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    Yep - my dad used to take me when I was kid - he'd tuck my trousers into my wellies, give me a big stick and off we'd go! We lived in Suffolk then, tho I'm up north nowadays.
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    Looks like the farms of my childhood! What a great day out, I'd give my eye teeth for a go at that!!
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    It's not about interfering, it's about sitting quietly by so you know your bitch and the pups are ok and don't need help, and being there to help if needed. Plus for me it was a total pleasure to watch my bitch give birth - she was calm and efficient and a brilliant dam and I was delighted to be there from the beginning with her. You've got no soul
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    Looks so much better already. You're doing a great job.
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    For what I do I like a dog that's hard to see. I think merles and brindles are harder to see than solid black dogs myself. Plus the merles are pretty
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    Nice pup. I love merles - they're virtually invisible in any kind of poor or half light
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    Good health obviously, then that said, a pup that looks confident and playful and is responsive to me.
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    So, are there optimum weather conditions for bushing? If so, what are they? Also, on training, I'm no expert but there are three things I taught my terrier that I'm regularly glad I got well installed: 1. A good retrieve 2. A good 'give' command 3. That coming back to me doesn't mean the end of the fun, so she's more controllable/directable when working.
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    My terrier seemed slow to start - she was over 1 before she really got going. I've learned to trust her, if she doesn't push through it's probably because there's nothing there, because if there ARE rabbits in the cover she piles in and works her socks off flushing them to the lurchers. My main training task was teaching commands so I could have some control over her when she was working rather than having to encourage her to do it.... Ps, I actually did once pick her up and throw her at a rat she'd missed and she didn't know what the f**k I was doing and just looked confused! I was told l
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    The usual advice in terms of the health of the bitch and pups is to breed her after she's two but no later than five (for her first litter). As people have said, if you're breeding her as a worker, you need to see how good she is in the field before deciding if she's worth breeding from and also what to put over her. If you're breeding her as a pet, then as others have said, there's an abundance of ok lurchers about, (plus some really excellent ones as it goes) in rescue already. Bear in mind that lurchers tend to have large litters so you're going to have to either find a lot of homes, or cul
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    A friend of mine had a first cross borzoi/greyhound, she was a very effective hunter or rabbits and hares. This was years ago of course. She was an impressive dog and beautiful to watch in action.
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    Fish oil, plus a little powdered garlic now and then and powdered kelp two or three times a week.
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    Here you go. Pre ban, obviously............
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    I keep coming back to this - can't wait to see the pups! You need a thunder storm to get her going!
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    Good on you - glad you got the little sod back!
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    English Bull Terrier - one of those bred by Ingles Big brown dobermann bitch Irish Water Spaniel
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    If you muzzle the bitch then let them run about together a bit in the garden I bet she'll let him mount her then - they mate better when they've had a bit of time running/playing together and it's a lot less brutal that forcing the bitch.
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    I know someone who got a collie x bitch off Typ Ratcher and he said Typ was working his poodle cross and happy with it. I guess the right poodle could add intelligence, a good coat, willingness to go in water (mine are pathetic about water so I'd like that!). A bloke round here has a standard poodle that catches rabbits, so who knows?!
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    I broke my bitch to ferrets when she was about three. Just held the ferret, let her sniff and when she went for it went BOO really loud and freaked her out! We started ferreting immediately. I saw her think about picking a ferret up as it came out of a hole and gave her a firm 'leave it' and that was that. Once she'd worked with them for a day and understood that they were part of the team and that she got to catch rabbits when they're around, she was sound with them. Not had any problems with her at all since that first day.
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    Here you go!
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    She's a bitch, will be three next month, was bred down south in Worcestershire.
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    Another vote for the welsh collies here. My grandad used to use them as cattle dogs - hard, aloof with strangers, devoted to their owner and tireless. Fantastic dogs!
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    I may only be a girl, but my terrier did a good job with a fox today.... If this is too frivolous for a serious earth dog forum please feel free to delete it, just made me laugh.
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    Great advice from Molly - my terrier only really started working in earnest at about 18 months - I thought I'd got a softy but once she got the hang of it there was no holding her back. It is really handy if the give voice when they're on something - mine yaps in a way she never does at any other time and as well as telling me what's going on it alerts the lurchers who are then ready to catch the bolter.
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