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Peugeot 307 Hatch 110 BHP HDI. Not a bad drive, but by far the worst car I’ve owned for niggling “standard” faults. Not enough room in the back, also the back seats don’t fold down far enough to make a completely flat base. The raised lip on the hatchback catches toes on the jump in. Not big enough. Crap for the dog, crap for fishing, very irritating car, cost about 16K new. Handy discreet storage area though............. Best vehicle I had for Lurchers was an old Mark II Escort van, the back slept me and a pair of ¾ breds in comfort! Tended to attract “of
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Yeeeeeeeeeeeee.........Haaaaaaaaaare!!!!!!!!
smallmouth replied to smallmouth's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
That's actually what we were expecting....... :search: ......... not that we're complaining mind........ Dunno about averages tysons, it's her first. -
What we lookin’ for? Might it be in here? Just getting to grips with the terrain........ Some sit on the fence.......... While others might sit on a rock......... Is this what you wanted? Already looking for the next one........ Are you proud of me? I’m only a pup really, still hooked on the bottle! Jest hangin’ aroun’, but am I really singin’ the blues? Oh, mustn’t forget..................thanks very much mate...... ...........she really needed this.......................and so did I..........
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A good read, and sounds promising,...........
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Haven't got mine yet............
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Same here, I see more Foxes than anything.
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You have a point there, in really strong winds that swirl all over, they're much more likely to squat regardless even where I go. Thinking about it, the sort of ground I'm on about must be plastered with the scent of that day's dog walkers anyway? Perhaps it's the sound deadening effect of a strong wind that makes the real difference?
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Good topic Spike. But sorry.........I don't understand what you mean by this................ Joking apart, I've always taken note of wind direction, and try to walk into it, day or night. By day it gives my hunting up Lurcher the best possible chance of finding. But usually these walks are circular, in which case I make sure that the "best" side is the one where we walk into the wind. After dark, (when I go out for a nights lamping and have a small amount of ground in front of me), I'll retrace my steps for the next good spot, rather than approach with the wind behind
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If that's the same Pointer X bitch that appears in the Lamper 2 (Dusk til Dawn) Video, then it looked quite racy. It doesn't do much on Lamper 2, but is only a pup on there.
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Nice one, I enjoyed that read. My Collie X Greyhound ran one yesterday afternoon......Hares seem easier to find than rabbits at the moment. It had bugger all law, (hunted up), so she looked quite good on the first, (small), field, but was quickly unsighted on the second, which is very overgrown to the tune of 2ft height of dead weeds.
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I finished this book the other day. I agree that it's a brilliant read, with some gripping descriptions of courses, and some fair pics of great looking dogs. For me the star of the pics is "Sport" the Coyote Hound, I think I remember seeing his photo in Col Walsh's Lurchers & Londogs? I got more down to earth information about the sighthound breeds from this book than I have from the UK equivalent, Standfast's "Coursing". Mind you the Standfast book is superbly put together, and the artwork is top notch. As for pining for the States, I've long done that, not for quarry varie
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I'll vouch for that, if it wasn't for R Lass helping me out by exercising my Lurcher weekday mornings, I'd still be dogless.............
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Exactly as Lennard says.............except the bit about the obedient spouse...........
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Got a text from my Sister who's in California at the moment. She's just shipped me part of my Christmas present.....Gazehounds & Coursing.............well it's better than a pair of socks Sis...........
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Frost here last night, but I wasn't working her, just exercising. Had another look this morning, the toe's fine, she's walking normal, the nail just looks like it's been cut a bit short now, after my effort with the clippers. I think her front nails have started getting a bit long recently, R Lass has had to change the morning route, so she's getting a bit less road walking now.
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My lurcher smashed the last 3rd of her nail off tonight, not sure how, just noticed her limping on the way home after a walk. She was limping because it was bent back on a sliver and hinging as she walked. I've tidied it up with clippers, the toe is OK but the nail seems a bit sore and I can see the quick. I feel as if I should seal it against dirt, maybe with a blob of nail varnish, any thoughts?
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Nice one, cheers for that
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Very striking new front page, I'm off now for another look...........
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I think mine would've been OK. The toe didn't need to come off due to the break, the toe removal was to try and get rid of the infection. But it just didn't work. When I think back, an old guy who kept coursing greyhounds told me to use insulation tape to bind the broken toe to its neighbour, (it was the outside middle on the left rear foot), and rest the bitch up for a few weeks. But I wouldn't have it and went running to the vet...........
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My first Lurcher broke a middle toe just above the knuckle joint, coursing a Hare which took her onto a tarmac farm road. I think it went as she jumped the fence seperating the field from the track. The Vet put her foot in plaster. After a few days I noticed a funny smell and cut the plaster off there and then. She'd got gangrene in the broken toe, it was all colours and badly swollen . Rushed her back, the Vet on Sunday afternoon call out, was the same bloke who'd put the plaster on. He was insistent that he'd get her right again, make good his mistake and put her straight
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I've read one or two posts from competitive coursers saying that single handed will survive as pest control, though by "single handed" I don't know if they mean best of 3 match running or anything. I doubt the legislators know of the existence of legal match running, they probably think it's all illegal, and equate competitive coursing with the Waterloo Cup. Having said that, if matches were banned, how would it be proved, it could just be 2 or 3 blokes pest controlling and taking it in turns to give their dogs a run? In my gut I agree with paulf, a middle way could be a hell o
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Parceval Hall? Near the River Wharfe. That sounds worth a look after a bit of daylight reconn. Cheers.
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Well I join the queue to get into Leeds every weekday, it starts at Woolley Edge these days, but I'm not sure that qualifies as "driving"..... Thanks JD, any advice appreciated, a hatful of rabbits would be handy just now, and I'll drive for 'em if I have the time.
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That's the side I mostly fished merle. The gully was about 2 thirds up toward the tip of the peninsula. There's the top 3 sections of a Redington wayfarer fly rod down there, but that's another story...... Guernsey looked to be a good sort of place for a huntin' & fishin' man. Very agricultural, plenty of pasture, plenty of horticultural business, mild winters too I'd bet?......LOTS of pest control required I should think. A place to get your average hauls up, (well it definitely would mine anyway ). Didn't like the roads though, came back minus a wing mirror, courtes
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Thanks Chalkwarren, I appreciated your kind offer last winter. I try to "keep it real", even if my reality isn't that exciting. If the night time rabbits ain't there, then she can't run 'em, and so learning the lamp takes that much longer. There are places that'd be easier, but they're too risky, either for me :ph34r: , or the dog......... Hopefully I've got a short cut this time. Merle, I only found time to fly fish the rocks around the fort of an evening, cos I could walk it from the Vazon Bay apartments where we were staying. The best place seemed to be a narrow channel betw