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  1. beast
    i'm going to throw something else into the pot now..... suppose there is a first class dog doing a brilliant job of work but he dies before serving any bitches. do you use his brother which hasnt seen any work, but hoping it will be carrying some of the same genes?
  2. beast
    hope it turns out well for the dog. good luck.
  3. beast
    yes to some degree a pup will be what you make it, but it has to be made of the right raw materials as well. breeding from working parents is a big start to this but still no guarantee. some folk prefer to get a pup bred from proven PRODUCERS rather than proven WORKERS, but i guess the best bet is to find a pup bred from parents which are both!! and then make the best you can with it!
  4. beast
    we have had a couple of castrates here and no it didnt affect their work. and yes they do put on weight more easily so you just have to balance diet and exercise sensibly, as you would with any dog. as for behavioural issues, castration doesnt always help as some problems become a habit not just an instinctive hormonal action (if you get me!). it will do no harm to have him cut, and it might or might not solve your problems so nothing to lose.
  5. beast
    some border collies can be high strung, nervy, or hyperactive. and this can sometimes breed down into the crosses. its not as common as people would have you believe. and even if you get one with a slightly odd personality, a decent dog man (or woman) should be able to handle train and manage the dog well enough that there isnt a problem. the problem is normally with the handler to be honest, either not being a good enough stockman or just their personality. for example a domineering, loud person is going to struggle with a shy retiring pup. incidentally, i havent seen any beardie cro
  6. beast
    a good pet home os better than a poor working home, as folks have said. a lot of pet lurcher owners dot mind if their dogs have a bit of a run at the odd rabbit or squirrel anyway. a pup will easily fit into a pet lifestyle, especially if there are kids to mess about with! the only concern i would have is putting an adult worker into a pet home. i have known a couple of dogs which were placed in pet homes after a few seasons of work which didnt work out, one used to jump out of the garden and jump all over the neighbours garadens hunting and killing cats, often ended up in the road and all
  7. beast
    some dogs are justb wired wrong, genetically or whatever, they just have a bit of a screw loose. these are incredibly difficult to get right, i'm not convinced they ever come completely good and are perhaps better pts as their whole life is just one huge cycle of stress. its almost as if mentally some hsd thrown back to the wolf, they have the wild instincts of panic and constant danger. but these dogs which are genuinely disturbed from birth are very rare, most overly nervous dogs have become that way rather than being born that way. something in their environment has triggered a fea
  8. beast
    i am a bit like socks, i spend as much time as i can with a pup so it gets to understand what i want from the tone of my voice (eventually!). sometimes a dog does need a bit more forceful correction, buta quick tug on the lead or a little shake of the scruff is normally enough. there may be some dogs which require more than this, i dont know,maybe i've just been lucky enough not to own one of these. sometimes a touch can be very effective to get a pup's attention, and i usually carrry a pocketful of gravel in case i need to chuck a few bits near the pup to get its attention, but i never try t
  9. beast
    once a dog has killed a sheep, it will be incredibly hard to break it. personally i dont think the conventional methods used on a young dog are reliable with a proven stock worrier. also i dont really think that it is an option to only let it off lead when there are no sheep about, as they will turn up in unexpected places, even the odd couple of pet sheep in someones garden you have a few options if the dog isnt interested in sheep when it is on the lead, you can try a long line (there is a long process to doing this effectively, not just jerking it around at the end of a very long le
  10. beast
    na, those hobbies arent macho enough. be 4x4s, then guns, then martial arts, then a samurai sword collection....
  11. beast
    no, your mate would be better off selling both the dogs and never getting another one.
  12. beast
    i think that anybody who makes a career decision to be a politician has serious character flaws............ i would also like to know, when did an mp stop being the person who represents the views of the voters in parliament, and instead become somebody who controls what we do?
  13. beast
    who would you contact if you wanted to check these dogs? police? rspca?
  14. beast
    as we all know there has been an alarming spate of dog thefts in recent weeks, and it is frankly worrying. mine are only cur dogs, not as desirable as some types, but i fear that the wrong person sniffing around might be tempted if it semed like "easy money". and i would be broken if mine went. two questions: 1 how to prevent thefts 2 how to get dogs back 1 if someone wants to nick something enough, then they will find a way. the thing is, the harder we make it then the less chance there is of it happening. no dog is 100% safe, but do your best to make it difficult as you can.
  15. beast
    neilsherlock you will have heard the old saying "no foot, no horse", a dog dont run if its feet keep breaking! like aany other aspect of conformation, there is what is classically regarded as a "good foot" by appearance, and MOST of the time if it looks good it will stand more punishment than one which looks bad, but on the other hand there are bad-looking feet which SOMETIMES endure even hard running on bad ground. a genuinely bad foot can be improved to some degree by plenty of roadwork, soaking the pads if necessary, keeping the nails right etc, and a good foot doesnt get any worse
  16. beast
    good looking dog, that, just my type. hope you get a good place for him.
  17. beast
    collie whippet grey make a good mix. there are quite a few of this cross get bred, be patient and wait for the right litter from working parents
  18. beast
    these fecking people need sorting! hope the dogs turn up, best of luck
  19. beast
    boiling chlorine based substances would pretty much evaporate off most of the active ("FREE") chlorine anyway, but even drinking it neat wouldnt affect a virus going round a dogs blood system. bizarre.
  20. beast
    molasses is suposed to be good, never tried it myself but a mate reckons he just paints it on trees and cos it has a strong smell it draws them from quite some way
  21. beast
    ausnick, do you ever get the two coat types in the same litter? and if so, then do you call them different even though they are the same way bred?
  22. beast
    when i was out in Oz, the old waddies used to call any lurcher/running dog/mongrelly greyhound a kangaroo dog, and anyone under 50 called them stags. they are one and the same. the running dogs which were first bred out there were used on roos and sometimes emus and dingos cos there wasnt anything else to hunt until foxes, deer pigs etc ere introduced.. but they banned roo hunting with dogs (in the seventies i think?) and it is only introduced species such as deer that can be hunted now, so they are no longer roo dogs but stags instead.
  23. beast
    true mate but going to view a pup then reporting back to the RSPCA ffs.then he says his wife phoned social services on the poor children .why not drop the kids a few quid.imagin having him as a neighbour and you doing the double sure i understand what youre saying, i just wanted to make the point that there are times when going to the authorities might be the only answer for some folk.
  24. beast
    if you were in trouble with dog thieves and had an idea who took them and where your dogs were then a simple post on here would do the trick for you im sure. there are plenty of decent lads on here that wouldnt see another man stuck in a predicament like that. hunting lads have a code of conduct, that doesnt just apply to how you conduct yourself in the field but the unwritten code is how you treat you own, especially when they are in trouble or needing help..... i for one would never see any of the older lads i know in the game stuck if i thought i could help in some way or lend a hand.
  25. beast
    i would say netles. no pollen about at this time of year or farm sprays
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