matty73
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will you be putting a post up with all entries forum names and pics of dogs running just be interesting to be able to see what dog thats running looks like breeding, height ,weight when the draws are made and no of rabbits caught in each heat could be added to stats just a thought im sure your already busy with comp as it is
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motorbike battery, car spotlight with the handle made from a doctors light what they shine in your ears and look through i can still feel the bruises and burns but look back with fond memories especially the no mobile phones part memory lane aside why are some people so adament that it cant or hasnt bin done ive seen a little bedlington whippet x take 64 in a session of about 4hrs it was a rough stormy night and the land was crawling with rabbits
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salukixwhippet bitch 24 ats she will be 8 this yr served me well two littermates of the red and white dog
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when i helped out on an estate the headkeeper carried some wool in his pocket if he saw any dog loose he would shoot it stuff wool in its mouth and say it was a stock worrying he also made underkeepers do same when i refused we parted company his veiw was the only good lurcher was a dead lurcher he was a ruthless man of the old school that im glad to say is slowly being replaced by the new generation keepers that understand the usefullness of lurchers
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what's the breeding of that bottom dog?obviously saluki but what else? looks like an older version of my pup!and he's only 1/8th saluki. sire colliexgrey dam salukixwhippet
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heres my first xcollie grey with his son red n white dog and daughter black and white
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can someone take me step by step how to upload my photos from photobucket
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ive never seen an alien but it doesnt mean they dont exist because i havent
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thats a nice looking dog hows it bred mate saluki x ?
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have you got the full 32 paid in yet
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will any of these super dogs your talking about be in lamping competition test nature versus nurture .as for general attitude towards working dogs for most they are objects of status ,currency or passing whim rather than a partnership with a good strong bond its a culmination of all things that make a good dog not one or the other and ill let you all in on a little secret the perfect dog doesnt exist .some people will never have a good dog as long as they have a hole in there arse not because of the dogs they buy but because of their own shortcomings most couldnt train a fish to swim but hey j
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I canny believe how far people go to train a lurcher When they are too young to chase quarry, all you want to train them is to take simple commands, jump and retrieve a ball. Once they can go into the field then you can teach them all the other good things which usually means the early work like retrieve, stay, etc goes out the window anyway lol. im talkin bout a pup of around 10 months running out to a dummy with cats eyes sewn onto it( thats not going to run away) to retrieve it, i do this in an area where i know there is no quarry like my local playing feilds and is treated as a game
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it does work mate ive used them i used car body filler to make an eye at back of them to sew onto rabbit skin only trouble is sometimes when you throw dummy it lands without eyes visible but hey nothing perfect .works wonders to start pups on lamp without having to worry about them getting overmatched by the real thing
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interested to hear if there is any shows in durham or northeast area coming up -
useful looking team there mate
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your right i havnt because i cant see them bringing anything to a lurcher that i cant get from a more accessible breed from this country to be honest
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the beardie in my 3/4 grey beardie bitch was brought down from the isle of skye by d. plummer. so definatly working lines. not being funny but why does that mean its definatly from working lines, because plummer says so or because it came from isle of skye.even if true that must have been some time ago and doubt if that line is responsible for the crosses seen at present .like i said the vast majority of beardies used today are show dogs its a hard pill to swallow but true
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ive nothing against hancock it wasnt a sarcastic comment when i said legend because he truly is that and more but cant help thinking that its more quantity than quality if it werent for the name would he sell as many dogs
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the ibizian hounds, portugese podengos and pharoah hounds all pretty similar in the manner that they hunt their quarry which is to give tounge mute dogs are considered useless cant see that being a desirable trait in a lurcher
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the main thing that puts me off the beardie collie crosses is the lack of working lines of this pastoral breed as it became unpopular as a working dog, and the show fraternity doing what they do best, which is to render working breeds almost useless, but thats another thread all in itself. theres a fair few people breeding this cross but there cant be that many proper working beardies around to use so common sense tells you they must be using show or below average standard beardies that have no working background which is not going to produce a good lurcher imo .but would be interested to hear
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if you live on the fens you want a dog with at least a bit of saluki in it
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having helped at the conception of my dog i think i am qualified to say what is in its makeup . anyone who has seen more than a handful of first cross litters will know the variation that can appear from almost full collie to full grey with the more balanced offspring being the most popular choice wasteage in first cross litters being the reason why they are not that common with the 3/4 bred dogs more popular as they usually have better speed but with no apparent loss of intelligence and only slight drop in stamina
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heres mine first x 26 ats does everything i ask of him no bull
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if i knew what a woopa was i might take offence