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Been there mate. I too lost money to some thieving dickhead. There are a lot of good honest people on here, but there are a lot of scum as well....you know who you are!!!! All you'll get from the mods is, 'Should have used paypal', which quite frankly is a cowardly, clueless cop out to absolve them of any responsibility for modding their own forum correctly. Mods get your finger out and do something to prevent this occuring!!!!!
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Just in from that new permission I earned last week. Although it was pockmarked with open sets, I wanted to give it a whirl under the lamp. I recce'd it this afternoon and it was soft underfoot with very little in way of slush. During the day It only took a couple of minutes to get there tonight by car and it took me way less than an hour to get round. In very still conditions, Lewis, my whippet/grey smacked 8 rabbits in about 15 minutes. (2 with myxi). His best chase was one that he ripped through a clump of brambles several times in pursuit. I thought he was going to
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You'll not go far wrong mate. You seem to be thinking straight and looking at the right things. Good luck. Dave
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This is interesting, I spotted it all over my mooch today and meant to google it. Forgot....
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You have PM
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For all the paranoid, that is really good to ponder over.
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I'm taken by the Nimrodel lines, vastly underated IMO. I have a mate who breeds his own line off Nimrodel bitches, all bred by Mary Lowe. He has produced some very good show prospects with high prey drive and fantstic working temperament.
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Great clear shots Mally. Love the black whippet, but I'm biased anyway. What's it's breeding if you don't mind me asking.
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I agree wholeheartedly with this statement. The day I buy a dog off this site is the day I'll want to give it all up. The site is riddled with no good f'wits selling sh!te to gullable newcomers. No-one in their right mind would buy a pup off someone on here that doesn't have a decent reputation. It follows that if they had a decent reputation they would not need to advertise dogs on here. Don't give the peddlars the avenue to offload their sh!te and they will have to stop breeding. My apologies to the trusted and those who have bought good dogs off here, but the dickheads
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Yeah mate just about perfect for what I want, he's 21 1/2", light as a feather and super quick. He used to jump 5 feet, but land back on the same spot LOL. He was a nightmare to try and teach to jump forward.
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Cheers mate, no he's got grey in him someway back. Here he is mooching today with my pure whippet.
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I took both out for an hour a couple of nights ago. I still don't really like it but my wee whippet x took 1 on the tiablo and 2 on the LF. I find the white light far to harsh and the spot is very tight, which would be more advantageous if it spilled a little. I found that I kept loosing the rabbit in the tight beam and the dog has to be really sharp to stop the rabbit disappearing outside the 50 yard range. Perfect for squatters and small fields I think.
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But that was the original question....
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Good story that zzzzzzzzzz LOL, you're right, it was a load of boring waffle when I could have just said they are just about the most ugly uselss little feckers on 4 legs. Aggresive poodles.
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Likewise, i can't stand them as a breed. A guy walks his 2 kerry blues near me. His young dog took a hold of my little whippet one day and we had to strangle it off. Luckily no damage was done. It tried the same on the same dog a couple of months later, but unfortunately for it, I had my big dobermanns with me this time, who took exception to the whippet being chased. My dog dobermann stepped up to the mark and took the kerry blue at the back of its neck as it chased my whippet in small circles. There was blood and his dog had to have its ear stitched. The main moral of my stor
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Hi mate, I have always given them 200 yds plus. Some of them they have had no right to get turned but they frequently seemed to manage it. But maybe I have overdone the difficulty factor and given them some impossible, stupid asks. I really don't know, it's just funny that they've both started it. I have never taught them on squatters as I don't tend to get the opportunity to lamp virgin ground. Maybe they don't really know what to do with one that just sits and sits. I'm just speculating as I really don't have a clue how to work that into their armoury. I lamp th
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It is still solid snow in a lot of my permissions. Far too dangerous to be running a dog on the lamp. But down by the estuary it has been warm enough to give firm but not frozen conditions underfoot. Merlin, my whippet and I recce'd it this afternoon and Lewis, my whippet x and I had a proper look tonight. Conditions were great for walking hand in hand on the beach, but not for lamping. The moon stared down on a deathly still night and the whole country's population of foxes have met up at mine for new year. Lewis hasn't been out lamping for a fortnight and it certainly showe
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I took the plunge and bought the Tiablo A9. It has been frozen for a week and I never got a chance to try it out. The ground isn't quite clear of icy slush and is frozen in a lot of places. But it is mostly defrosted and clear down by the sea so I had a chance to give one of my wee whippets a run on the golf course tonight. I found it difficult to get used to. I found my LF 170 perfect for the long slips necessary for golf course lamping. The A9 would be best suited to squatters and smaller fields. The rear tactical switch was a bit of a pain and the double click to get i
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my bitch use to retrieve live to hand until my mates jealous dog slipped the lead and started bothering and fighting with mine for the rabbit since that day she wont do it i think if you want the most out of your dog you should only go with you and your dog as bad habbits are easy to pick up and very hard to overcome or atleast until your dog is fully trained 100% what I believe and I split my dogs into separate nights.
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Ditty Doo, you wouldn't believe the sh1t I went through with that dog. I'm not claiming to be an A1 dog trainer, no way . But I found with him, that if I got close enough to gently relieve him off his take, I could dispatch it and lay it back down in front of him. I'd talk to him, pet him and sooth him and calm him down, not allowing him to touch it until I told him. He'd go for it again, mouthing it and I'd do the same again. Eventually (weeks) I'd allow him to carry it. But there was so many setbacks I nearly wanted to give up. I had read somewhere to try and take that red
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The voice commands are merely whispers. The louder, spoken ones happen early in the night and when the dog tunes in, it becomes second nature for it to listen and keep looking. I have taught them to return to heel everytime they miss so no commands needed there. I expect that as they continue to learn, very little voice communication will be needed......that's my hope anyway. Retrieval is something that is taught regardless of anything else. It's not the easiest thing to teach properly, as it's against any dogs nature to give up something as precious. I found retrieval live to h
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I've had a pair for 6 months and, like all my wellies, I have virtually lived in them. My arches are now well and truely f****d. I would not have another pair if I was paid. Warm is how I would describe them, but if they get wet inside, they'll take a year to dry out. Dave
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Thats how I work mine. They work about 10 feet in front of me but always wait for the 'Go' command. I have to continually work with them, telling them to 'Wait' or bringing them into 'Heel', but it's certainly more satistying and effective than using a slip lead. Obedience in the field would be my 'thing', and lamping them off the lead is merely an extension of that. Once they are given the 'Go', I would need a sledgehammer to stop them and that's exactly how I want them. It's not all been plain sailing or the finished article, however, and it has taken a lot of wasted hunting
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The very best Lawrence and hows things with yourself. I haven't been out lamping with Joe for a few weeks now but hopefully when this frost clears... A happy xmas to you mate and hoping you have a peaceful (but not too peaceful) n'year.