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  1. Neal
    Congratulations Jigsaw! They look great. If it's any consolation my "pup" is still a fecking nutter at seventeen months! Based on my previous four kelpies I've still got a couple of years until he calms down. They go from Bjork to Bob Marley overnight sometime between three and four years old.
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    Congratulations CollieJohn! Glad to see the pups all turned out well and are enjoying life.
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    Congratulations Jigsaw and congratulations on already having homes lined up for them. Sorry for sending these good wishes so late but I've just got back from a week in lovely Aberdyfi in a cabin with no TV or internet!
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    Yeah, that's nice a place too. It's mainly animals which have, at some time or other, lived in the British Isles. Bit of name dropping: I saw Emma Thompson and Greg Wise there a couple of years ago.
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    I'd recommend the reptile and amphibian centre in the north of the Forest too. My son loves going there. Not certain , but I think there's a goshawk nest close by too with 24 camera.
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    Things may be looking up: or rather down! I noticed this morning, while he was laying on his back with his tackle in the air, that there seemed to be a larger "scrotum area" and sure enough, when I checked, there was definitely a second testicle present but it wasn't fully in the sack. I checked again later when he was standing and couldn't feel it but have done so again when he's laying down and it's definitely there. I've heard before about people being able to massage it down but I don't fancy trying it myself in case I do more harm than good...and I don't fancy putting a video o
  7. Neal
    Thanks again. When I take him in for his booster I'm intending to take him in to see one particular vet that I get on better with rather than a random one. He's put down three of my kelpies during the last six years and was very "sensible" about it each time rather than trying to bleed me dry first with multiple tests, scans etc. He also saved Noggin's life when he was knocked over three years ago and looked like he'd probably loose either his leg or his life. I've only had one male done and he was well into adulthood at the time. He did seem a bit more sensitive afterwards but not
  8. Neal
    Thanks riohog and Gilbey. I forgot to mention in my initial post that I'm not necessarily intending to breed from him, simply that I prefer not to have either dogs or bitches done as, from my limited experience, it does effect them to some extent in terms of their temperament. With regards to it being hereditary almost everything I've found on the internet seems to agree that it is but it always seems to be hearsay. I'm certainly not saying it isn't, merely that it's odd with regards the opinions of my two friends. I've also since found another scientific paper which intimated that resear
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    My current pup Ned (now 14 months old) only has one testicle descended. I didn't pick the pup up from the breeder myself as it was collected by the breeder of my other dog, Noggin, from Devon. To cut a long story short: she bred both parents and was also picking up a bitch pup for herself to replace a retired bitch. I was unable to pick the pup up due to work commitments so she did me the kind favour of collecting mine at the same time and looking after him on her farm for a couple of weeks. Never having had a pup which was a cryptorchid I didn't even think to check so was surprised when he we
  10. Neal
    I bought my first lurcher from Hancock in the late 80s and when I went to pick the pup up it really brought it home to me how green I was and how you should meet the parents first as, after meeting all the other dogs, I found myself thinking I wished I'd got one sired by Chuckles instead as his temperament was a lot calmer.
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    I rarely go to look at a litter of pups with my mind made up over which sex to buy. I may have a preference but I always let the pups in the litter (and their character and temperament) dictate which one I choose.
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    W. Katchum: I think you're probably right; it certainly makes sense. Does that mean that I'll only have to put up with one over friendly nutter with no concept of personal space until Ned dies? I love that dog but boy is he bloody annoying. On a positive note, whenever I talk about Ned I often find myself saying, "but, then again, Rusty was the same as a pup" and another Rusty would be a wonderful way to spend the next fifteen years.
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    I took my last lurcher Moss (1/4 kelpie 1/4 collie 1/2 greyhound) out as the retrieving dog for my mate with his air rifle. He liked it so much that whenever I was walking him and a firework went off he'd race over to the nearest bushes expecting to find a rabbit. The only problem I've found with the retrieving of my pure kelpies is that they have a stronger sense of which job each of them should do so I often find I only have one retriever. Rusty was always my retriever (no matter which one caught) and Noggin took over when he died. Now I come to think of it...Rusty didn't catch a single rabb
  14. Neal
    Thanks Postie! I was kind of half right and half wrong then: he's not Winesland but both Winesland and Okara Max go back heavily to Boanong bloodlines. Apologies for sounding like a nerd! My current two were picked because they're line bred to Max's great grand-sire Oscar. Noggin's grand-sire is Max and he's in Ned's breeding too but a generation or two further back and Oscar appears multiple times on both sides of their pedigrees. Apologies: I've nerded out again!
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    Couldn't agree more...with both your points Jigsaw!
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    That's been my experience of them too. They have so much energy you'd think they'd never be able to turn it off but as soon as I get home they just find somewhere to kip and that'll be it until I reach for a coat or boots again. Rusty was a real sun worshiper and would spend even the hottest summer days lounging in a hot spot; if the sun moved and he was in the shade he's get up and move to another hot spot. Postie, that top photo is a stunner! When I used to have lurchers I always preferred slim collies as I presumed they'd breed better lurchers but now I no longer need to think about th
  17. Neal
    As to the quality of zoomed images on mobiles, I think it's because a camera has different numbers for optical and digital zoom whereas mobile phone cameras are selling themselves on huge digital zooms. I've got a lumix that I'm really pleased with but it's not a pocket one so I'm thinking of trading it in for a smaller pocket sized one too as they've improved so much since I bought mine fifteen odd years ago. If it was good enough and portable enough I'd even consider trading in my mobile and going back to an old nokia...without a camera and internet!
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    Sounds like a great temperament. I think a lot of people think that kelpies are hyper because they've only seen hyper ones but each one's different. Noggin was friendly but polite with it (i.e. he waited to see if someone wanted his attention and accepted it if they didn't...I say was friendly as since his accident his character has changed... but that's too long a story for this thread). Ned is extremely positive and friendly but his negative is that he assumes everybody wants to play with him and can be pushy with his affection. However, Old Rusty was the same as a pup and grew into an
  19. Neal
    That's exactly what my advice was going to be! Seriously though... the same as with any dog...temperament is everything so make sure the sire and dam are dogs you'd be happy to spend the next sixteen years with.
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    Yay! it worked!
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    Me and technology are not great friends! As an example I've tried to send this reply about half a dozen times in the last couple of hours but it keeps sending me to a different page and saying ERROR 404.
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    HI jigsaw, sorry for being so late to this thread but I've not been on for about a month. Do you know anything about the pedigree of the dog? Would you like me to do a bit of research? My pup's doing well. He's just over 13 months old now and (thanks to White Van Man) he experienced rabbits for the first time on Dartmoor in May. He has a great nose for hedgehogs too and whenever he finds one in my local wood he walks over to it and lays down; allowed me to film a female and her two young at the weekend thanks to his nose. He's extremely friendly and I can't ever see him being the guard dog typ
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    All the ones I've met have been very vocal...which is their job...but maybe not so helpful in a rabbit catching dog (unless you're using them for bushing?).
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    Well, I'm glad that's over!
  25. Neal
    For two days in a row, I've trawled through another several pages in the hope that this (originally promising) thread might return to what it was...but I think I'm going to give up.
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