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Lads I have a bit of a question, I am just wondering if 11 bags of concrete and 2 1/2 tons of sand gravel mix will fill my shuttering at 4m x 3m. Any labourers on here with a good head for concrete volumes able to help me out? Also, in terms of concrete thickness 3 inches is what I am aiming for. -
Hey Hannibal......any good photos taken of your bitch out in the field? Has she trimmed up at all with you having her out as I am sure she is getting the legs run off her now compared to her other owners?
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Holes are drilled in each of the sides. That vent is as wide as any I have seen, ample air space lad.
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oh and just be wary on the corners, watch screws don't overlap or be so close they compromise the structure of the wood. Pre-drilling holes with a bit 2mm smaller than the screws is a great way to stop the wood splitting.
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Peg for door changed for a carabiner in case dogs knock it out in transit. Go for marine ply, far better. Do you see the small L-shaped brackets there in the botttom corners......cost about £3-4 each. Great job in protecting the box as it gets the shite knocked out of it during loading and unloading. I used T-hinges, cost next to nothing, about £5 for two. Word of advice, pick a jigsaw up for about £24, allows brilliant cuts and corrections to the wood and great for doing the vent at the front. If you use the marine ply you do not have to worry about building a frame as this
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I made one the other week. Came out as a great wee job. Handy in the boot of a car, handles for lifting into a pickup and does bigger terriers too if out with mates dogs.
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costs £40 on this: http://www.anglebooks.com/badger-digging-with-terriers-by-david-harcombe-30652.html
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Is it a mix or just like a red fell/patt?
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What breed are those red terriers?
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Creating A New Line Of Working Terrier?
RTurlough replied to Lenmcharristar's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
All DNA has a lifespan. Breeding by breeding the DNA strands weaken. This weakening of the DNA is representative through genetic traits such as Cherry Eye (beagles), over/under shot jaws, seizures due to brain size in a small cranium etc. Outbreeding is a good thing. In a perfect world we could run a pure line forever but scientifically this has consequences and a deterioration of the line....eventually. Throughout history other men have had a chance to create their breeds, the ones which we have today. Should we not have the right in our generation to create our own breed? Any at -
To help anyone planning to lay additional drainage for their dog pen here is an example. This should help you get by and since many of us live in terraced housing I will talk you through the process. Don't get anyone to lay it for you! Do it yourself, take each problem as it comes and work your way through from start to finish. It is simple it just takes time, confidence that you can do it and a little competition to make your pen better than those you hunt with goes a long way. Always expect it to be hard, especially if fresh to labouring...........but if you plan to dig to terrie
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Mango that is a brilliant photo and made me think. When I first saw it I thought frig that red dog is powerful and didn't even glance at the dog covered in scars which is the more experienced of the two. I then think of some of the best dogs I have ever came across that can be called workers, these are dogs that look like nothing at all.
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I keep forgetting to say let us know how you get on!!!!! By the way a very established character in the deer tracking world uses a Rhodey to find wounded deer. He hardly ever loses mis-shot deer due to that dog so I know how good they are in different hunting ways. I really am dying to hear how this bitch turns out, now, don't expect her to work for you straight away of course, but if you let her rag a few pelts she will get the idea. Few ferreters on here bound to help you out there or just push a rabbit from a hedge out in front of her with other dogs and she'll soon get the idea.
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I think the most important thing is what you do have is a hunting breed. She may have all the gamedrive in the world but you need to let her know what is unacceptable. If she runs on several fields away you may lose her for hours and that can't be trained out of a dog. Hence the GPS needed. In the end you have a big African Hound. Ya know what you will never ever know until you try but watch out for lambs!
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I know what it is, he is hunting somewhere that is either commercial or council owned and that is why there are so rabbits, it's rarely hunted. But to hunt on it he'd have to do a risk assessment and then wear hi viz I.e. A runway or to show he is permitted staff. Just the suits covering their ass's that is all.
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BBC is a typo.
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There is no hunting rule book. First check if she is stock broke and if not sort that out. Big African lion dog might have sheep on the prey list! Secondly if she is dog aggressive or you can only hunt her solo. Thirdly, you run a big leggy bitch like that which is quiet and you might see her disappear and not have a clue where she has went! GPS required and that BBC costs money. There is no rule book and the dog could be brought on to be first class but hunting with big dogs can have consequences which you can get away with using beagles or springers as many hunt then want to
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The man must have no sense of smell!
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Sure that kibble is 90% barley. I bet it is the barley husk not that it matters. Frig the pet food people sell some of that stuff for "sporting dogs" and charge anything from £10-50 for 15kgs but ultimately the dogs are eating sheep feed with a small addition of beef derivatives. I think they get away with it by marketing the protein content i.e. 26% etc. When you look at the hunt kennels their hounds are solid. Eating nothing but deadfall. Like a pack of hyenas!
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Hey Fly the Boy, season is near over but I tell ya what.....there is always next year for a good day out. Plenty of good rabbit ground up here too.
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Well, I have time to go away and digest what was happening under ground for me to get this fox. 1. Ferret entered and came out of two of the 8 holes. 2. Ferret travelling again underground. No sound. Ferret down for at least 15mins. 3. Walked round each of the holes listening, fixing nets, but still giving the ferret the benefit of the doubt in case I had a stubborn rabbit. 4. I looked down and saw two of the holes, one on each side of the bank from the other kicked out. I began to suspect fox. Ferret still not seen. 5. Fox bolted into net and for the next 10 mins we
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I guess the moment we let that ferret go it's all up to fate. As fate has no rulebook then everything goes!
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I read a great greyhound book one time that said "dogs metabolise fat as energy and metabolise carbs as fat". Meaning give your dog carbs (bread, pasta and potatoes) and the dog might store that as fat, but give a dog fat (i.e. beef trimmings) and it uses this directly as energy. The book is words written by one man and read by another so I can't say there is any truth in it but what I do know is there aren't many dogs in the country that will refuse the scraps from a Sunday dinner which is mostly potatoes and gravy! I definitely wouldn't say this would make a fat dog either.
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Have we thought about the ferret??!!!! I mean the perfect ferret is a tiny greyhound jill that just goes mental on a rabbit but not big enough to hold it. Therefore the rabbit thinks "stuff this, this ferret is mental", that is when we get some great bolting. I have never had a lazy ferret, I have had a ferret that refuses to eat rabbits which was brilliant for me, especially that the ferret went through all the motions of hunting but just not eating them. I still talk about this wee jill to this very day.
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I have had the opposite to you guys. When I do holes that I know are getting ferreted often the rabbits are always really reluctant to bolt or they come out of the exact hole that is just too hard to stick a purse net on. In fact, they wait a good while before emerging and it's usually a big buck that comes tearing out of a hole that's near impossible to get a net on. It's as though they got away with it before and are trying it again. As for the noise, when I take out lads that are noisy with no experience or if it is a real still day and the noise carries I find rabbits just walking u
