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[C.green 3,203]

Anyone peaked dogs to early and how do you know youve done it ?

[Daniel cain 42,880]

47 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Reckon I know who's got the big bowl wi the head on

little uns frenchie

[Blackmag 5,870]

30 minutes ago, Bosun11 said:

I try to keep mine in decent nick right through the summer. My busher keeps the lurcher on its toes, every walk turns into a hunt. Long bike rides a couple of times a week and as soon as the fields come down around my house, the thrower comes out and they both are retrieve crazy. Like a bit of retrieving down at the lake too. Though nothing gets em as fit as real graft, i've got mine at a decent level to make a start.

As for grub, just Lidl complete with either chicken carcasses (always got a freezer full), mackrel (whole) tinned sardines and loads of fresh eggs from my neighbour AND kitchen scraps. I've always fed kitchen scraps and always will. I make sure that what is given will enhance their diet and not be detrimental... My Sunday roast chicken carcass stripping is legendary, a Bombay Shitehawk would leave more on than me..! 

 

nice him Looks to have some length on him bosun do you still  hear of paddy 

[low plains drifter 9,463]

35 minutes ago, C.green said:

Anyone peaked dogs to early and how do you know youve done it ?

A dog will only peak through hard running, and the avoidance of niggles/ injury

too much trotting etc can result in a dog becoming stale

a drop off in performance will tell you the dogs gone over

[Bosun11 537]

16 minutes ago, Blackmag said:

nice him Looks to have some length on him bosun do you still  hear of paddy 

He was home last weekend and as usual called round to be fed

He's doing well over there but all he bloody talk's about is dogs and hunting..!

[Blackmag 5,870]

23 hours ago, Bosun11 said:

He was home last weekend and as usual called round to be fed

He's doing well over there but all he bloody talk's about is dogs and hunting..!

He's a decent lad what happened to that big dog of his was showing some promise as I remember I might have some graft for the little dogs Thornton way but won't know till next week I will give you a bell if it comes of 

[nickdonboy 264]

Lots of biking and hikes. The big dog loves to swim. My two bitches are naturally a lot fitter than my dog however they lag behind when it doesn't suit them. My big dog's drive is ace, he's always right next to me putting in 100% graft even though his blood runs hot. Ignorant salukis only put effort in if it benefits them...

[nickdonboy 264]

[Blackmag 5,870]

6 minutes ago, nickdonboy said:

Lots of biking and hikes. The big dog loves to swim. My two bitches are naturally a lot fitter than my dog however they lag behind when it doesn't suit them. My big dog's drive is ace, he's always right next to me putting in 100% graft even though his blood runs hot. Ignorant salukis only put effort in if it benefits them...

The bitch stood behind caught my eye what's the Bitches running style are they like that behind gear run of there own accord 

 

[nickdonboy 264]

30 minutes ago, Blackmag said:

 

Aggressive runners, very keen when something brown and fury is in front of them. They dont plod and wait to strike. They're mother and daughter. Sire was full saluki. I dont use the feathered bitch for lamping, she hunts up too much and isnt as sharp as other two. She has bags and bags of stamina and is great to watch on a big field during the day!

Edited September 8, 2019 by nickdonboy
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[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Nice useful looking pack...

[TOMO 24,876]

On ‎07‎/‎09‎/‎2019 at 13:45, Attaboy said:

Speaking of table scraps,what's everyone's opinion on giving them cooked meat with bones in small amounts? I know it's supposed to be a no no and I rarely do but our dogs growing up got anything, including the chicken carcass from the family roast, if we could afford one, sometimes it was just mince. They always seemed to thrive on whatever they got. Dogs must have survived on cooked bones since they were domesticated surely? I did give mine a fair bit of venison bone left over from a camp fire cook up recently and he did have a couple of very hard stools so moderation may be the key?

same here ...all my dogs 20-30 years ago were fed on boiled up rabbits.....even today we usualy have roast chicken on a sunday....so they get the left over carcass

[Big Ron 1,139]

21 minutes ago, TOMO said:

same here ...all my dogs 20-30 years ago were fed on boiled up rabbits.....even today we usualy have roast chicken on a sunday....so they get the left over carcass

Not what I’ve been told , no leftovers in ur house mate ? 

[Black neck 15,162]

1 hour ago, Big Ron said:

Not what I’ve been told , no leftovers in ur house mate ? 

Carcass looked like bin sat int desert for 10 year 

So I'm told like

[Bosun11 537]

20 hours ago, Blackmag said:

He's a decent lad what happened to that big dog of his was showing some promise as I remember I might have some graft for the little dogs Thornton way but won't know till next week I will give you a bell if it comes of 

If you mean the black bull cross, he gifted it to AT when he left for HK.

Its still in AT's kennel, 4 years later and few give em as much graft, so that speaks volumes.

Thornton's spitting distance from my house, so if it comes off that would be great...