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agree, very nice job that! like the stoat in the background too
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in my opinion a first cross collie grey can be difficult for a first-timer; they are often hyperactive, can pick up faults easily and some are over sensitive. personally i would suggest a 1/4 collie 3/4 grey for a novice. but then, we all have different personalities and a large part of getting the best out of a dog comes down to bonding with it and owning a dog which suits our personalities. a lurcher x lurcher may throw a super animal or it may throw a complete donkey; a pup from a long line of gooduns increases the chances of being decent, but you still stand a chance of geting something ot
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i have always been a firm believer that a police man who does a crime should get a double or triple sentence, they have massive power and massive protection from the force, and massive trust from the general public plus they have had a lot more schooling in "right and wrong" than us mortals. instead a lot of judges seem to take their police service as some sort of reason to reduce sentences!!! FFS!!!!
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i stand corrected, thank you. been a while since i read either book, but you get my point!!
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read charles st johns book wild sports of the highlands published in the 1870s (i think), you will discover the truth about deerhounds hunting deer. they were used to pull down wounded deer in pairs. st john once paid a ghillie to let him use two deerhounds to grab an uninjured deer, and finish it himself with a knife. although the hounds were happy enough to run the stag, they needed a lot of persuasion to get to grips, and afterwards the ghillie was pretty upset because he thought the dogs would be ruined. a pair of running dogs (the terms deerhound and greyhound were pretty much interchang
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thanks for the photos, that sire is just the stamp of dogs we've always had about the place. i'm hoping for plenty of pictures of the pups and regular updates.....over the next few years!!
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beast replied to North Wales --- dig it ---'s topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
a collar will work if you are really desperate but please try other methods first!! i would strongly recommend that you get someone very skilled at training to show you how to use one proerly (no t the bloke down the pub who used one once!!) as the timinmg is absolutely critical, get it wrong by even a second and you can create all sorts of behavioural issues. personally i have never used one on any of my dogs but have watched other people, and basically they can work for certain problems in the right hands but are barbaric and pointless in the wrong hands -
i grew up not far from broadwtaer farm and yeah a lot of the black kids had a rough ride from the old bill but so did us white kids! we were all poor, all had a real hard time, all trying to get by best we could, but certain sections of society were prepared to go to more extreme methods to do so. it was a snowball really because as the police got a hard time from the estate so they got tougher with them and so the estate got a worse attitude towards them in response and so it went on. the difference was that the black folk had a common banner they could unite under, whereas white working clas
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thats an interesting bitch, like the look of her. hope she whelps ok. whats the sire?
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i am sure that on odd occasions a dog has stopped a red stag but not very often! take a look round a zoo or deer park sometime and have a real good look, get as close as you can and see the fecking size of them, like a bloody cow. then remind yourself how fast they are, and consider the fact that a stag is quite happy to turn and take the fight to a dog when he is in hard antler, and if you think any dog can pull them regular give yourself a good talking to!
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fat shiny contented - just what pups should look like. by the way boys, what made the white one stand out for you? personally i couldnt see anything to make me pick one over the others, or am i missing something?
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we try to manage injuries as best we can if we know what the problem is, but in your case i think you need to get a proper diagnosis first. let us know what part of the country you are in, i'm sure somebody will know of a decent running dog vet near you
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used to do a lot of lamping when i was young and brave, and have always loved my ferretting, especially when you are lucky enough to have some open burrows instead of scrabbling in hedges and ditch bottoms. but my real pleasure is walking out with just the one dog at a time letting it hunt up, finding its own quarry and learning fieldcraft. no big bags, but my yearling bitch caught two rabbits and a pheasant this morning and that was a damned good couple of hours, well before most folk were evn awake
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Homemade Electrolyte Drink For Running Dogs ?
beast replied to jackals_arrow's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
i should be a little wary of any claims made by somebody with a vested interest! there is no research quoted in this article, and both the women mentioned are part of a profession which relies on supplements etc for its existence. -
there is a simple solution to the dangerous dog problem as with many of the other ills of society. we have enough laws to cover virtually any eventuality, what is required is tough (and i mean TOUGH) sentencing. how many times do you hear or read about some scrote with 100 convictions still loose on the streets? create very strict sentences and USE THEM! if the owner of a dog which attacked someone was looking at , say, 18 months behind bars they might take their responsibilities a bit more seriously. zero tolerance. remember the "3 strikes and your out" thing in one of the american states? bl
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i visited tring natural history museum recently, well worth a visit one of the best collections in the country of taxidermy. most of the collection is well over a hundred years old and the faces in particular of some of the animals are really bad, almost unrecognisable. these two are really good, a lot of work has obviously gone into them. well done
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or as an old mate said to me once "when you take a pup out, leave the shotgun at home"
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lots of good advice on here, i would just say dont panic, dont get mad or cross with the dog. one thing i have found useful is firstly go to an area where there are no distractions (other dogs, people, rabbits, livestock - a tennis court is ideal ) and when the dog has the ball or whatever in its mouth just turn your back and sit down. the dog will normally come to you. if not, just make nice noises at it to keep it interested and even get up then down again, to get its attention. when it comes, do not try to take the ball, just put your hand out and wait for the dog to put it in your hand. so
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some of my bits are almost back to normal after last seasons shambles (my worst season ever) but i have a few spots where the rabbits were almost annihilated and these places are not going to be right for some time. one place for example i average well over a hundred per season, last winter i took just three rabbits off it!!! had a walk round a week or so ago and there are one or two but nothing worth making an effort for. i will not hunt there this winter to try to ease the pressure on them a little bit and besides i dont think it will even be worth the diesel money!
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thanks for your thoughts fellas, seems we're all pretty much in agreement. i will throw your words back at my friend, but i dont know how much notice he will take. he's actually not a complete twat although i know it sounds that way, and hopefully he might see reason......
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here's a question, is there a legal definition of feral? is it possible to even define the word in law (eg how long the animal has been living in a wild state) or how proof could be obtained of status?
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my two year old loves watching the dogs play "hide and seek " with the rabbits LOL. when the dogs "find one" and bring it back we have to put it in a special bag to keep it warm while its asleep....
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Doesn't matter what breed your mate wants to attempt to train,if he ain't got any experience of the task ahead he's going to make it hard work for himself. The common sense approach to the task is to gleen as much information from his local gundog clubs and from genuine gundog people around.For his first dog he will require dogs from historic low tempo lines,and to instill the correct basic manners from an early age,which can be aided with private tuition and dedication by the bucket load. Stick in.. thats all good advice mate. i'm just not sure he really understands what is requi
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Did you ask him his reason for not wanting the 'best dog for the job'? he had a couple of bad experiences with two at different times, and rather than blame those individual dogs/owners he has gone off the breed . rather foolish if you ask me. Sure is mate........he's inexperienced in the gundog world and he is ruling out one of the best picking up dogs out there, add that with one of the easiest to train too. Silly if he goes down the route of one of these other breeds you mentioned.. well i've said that to him already, but thought i would ask on here as he seems to have
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its not for me its for a friend. he is a member of a small syndicate as well as some rough shooting. i mostly shoot deer by the way, and my lurchers are good enough for me at following a blood trail
