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how can bones splinter inside a dog? cooked bones can splinter while the dog is chewing them, but once they are inside they just get digested. raw chicken bones don't splinter and are perfectly safe
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Trainning Beddy/Whippet
beast replied to claudegreengrass1's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
i think this is a good answer, but i would suggest "dont be bothered about stopping early BEFORE it starts messing about". always finish on a good note!! -
thanks johnny, i think you can force certain dogs to do certain things, but if a dog is really your mate it will face a lion without even being asked
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many puppies are like that with strange dogs. just walk over calmly and put the lead on. if the other dogs owner doesnt mind you can let them play its good for socialisatio . when your dog is old enough to start work it will soon realise that there are more imporatant fun and interesting things to do than play. he will grow out of it eventually though maybe not even till a year old. and dont try to call him if he is running away, it wil teach him that being called is ok to ignore it. and DONT scold him when you get him back, even if your livid you must still praise and mad play with the pup w
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As akycat says it is very hard to give advice without seeing the dog but it sounds as though there is a combination of things happening here. first, the dog is still immature, not all dogs are early starters. second the dog doesnt have confidence in you. third you sound as though you dont really like this particular dog as it is annoying you. i think that you need to "make friends " with this dog, learn to like each other and you will both get confidence from each other. play, feeding, just generally chilling together. its very easy to get frustrated with a dog if it doesnt do what we want and
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pm millet, he has 87 quail
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i will be sorting through the shed to see if i can take anything to peterborough. well done for being so generous, and well done to kay and lurcherlink for your very good wrok
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1/2 cross you know what you are gewtting, and they are very capable on rabbits, and other stuff including long ears if they are hunting up. certainly not out and out coursers. 3/4 bred can come out anywhere between a half cross and a full grey, some have awful feet and burn out quicker than a roman candle, some are great but even the very best are not really out and out coursers. the other stuff a decent half cross will do just as well so i would go for that as it will be more durable. the beardie/border xgrey tend to throw a bit taller than beardie or border first crosses
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i hunt through beds and bucks, sometimes get out into herts and cambs. over the last few years i have seen the mu ntjac numbers steadily climbing, and there have always been good fallow numbers in many of the wooded areas. however what has been surprising to me is the population of chinese water deer, they are evrywhere now, it is very hard to find any arable land to walk the dogs without putting one up. they are becoming a serious pest and cause a lot of road accidents. but they were good sport when we were allowed to run them with the lurchers!
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brilliant thanks very much
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thanks goldfish
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thank you glogin very interesting. is there a scoring table anywhere that says how many points are required for a given species in order to be awarded medals?
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get them off at the vets, should be running agin in a month
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a mate had a springer a few years back and after a car accident it ended up having the head of the femur cut off (the "ball" which sits in the hip socket) and even despite thie it ended up back at work, just a bit of a limp after a long day. i have no doubt with the correct rest and slow gradual return to fitness your dog will be fine. just dont rush it. good luck
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thank you, i've been trying to find a concise list but keep drawing blanks!
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is there a list published anywhere of just what measurements are taken to calculate medal heads? thanks
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very interesting thread b maxhardcore about well-known coursing dogs. i remeber hearing about a bitch called anna owned by someone called brown which was supposed to be very good, i thinnk it beat southerds lady? was anna a good bitch or not? dont hear much about her nowadays (think she was running early eighties?) and how was she bred?
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get that pup away from the rabbits and work on its recall for a start. wait until it is obedient, and physically capable before you enter it.
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you need to get your fella to act as his boss too, he needs to make a relationship with this dog which makes it clear this behaviour is unacceptable before it turns into a real issue. i think dogs in a properly structured environment dont develop this behaviour, it jus never enters their heads that they can take thjose sort of liberties so i would take skycats advice and 1) give the dog some outlet for its energy and drive 2) put him in his place!! good luck
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nope!
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chemical castration does work (there are different drugs and some work on different processes in the dog) but are only really of value as temporary measures as they can have long-term effects and also work out very expensive over time. millet get the dogs cut, should only be about £50-60 and although yes they are more prone to run to fat, you can manage that easily enough with sensible diet and exercise. i've had a couple done over the years, no real problems, i think they only lose their drive and energy IF you allow them to get overweight. good luck
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best of luck, hope she mends right. if she vomits or has diarrhoea get a sample and see if the vet wants it to analyse, might help get to the cause of the problem
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this goes back to the idea that wild carnivores dont eat every day because they dont make a successful hunt every day. most zoos give their big cats one or more starve days a week. BUT it fasting our dogs doesnt allow for the fact that a wild carnivore will LOAD up when it kills till it physically cant eat any more, then it doesnt actually need to hunt for a day or two. this is a totally different life style to a lurcher which might well be required to work 5 days a week or even more, never stuufing itself on a carcase then followed by 48 hours of lying around, then perhaps a day or two to fin
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methods of training a complete lurcher
beast replied to Richard Morgan's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
there is loads of information available on training dogs, and obedience training should be done BEFORE you let your pup start working. but once you are happy with your pups training standard the most important aspect of creating a good working dog is to give it as much work as it can get. obviously you have to take age fitness etc into account, but the more work it gets, the better a dog gets.practice makes perfect!! -
i agree with casso, although i would use different words. this sounds like what the behaviouralists call stereotpical behaviour. lots of intelligent animals develop strange habits if allowed to become bored or stressed for long time periods, such as the bears you see swaying in a zoo or chained elephants trying to pace in a circus. the dog has developed the habit in kennels as a response or coping mechanism to boredom, and once these habits develop they are very hard to stop. if the dog starts diging when you are there, distract it. dont tell it off andd certainly dont smack it. and DEFINITELY
