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    Another nice type, love its focus, looks like it really wants to learn the job ?
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    She looks a nice type and in great condition. Best wishes ?
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    Certainly won't be worried about my whippet getting too many runs over here in the East ?. What does concern me is how to manage him on a damp cold day ferreting. I've found smooth coat of collie blooded lurchers to be proof against most weather and particularly my current dog can stay focused for hours in the field.
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    You're not alone, I try all I can to dissuade my collie X from deer. Reason is they are everywhere around me and a dog that knows how to find and shift them will put them up in surprising places. Makes off lead walking where people may be around a tense business ? ?
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    Thanks, although Bloody hell I hope he's not keen on deer. My collie X is obsessed with muntjac and will abandon rabbiting if he senses one is close. Muntjac bucks are tough critters
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    Thanks, and I am looking forward to see his pace, already he's zippy. Although it's more of a challenge to train. On this knowledge basis of one whippet ?, I am finding him eager to please us but a lot harder to get him to understand. I realise now after 40 years just how bright collie lurchers are.
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    A few photos of my first pure whippet as he hits 16 weeks. Out with my collie X greyhound. Major departure for me as I've mostly had collie crosses.
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    Good on you for sticking with him, great news
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    They are out there ?. Frustrating as it is definitely try to keep it factual, brief and not to get adversarial. There's so many character types out there it's hard to judge where they are coming from. I once had a couple approach and accuse me of digging to badger and ended up giving them a brace of rabbits. They were reasonable and genuinely motivated by protecting badgers I believe ( there was a sett 100m away). On the flip side, Last year I noticed a man watching me from a distance away and an hour later 2 balaclava hooded blokes did a walk by, fortunately they were not up for action and wh
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    @FrancoPepe considering the climate differences I'd suggest if you are interested in improving ferret welfare these Aussie guys are worth keeping in touch with on specific cage design and dealing with hot weather. Whatever setup you use I am convinced that the more exercise opportunities you build in the better the ferrets work. It's a real shame that ferret locators are out of production, i find them just as useful for working in brambles and farm buildings above ground. You can't always dog to them but you know where they are ?. Happy new year
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    Where I leave in the East of England it's very different to Canary isles. Typically the soil is easy for rabbits to dig and all my ferreting is in earth warrens. That makes it easy to use purse nets and long nets. Personally I like to use several 5m "long nets" strategically placed, a few purse nets to reduce hole hopping and that allows the dogs to work. For me it's effective and entertaining. I enter ferrets in their first winter, so roughly 5 months old. I don't expect a lot from the first season and always have at least 2 experienced ferrets out on the same day. Entering is to r
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    There's some advice in following replies. I'd add, try in confined space like an alleyway and over a short distance. Definitely make it a game. I'd avoid open spaces until he's bringing objects back. Once they get the idea I don't feed treats unless there's a retrieve, yes I always pet them for coming back but no food. Be prepared that they'll be good days and bad days and don't quit on him or lose your temper. Most dogs want to please us.
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    Good on you for working to rehabilitate the hob. Give it time, I remember rescuing a Jill and she bit randomly for at least 6 months and was so bad when we got her the kids called her nipper. She was Much worse than 2 feral ferrets I've caught and rehabilitated. On skulking what you are doing sounds sensible, I found the hardest thing with rescues was having the patience not to try and pick them up straight away when handling them. It's really difficult when you want to crack on with life and your others are coming straight to you. Hope it goes well ?
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    Loads of good advice ?. The fact that you are bothered to ask is a positive step. I incorporate all: Tug toys, using a confined space, train without other dogs, long line. I'd add that 6 to 12 months can be unbelievably frustrating as most dogs will be pushing boundaries. Keep calm as poss and I'd recommend fun and low key reinforcement of sit / down / stop / stay come; every day so at least there is basic obedience. I use treats but also praise by stroking and talk at the same time With retrieving I expect 95% with toys like mini tyre (made by Kong, they bounce like bolting rabbit
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    the skin rash creams are pretty cheap, will try this as well ?
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    Maybe it's the salt water. Will definitely try this. In breaks between action when the dog switches off its like the dogs feet are on fire
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    Normally dry East Anglia is muddy AF this week. Mild weather means nettles are already regrowing and it's driving dog and ferrets round the bend. We are used to it early and late in the season but if it's all season I feel the need to do something. Does anyone have tips to reduce the irritation on their feet?
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    I have mixed feelings on cage traps. At locations where you can't reach holes or its impossible to use any nets they are useful providing you can haul them ?. Otherwise I much prefer nets. Nevertheless, I agree with others they can be used for catching ferrets so they have a place in my kit
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    although I keep mine outside most pet owners keep them indoors so there's plenty of suitable kit available. bedding of material can be washed etc to keep smell down although I suspect there is an operation available to remove a scent glands ?. If you do that they'll benefit from an outdoor run, sadly they are not like typical pets and will be out through any weak spot in no time so you'll have to watch them, but they need some form of exercise and play if you work them. That said, a Danish friend keeps his indoors and walks them on leads to keep them foot so there are options.
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    Another vote for the Penny Taylor dog maintenance book, I find that my own experiences tend to overlap with her articles so at least for me ? that's a big tick. You have Jackie Drakeford books, they have some good nuggets in there. On dog work I loved reading Phil Lloyd, self deprecation and admitting to mistakes when you know how effective he had to be to make a living at pest control, makes the stories more enjoyable IMO.
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    hopefully she works out well and that we both made the right choice ?. I have a whippet pup booked, and I got my first lurcher pup 42 years ago , mostly had collie types so it's been a tricky decision. For me it's was now or never ?
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    Lots of good advice in this thread and some good warnings here. Ive not had a dog that won't eventually catch, but hands up I have not always made entering easy enough and the result is dogs that lack confidence and we see it as lacking commitment. Personally I enter on ferreting trips and let them grab one that's in the purse net. At 10 months the dice must be loaded in the dogs favour. Good luck
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    Cleaning with salt water absolutely, I imagine its frustrating youve a problem with decent care like that. I also use Sudocream on cleaned feet, cheap and easily available. not sure its going to help if there is an infection in there but its great at preventing infection. If you dont muzzle then sit with the dog as the love the stuff ?. Same with ferrets, it works well on small wounds to keep crap out but they also delight in licking it off
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    Agree keeping it clean with antiseptic powder or spray is critical. The one watch out I have for you is a rip doesn't have to be much deeper to be worth stitching. (Although as you can see from your dog the skin is usually thin and it's not easy). Even if they can't stitch a deeper wound it may benefit from antibiotics, years ago I was saving a few quid taking a risk not going to vet with a rip on dogs back and deep bacteria infection made the recovery much longer than it should have taken. Was explained to me It's not that barbed wire has to be dirty, its just as likely bacteria was on the do
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    as soon a driving over crops became the modus operandi, any tolerance of running dogs evaporated, it's about the only thing arable farmers agree on in the East. No doubt in my mind that if I didn't have ferrets I'd have no permission. In 2 weeks time I'm picking up a whippet for the first time since getting my first lurcher in 1979 and it's as part of an effort to show I'm only after rabbits
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