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Bitch seems to have recovered. 2nd opinion said it was what it was originally diagnosed as, and was was nerve damage caused by trauma ... her half sister and her be scraping the whole time. A bit of muscle rehab by chewing and all should be back to normal soon.

Thanks @DogMagic2. I will give an update here in a couple weeks. It is a right pain tbh!

Hi All, Went out to the kennels tuesday evening and one of the bitches had her mouth open and drooling. Thought first she had swallowed something or got a sting from a wasp but couldn't find anything. Brought to vets and a few quid later after an x-ray etc was told she had trigeminal neuropathy. The vet said it was very rare and had to read up on it herself. Left with 2 weeks of anti inflammatories. Anyone else ever see this? Typical time to recover? Are they susceptible to it again? I have a big syringe now for hand feeding and keeping her hydrated but wonder if it is all in vain.

@FUJI, great thread. What is the best type of dog for the mountains in your opinion? As in what way bred. Or another way of asking is what way bred was the best running dog you had for the mountain?

A credit to you. Lovely looking bitch. All the best with them.

scumbags and nothing done to them if caught. They get free houses, a weekly government dole and all they do is terrorize the place. f****d up country

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There is a man from Cork on here that has bull whippets, look like good dogs.

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You could have plenty courses on that walk jigsaw between the hares and deer ?

Deerhound caught a mink last summer as it made its way across a rocky beach. Anyone ever catch an otter ? would always thought that one would do a lot of damage to a lurcher.

Cut 2 ft off your garden hose

I have killed a few white tail with a bow . They are similar size to a fallow. In Maryland and Virgina where I have hunted it seems ideal country for working a lurcher or 2. Small blocks of wood surrounded by big corn fields. I've seen and owned a few types. Best to take deer I have seen was a collie hound. Can't see why a big 1/4 bred collie hound wouldn't take deer regularly. Those blocks of wood seem perfect for a lurcher to find and course deer from. A lot of the wood land in that part of the country that I have seen is mature and open, would def see a lurcher killing deer in it, bu

In Virgina and the Carolina's I think

He openly states he doesn't work his dogs - for legal or illegal hunting. He has a lot of opinions on working breeds(not just strong dogs), how they work, and what crosses would work and what wouldn't. Yet he doesn't work dogs. I am sure he is a nice fella, he is entitled to an opinion and is clearly passionate about dogs, but any person preaching about working dogs without working them ?.... saying people should cross a Pitbull with a Kerry Blue as a Kerry Blue would bring more to a cross than a working Wheaton....