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For a long time I've really liked the 'proper' redline type airedales they use across the pond on coyote, bear, racoon, mountain lion etc. Came within a whisker of going to Germany in the hope of a pup a couple of years ago but at the last minute I went down a different road and got a little busher instead. Love the look of your pack coverdogs - bet you have some fun with them.
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I currently only have one of each and often find myself wishing I had another runner when something bolts the wrong side of the hedge. But then if I did have 2 runners I don't know how easy it would be to have one of them constantly on the other side of the hedge - I think it would always tend to want to come back to whichever side I was on. But regardless of whether I just stick with one or add another, I shall almost certainly breed from my busher in a year or two and keep a pup back. So I'll either end up with 2 bushers and one runner or two of each...
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Ahhh Kenneth Cassels, remember him refusing to shake my hand when one of my dogs beat one of his (Raith i think) when on my way to a coursing final on blue hare...But, he did do a lot for the coursing side of the deerhounds. There were a few other deerhounds about then that also took red deer hinds single handed.. Stags???? not heard of one of these fellows being taken, especially not with one dog. If you had a dog running when Raith was about there's a good chance yours would've run against one of mine then. Riath was from Kenneth's 'I' litter (Sorisdale Macilraith). Bernard and Ire
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I'm sure the deerhounds were ran as a pack and brought the reds to bay Not as a pack chid - usually run as a brace. Often brought 'em to bay, but some individual dogs would tackle them - from what I understand it was very much down to individual temperament.
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Interesting. That bottom right pic shows how dramatically different they were.
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True but 1950 is what nearly 70 year ago?(toddler bouncing on my leg) I bet the deerhounds back then were better than what's about now, and I bet the deerhound of the early 1850-1900s was totally different again . Very true. They were nowhere near as tall for one thing - probably not much more than about 26".
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Kenneth Cassels, one of the founder members of the deerhound coursing club, had a pure deerhound bitch called Kirsty that he used to take Scottish reds on the hill with in the 1950's. I don't know how regularly, and I don't know if she ever took stags, but I remember him telling me how she took a hind by just launching at its neck, hardly leaving a mark on it. Not sure if the beast fell and broke its neck or if the dogs' bite was what broke the neck. Kenneth was no bullshitter so I have no reason to doubt what he said. But when you consider that the deerhound was bred specifically to take red
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Her sire's first cross border terrier x whippet and her dam's mixed ancestry terrier - predominantly russell but with a bit of patterdale and lakeland several generations back And what a cracking little dog she is ... Everybody should have a willow ....... I only wish I'd realised the value of a busher years ago. I had running dogs on their own for 30 years before getting her and it's only now I can see how much game I must have walked right past without knowing it was there or without being able to push it out. Still, better late than never....
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Her sire's first cross border terrier x whippet and her dam's mixed ancestry terrier - predominantly russell but with a bit of patterdale and lakeland several generations back
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No need to pay 30 notes - Dogs Trust will do it free of charge.
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When I got my pup from him he told me tumbler was the name he gave the smaller ones due to their flexibility, which he reckoned gave them a better strike. Never saw one work so no idea if it's true or not.
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Pre-ban I had one of Jeff's dogs. Not one of his tumblers, but his bigger stuff. He used to roll roe over left, right and centre, but didn't like teeth and was a bit too slow off the mark for daytime rabbits and ferreting. I know a lad who had one of his tumblers, and he couldn't sing its praises enough. I never saw it work, but the guy was chuffed to bits with it.
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Require A Small Working Strain Of Ferret.
krawnden replied to Poacherspocket's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
Yeah, lurchers and neil have already told you - that's just a steaming big pile of tosh. Silver to silver's not a good idea, but albino to albino is safe as houses. Just be warned, the whole litter will be albinos too. -
Require A Small Working Strain Of Ferret.
krawnden replied to Poacherspocket's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
I'm curious - why can't you breed albinos? -
Great pics, strayshot. Love the 3rd one down - the dog in the foreground looks very greyhoundy.
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Youngster coming on well Trev
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Be able to stalk right up to their quarry in snow.
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Never heard of this cross before - curious to know the logic of it, and also if it's a cross you've done before? If so, how did the pups turn out?
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At the weekend I heard of someone looking for a lurcher pup. Got a rough idea of what he's after but no idea if these would suit him as I've never heard of Viv Quest or Wor John and know nothing about them. What's in their breeding? I'll pass the info on if it sounds like what he's after.
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Onwards and upwards...
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I've had castrated hobs interested in jills before but they can't bring a jill out of season - would need a vasectomised one for that
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Good luck with her fella, it certainly looks like she's off to a good start. If you're anything like me, in a couple of months time you'll wonder how you ever managed without a busher. Daytime walks will be way more fun
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Ferret Re-homing thread - Free to good homes ONLY
krawnden replied to a topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
Pale sandy jill free to good home. Well handled, very friendly, used to dogs and wearing a collar. One of last year's kits, been out a few times and bolted about half a dozen rabbits. Reason I'm not keeping her is that I kept 3 jills out of the same litter and of the 3 this one's going to need the most work - she's very reluctant to come out of the hole once entered. She's used to people walking around her and been brought up exactly the same as her littermates, both of whom come straight out of the hole no bother. But this one needs a lot of coaxing. I don't need all 3 so I'm taking the easy
