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    My opinions are that as we own the islands then we have a right to defend them. Sorry, a little off subject, can anyone remember, not long after the war, that the Falklands had a fox boom due to the fact that no one had been controlling numbers and John Park sent two terriers (a black and a red) to help out in this area. It was in a sporting publication but I can't remember which?
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    I havent bred many litters, the last was over five years since and I can't recall how many years it was before that. My thoughts are these, i'd never breed a litter solely for myself, as much as I wanted a pup out of anything i've owned, friends should also covert a pup from the union as much as me, to ensure it was not only my desire that yet another litter comes into this 'disposable' world. In other words, my dogs would have to be 'that' good that other folk would be asking me to breed from them! Then and only then would pups be given, to those I trust most. If there were surplus, th
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    Well first off, pick your spot to do it BUT let's face it, it only serves one part of a dogs conditioning, it'll hardly get 'em 'match' fit, far more has to go into that! As far as i'm concerned and i've done it, the negatives of this type of 'training' far out-weigh the positives for most folk. Plenty of idiots out there who would have no idea if it's doing more harm than good, driving at the wrong speeds for too long etc. Then you'll have the daft buggers (and i've seen 'em) who tie there dogs to the back... Fecking genius!! There are more honest ways of getting your dog fit that
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    I'll try, in order of me arriving.... 1. A good, well signed venue (pref with a bit of scenery and out of the way). 2. Good parking. 3. Good beer/coffee/tea and well priced food 4. Clearly marked out rings. 5. Good (hunting/dog) trade stands. 6. Honest, genuine working dog judges (if possible a 'name' but not essential). 7. Good ring stewards. 8. Genuine working dog folk who don't think it too macho to show genuine working dogs. Oh for an ideal world...!
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    Tomo's dead right about the wind, that'll make the difference on 'light' nights. If we waited around for the perfect night every time, we'd hardly get out at all. If you have half a brain you'll adapt your lamping to the type of night.
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    I'm with Cooper on this, it's all down to the indvidual dog. Don't forget, there are many factors go into Lurchers that can affect it's working span. Though, six does seem a bit premature and providing it's not burn-out from overgraft, i'd look to see if a change in health, living, diet, etc could be a contributor to it's condition in the field, from what you say i wouldn't put it down to age.
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    Thats how long the mobile unit will be at the bottom of your road
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    Thats the dog JD!
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    There is a exceptional dog on here that, I belive, is a rescue. Thing is, it's a massive gamble but sometimes it can pay off, dogs can end up in rescue centres for all sorts of reasons, family split, ran and got lost, dumped after carrying a small but annoying injury, (which usually comes right with the rest in the centre) and a million other reasons. We all assume that if a dog is in there it's no good, a jacker but it might not be the case. When we were young we used to 'borrow' dogs from the local rescue and if they wern't up to the job, they'd go back. I suppose we were a bit of a
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    May be cause the grub for 'em might be better around here GTE . I'd say Altcar hares were a true challenge because of the ground they were on. The Withens was a real tester for the novice greyhound. Thing is, hares were 'brought in' for the cup and relised a week or two before the event, so unless they'd ran well and lived to see a next year, I should think they were a true test and as for size... being 'travelled' hares, size wouldn't come in to it
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    If that conclusion is based over many years and many hares, then i'd say the hare population local to you is an exception. From my expierience, where you find a certain hare seat during the day, doesn't mean the hare is bound only to the field it's 'main' or prefered seat is on. Hares do a fair bit of travelling during the night to find the best grub on certain fields. They'd starve otherwise. Though certain hares prefer different types of fields to make their seats, some on larger others smaller, just as some prefer paddock to arable.
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    Aye Tomo, would agree with that, done the same myself in years gone by and no matter how badly things went 'tits up' at home, it was only the dogs and hunting that kept me sane
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    Yep, a bit of domestic trauma certainly brings in the goods, i got myself a very capable young dog (the pick, out of a litter I missed out on) to yuletide strife
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    I'm with artic and Darcy all the way on this one I won't compromise the type of dog I run or the type of quarry I run it on! My only changes are the style in which I now go about my business, a little more softly, softly. Though I don't doubt that many are looking to different types of dogs than what they owned preban.
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    Makes you realise how old you are when you can remember the article appearing in the news about the Pierre David deer! I'm sure that bloke was on here, not 12 months ago, his name was his user name and posted about, or was looking for Alsation x's
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    That was my logic too Poach, many years ago when I turned on to Bull blood. It was just to damn hard to raise a Lurcher pup, out of tried and tested fox dogs, only to see it fall short, sometimes way short, of its parentage. That was back then though, way back, before this god awfull ban, it was all about foxes, foxes in numbers. It's heart breaking to put all your efforts into something, for so long, build up your hopes and it fails. With Bull blood, the right Bull blood the odds were much greater. All that said though and the two best fox dogs i've ever seen had no bull blood in 'em, j
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    A mate had a Beddy Greyhound in the late 70's that would go to ground all the time, it was a feckin pain, always having to be dug out, especially on badgers!
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    I'd change that, and say small Lurchers 'should' always turn better but the truth is different! I've seen enough large dogs turn the arse out of smaller ones. Yep, it should be the other way round but as it's been said, there are many exceptions to the rule!
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    Christ, it's all gone a bit Jeremy Kyle , Gripper & Tyne will be climbing tall buildings wearing spiderman suits next!
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    The reason as to why folk use the Greyhound as the brood is fairly simple, they are easily available and usually cheap. That said, all of the old boy lurchermen (most long gone now) that i've known, have always stated that better crosses will come out of a greyhound sire. Which then meant Lurchers were a much more valuable commodity back then, also it's worth note, that many belived that if a pure bred bitch was crossed with another breed, subsiquentley all further offspring out of her (to her own breed) would be 'tainted' (ruined) by the different breed used before!
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    D He got pick of the litter!
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