Stigodadump 64 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hello everyone, I have heard a lot of good reports about this forum and so I thought I would sign in and join the craic! I live in County Derry on a small holding which has a mixture of peat bogs, woodland and meadows, the countryside around here is mostly grass with a wee bit of arable. The fields are generally small ranging from 1 acre paddocks up to four or five acres, the big fields of ten acres plus are a bit scarce in my locality but there are plenty when you travel towards the North or east. I keep and breed some good Bedlington x Whippets which are the ideal dogs for all my needs, they work gently and silently with the ferrets and will charge in to the thickest of cover and come out with a Bunny. I work them day and night and find them very easy to train, the retrieve instinct is very strong in my lines and form as early as 5 weeks they will happily carry soft toys back to hand. We do a lot of fox control for local land owners both day and night especially in the lambing season but also for rogue poultry or pheasant pen attacks. I shoot badly with an old side by side and my lurchers will retrieve anything unmarked to hand. The one exception would be foxes, they do tend to look slightly second hand but they still get retrieved! I also keep a selection of border and lakeland cross terriers that run the cover for my lurchers so between them there is very little that escapes. All the best Stig Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,630 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Welcome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,600 Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hello and welcome mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothernlite 18,268 Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 hi stig hows things atb davie Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stigodadump 64 Posted September 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 Hi Davie, I wondered how long I would be on here before I found you! Things are good thanks, all the dogs are in great shape and we have just sold a litter out of Lucy to Willie. 5 smashing blue rough coats all of them across the water again. The nearest one to you was Castle Douglas. One from the last litter is on the Isle of Skye with a mountain guide, so he should get plenty of work! We have a new Bedlington stud dog lined up with a pal of mine, he brought it over from Wales and it's got a good long Newcombe history with it. I intend bringing it in to my lines next year all being well. How's Tes and the crew getting on? one of her litter mates had her own pups recently. They are down in Yorkshire I think but I can't quite remember. The guy sent me this picture of the bitch and whelps. All the best for now mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nothernlite 18,268 Posted September 29, 2013 Report Share Posted September 29, 2013 ben we tess is coming on great smashing we moocher really pleased with her she has a cracking nose on her and suicidal with her catches will do anything to get her quarry lol im just back was out with my other 2 and got 12 rabbit mooching the hills with them . We tess is in season so she was left in heres a pic of tess was out a couple weeks ago with her Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stigodadump 64 Posted September 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2013 She's looking well mate, great condition, an absolute credit to you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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