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  2. Lenny (The Governor) Mcclean

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    He may not have done alot of conditioning but he did do a fair bit of weightlifting i believe. I remember watching him on youtube talking to someone about fighting and he was saying how you have to always be ready and how you have to imagine that they have just interfeared with your child and you want to kill them for it. Maybe thats why he was so frightening he wanted to kill rather than just knock someone out

  6. Tips For Recall

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    So i work nights and my wife hand fed her this evening. She said it went well and later she came over to my wife for a fuss and then layed down on the floor in front of her. Im hopefull that we can turn her around as the dog has no chance if shes just passed round people constantly

    that sounds ok, why not let the dog go out with your wife on the walks, keep it on the lead and just let it settle with you two, then very slowly after time loose her of the lead. when the dog bonded to you it will come back, my dogs chase anything that moves in front of them , today my young dog chased something in a wood was gone for good 7-8 mins but came back fecked lol, lurchers love to hunt+ run that's what we have them for :yes:

    We take turns to walk the dogs. We were looking for a gun dog for me but this fell into our laps so i will be using the dog on rabbits once its trained enough i wouldnt want to have a working dog and keep it on the lead all the time. its early days but we have two small children so we need to put as much time in as possible

  7. Tips For Recall

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    So i work nights and my wife hand fed her this evening. She said it went well and later she came over to my wife for a fuss and then layed down on the floor in front of her. Im hopefull that we can turn her around as the dog has no chance if shes just passed round people constantly

  11. Tips For Recall

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    You will need to keep her on a lead for at least 4 weeks, during which time you spend as much time as possible building a good relationship with her. Hand feed her so she comes to associate you with physically giving her food and not just chucking a bowl on the ground. Once she is looking to you, really engaging eye contact, then you can start playing with her. Play builds bonds. Try using a furry lure to reel her in. Getting the dog in prey drive and being with you is one of the most important aspects of rehabilitating an untrained dog. Of course it will take time for her to unlearn the wrong habits that she has had her whole life to get into, think months rather than days or weeks. Treating her like a falcon which comes to the lure really does help. Chasing stuff is probably the only pure joy she has: use that desire to bring her to you: once she has locked on to the fact that you provide an outlet for her prey drive you are half way there to a good recall.

    Thanks very much i though keeping on the lead would be good be a good idea my wife and i are also booked in for dog training classes as of the 13th im using sausage bits and a retractable lead at the moment to bring her in. Its still only her fourth day and living with another dog for the first time so i dont mind how long it takes as long as we get there id like to be able to walk her off lead and send her off for a rabbit or call he off something. Anyway lovely looking dog just needs a bit of weight on i will get a pic up if i can work out how to if anyone is interested

  12. Tips For Recall

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    As above really we have a 10 or 11 month old rescue lurcher looks like a saluki with colie fur and feet but no idea of the cross she is fine with other dogs but recall is non existant we are the fifth home to have her so maybe is a trust thing but it took me 30 mins to get her back on sunday and even then i had to go and get her not her to me. Im used to staffies which in comparison are very easy to train do i need to lead walk her for a month or so and build up some trust as shes only been with us a few days. Help greatly apreciated as i want to get her good enough to work with

  15. The Non Working Lurcher

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    So i wrote on here the other day about a salukix that we may be fostering. Well now were keepeing it to me the dog seems very thin so i have put a bit of lard in with the biscuits and lamb what should i be aiming for in terms of condition all the vertibrae are sticking out. Im not used to lurchers so any advice would be welcome. Im not after a fat dog just a good conditioned healthy animal

  16. The Non Working Lurcher

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    So i wrote on here the other day about a salukix that we may be fostering. Well now were keepeing it to me the dog seems very thin so i have put a bit of lard in with the biscuits and lamb what should i be aiming for in terms of condition all the vertibrae are sticking out. Im not used to lurchers so any advice would be welcome. Im not after a fat dog just a good conditioned healthy animal

  17. The Non Working Lurcher

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    So i wrote on here the other day about a salukix that we may be fostering. Well now were keepeing it to me the dog seems very thin so i have put a bit of lard in with the biscuits and lamb what should i be aiming for in terms of condition all the vertibrae are sticking out. Im not used to lurchers so any advice would be welcome. Im not after a fat dog just a good conditioned healthy animal

  21. The Non Working Lurcher

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    My wifes friend has a saluki cross from a rescue centre the bitch is 10 months old and her relationship has broken down so we may have her for a while untill she sorts herself out with a new place. As said above the recall isnt very good and it is meeting my staffy for the first time today to see if they get on ok. Long story short ive never worked a lurcher before and was looking for a gundog untill this came up but i will be training that dog to catch a few to the best of my ability and will work its balls off as long as its with me so any pointers for training a saluki cross would be greatly recieved i have watched purdeys progress and all the other training vids i could find on youtube but every little helps

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