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    Get the pup properly diagnosed and a full health check at the vets. Make sure the vac's have been done too.
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    I wouldn't use a shock collar for the reasons I've given. I don't think they're necessary, except perhaps in the case of an older dog who needs retraining. People don't bother getting the basics sorted out - simple things like recall from a distance. Get that one command right and you have a dog which you can control. I want a responsive dog which will leave on command, chase on command, and come straight in (from as far away as he goes) when called. That all takes time - no shortcuts.
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    Well there's a quality I like to see in a dog - scared of a sheep!
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    This works - don't forget to praise the dog if he goes through sheep or lambs without bothering them. Mine is still learning but fine with new lambs jumping around 2 feet away from him. He's on an extendable lead at the moment but will come off that in the next few months. He's very excited by rabbits, but not sheep, but I wouldn't trust him not to chase if he was off the lead and the sheep were running. Forget the shock collar - it's not necessary, except perhaps for an older dog. It takes time to stock-train a dog and your dog is only a year old. It's not a nightmare - it's part of y
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    I know of a dog kept indoors (that's him in my avatar) who can't wait to get out, no matter what the weather. No problems with the bond between us either:).
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    This works - don't forget to praise the dog if he goes through sheep or lambs without bothering them. Mine is still learning but fine with new lambs jumping around 2 feet away from him. He's on an extendable lead at the moment but will come off that in the next few months. He's very excited by rabbits, but not sheep, but I wouldn't trust him not to chase if he was off the lead and the sheep were running. Forget the shock collar - it's not necessary, except perhaps for an older dog. It takes time to stock-train a dog and your dog is only a year old. It's not a nightmare - it's part of y
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    The 410 is not really an upgrade from the TX - it's a totally different gun. I like a PCP for hunting for the reason you mentioned - it's just more versitile than the TX. The TX comes nto its own in a hide or hole in the hedge when after a single bunny though, or when taking a long shot if there is no wind, because there is no real difference shot to shot. Something you can't say about a PCP unless it is regged. Keep the TX, get a 410 as well.
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    Hi Phil, Thanks for that. The TX/Prosport run on bearings, which makes them very smooth new. Deburring the compression tube/piston and polishing the spring-ends and the bits they rotate on all helps to smooth the rifle even more. And a good lube helps too. Of course the deburring would take place naturally over a few years - but I prefer not to wait. The CD trigger unit is ok out of the box, but brilliant once the sears are smoothed and polished. I run my TX at around 11 ft-lbs which it seems happy at. It's .177 and there is no recoil to speak of. Looking at the stock I think
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    Interesting thread. I've never been tempted by the Prosport because the cocking geometry just does not look right to me. I much prefer the tried-and-tested long cocking lever on the TX. Looking at the Prosport, AA don't have much room to improve that cocking lever setup, and I can see several areas where the machining and materials would have to be absolutely spot-on to avoid problems. In defence of AA though, the TX's are brilliant, and a simple re-lube and self-tune using original parts is all that's needed to fettle them. The CD trigger is a bit rough when you take it apart, but that'
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    That could be fleas from your description. If it was my dog I'd be going to the vets for a proper diagnosis.
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    Didn't read your last post, but if the rifle just needs a tune and some seals replaced you can do that yourself easily. Tuning guide is here, and the seals are available from AA (part TX 221).
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    Moron.
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    In my experience a young or adult dog will only swallow what it can. Undigested bits will be barfed up at some stage. Pups are different and I wouldn't leave a pup with big bits of bone.
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    Suit yourself - I can't see how a "complete" dog food can possibly be as good as a varied diet, but it's your mutt. Pleased I bothered replying .
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    Read up on the barf diet. My dogs are in great condition, but cannot be described as true working dogs (but I have hopes for the deerhound X ). Tinned food is for emergencies only. Mine are fed raw bones (pork, lamb and beef), cooked mince with terrier mixer, the odd raw egg, raw chicken, including the bones, and the odd raw rabbit. With rabbits it's important to realise that they can carry tapeworms, so most of my rabbit is cooked before the dogs get it. Table scraps, like steak fat, are fine to give as a treat. They enjoy the odd fresh catch which they eat while still warm. Everything
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    Accupels and AA Fields work well in my TX. Generally these barrels are not pellet-fussy.
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    My S200 is zeroed at 30 metres. Because the pellet travels in a parabola (and not straight) that gives me zero at 10 metres and 30 metres. At 20 metres the pellet is at it's highest on it's parabola so surely there has to be some compensation for that?
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    Well done - your next mission, should you choose to accept it, is to dismantle the rifle and give it a mild self-tune and re-lube using the original parts. This will make the rifle smoother to cock and shoot, and the trigger goes from good to excellent when tuned.
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    Sorry for your loss.
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    Check out the barf diet for adults. For pups good quality puppy food and a little extra meat. Roadwork is useful, as is normal play with other dogs. Your dog won't muscle up if it's not in his genes. He will muscle up, in spite of what you feed him unless you starve him, if it is in his genes .
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    I was out with mine this morning for an hour - it's a cracking little gun!
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    The pups a bit slow but I shot a rabbit this morning - does that count as hunting?
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    I would never kick out a dog once taken in. Mine are for life.
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    Good news!
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    Here you go . That link has pretty much all the info you'll need.
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