Popular Post Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted March 28, 2018 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Its been a quiet rabbiting season...my worst ever... I've been lucky to receive, a few invitations to hunt with fellow enthusiasts and grateful as I am, it's not the same without your own jukel by your side. At the end of last season, my wee cur badly damaged her foot in a collision with some concrete rubble, she tore the tendons on her front foot and could not walk, let alone run. It was a bad injury as much as, everything else on her was working,..just not her foot,..a bit like having a high-performance car, with a blown wheel,..no fecking good... My first port of call, some eight months ago, was to a well respected, top Greyhound vet. He was optimistic but made no promises, other than to offer to suture in, some new tendons,.or if it would not heal, to reluctantly remove, the damaged toes. It has been a long time, walking such a vibrant type of collie based whippet, strictly on a lead, day after day, of being pulled and tugged around by a prey driven canine, oblivious as to why her precious freedom to hunt has been curtailed. Each time I made some progress, her foot gave out and it seemed as though, this old man would now have his very own, "old man's dog". Then, one morning I saw some progress..she appeared to be walking with her usual free-flowing gait, it looked as though the healing process had finally occurred. Like most lurchermen,... I had to know,.i just had to... With that in mind and although late in the season, I asked Vin, the Dales Hunter,.if he could spare me a morning, to bolt a few rabbits for my bitch to have a gallop on. The terrain over which he runs his own dogs is incredibly varied, tough in places and certainly fraught with danger, but also, yielding in other locations, and certainly a fair test for a suspect set of ligaments and tendons...Dodgy I know, but I just had to know... Anyway,..we had a splendid morning with a superb end result..and although she is only a family pet and hardly what might be termed, a hardcore hunter, we can both now go forward into the warm Summer months, knowing that should the call come for us next season, we will both be up for it,.well, she will... My grateful thanks to Vin for all his help,..much appreciated and it will not be forgotten... 43 2 Quote Link to post
white van man 3,186 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good news Phil. Glad there is some progress. Hopefully you will be able to get out a bit more next season. ATB. 1 Quote Link to post
TOMO 24,836 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 good news on the bitch phil.....onwards and upwards 1 Quote Link to post
Black neck 15,161 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Some curries there mate well done dogs 1 Quote Link to post
breeze 1,219 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Nice one Phil... Good to hear that the bitch finally came sound for you.. Like you say some nice warm sun on her now will do no harm at all 1 Quote Link to post
FastDogz 155 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good news. I do like a happy write up 1 Quote Link to post
two crows 3,342 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 good result. 1 Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 What a great day it was up there in God's country. Couldn't have asked for better weather. The dog certainly put a full shift in and did some amazing catches. . . I'm looking forward to the high flyers in full on HD pics frame by frame. It's Great to see she has made a full recovery. . . Bloody hell I remember the 1st time you ever came up with me and Tomo and the poor dog had only been out of the van for 10 mins and she got cut to ribbons on her legs with some wire she ran through. The place is dangerous for any dog. My Doris is in the sick bay now with a torn gracilis muscle..(dropped muscle). Fingers crossed for a recovery for her after a seriously long hard season. Quote Link to post
Dean 4546 66 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Thats great news to hear ?? 1 Quote Link to post
shaaark 10,112 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Looks good, I like these small whippety types with a dash of collie in. Very nice 1 Quote Link to post
Mr Wasp 187 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Thanks for having me tag along with my camera Vin, much appreciated 1 Quote Link to post
trigger2 3,100 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good news that, vins given one or two chaps myself included a good day or two hunting that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,736 Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 55 minutes ago, vin said: What a great day it was up there in God's country. Couldn't have asked for better weather. The dog certainly put a full shift in and did some amazing catches. . . I'm looking forward to the high flyers in full on HD pics frame by frame. It's Great to see she has made a full recovery. . . Bloody hell I remember the 1st time you ever came up with me and Tomo and the poor dog had only been out of the van for 10 mins and she got cut to ribbons on her legs with some wire she ran through. The place is dangerous for any dog. My Doris is in the sick bay now with a torn gracilis muscle..(dropped muscle). Fingers crossed for a recovery for her after a seriously long hard season. Deadly Doris deals with a bolter... Safely back to hand 11 Quote Link to post
green lurchers 16,367 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 glad your dog got back in amongst them after the lay up 1 Quote Link to post
stormyboy 1,352 Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good stuff Phil. Well definitely arrange a day down here for you next season. ? 1 Quote Link to post
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