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  1. Vicky Steadman
    i got one for 300euro single one in great condition oh that's not too bad, can't find any online for sale and can't afford one right now anyway till I get a new job lol, but that's not a bad price so might think about getting one later on. thanks
  2. Vicky Steadman
    so very sorry, condolences to you and those that knew her. tragic way to go but remember the good times, at least she died doing something she obviously loved. walking my bitch with my friend and his lurchers today and the 3 of them went after a deer, there was a heart stopping 5 minutes when we couldn't see or hear any of them, luckily they all came back unharmed. those little hooves are lightning quick and hit like hammers. again, sorry about your Annabel, think of the good times x
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    i'd quite like a single one for my little lurcher, for those days when I don't feel up for much (downsides of being female) and she has to spend all day laying about with me cos my family are too lazy to take her out. would be nice to stick her on a treadmill for a jog or something just to keep her ticking over while I need a few days off, I think it would be a handy piece of kit. how much would I be looking to pay for a single one, if they exist?
  4. Vicky Steadman
    is it safe to mix dry with raw like that? read elsewhere that they digest at different speeds so dogs can get upset tummies if mixed together...
  5. Vicky Steadman
    i'm in east sussex, the girl lived near me but I don't know where she got her from as she was a gift... I assumed fairly local but that's a bit of a tenuous link! whats your bitch like and where did you get her from?
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    she eats a lot of grass and silage/haylage on the farm so I assumed she wasn't getting enough fibre, what should I feed her to help that? yeah I mean fitness training as well as lure training - she's already fit but needs to be fitter to have a chance against the proper racers.
  7. Vicky Steadman
    Seriously, I would ditch the Wilsons...muesli...dog's just ain't meant to eat that stuff...it's truly vulgar... Up the raw...add some veg and pasta, tinned oily fish and a good quality complete that has meat as the main ingredient...play around a bit...what works for someone else's dogs might not work for yours... Dog looks well...but it'll look even better if you ditch the Wilsons... This is worth a read...I certainly wouldn't feed it to my dogs... http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=1961&cat=all thanks for that info mate, I got a sack
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    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
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    as for amounts, in the morning she gets a small breakfast of a cup (about 100g) of muesli with either a scrambled egg or just water. in the evening she gets 1-1.5 cups (100-150g)of muesli, 1-2 cups (100-200g) of raw chicken or rabbit and some veg - either raw or cooked carrots or peas normally. I adjust how much she eats depending how much energy she's used - sometimes we just do a short walk in the afternoon and sometimes she's out all day on the farm hunting, running behind the quadbike, running about with other dogs etc.
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    I feed raw chicken or raw rabbit with some veggies and working dog muesli all mixed in, plus the odd scrambled egg. she sometimes eats a whole rabbit that she's caught and I give raw beef ribs/lamb legs once or twice a week, and I have a constant supply or boneos and gravy bones as a her treats
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    I'm currently feeding my lurcher bitch a diet of 1-2cups of raw minced chicken/rabbit, 1 cup of Wilsons of Dundee "extra choice" muesli plus vegetable scraps, twice a day. she looks good on it and I vary how much she eats depending how much exercise she's done that day but I'm wondering if its worth switching back to a quality high protein kibble, as i'm going to start lure racing her. The club race by weights so it's important she finds a good weight and maintains it, which means I can't just throw together a bit of this and that...or can I? she's just starting some training, I hope to get h
  12. Vicky Steadman
    she's dead meat if she touches my tame bunnies, and she knows that lol!
  13. Vicky Steadman
    great offer, PM'd you... you'd be a real gentleman to help a young lady start out
  14. Vicky Steadman
    few more pics of Nancy, not sure how to put pics on here other than copy/paste lol
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    i'm dead pleased with her, the perfect first dog in my eyes, she could be a Heinz57 mix for all I care
  16. Vicky Steadman
    Thanks, i'm not really bothered whats in her just nice to see what others think, I think she's a beauty in my eyes
  17. Vicky Steadman
    well I've never got ferreting or lamping with her, but on walks or up on the farm she often gets them on her own accord... i'd work her if I had someone to go with to show me how its done lol
  18. Vicky Steadman
    sorry to hear that mate, at least she died very quickly doing something she loved, last thing she'll remember was running about having fun, better than dying slowly from the big "C" in a bed... hold the memories and think about the good times.
  19. Vicky Steadman
    yup that also works for me, they're curious things and soon abandon a game to see what exciting thing you've found on the floor! make sure all training is fun and enjoyable, don't get angry and shout or the dog wont want to come back.
  20. Vicky Steadman
    Yep I agree, act as if you're leaving her, stand behind a tree or walk to the gate or something. when she realises she's alone she'll come to you, and be ready with treats (sausage and cheese!!) and shower her with praise. next time, call "come here!" or "(name) come!" once you see her moving towards you. dogs learn words by what they're doing - shouting "come here" whilst she's thinking about pratting around with other dogs means that those words, to her, mean "prat about with the dogs". she has to be doing to command when you say the word for her to learn the word. practice recalls a few ti
  21. Vicky Steadman
    not had experience with this before, but wanted to thank you for rehoming the fella and giving him a good home! sounds like it could be a recurring injury though, depends how much you fancy running up your vets bills. the odd limp after a run is manageable but I wouldn't trust an injury like that to not get bad again. if they retired him from the track I can't imagine they'd expect him to run rabbits. i'd keep an eye on it and try not to let him do it too much, the odd chase would be fun for him and could keep him happy and lively but I wouldn't go out looking for a chase when he's clearly no
  22. Vicky Steadman
    in the same position with my little 15months bitch lurcher, she fetches and retrieves in the garden with a toy or ball but in the field she takes a bit more convincing when she has a rabbit.... in her training classes early on I learned to teach her a "STOP" command - it involved throwing a treat across the hall, then calling her to me with another treat and hand feeding her that. i'd throw another treat away for her but this time as she ran back i'd raise my arm high in the air and chuck a treat behind her, so she stopped and went back for that one. i'd keep practising this until she saw my h
  23. Vicky Steadman
    This is Nancy, my bitch lurcher. I rescued her at 16weeks and didn't see the parents. she's 21.5"tts, weighs about 34/35lbs (15.5kg). very quick, tough, lots of stamina, jumps anything, gets the odd rabbit, turns on a sixpence and normally very well behaved! She's a family pet, been going to obedience classes and now just beginning a career in lure racing/coursing. She loves getting rabbits but I've never taken her out working...yet. Anyway, what do you thinks in her?
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