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  1. Neal
    Surely not...Blobby Williams! :sick: Incidentally, another way to stop your CD from jumping is to simply make the fence higher! Sorry, that was bloody dreadful!
  2. Neal
    As Witton says, if it's already doing what you want it to do, and if you gel with it, then it doesn't matter if it's a kelpie/collie x greyhound or a chihuahua x claudia winkleman! Sounds like a good one so good luck and keep us all posted.
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    Any Ideas ?

    Neal replied to MickC's topic in General Talk

    Last year I taught a class of reception children (4 to 5 year olds) and our end of year school play was based on a book called "The Gruffalo." That head shot looked just like a Gruffalo!
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    I agree with the above. I've raised my last three dogs, from the day I bought them as pups of around eight to nine weeks, on various odds and ends all of which has always been raw. The first time they see a chicken wing it can take them a good twenty minutes or more but now, as adults it's just, "crunch, crunch, gulp!"
  5. Neal
    That's ironic: the first post refers to an animal whose hairs have adapted to become quills which look like elongated spines...and the second is a species without a spine!
  6. Neal
    But they aren't currently a registered breed ie they won't be winning Crufts next year and it's partly for this reason, in my opinion, that they don't sell for big money. Some people want them to become recognised but their main reason is simply so they can compete in KC recognised agility competitions.
  7. Neal
    When I lived in Cumbria, I was walking one day from Coniston to Torver accompanied by my lurcher with my sketching materials over my shoulder in an old gas mask bag. Half way along my route, after emerging from a small wood by the side of the road, a police car pulled up alongside and asked what I had in my bag. He was obviously expecting something like, "two ferrets and a brace of coneys constable," but was obviously put out when I replied, "a sketch book and a tin of oil pastels!"
  8. Neal
    I'd say it's definitely mud!
  9. Neal
    I know this may be a sweeping statement which is hugely over simplifying things but I've always had the impression that Kelpies are imported because they are good at rounding up sheep whereas Cattle Dogs are imported because they are a recognised breed. To put it another way, ACDs are recognised by the KC and fetch huge prices whereas Kelpies aren't and therefore don't. Not that I'm knocking them as a breed and I get the impression that the earlier imports were from pretty good lines, but I've also heard of several people in Australia moving away from pure ACDs as cattle dogs.
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    I think they're great but then I'm biased as I have three pure kelpies! The main thing to remember is that, despite what some people say, they are not simply a prick-eared collie with a smooth coat. They work things out differently to collies and have a different outlook on life but it's way too big a subject for one post; you'd need a whole book. If you're interested in them, I'd suggest meeting someone who has a kelpie cross and see if they're what you're after, then you can make your mind up for yourself.
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    I have no idea why that smiley face is in my above post: it's supposed to be the letter b followed by a bracket but I've posted it and edited it but it won't go away!
  12. Neal
    I think that, to a certain extent, it's down to personal preference. I've known people who've moved from half crosses to three quarters, to get more speed, who've been disappointed because they've lost some of the collie attributes they liked in the half cross. Whereas others have done the opposite and were equally dissapointed at getting "too much collie." I suppose that's why the five eights/three eighths came about. Personally, I'd suggest meeting as many as possible of each type and see which one a) works the way you like and you gel with. And as somebody said above; think carefully about
  13. Neal
    I have one of their "poacher's box" ones: it's really light and is great if you're only popping out for a couple of hours with just one or two ferrets.
  14. Neal
    I've got the high viz orange too...it matches my mascara and fish nets! :kiss:
  15. Neal
    But surely, if they don't know it's know, not no, then they won't know if we know what they know whether they know it or not...do you know what I mean?
  16. Neal
    If you're lucky enough to have a dog which marks it will take out some of the uncertainty over whether or not the ferret is not going down because there's nothing there. As for the pipes idea; try putting their food inside the pipes too (or has somebody said that one already?).
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    RSPCA

    Neal replied to nealey's topic in General Talk

    I had a visit from them once, many moons ago, because of the "undernourished lurcher" in my garden. I invited him in to show him the collie half cross (and of course they're always skinny aren't they ) and informed him that as it was only a pup, and therefore a bit chunky at present, it would if anything get slimmer as it got older. He not only apologised for wasting my time but was actually so pissed off at having his time wasted that he told me which of my neighbours had reported me.
  18. Neal
    I have two hobs who live happily together with a jill also...BUT... they've ALL been de-sexed completely. It's a bit of a drastic alternative and costly but it does work if you really want to keep hobs only. Or you could do a Heath Robinson job with a couple of house bricks!
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    can sombody

    Neal replied to snoopdog's topic in General Talk

    I'm a primary school teacher and it's definitely 10mph! If you don't all stop this soon I'll show this thread to my year 6s and they can give you marks out of 10 (or should that be marks out of 6?)
  20. Neal
    "The Lord of the Rings": when you're as short as I am and have feet as hairy as mine, you have to believe in hobbits.
  21. Neal
    It works, but only if she goes to bed before midnight and still gets up at the same time as usual in the morning!
  22. Neal
    When I bought my kelpie eight years ago it was with the intention of using him to breed a lurcher from and I simply crossed my fingers that he might be ok at a bit of bushing too. Eight years on and I feel like Victor Kyam (or whatever his name is) from the remington ads: "I liked it so much I bought the company." Due to the nature of the ground I work I find him better than previous lurchers and as a result have since bought two more.
  23. Neal
    My wife loves the clocks going back as she gets an extra hour in bed; whereas I look on it as an extra hour out with the dogs in the morning.
  24. Neal
    Thanks mate, it's working fine now. I was using google earlier today looking for jackets and came to the forum and I'm guessing it must have been displayed that way then and somehow stuck...or maybe I just cocked it up without realising!
  25. Neal
    Hi, can anybody help? I'm unable to see all the postings on an individual topic. Every topic I try to read only gives the initial posting followed by a list of replies which then need to be clicked individually. However, when I click them it leads to all the postings by that individual as opposed to all the postings in the topic. I presume it's something simple within "my controls" but being a technophobe I have no idea what to do. Any advice please?
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