitate ill health. While it's true that dogs aren't obligate carnivores (unlike, say, cats and ferrets) they are carnivores nonethele
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    No worries, glad to be of some help. Good luck, and let us know how you get along.
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    Holy hell That's an amazing animal though, you can't help but think "Wow!". Sucks to be that guy, though!
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    Again there are many ways to skin a cat, and I'm not an expert. For some dogs (and owners) a slap round the arse would work wonders when done in a thorough, quick sharp shock kind of way. For others, it results in 'going deaf' as you experienced. Personally? I'd just make myself more interesting than the dead thing! Playing with dead things is a hunting dog's expression of instinct. They just 'know' there's something about this animal/cadaver that they're supposed to like. It's in their code! Have you tried clicker training yet? It's brilliant and really gets the dog motivated and
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    I'm no expert of course, but focus on retrieving and recall work away from places with dead stuff for a bit. As someone said above it's a puppy thing really. Once you start to work them and they realise there's plenty more LIVE stuff in the sea, they soon start to lose interest in a mere cadaver. Well, except some terriers anyway Once you've established a decent bond between you, and s/he knows that "No!" means just that and has a reliable retrieve and/or recall you'll be OK. Don't sweat it, it'll come right as s/he gets older with a bit of work. Just beware, as riohog says, of any
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    On the whole JRT x Patt, JRT x JRT, Patt x Patt etc isn't as important as worker x worker. You get out what you put in. Look at the parents; the apple rarely falls far from the tree.
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    Nonsense, tbh. Too much fat is bad for a dog? How high a percentage are we talking, exactly? Raw fat is the optimum energy source for a dog, period. Dogs are not humans, and to equate the two is frankly silly. Dogs have zero requirement for carbohydrate, and fare best on an energy source comprising carcasses (raw meaty bones, organs, fat, skin etc). Even sled dogs today are fed >60% fat in their diets, as it's so calorie dense AND the best source of energy for dogs (i.e. the one their bodies are naturally geared up to use above all others). Dogs are not people. Dogs are carnivores.
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    Saw a Dutch one (pale creamy brown with a large white chest, face and front legs) on our walkies the other day.
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    Couple of hours on average mate, but of course it varies. Sometimes you 'drop on' a survey that only lasts 2 minutes but pays a couple of quid! Usually though they're bog standard 10 to 15 minute ones paying or so points. Well worth doing imho.
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    Roughly speaking, a "point" is a penny. You get points for most surveys, some (the longer ones) are usually more. Basically you can expect to do 10 or 12 surveys for a tenner.
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    Cut back the amount of food slightly. A fat pup isn't a particularly healthy pup, it's just un-necessary strain on the developing joints and system. How are you feeding? How big are the meals? I don't mean particularly how MUCH is in a meal, but how BIG is the item? Feeding a meal of whole carcass or raw meaty bones bigger than the pup's head will encourage chewing, ripping, tearing and gnawing which in turn gives a good workout. Dogs fed this way tend to stop when they're full, rather than just 'hoovering' up a bowl of mince or kibble just because it's there. With that in mind, if
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    Do you have a source (i.e. peer reviewed scientific reference) for this hypothesis/statement? I'd argue the exact opposite. For example, cooking meat changes the structure of the proteins, amino acids enzymes etc. Cooked meat is, in fact, carcinogenic! Healthy, energy and life-giving fats are turned to grease as part of the cooking process; not something a dog is geared up to digest naturally. As a consequence, the pancreas is forced to work overtime which weakens the system and facilitates the development of disease. Not to mention, you lose tooth-cleaning ability compared to feeding a
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    I'm a member of both but prefer LightSpeed Panel. It pays out ever £5, £10 etc (you choose when to cash in). You can withdraw cash via PayPal, but I prefer Amazon vouchers.
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    So it's not just me then Five years ago I'd just gotten an air rifle, spent the day zeroing it in etc... We had nothing in (I'd not long since met my mrs) and she was moaning about the fact when as if by magic a pair of collared doves landed on a tree in our garden. Without much thought I grabbed my rifle, shot one of them out of the kitchen window and fried it in butter and chilli. It only did a butty, but it did us 'til we went shopping. My mates thing I'm minging, but it was delicious!
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    Ordered a 6' x 6' in 2x2" mesh from Manley today, which is great news for me but my VISA and Mrs are both giving me evils Luckily they have some in stock at that size so they're dispatching for delivery by Monday I must say as well they were a pleasure to talk to and deal with, unlike some *cough* Canine Kennels *cough* I'll stick some pics up once they're up and sorted. Thanks for all the input guys
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    for tikka t3

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