Neal
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With ttf my anchor point is the corner of my mouth and looking straight down the bands via the dent on the forks, whereas with ott I can only get close if I draw to the middle of my mouth or chin and work up or down visually from there. Makes it feel like I'm doing yoga in comparison.
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Yeah, took a while to find it as I was shooting every which way at first but gradually improving. Still definitely prefering ttf at the moment though, could be because the whole ratio of anchor point, frame reference etc is more comfortable with the ttf than ott.
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I've had a little bit of experience, but it was over twenty years ago and with a limited number of dogs. I've had a half bred beardie x greyhound, a half bred collie x whippet (with a quarter greyhound in the whippet and a quarter beardie in the collie) and a half bred kelpie/collie x greyhound. I'd say that, in my limited experience, the beardie blood was similar to the kelpie blood in giving them that, "I know what I'm doing, just leave me alone so I can get on with it" attitude. The collie x whippet was the most biddable of the three but she was very highly strung and took offence
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Thanks Shortstraw; I'm going to use the old Scout and the new and do each one differently, and see which I prefer. Thanks for the advice.
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Why would you start ott? Genuine question as I've just had a new Scout LT through the post and was intending to use it sideways (which is how I learnt to shoot using my old Scout) but was considering ott to see if it has any difference in accuracy. Thanks in advance.
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Ah, that's Tony Parsons; yeah I've got that book. You need strong arms to read it as it's several hundred pages long. Full of very wise words though. Sorry Jigsaw, I misread your original post and assumed you meant he'd died of cancer since writing the book so discounted Tony Parsons as he's still alive. He no longer has the Karrawarra stud though. Most (if not all) decent kelpies in the world go back to his dogs sooner or later. My current two are line bred to dogs bred by him. I think the book is actually an updated version of three of his previous books combined plus some extra material. It
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Was it Mike Donelan? Small book, more like an extended pamphlet? There's a black and white photo of him on the cover, if it's the one I'm thinking of. He owned the Bullenbong Stud...I think.
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That was the first cross he did with any kelpie blood. He mated his kelpie x collie (Ruby) to a whippet and produced Gem (for himself), a dog which features several times in Jackie Drakeford's books called Roo owned by Rob Moore (Ithink) and I think Phil Lloyd had one too (I'm sure Phil can clarify but I think his was called Moon). After that he mated Ruby's brother to his whippet x greyhound Blue which produced Purdey and then he did several litters from the same dog to greyhounds. My dog (Moss) was from the first of these litters. I contacted him when he bred the Purdey litter in the hope of
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Wow! Thanks Collie John. Praise indeed. There was a lot of stuff online last year disproving the dingo theory which claimed there was none in the kelpie DNA. However, I read that this research has been discredited by some quarters. Interestingly, just after this, my wife bought me a book (I can't remember what it's called off hand) about the evolution of dogs. Although it was concerned largely with dog DNA it was actually written by a a scientist with a background in human DNA. He was saying how it can be tested in two different ways and that each won't necessarily pick up on traits from
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It won't be the first time. I've seen two adverts for kelpie x patterdales in the last couple of years.? I often think about whether to stick with the pure kelpies or simply go for an "accident" in future. I've always liked the idea of a small kelpie x whippet but it certainly wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea so I can't see anybody breeding them. Although not my favourite of my previous kelpies, Scout was probably my best hunter and although pure she was only about 18" and looked much more like a whippet x terrier; she even did the whippet shiver whenever she was bored or excit
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That's what made me switch. After having three different collie crosses of varying types I got a kelpie/collie x greyhound from Dave Sleight's first litter of that cross and his temperament was so much better (for me) than the previous ones that I had a funny five minutes and bought a pure one...and I've not looked back since...though Ned has made me seriously consider changing my mind.
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It wasn't in the book I was thinking of, so it may have been on the accompanying dvd, but I checked online and it was 4%. I expect it was a case of just enough to make them more drought resistant but not enough for any negative attributes to come through...helped along by the fact that they certainly didn't keep anything which didn't work out. I think there's more in heelers though.
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I was thinking the same thing myself last week and nearly started a similar thread. On a slightly different tack (as mine is kelpie x kelpie without the greyhound!); my two year old is finally calming down a bit. He's been the most high maintenance kelpie I've had. After telling people for years, "No they're not all nutters, mine are all lovely and calm," I finally got one like everybody else's! But, as I said, he seems to be finally calming down and has started catching squirrels. He's still very friendly but is becoming slightly less likely to jump all over everybody. I've made him soun
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They did genetic testing on some of the top Australian kelpie studs a few years back and discovered that they did definitely have dingo in them. Can't remember exactly how much but I've got a book about it so I'll check it out and let you know, but I've got between 4 and 7% in my head.
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Will you be including: as much use as a friend request button on Michael Gove's facebook page?
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That was the main reason I didn't try to use my red and tan kelpie on the local shoot, even though he was a great bushing dog with a fantastic nose and real determination; I'd have been worried someone could have mistaken him for a fox. Perfectly understandable as there were several times I spotted a fox appearing from the bushes ahead and called out, "Rusty: fox!" only for the fox to wag its tail and come bimbling over towards me.
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I might be misremembering this but I'm sure I read somewhere once that the "Australian shepherd" (i.e. the one that looks like a chunky bob-tailed merle collie) was bred in America using dogs from Iberia but called Australian because they thought it looked a bit Australian (maybe like the Australian Smithfield?). The only reason I remember that is because one won Crufts a few years back and people kept thinking my kelpies were the same breed because they had "Australian" in the title.?
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Yeah, but when it works...the exaltation is immense.
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I've had a similar experience, but in reverse. I won't name the person concerned but I'd always had a slightly negative impression of one well known person in the lurcher world as my father had been out lamping with him a few times and slagged him off. The fact that my father is a complete waste of space should have warned me, but when I met the person myself I found him both highly informative and helpful.
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That folded after a very short time...or at least I presume it did as I stopped receiving them but didn't get any refund.
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Don't worry; I'll be spending most of my time up on Taw Marsh...oh, and Waitrose obviously.
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My family and I are due to visit Devon in a few weeks. Some of my ancestors were from Cornwall and I lived there in the late 80s/early 90s while at art college in Falmouth. Even then I remember being told that there were 0% locals living in Helford Passage. I introduced my wife to the area when we met and we've never holidayed abroad, invariably going back to the same North Dartmoor village where we spent our honeymoon fifteen years ago. We're on very friendly terms with the people who we rent the cottage from (who are locals) who've also been giving us advice about moving to the area, wh
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Good to see that he's differentiating the price based on...colour!?
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Aussie Whip has a very good point. Added to this you get prepotency. This is where a particular individual appears more frequently in the ancestry and has an even greater influence than the % would dictate. Don't ask me; I don't quite understand it either but if, for example, the grandsire of the whippet sire (to use Aussie Whip's example) was also the great-grandsire on the dam's side then that dog would be prepotent. I think I've got that right.?
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...because they need to be entered Caerphilly!
