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    Why would letting her join "the pack leader" in the house pansy her up. It will strengthen the bond between you and she will require more energy to maintain condition outside, the cold saps energy that has to be replaced. You don't have to have her in the heated section, ours lives in the porch, out of draughts, but out of the bitter cold too and "with the pack" that she is now part of. Dogs are pack animals, subjecting them to a life of solitary confinement is not helping to get the best out of them - get them to work for you through love, not fear. Hard is as hard does, not how hard
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    Drabo. I see you are from Merseyside. I expect you have already seen me...stood on the middle of The Withins with a long lens, and in the shy with Gary Kelly and the last handful Arran Atmore, whose secret fishing spots in the Lake District I still visit occassionally.
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    6x power, even for long shots on the hill. A standard 6x42 Swarovski (old one, Nova with a duplex hair) has brought down plenty of reds across the valley 500 yards and thelongest I had was a calf that got lifted and I had ot get it. 726 yards through the Leica range finder. No wind, not a breath. I held over its ears and it took the front off its liver - bullet walk took it 4 or 5 inches. It went down on the spot though and with the HPV severed it didn't last long. Blood pressure drop would have been almost instantaneous. You don't need high power for hunting unless in the Yukon and takin
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    I should have done this first! Put a few pictures of my lurcher and her pups up, plus some others of outings. I am an all round countrysports man and have been shooting, fishing and running lurchers for 45 years. Like many of you, I like fly and sea fishing, shooting, stalking, air rifle shooting and working the dog, and she does everything with me too. One of my passions is woodcock shooting. I go each year on dedicated woodcock shoots. Otherwise it tends to be round about home on our own ground and the neighbours who allow me to ramble about with dog and gun. I look forward to seein
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    Thanks Darbo. Here are some pictures of Fly I found.
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    For pure rabbiting go for a smaller type rather than a donkey. 23" is a handy size for what you want and I know people who prefer smaller than that - the smaller they are the more agile and faster turning. Deerhound croses are fast and will catch rabbits on more open ground, but they haven't got such a tight turning circle! A well trained lurcher can do anything, include sit on a peg at a driven shoot and pick up afterwards - it doesn't half raise a few eyebrows, but that is all part of the fun! Collie x is great, and if there is a bit of rough coated breed in there it will shrug off br
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    They are whippet bedlington, both sides. I looked long and hard for suitable sire and travelled 200 miles when she was in season to do the deed. There is a bit of collie (1/4) in the maternal grandfather. fast, agile, very intelligent and easy to train - no load voice needed, just tome of voice enough., Out in the field hand signals and facial expression is all you need to control her, maybe a low whisper. I use fly for bushing about, ferreting (with a friend, I don't have ferrets now), I used to lamp her, 5 years ago...I can't run now! Stalking, both on the hill and in the woods. She is
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    Not been able to get out much recently. This is why! Finally found a dog I was happy to put her to. Taken me 2 years of searching and eventually a 200mile trip to get her mated. The results were worth it. We have our replacement and already they are carrying things around, coming when they are called and chasing small lures...just pulled on a string like playing with a cat. Some pics of the pups as they have been progressing. They are 6 weeks now and mostly house trained alreay. A few little accidents where we can't open the door fast enough, but they are asking to go out. This is a
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    I have to agree that letting pups go cheaply tends to leave them open to being handed round. I don't breed pups to make money. I have a litter that we have been planning for 2 years, to get a replacement for our little lurcher. She has been with us from 6 weeks and will remain with us until the day she dies, even when she can no longer work and is "a burden". This is th eonly litter we shall have until our replacement is herself getting on. She might see me out. I wouldmn't let any of the pups go for less than £250, not to make money, but so as to help ensure they only go to homes that will v
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