LaraCroft
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Cutting out processed stuff makes a big difference - coffee yes - but no ready made meals, or packet stuff. I make bread and pasta as and when needed, and I enjoy cooking and being out in the garden. I am sure if I had a large family of kids to feed it would be a different story, but every little helps.
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I would say I feed myself 4 or 5 days a week. Veg plot, and swapping veg and eggs with neighbours and friends, I don't buy much from the shops. I eat meat maybe twice a week - usually something caught, sometimes lamb from the freezer. I help a farmer neighbour with lambing 2 nights a week thru the season, and he pays me in freezer meat. Pigeon, pheasant and rabbit are caught, the odd fish from a friend. I would think I spend £25 a month at the supermarket, on washing liquid, cleaners, shampoo, flour, coffee etc etc Organising the green veg took some doing - sowing seeds each week, plantin
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Whats The Best Thing To Stop Ticks
LaraCroft replied to big country's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
There isn't much to stop them attaching initially, but a lot of the spot on/tablet/spray type anti-bug stuff will make them let go pretty quick, so they don't stay attached. Some people advise garlic and brewers yeast in the food to make the skin less "inviting" for bugs ( ticks and fleas ) which can help, but really, the best bet is to check after each walk and remove any found. I use brewers yeast ( marmite sarnies twice weekly ) and mine haven't had a problem with ticks or fleas. I'm not a fan of chemicals on the dogs as a rule, but I will bathe them in medicated shampoo once a mo -
Looks good enough to eat No wonder your dogs are in cracking shape if thats their dinner !
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I would be wanting the vet to find out why the calcium was so low as to cause symptoms - if the dog is getting a decent diet ( and it sounds like she is ) and isn't either pregnant or producing milk, then she is either not taking in the calcium from the food, or there is an underlying reason for her loosing it / using it etc to make it low. You can buy calcium supplement tablets for dogs at any pet shop, but be careful to stick to the dose - too much can cause as many problems as too little. If the vet did a full screen of the blood, they can check levels of albumin, kidney problems,
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Coming along nicely
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Love to see the oldies still doing their stuff - my 12 year old could still catch, although he preferred the sofa. So good to see some grey muzzles still doing their stuff
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To be fair, it is tiny, so easy to miss !
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Has Any One Ever Come Across This?
LaraCroft replied to Early riser's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Yes - see it loads in feet and antlers. Our vets do a twice yearly herd health check on a local estate herd of deer. Feet curling round like aladdin slippers, and antlers curling round into the head is not unusual. -
Experience with hounds and horses - spotting potential problems, and doing something about them. Understanding the lay of the land, and how it will affect not only hounds and horses, but the quarry - both for scent and moving over the land. A respect for the countryside. An even temper to cope with anti's. And a good sense of humour.
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Raw Food Or Dry For Racing Lurcher?
LaraCroft replied to Vicky Steadman's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
I've read the same thing, and have always avoided doing so, but have read that lots of people do and have not had any problems. I can see the science behind the "different rates of digestion" but then dogs cope with mince and bone, fur, skin etc etc that all gets digested at different rates, so I am thinking there isn't much difference. Some dogs are prone to digestive problems - diet change, volume change, something new etc, will upset things. Some are just recycling machines and you can shove anything in, and it won't cause any problems. -
she's dead meat if she touches my tame bunnies, and she knows that lol! we will see no joke, I can chuck her outside with my rabbits and hens and have a nap for an hour, she wont touch them lol, she's a good girl! wild rabbits are a different story thats what the thl patrick thought I'm sure you know your dog, but just saying - be careful - it doesn't take much to trigger the hunt instinct. If the bunny leaps around in front of her it she may just forget it's meant to be a pet !
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I love the ones with spelling mistakes - saw one last week that a guy had had done, and it proudly declared, in 4" high letters across his back, that he was "AWSOME" Some can be really stunning to look at, some very clever, but I can't say I am huge fan. A nurse friend has a dolphin leaping over her belly button. Looked great. Until she got pregnant, then it was feckin scary
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If you have already got rid of a few dogs because the nervous type doesn't suit you or your training methods, then perhaps either change your training methods or find a home for the spaniel that will suit him and his needs. Not everyone gets on with all types of dog. Some find the nervous type too infuriating to work with, some don't like the annoying collie type brain - each to their own.
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Relaxing in the sun.
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It depends so much on the dog you already have ( personality etc ) and what you want the lurcher for. If the dog is entire, and you get a bitch, you will have to separate them for seasons, and may find the dog becomes difficult ( noisy, not eating etc ) when she is. If she is speyed, it won't affect her working ability. There have been many posts on here about keeping a terrier and a lurcher together - as always, some have had no problems, some have found they will fight. I don't leave mine alone in the house together when I am not there - they are crated - when I am there, they are
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But you look great in a t-shirt ! interesting comment :hmm: i thought i heard a rustling in the hedge last night :hmm: wasnt you was it :whistling: No, I was behind the tree. The hedge spot was taken - I need to get there earlier I think
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But you look great in a t-shirt !
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Just noticed your new title - classic
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Hey ! I can park my truck just fine thanks. However I freely admit that when driving my brothers tiny Micra, I am just dangerous ! I don't even try to park it, just get close and walk the rest of the way.
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Of course we did. How else do we know when we are too close ?
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Yep - you'd all be fine - we all know how much better men are at coping with pain I looked after a guy in A/E last summer, who had put a garden fork through his boot and 1 prong had gone through his foot, boot and out the bottom of the sole. He screamed the place down. In fact, we could hear him screaming before we saw the ambulance pull up. A lot of morphine and an x-ray later, we managed to cut his boot off. The prong had gone between his big toe and the next one, and not even scraped the skin. If we hadn't been laughing so much, we would have seen how embarrassed he was ! ah but he
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Oh that's sad He was an amazing trainer, had such a way with young horses.
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Yep - you'd all be fine - we all know how much better men are at coping with pain I looked after a guy in A/E last summer, who had put a garden fork through his boot and 1 prong had gone through his foot, boot and out the bottom of the sole. He screamed the place down. In fact, we could hear him screaming before we saw the ambulance pull up. A lot of morphine and an x-ray later, we managed to cut his boot off. The prong had gone between his big toe and the next one, and not even scraped the skin. If we hadn't been laughing so much, we would have seen how embarrassed he was !
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Pfffttttt Admit it, you never got over the split of Bros. (Neil Diamond is great, but the Eagles are in a different league ! ) Lol, was never into all that drivel. I'm a raver baby so why don't you kill meeee . Drivel lol. Educate your mind I think his mind is beyond help
