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    Cuckoo

    Neal replied to dytkos's topic in General Talk

    Here's what I never used to understand when I was younger: if hearing a cuckoo is the first sign of spring, and seeing a swallow is the first sign of summer...why did I invariably see swallows before I heard cuckoos??? And, with regards to the nest photos...I've been keeping an eye on several nests that I've discovered in my local wood and here's what's happened to them: wren x 3 = destroyed (presumably by squirrel, magpie or jay) blackbird (I was actually watching this one daily as the number of eggs crept up roughly one per day until there were four) = destroyed (as above)
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    My Dad had one of his first cross whippet x greyhounds. I'm sure the sire was a whippet called Bow so I always presumed they were 'new' at the time...but that was at the same time as I bought my first lurcher so would have been c. 91-2. I may even have a photo of it somewhere. If I find it I'll put it up. Won't be great quality though as it'll be a photo of a photo.
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    I've still got a one pound note which I found in the pocket of a pair of jeans I bought from a charity shop in 1989.
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    As you've both pointed out a) things are stacked against us as the vast majority of the British population think along those lines and b) being polite and showing how consistently well behaved your dog is is always the best policy.
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    That's a stunning animal! I know exactly what you mean. I regularly see adverts for kelpie which are being sold because they have no interest in sheep when all they need is a bit more time. The dog all mine are line bred to, Abernant Jim, was a very late starter but went on to be an amazing working dog. I think people just expect immediate results in this day and age of emails as opposed to letters and the internal combustion engine as opposed to shanks's pony. Edited to add: I've been trying to work out what that photo reminds me of and I've just realised...it's the werewolf Profess
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    I'd recommend Hawke. I bought some after reading a review in which someone said that they're not as good as Swarovski, but the difference in quality is minimal compared to the price. I then tried them out in The London Camera Exchange and the image quality is brilliant. I have the 10 x 43 endurance ed binoculars and the 8 x 42 endurance ed monocular. I think the monocular is about £70 and the binoculars are £210.
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    I always say to my son that the reason we like our own company is because we come from a long line of lighthouse keepers.?
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    It'd probably be easier for you to use the search engine on here to be honest...otherwise I'll never stop waffling.?
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    I wouldn't want to mess about with a cattle dog but I wouldn't mind one of them kelpies...because they're just like feral collies.? Sorry C.green, couldn't resist.
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    I agree. I've ordered my pup from the same person who bred Noggin. I placed my order about three or four months ago but the bitch still hasn't started her season. I was rereading several of my kelpie books recently, in preparation for the pup later in the year, and the bloke who owned the original Kelpie (i.e. the dam of the second Kelpie who the breed was named after) gave away all the pups he bred from her. Needless to say, certain types then went on to breed from the pups and charge a fortune, claiming all sorts about how they'd bred the original kelpies.
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    Only the blue merle ones mind...all the other colours are useless.?
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    I gather a lot of people in the U.K. expect kelpies to be just like collies but tougher in the heat so, when they don't start herding from the nest, they assume they're not interested and pass them on. I can fully understand why. If you have a breed of dog which excels in your climate and starts working early, why would you bother with one of those weird foreign things??
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    Thanks for the advice.? Anybody want two pure kelpies, one seven years old and one three years old. Would swap for 3/4 greyhound 1/4 something else. Sorry McHull, only joking, I couldn't resist.?
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    When Noggin was a pup, my daughter was still very young and I used to take her out for long walks in her Mountain Buggy. When Noggin was tired he'd just jump up into the basket under the seat and have a nap.
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    It depends how big the wicker basket is.? Seriously though...I usually take the dog out with me for my morning jog around the wood but as soon as I get a pup I leave off the jogging until at least nine months old, probably more. I'd rather err on the side of caution than stress a dog's body in any way. It's not worth the risk.
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    Not sure what happened there. I think it's because I was quoting two posts from the previous page.?
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    I can definitely see your point. With me it was the complete opposite though, I only started ferreting because I had working bred dogs and thought that taking them ferreting would add to their repertoire. Most people are put off certain dog breeds when the breed books mention how much walking they need whereas I'd ignore anything that didn't need a decent walk.? The only reason I stopped ferreting was because my permission lost its rabbits as it was gradually covered with multiple housing estates. Now I've retired, so I've gone back to what I did when I was younger...just walking a lot.? It's
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    I can definitely see your point. With me it was the complete opposite though, I only started ferreting because I had working bred dogs and thought that taking them ferreting would add to their repertoire. Most people are put off certain dog breeds when the breed books mention how much walking they need whereas I'd ignore anything that didn't need a decent walk.? The only reason I stopped ferreting was because my permission lost its rabbits as it was gradually covered with multiple housing estates. Now I've retired, so I've gone back to what I did when I was younger...just walking a lot.? It's
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    That could've been Morgawr.?
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    Nah, don't ruin a perfectly good dog by watering it down with those silly lanky dogs.?
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    There's a book by Mike Tomkies (the bloke who wrote several books about living in the Highlands) about when he lived in Alaska or Canada (can't remember which) when he had a similar experience. Out on the water in a kayak or small rowing boat and suddenly realised he was surrounded by orcas and thought oh dear, my time could be up here but they just popped up to take a look and then left him alone.
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    As Aussie Whip says, I think comparing Yorkies to the Australian terrier is like comparing an American cocker to a working cocker. They may look similar but what's inside is completely different.
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    In John Lewis-Stempel's book, in which he documents living on wild food only for a year, he said he quickly got to the "not bloody rabbit again" stage.
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    Touch wood!
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    I always find it funny that, in UK dog books, they go on about feeding rabbit etc to dogs as it's natural, whereas all the Australian working dogs books I've read say to avoid rabbit and roo as there's not enough goodness in them.
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