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  1. matt1979
    good luck in your search iww, are you looking for a pure whippet again or a x atb
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    Re collars: Why take the risk when you don't need to though with bushers. Risk is minimal agreed but still a risk, maybe I am old fashioned but if I took a dog out working with my uncles or old man as I do regular and they had a collar left on I would be told in no uncertain terms to take it off. They know alot more than me so I don't question it, never seen a dog hurt with a collar on, but they have, same with runners for me ( no collar) atb
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    I don't know about earth work as I don't do any, but if a fox has been about near any of my dogs on walks and when out bushing etc it is blatantly obvious, so I would have thought a dog breed for the job can be trusted. When you say a vixen gives off very little or no scent this time or year, I am can honestly say they give off plenty enough to follow a line any time of year in my experience atb
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    The Beddie xs I have seen have all been very commited dogs 100 percent ever run and tough to boot, that's not alwas been the case with the collie xs I have seen. Not saying this is the norm just my and families experience atb
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    Cheers Willow, yes that was my thoughts haven't lost a lot of time this year with injury for the runner but he is getting on a bit. Figured as you say, having the ferrets should increase my options for next season and get the pup really going. She seems fine with the ferrets but haven't had them out working together as yet, will be next season now as it's been so mild this winter, but gives me time to get them bomb proof together. Would lie to add a little runner and will keep my eye out for litters but ideally like to keep to 3 dogs max atb good thread to keep going
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    It is a 6x8ft shed divided in 2 for food storage and kit etc and the rest for ferrets lined with polycarbonate to whip down and attached sleep box off the floor. Seems to work well, there is a 12ft and 6ft outside run attached but I haven't finished ferret proofing it yet, will get it done shortly but they are happy enough inside. There is about 16ft of piping inside the shed which runs around the storage section cheers
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    Vets ASAP I would suspect a punctured lung is a possibility but difficult to say atb
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    Few more on recent walks, haven't been out working a great deal as the lurcher is out of action a it's not quiet the same without. Need my Own runner really might take the plunge in the summer , also got some ferrets in for next season, just breaking the pup to them at the minute so far so good with that, dogs fine with them ferrets however are a bit fiesty with the pup. Should mean the pup can see more action next season when the runners not available (lurchers my old mans and getting on a bit) atb pics to follow
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    Been getting this little tyke out a bit of late on daily walks. Bro in laws pup, cheeky little fit as you can see, hopefully might be of use when he is a bit older, more interested in terrorising my pup at the moment atbhttp://i1359.photobucket.com/albums/q788/Morrell1979/Mobile%20Uploads/th_trim.646D6017-8038-44E5-B967-8156052951E3_zpsnf9ildkp.mp4
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    If you have tried other things as said ten a head collar can do the trip, might be a protest initially with wearing it but they get used to it and i have used them before with success. After a while just go back to the normal collar and lead and they are out of the habit atb
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    If a dog gets out enough on scent it soon clicks on in my experience. Never trained a dog to mark but they all seem to take too it naturally, it's about getting out with your pup and learning alongside it as it develops and giving it plenty off opportunity to learn ie walking in the right spots, learning what scent is what etc. got a pup on at the minute marked first time out clear as you like, not learned just natural nit all are this quick but I think sometimes things that are natural are sometimes complicated by us humans, a dogs sense of smell is obviously top notch they have to use it an
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    I remember there was a cmw article probably 4 years ago now about a keeper who x his Belgium cattle dog with a greyhound for a litter and he was bringing the pup on to work and track wounded deer, haven't seen another article since from him think his was in Scotland somewhere. I haven't had any experience with acd but would have thought the Belgium (bouvier) might produce a decent lurcher 3/4 x, they certainly have good solid frame an a good coat, trainable etc. they are also more leggy and underneath that coat more racey than people think certainly than a acd or Alsatian. This bitch is 24tts
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    Went to a ferrets rescue few weeks back, they must of had close to 50 ferrets looking for homes, sad state of affairs. Hard to do u guess but there is no doubt many ferrets that aren't culled end of leading a poor life and far too many are breed jmo
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    Morton, I see your point and if i didnt know any better i would agree that he does look like there is more in the mix, saluki i guess is what many would think, genuinely not the case though, will get some more pictures. His coat is similar to other bed x grey types i have seen in the flesh, but does look feathered on the pictures. But i will speak to the old man to find out a little more info regards the generations and exactly what bed and grey, whippet and when was added. Morton genuine question but would you not get more variation with breeding lurcher to lurcher, as more x s are in the mix
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    I am not into earthwork, but going around the game shows, I am always amazed at the size of many of the terriers nowadays and these are at the supposed working dog shows. Genuine question but many of these terriers surely are not spanable, is this an old fashioned idea (span) as the few people i have seen who i know work there terriers to ground still have smaller types and the terriers i grew up with which worked to ground were also small dogs. I know that show dogs have a tendency to get bigger and bigger traditionally as can be seen with many breeds, so is this the case with terriers i see
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    neither
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    Morton i suppose that is always the risk with lurcher x s, if the whiipet is put back to a whippet then you will get a whippet and if that is what is required then obviously that would make sense. But i thought Iwork was looking for a little more size, hence my suggestion. The dog in question as i said is bed x grey, with a touch of whippet back in the line, nothing else. The line was started by very good track dog my dad owned back in the early 1980s (which was worked also) and was crossed with a bedlington x grey lurcher and to this was added only a pure whippet to the best of my knowledge a
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    you bugger. after giving it days of thought, i decided to buy in a pup, now i see the perfect dog, the kind of dog thats been in my mind fer a while to put over mt dog, so now im back to square one in my decision, but still. in my heart im thinking buying one in, im not messing anyone about here, thank you sir for the offer. very much appreciated, allow me to ponder a while longer lol certainly no easy decision to have a litter of pups, but i suppose if your happy with what you have then its always nice to keep the blood line going. Best of luck with whatever you chose. As i say if you w
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    Thanks matt, I don't necessarily need to know the names of the match dogs, though it would be nice, I find it interesting to hear what breeds are in them regardless. Not trying to claim weasels thread and I apologize if I have taken off your intended track at all. As i say he keeps himself to himself so not for me to eloborate (although) i know he wouldnt be bothered in the slightest if i said, hence the initial input. I just personally dont like commenting on other peoples dogs too much, when you have a good dog best to just enjoy it rather than draw attention to it especially in open foru
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