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  2. At it again.

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    34 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

    Natural healthy life mate, I've let fame, riches and multi millions go by the wayside in favour of a life of penury and to drift across the sod

     

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    There's a lot to be said for a simple natural life. The older I'm getting the more I've realised that's all I want. 

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  4. What you drinking.

    in General Talk

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    Water and coffee 😂, drank far too ofter the last 10 years and its became a daily bad habit. Few cans every night with the occasional piss up. Decided its time for a break. Day 17 and the cravings have just about subsided......I think. The temptation is still there.

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  10. Kennel ideas

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    My thoughts exactly mate. I toyed with the idea of open kennels but decided against it because of the noise and also wanting to store a few valuables inside like tools, collars and the kids bikes etc. Not to mention the dogs 😂. I know anything can be broken in to but it's definitely more difficult with an enclosed Kennel and the cctv that alerts your phone can only help.

    I also find the fan running helps the terriers stop being so reactive to people walking by etc. As they can't hear everything that goes by. 

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  15. Kennel ideas

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

    Posted · Edited by lampingboy

    These are the kennels I built in spring/early summer this year. The first proper block I've built. Did everything bar the render myself. Took probably 6 weeks of evenings and weekends doing a bit when I got 5 minutes spare to get the bulk of it done and then I've just added to it as and when I've needed things.

    I only originally planned to build enough kennels for 3 dogs and I'd use the rest as a shed. 6 months on I'm up to 6 and out of room so looking to move🙄😂. 

    From memory it's 4850 x 3250, sloping concrete floors in two directions to run to the L shaped channel drain at the back and side, mains connected.

     I opted for single skin block as a cavity would have taken up too much room as im restricted On space in a terraced house. 

     EPDM rubber roof, one window one door. Power, running water hot and cold. Double stainless sink, with a sprinkler head like they have in commercial kitchens (currently snapped), handy for washing bowls, defrosting food and washing terriers/lurchers And a hose pipe for washing down.

    I've got CCTV outside on the yard and back gate for obvious reasons but just bought another ring camera to put inside the kennel, inside theres a large chest freezer, small fridge and numerous shelves for storage and a rack above the sink unit to keep my fishing gear. It's all a bit tight in there now but it's just about functional.

     

    In hindsight, it would have been nice to have put 6" drains in as I've had one blockage that was due to a stupid vizsla eating a rope toy and bed and shitting it out, easily fixed though as theres a manhole, trap and rodding eyes everywhere necessary but ultimately everything goes into a 4" main anyway. 

     

    I painted the floor with milking parlour epoxy floor paint, it wasn't cheap, I used the primer, left it dry plenty and used enough coats but ultimately it's shite. The dogs have scratched though it already. I should have spent the money and paid for the proper epoxy that is laid in parlours, I have a number for someone if anyone needs it. He quoted me roughly £600 for the above size. Not cheap but I spent probably £300 quid on paint anyway so with that in mind, it doesn't sound so bad to me. 

     

    I also planned on battening, insulating and cladding the exterior to help with heat and noise but didn't have time to do it and whilst the house was being rendered this summer I had the kennel done at the same time. Probably should have chose a darker colour as the b*****ds jump all over it and I'm forever washing it down. The split stable door was new surplus stock. I've insulated the roof and Osb boarded  inside over the top and with two heat lamps in there it's warm enough. 

     

    In the summer it was getting hot inside so I fitted a 6" fan to pull  air from the soffit outside, that helped A LOT!! I leave it on 90% of the time now as it keeps the place smelling better. I wash down morning and night and use weak blacks fluid roughly every other day. Channel drains block with the grids on so I just cut the grids down, 150mm strips to put in underneath the kennel panels to stop the terrier pups crawling under.

     

    I probably spent a small fortune even doing everything myself but just did it bit by bit over a month or so. I'm happy enough with it, would like something bigger like I said but it's clean tidy, warm dry and secure. When I build my next kennel block I will definitely include a system that empties a tank of water onto the floors on a timer to wash down throughout the day whilst I'm in work. I think that would save a lot of washing down. You'd only have to swill the drains and scrub the floors then. 

     

    Bedding is a pain in the arse. Shavings are too messy and end up in the drains. Both cheap and expensive beds get eaten and there's only so many old T shirts blankets and towels you can give them. I'm open to suggestions there? I'll attach some photos below. Cheers

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  16. How Old Are You ?

    in General Talk

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    I turned 29 in November, and not particularly looking forward to the imminent pain and misery i have ahead according to some of you old codgers 🤣.

     

    In all seriousness, Happy new year and best wishes to you all 👍 keep on keeping on. 

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  17. Show us your Bull x

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    My old saluki bull grey x  my old saluki bedlington grey bitch, 8 years old now, probably about 3 on those photos. Now lives retired with my parents.

     

    The pup is about 9 months old, a 5th gen mix of mainly wheaton x bull x greyhound (not my breeding). Both parents doing the work and made just over 27" so fingers crossed for this pup.

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  19. That wasn't the plan

    in Earthdogs & Working Terriers

    Posted · Edited by lampingboy

    Got out one day this week for a mooch,  checked a few spots and nothing home, tried a place new to me on recommendation from the farmer. Steady walk to the place and all dogs marking well, looked promising. 

    I dropped an older dog in that I've got on loan. 10 mins later he's baying away strong. Got a mark at .8, 1ft off breaking through and the mark changed. Opened out anyway and found they were big tubes.

    Let the dog work for another hour or so, he was getting pushed back and forth but eventually settles at roughly 2m and I believe he's at a stop end. 

    Decided to start digging down, the ground was tough, full of rocks and shale, sharptooth and bar job. 2ft from  breaking through and the dog showed through the hole we'd previously dug, turns around and goes back down. We looked at eachother and didn't say anything. 

    10 mins later, 1.5ft to go, the loaned dog shows again so out he comes and back on couples. 

    Now I had my 12 month old bitch pegged out with me. This is only the 3rd time she's been out, had one rag on a dead one but hadn't been entered.

    Now although she's changed a hell of a lot the last few months and seems keen as mustard, the plan was to just peg her out a few times this season and leave her mature until next season but admittedly, curiosity and impatience got the better of me. 

    We were only 1.5ft from breaking through, the place wasn't at all rangey and I was sure we were at a block end only a few meters from the original hole we'd opened so I collared up my bitch and let her go. 

    Down she went of her own accord and the nerves set in........nothing. a few moments later, she let's out a few yaps and starts baying away and settles at the same mark I had with the older dog. 

    Bad judgement on my part as the ground just got tougher through the last foot and half, she was in just over an hour, didn't move from the mark and bayed away steady the whole time. I was relieved when i broke through to find her without a mark on her and within range of her quarry. 

    Two accounted for, farmer happy and some experience and lessons learned for both me and im sure the bitch too. 

     

     

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