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I would recommend that you get a copy of Tracking Dogs for Finding Wounded Deer by John Jeanneney. It's American but the principles are identical. There are lots of books written on the subject but unfortunately are predominantly written in German. To be honest you could train a Shitzu to track a shot deer. If you've ever followed up a wounded beast on snow you'll see just how much blood trail they leave. The knack is to train your dog to differentiate between old healthy deer traffic scent and your shot one! Good luck. Does anyone reading this have a good wiry haired Teckel up for stu

Joe, Well done for highlighting this perennial hazard in our countryside. This occurrence seems to be ever more common with two or three similar incidents reported every summer. The cows are merely showing maternal instinct and attempting to protect their calves from an age old 'predator' (all domestic dogs are a descendant of the wolf). Nevertheless, I deeply sympathize with the affected ladies surviving family. Your advice to let your dog go off lead if faced with a similar situation is sound as long as your dog(s) is(are) bold enough to look after themselves. Faced with a threatenin

Considering the time of year I would say 99% staggers or to give it it's proper name Hypomagnesaemia. This occurs when the intake of magnesium is exceeded by its output. The clinical signs can occur very quickly because the animal does not store magnesium, and is thus reliant on its daily dietary intake. Hypomagnesaemia is most commonly a disease of lactating cows at grass, because grass can be very low in magnesium and the output in milk is high. When the losses in the milk exceed the dietary intake, clinical hypomagnesaemia occurs. The increase in disease in spring occurs because rapidl