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    Thanks mate Pit x wolfhound over pit x kelpie lovely bitch pal Cheers mate. She's more than earned her feed
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    Pit x wolfhound over pit x kelpie
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    Recent pics of the stag out for a look round the bush. Took him out with my mate and his two beagles last weekend, did very well. Good nose and strong drive, country was probably too thick for him to really do much but we still shot 4 off the dogs in 45 mins before we had to head off for a fishing trip. He's about 31" tts, probably too big for me. Largest of the litter at this age by 3" A pic of my bitch. At 5 now she's showing signs of reaching the pinnacle now, another season and I think she'll start to drop off slowly. She's had a rough life and earned her feed. Couldn't ask for a bett
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    Crossing a feral dog or dingo into a domestic dog doesn't make sense to me. Why singlehandedly in one breeding undo thousands of years of selective breeding. Also, having hunted and worked dingo xs and the only reliable thing about them is their unreliability. You'll never be able to trust them. Had one for 5 years, adored it and was a great worker. Moved his food bowl one night and 16 stitches in my arm later he was in a hole in the ground
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    Looks a confident little bugger, should give you plenty of fun in the years to come
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    Just shy of 7 months, 27.5" tts. Big strong fella, going well
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    Hard pressed to beat a saluki for running rough country, they seem to be able to run on bloody anything and keep pace.
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    Love the deer/grey cross, he's a fine stamp of an animal Lot of the stags have gone to shit due to poor breeding. Blokes just breeding cause they can and not worried about the quality of dogs they're using. Not necessarily because of cross breeding although there is plenty of that too. Get a stag from the right person and they'll keep up with a grey and then keep going when it breaks down
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    must have been some sight to see, from what I've seen kangaroos a'int slow and i'd imagine not every dog would have been able Like anything if you breed dogs for the job you're gonna have better luck, their pace and agility isn't on par with a hare though. It was always more about making sure the dogs learn to keep away from the back legs must have been some sight to see, from what I've seen kangaroos a'int slow and i'd imagine not every dog would have been ableDon't need a special dog to catch kangaroos at all All depends. Greys in pasture country are not difficult, especially on the l
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    Not so much about type, more about teaching dogs the safe way to pull em down. The key is a throat or upper chest hold and to keep away from the back legs. My uncle had a dog that would jump, grab the head and use his bodyweight and momentum to break their neck. He did it once as a young dog by accident and just learnt it as the easiest way. Another dog he had would grab the base of the tail so they couldnt rear up to kick and get another dog to make the actual catch. As far as breed goes, the ones my family used were originally greyxdeer with a tiny bit of kelpie for brains and stamina and th
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    must have been some sight to see, from what I've seen kangaroos a'int slow and i'd imagine not every dog would have been able Like anything if you breed dogs for the job you're gonna have better luck, their pace and agility isn't on par with a hare though. It was always more about making sure the dogs learn to keep away from the back legs must have been some sight to see, from what I've seen kangaroos a'int slow and i'd imagine not every dog would have been able Don't need a special dog to catch kangaroos at all All depends. Greys in pasture country are not difficult, especially
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    Kangaroo for me over here. Big, tough and good fight, you needed strong and hard dogs to do well on the big males. Plenty of pace and wind too because the b*****ds are bloody quick with a wind up. Shame its illegal now, my family were always very keen on their roo dogs and bred some real nice dogs that would catch, kill and carry the smaller ones single handedly. Now they're a plague and you're buggered getting permits from the government just to shoot the pricks, real shame and hard on the farmers. Still happens though but if you're caught its serious trouble. At least I can still run the lit
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    There's a group on facebook called "coyote hunters with greyhounds' I'm in and that has regular clips posted during the season of catches and runs, some good ol timers in there.
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    I highly recommend carrying a basic dog first aid kit, you can get ones already made up fairly cheap online from hunting shops. I always carry one and the amount of times its saved a nasty vet bill has paid itself 100 times over at least
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    great pic that, and nice to look back on what were in the dogs , can see greyhound , what else , what was in big dog .? Cheers, mostly greyhound with some deerhound and kelpie blood added in for toughness and wind
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    That big lad is my grandfather, photo from around 1930. My uncles still have a couple dogs down from that big white and tan fella grandad is holding
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    Tempting. I do like the USA (only the rural areas) and have visited the south a lot as I have family there. I don't foresee leaving Australia any time soon but if I needed work I wouldn't mind it. What's the work like in the agricultural sector and how hard would it be to get a permanent visa? What are property prices like in some of the plains country? I have a degree in Agricultural Science and specialise in livestock consultancy, particularly cattle and pigs.
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    Yeah I've always found patience is the key with the larger types but when they're ready they're something special Co-own a few still but they are all farmed out to friends, I don't keep any on my yard anymore. They brought too much unwanted attention where I'm living atm. When I move I'll probably bring them back
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    Thought I'd make a little update post on how Socks is going. He's now a little over 5 months of age, dead on 25" tts and at a guess around 20kg. He's growing like a weed and eating like a horse. The pace this pup has already is astonishing, I can't have him off lead in open ground as he is that quick the risk of injury is way too high. He's already much faster than my kelpie/pit/wolfhound bitch in a straight line. I've taken him out hunting with her once for a ride along and he was screaming to be let out with her, so I let him out for a sniff of a wallaby she'd caught that I dispatched and he
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    How do you always seem to get such cracking photos mate? Great work
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    He's a nice type mate, good pics
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    Run a lot of dogs bred very similar over the years. Great cross and surprisingly agile for a big dog if you get a good one
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    Poor little b*****d jumped a rat in some bushes near a stream and paid the price for hesitating. I was a bit worried it was gonna ruin him being such a young pup but thankfully it just made him get stuck in harder. Swelled up pretty bad but is healing up now, hasn't stopped him from acting the sook though. Also weighed and measured him, 13.15kg and 18"tts at 12 weeks of age. Last stag I had was 12.35kg at 14 weeks and he made 33"tts and 50kg so I have no idea how this bloke is gonna turn out
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    Thanks mate which roos do you have in taz ? Greys (we call em forresters), wallaby we just call roos and there's also the little stinkers aka pademelons. Sire 32" dam 29-30". You say he could make 34", is there wolfhound in the sire? Nice pup and parents by the way Not for at least 4 generations but who knows way back, the 34" is the maximum I'd expect him to be able to reach but the sire is a large dog so you never know. Cheers
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    I dunno about the laws where you guys are but I have the garmin alpha with the T5 collars and love it. Gives so much peace of mind when the dogs go over the hill or disappear in some brush. Plus I use the hand unit as a normal gps when I go out deer stalking in the hills
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