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  1. Vicky Steadman
    what do you mean by that? yeah you can never take chances. not sure of the breeding, was told whippet/grey but I think there's collie in there too
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    my Nancy would disagree, she's quite fond of our cows Which is fantastic. . . . . until you meet a herd of young, angry bullocks Just me, lamping etc around flighty cows is a pain in the arse. I'm not talking about the dog chasing the cows, rather the cows chasing the dog . . . . . or me yeah you gotta be careful... she's calm around them so i'm not worried about her in fields of strange cows but you never know how other cows might react to her! we have a few bulls on the farm who aren't bothered by her, even with cows o heat or calves around guess sam
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    my Nancy would disagree, she's quite fond of our cows
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    I dunno, pop a mini saddle and some midget jockey on her and I think she'd win a race or two trying to break her to horses again, she was great with them till she learned to chase them... seeing them gallop past every 2 minutes hopefully did her good! I've got horses and ponies and my young lurcher loves them but chases them too, always found it fun until he got booted in the ribs by one of the ponies the other week! But so far he hasn't tried to get involved with them since! Your dog is really nice btw. yeah its worrying, mine was really chilled with horses in the fie
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    I dunno, pop a mini saddle and some midget jockey on her and I think she'd win a race or two trying to break her to horses again, she was great with them till she learned to chase them... seeing them gallop past every 2 minutes hopefully did her good!
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    took Nancy to the horse trials up the road the other day, my friend got some lovely shots of her. I think she's looking rather well!
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    i'd rather my kid (whenever I have any) was out in the wild, watching things like that than sitting in front of its computer or the tv!! start them young, get good clean air into their lungs, let them use their exuberant toddler energy in a natural way running in woods and fields, learn to deal with falling down like big brave boys & girls etc. getting them used to death early on can only be a good thing - my little half brother cried for England when his rabbit died, I felt bad that he was so miserable.
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    shameful. I worked at a horse stud farm, over horses there all treated like money machines - never groomed, stables only mucked out every other day, almost no exercise, bad feet etc. they also "bred" dogs - by "bred dogs" I mean they had about 30 running about; jack russels, poms, spitz dogs, papilons, Chihuahua & collies they just mated when they liked and whelped in stables or boxes. disgusting over breeding and the owners made a fortune! some of the dogs got kicked by horses or stuck down fox holes and no one cared. one red merle collie bitch had a litter of 5, she was never allowed ou
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    the ammonia is no doubt burning their eyes
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    thanks, website looks good, shall give it a try
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    I'm wondering if there's any good meat suppliers in the East Sussex/Kent area. looking for chicken carcasses, meat off cuts, meaty bones and things like heart/liver etc. preferably not pork. I believe butchers have to pay to have waste and leftovers taken away, but if it's good stuff for my lurcher bitch I don't mind paying for some or buying other produce in return. can drive to pick up or will take deliveries. thanks
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    were did you go mate in Greece now sat by the pool, all inclusive, drinking beer. Bit burnt lol in the 30s at minute. Can't handle it lol roll on winter lol atb nice, i'd be happy there! it reached 30 here at the weekend, my dog practically melted lol
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    been walking mine at about 8:30 at night and its still warm then! off for a midday walk with a friend and her whippets today, another scorcher but she's found a nice forest so should be shady enough.
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    a nice shot of my lovely little girl the other evening.
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    i'm no damsel in distress hehe. Trevor that's a really generous offer, really appreciated, I feel a little rude taking though! the farmer I work for mentioned that he's given his neighbour permission to do long netting in the fields, so I could take my dog along with them when they're out. not sure when they'll go out but its a step in the right direction, I need to ask who the chap with the other lurchers is and see if he'll let me tag along one night too. she caught a little rabbit yesterday morning, I think it was feeling the heat a bit and was just sitting in the middle of a field, was
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    the way I look at it, is that dogs survived for millions of years, long before even human beings were on the planet, killing and eating other animals. they ate the offal, the flesh, the skin, smaller/softer bones and the contents of their digestive tracts (vegetable matter, grass etc). watching lions, hyenas & wolves today in the wild you see the same things happening. Their bodies are designed to digest and use fresh raw meat. Dry kibbled/biscuit foods only really came into the picture in the last century, when people needed to save as much quality food and meat for themselves and the dog
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    thanks for taking the time to write such an informative answer - sorry about your fingers! haha. You've pretty much told me what I was thinking and needed to hear. Obviously when working on the farm I can't always watch her, and she kicks up such a fuss if I shut her in a car or tie her in a stable (she jumps the doors otherwise). I always thought it was nice for her to have some freedom there and she does get rabbits sometimes so I know she's getting it right, sometimes. But you're right - she's teaching herself the slower, harder way with little to no guidance from me. I'll try and go an ho
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    I've had my bitch for just over a year now, she's 16 months old. She's my first dog so I've pretty much spent the first year with her doing obedience training and enjoying her youth, but now I want to start working her... Not too much as my family don't like it, but i'd like to say I can work her a bit. I take her to the beef cattle farm where I work, and she gets the odd rabbit on the land there (she stays loose and does her own thing so I don't always see what she's up to) so she has experience with killing them but never actually done any work. Whenever I see rabbits I try to aim her at th
  19. Vicky Steadman
    just chilling
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    haha, thanks both bunnies are spayed so I wondered if they had a different scent or something - we never see wild rabbits approach the garden so bucks obviously can't/don't smell them. maybe the dog can sense that too? the rabbits are both pretty chilled - they keep stock still if Nancy's running about but even if they do bolt in front of her the most she'll do is glance toward them.
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    Not sure about this,Django my youngest dog will catch anything unwary enough to hang around too long in our garden.His tally so far, along with nesting victims is, two doves and a woodpigeon. If they come into the garden cats are unfortunately toast for all my dogs. None of my four pay attention to friends chickens when I'm visiting which is a blessing, but will jump for and occasionaly connect with pheasant poults, if they are unintentionally flushed when out. Took them all out yesterday , a young crow was flying a few feet in front of them then landing , the other three made apathe
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    i don't actually know the answer to that... she's seen a black one in the field and just looked at it then continued on her way. I wonder if I got a pet brown bunny if she'd see it as a pet too or try to eat it? dogs don't see all colours so I wondered if it's a more environmental thing, or perhaps they don't smell of wild bunnies. who knows
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    just some pics of my little bitch learning the difference between wild bunnies and pet bunnies
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    we think beddy/whip/grey, the owner didn't see the parents though. she's short legged, more like a terrier in shape, thick solid tail and walks dromedary style. she can't turn fast at all but in a straight line she's like a train!
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    some of the time clever girl
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