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  1. Lamping

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    2 hours ago, OldPhil said:

    Actually,...I believe that an interesting article could  be penned, solely about the various miscellaneous Field Sports Suppliers and canny entrepreneurs  that started up, here in the UK, back in those Halcyon Days....

    I met all of them, visited their premises, and accepted my bag of coins...it was frequently, emotional...?

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    I recon that would make a great read, there certainly was some characters in the selling game back then... ? 

    Think there were a few high-street suppliers of those oblong type lamps, as Bird Catcher said, Argos did them and I remember getting one from Halfords. One of them came with a red filter too...? ?

  2. Unusual dog breed nowadays.

    in General Talk

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    1 minute ago, mackem said:

    I have never seen one, that's why he sent me the pics, beautiful looking dog ?

    On the subject or rare working breeds, I was in Cobham High Street once, I actually stopped a bloke to enquire about his dog, he said I was the first person to ever recognise it as a dandy dinmont ?

    It's always good when you can pick out summat rare. Seen a couple of Dandy Dinmonts and would love to see one doing a bit of ratting....

  3. Unusual dog breed nowadays.

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    Wow... Rare as rockinghorse shite.

    Though I'm sure that'd be a kc one and not 'directly' bred from former working stock.

    I always wonder how the kc hounds (fox, harrier etc) would react if they were in a pack. Would their instincts make them happier if they were so, or do humans just take that roll.. ? 

     

  6. Gumtree madness ?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    The kid next door to me goes an gets one...

    One of them deerhound/greyhound/collie/ Beddy/Saluki/bull type things, that usually level out quite nice (did I miss out whippet!?)

    It's a dog, and at nearly a year old, 'can't quite control itself around his newly aquired family'.... And 'levelled' a walker on the beach, just by it boisterous ways...

    Damn shame really, poor fecker just wants to run, seen it growing up... This stunning blue thing, would look magnificent behind quarry, given half the chance⁰

    Got asked to find it a home, but I hate playing the middle man...

    Damn thing will probs end up in a harness and never let off a lead again  ?

     

  7. Gumtree madness ?

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    7 hours ago, OldPhil said:

    Yeah, its incredible,.. the current price of Lurchers...? 

    My old mate recently had a result, and him (and Mike The Dog) travelled North to buy a pair of Blue Whippet pups..

    I received this photo the other evening, and it looks as though they have both bought nice sensible rabbiting jukels...

    To be truthful, I am really envious, but know in my heart of hearts that a genuine working dog would be wasted on me...?

    Its no matter, I can still enjoy the sight of a 12 week old whelp,...moving forwards and starting to twig on...?

     

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  8. Top speed and maturity

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    10 minutes ago, moonlighter said:

    I’ve never had a saluki pup with puppy fat on them. And I’ve found Salukis feet are longer and not as tight as other lurchers.. they probably have the best feet of all too.. 

    but with regards to the actual question asked; I take mine out from a very early age. Bushing, mouching about, etc.. I would intentionally lamp a rabbit until about 11/12 months old, but I would have expected them to have seen and chased plenty of rabbit just much about in the day time, 

    Spot on reply... ???

  10. New acquisitions

    in General Talk

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    2 hours ago, DIDO.1 said:

    Extra picture of the German helmet just to complete the set ?

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    I gather that hemet should/did have a strapping head guard/fitting at the beginning of its life? 

    Either that, or you have the head size of that bloke in the waiting room, in the film Beetlejuice...

  12. Top speed and maturity

    in Lurchers & Running Dogs

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    Hard to see the all that's needed to make judgment from one 'ariel' photo.

    Even harder to see how any Saluki blooded pup really looks from that same angle.

    Total shite photo to he honest, and if you want any constructive feedback, you'd be better with a range of different photos, and the best of them comes from the camera being alongside your dog, not above it.

    For my two penneth-worth, your pups coat looks good, as does its feet. Maybe a bit more on the ribs at that age but some desert breds never hold it after 6 months anyway. BUT ffs... Take a photo of a happy dog.. That poor thing looks miserable as feck!!

    Now I know the poor cnut is destined for a life of critics and running through the slop. Not to mention 35 different owners and life under a tranny van if it ain't killing 5/5 by the time it's 12 months old... So maybe it has good reason to look that miserable but....

    Put that puppy where it is happy and snap away, and then put better photos up, for better advice ???

  14. New acquisitions

    in General Talk

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    On 30/06/2022 at 20:02, eastcoast said:

    I would love to be able to say that these were a clever find, originals or even limited edition prints, but just mass produced copies. I am still happy to hang them on the wall though.

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    Always liked them... ?

  15. Top Five Books?

    in General Talk

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    The cover of the edition I remember... 

    Looking for this I also remember another Blyton I read, The Enchanted Wood... Wish I still had it... ??

    Just googling, there's loads of Enid Blyton tattoos on the characters... ?

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  16. Top Five Books?

    in General Talk

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    16 minutes ago, DIDO.1 said:

    Yeah that was my favourite!!!

    I might buy it for my lad. He will probably think its shit and go back to call of duty 

    Brilliant... I wish I'd done too, but on remembering this, and with my daughter at 13 next month, I fear I've missed the boat.

    Please give me some feedback on that book when you get it. Both how it reads, and what your lad thinks of it... I'm too old to remember but thrive on a bit of nostagia...?

  19. from now through the season

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    After I packed in with the terriers I moved from 4x4's to estate cars. Them old Legacy's being my fave..! Though had a couple of hatchbacks and one Ford Orion inbetween. Never liked jamming 4 big lurchers in an Orion boot, even if the speaker casings in the parcel shelf had no speakers in, to aid ventilation... ?

    TBH, looking back, it was bloody tough on dogs being loaded ran, loaded and ran, all night long... But good dogs (and decent callers) will always pull you through...

    As for fitness, I keep mine fit all year with daily free running walks, apart from my two week hols and my mate TimmyK, is round daily, to feed and lead walk.

    One thing I've always insisted on during the summer, is dogs being allowed to flake out under the warm summer sun. It's a must IMO, time to relax and recharge.

    It takes graft and graft alone, to get a dog match fit... So don't expect it over the summer, no matter how hard you try and train them..!!!

    I'm lucky, in that I moved to where my dogs are free... There's no real running in the summer, the fields are much too high, and I avoid any early cut fields like the plague. But play and fun are just what's needed, along with a weekly swim (my mutts love the water!) on those hot days...

    The summer is good for us all, enjoy... ?

  21. Jim barker and minshaws

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    Just read through 25 pages of crap, there were about 5 pages of decent talk, before the usual took over...

    Though it all should of been done through the 'better' Minshaw threds... Do Your Homework!!

    You all know who you are...

    It's getting locked, if you want to argue, drop me a pm... I won't be replying.

    Sort your differences out with your different crosses, or have a nice sabbatical... Not arsed... ?

  23. Wilf

    in General Talk

    Posted

    19 hours ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

    Never got the stone roses really , but seen Ian brown solo and he was amazing 

    another decent band forgotten were fronted by the ginger Robbie fowler himself …


     

    The La's were far far better...

    John Power is/was a class act in both bands.

  25. Wilf

    in General Talk

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    6 minutes ago, THE STIFFMEISTER said:

    Libertines are arguably an era defining band 

    music when the lights go out 

    don’t look back into the sun 

    what became of the likely lads 

    delivery 

    f**k forever 

    absolute gems of British kitchen sink poprock  

    fantastic band , glad to see Pete back on his feet , seen him live at Camden roundhouse , was magnificent to be fair 

     

     

     

    Breck Road Lover is my fave track by them. As it's where I grew up...

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