krawnden
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Unless someone simply cannot afford a locator, I can't imagine anyone choosing to use a liner any more. Why dig here there and everywhere as you follow the twists and turns of a line, when a locator allows you to dig straight down?
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Thanks Ken, maybe it's time I gave Barbour a try again. I've always liked the look of those Australian leather hats, but never had one. I would imagine those wide brims would be a bit of a pain on a blustery day though ?
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I had quite a few Barbour jackets years ago but stopped using them as I found I got really sweaty in them if moving around at all. Then when you stand still the sweat chills you. Also I never seemed to be able to go more than a year or so without ripping a big tear on barbed wire. But maybe they've improved now? (It must be more than 20 years since I last had one, so to be fair they might not be the same any more.)
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Is the ridgeline monsoon 100% waterproof? I've just spent 8 hours today out in pretty much constant heavy rain wearing my supposedly fully waterproof Jahti-Jakt suit but the damp was getting in after a couple of hours. Not pleased as it wasn't cheap. Now looking for a replacement but want to be certain it really will be fully waterproof.
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How long ago was this Topper? I've just done a search for these and came up with a price of £139 a pair! (None on ebay - this was from a place called Sivlermans)
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Mate of mine had a first cross beddy/grey that was the best all round lurcher I've ever seen - absolutely superb dog. Only thing you could fault it for was that he sometimes yipped a bit when he was running quarry. But that didn't worry my mate as it meant he could keep track of where he was if he took off on something through the woods, which used to be a fairly frequent occurrence.
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So long as you keep the cage clean, a jill left in season shouldn't come to any harm. By 'clean' I mean if she's on her own clean out the shit corner either daily or every other day at most. If more than one ferret kept together, do it daily. If kept in dirty conditions, in season jills can pick up infections and that's when they can die.
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How old is he? In the past I've sometimes seen older ferrets lose condition like you describe, and it's been virtually impossible to get any weight back on them. Generally speaking I've found within 18 months (and sometimes quite a bit sooner) of going like that they've died.
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You've got that completely arse about face. Socialisation is what makes a dog get on with other dogs. By not socialising a dog all you do is create problems when it does come into contact with others.
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Great story
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I saw some run but can't honestly remember if they were anything that special. It was a long time ago and my memory's not what it used to be I'm afraid.
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You're a bit far from me otherwise I'd have loved to take you up on the offer. But I'm interested to know more about how they fly when you're doing hedgerows. I've been ferreting with Harris's a long time ago, but that was in fairly open country. If you're doing hedgerows I'm assuming a large percentage of the rabbits just run down the hedge. Can the birds strike at a rabbit in cover? Or will they only make a bid for any that break into the open?
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Back in the 80's I had a first cross border collie x greyhound (not from Hancock but a farmer near Milton Keynes). Although fox wasn't my main quarry, he hated them with a passion and would bust a gut to catch them. Never had any problems dealing with them single handed, and was still catching them (occasionally) when he was 11, but after that although the mind was still willing, the body wasn't. And a mate of mine had a first cross bedlington x greyhound that was even more mad for charlie than that dog of mine. He took some punishment getting the job done, but it never bothered him in the sli
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Like others have said, just give it time...
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Like roybo says it should turn out fine for mooching but I doubt it'll have the speed to catch anything in the open. Be interested to hear how it's progressing in due course...
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If you were closer I'd be happy to help, but it's a 350 mile round trip for me. All the best with it anyhow...
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robs, what sort of battery d'you use with the clulite?
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I wouldn't have a problem with feeding fresh egg once a week or the pig's kidneys (raw), but personally I'd be dubious about giving mine cooked meat of any description. But to be fair, I've never tried it so can't comment based on experience.
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Looking For Lurcher Pup To Be Assistance Dog
krawnden replied to toobendy's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
If you're dead set on having a lurcher I think you need something bright, biddable and a quick learner. Your best bet would be a half cross (to either a greyhound or whippet) using something like a lab, collie or poodle. Your chances of finding a half cross with a lab are very slim, likewise poodle x greyhound. Collie x greyhound is easy (Hancock), collie x whippet not quite so easy, but they do come up fairly often. But if you particularly like the size and look of a bedlington x whippet, I reckon you should go for miniature poodle x whippet. That way you'll get something that's very similar -
Wheat, barley and oat stubbles don't worry too much, but I wouldn't run on rape or, even worse, maize.
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Great news. D'you get myxi in Northern Ireland? If so, see if you can take him to an area where there are myxied rabbits about - an easy catch is what he needs now, to really boost his confidence. If no myxi, just try keeping him away for now from areas where they'll be really hard to catch. He needs to learn asap that he can do it; repeated failure will turn some dogs off and they'll give up trying.
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A long time ago I had a young deerhound bitch that was keen as mustard and pushed herself to the limit on hares. I ran her at one of the Deerhound Club's Scottish meetings at Dava moor on the blue hares, and after running a blinder of a course she was on the point of picking the hare up. She reached down to strike at the exact second the hare went to ground in a hole hidden by heather, her front leg dropped down the hole and she went arse over apex and broke her leg. It was plated and took a while to heal, but she recovered and was fully able to run, turn etc. Although she still happily ran qu
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Yeah - I'm a big fan of hobs too. Never yet had one that didn't turn out good.
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Great idea of JohnnyMuddler's to leave your locator switched on partway down the hedge. If it was me I'd be wanting to do a hedge like that with at least one other pair of hands, even if it was relatively open at the bottom. But if it's thick with plenty of cover in the bottom I'd want 4 pairs of hands minimum - 2 people on each side of the hedge. Otherwise if the ferret pops up on the other side of the hedge from you there's a good chance of not seeing it. Like others have said, run stop nets through the hedge at 90 degrees wherever you can. If you're absolutely certain there are hund
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I was at a driven coursing meeting when a really hard pushed hare ran through the line of spectators on the opposite side of the field from me. There was an old boy stood leaning on a stick and the hare dodged right past him immediately followed by one of the greyhounds that smacked right into the old boy. There was a sickening 'crack' easily audible from 150 yards away and the old fella dropped like a stone. Everyone held their breath, thinking it was his leg that had broken, but it turned out the greyhound had smacked into his stick, which had just snapped in two.
