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    The duck up here were everywhere, as the rain filled fields and places that were normally dry. But now the cold is tightning them into the larger ponds and coastline
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    Im not the only one with snow then haha... nice looking sapling there, shaping up well
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    Anti alert !! So What about spaniels and gundogs that crash through bramble all day long? If they had full tails they would be split and ripped to pieces, it saves loads of pain for the dog in the long run! Terriers cant travel underground properly with full tails that grow curved up over the back. This results in broken tail, lots of pain and big vets bills. I cant see the point docking non working dogs, but apart from what Ive mentioned there are hundreds of cases to support docking working dogs, for humane reasons. Theres nothing cruel about it! In fact it is quite the opposite.
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    Theres one thing it shouldnt lack and thats brains. Take kittle rox's advice and your mate should be a happy man. Work the dog to its advantages, and dont expect it to be what it aint. Im sure it would have a decent nose too, so could always be a hunter/flusher of game
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    Boar

    HALTY LAD replied to Tusker's topic in Hunting With Hounds

    Between myself and friends we use cross bred beagles. These we find better than larger hounds as the boar we aim to flush out to the guns are in amongst very thick cover, gorse/bramble/sitka/blackthorn. The small hounds go through this faster, and are less likely to tackle the boar themselves, they stand off and bay. I always liked the drive and independent nature of the Welsh hound. If I hunted more open country with less dense cover I would give a pair of Welsh a try. Though they may need chest plates/collars as they seem hard-bitten beggers. I will have a run West at some point and show yo
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    If you put in the time you will have a dog to be proud of. ...a more determined working lurcher cannot be found.
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    The price of them is extortionate! f**k Thats MY opinion
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    I own a couple of deerhoundy things and a couple of bully dogs. Both of which come from a LINE. I take no credit for breeding said mutts, I just work the socks off them. These dogs could and probably should accurately be called a line of dogs, as they are line bred for decades, with not much in the way of unrelated stock being outcrossed to over they years. Ive always been fortunate enough to have been associated with these people and between us all, a decent group of lads, we keep and work this line bred stock. Nothing is sold, extras are culled, and any that show faults or failings are culle
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    Listen, Ive hunted mainly with Jagds and they are a good terrier, a versitile breed for use above as much as below. But dont worry lads the best terrier ARE and ALWAYS will be in the UK. Jagds are bred from LAKIES, true, from old school dogs, but I know as well as many on here the same class of lakeland terrier types are still about in the right places. All of the European hunters that use terriers rather than the teckel, can trace their dogs back to the UK. Some will say theirs are better than UK stuff, but after inquiring further you may find that even as recently as 1 or 2 generation
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    Still going as far as I know matey, as it was after the accident that I was out with them
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    In the North East, contact Dogs-n-Natives on here, his dog is a tool and a half matey, seen that dog hunt hill ground in Scotland and what a nose it has, wont go wrong at all with that dog.
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    Nice jabali there, do you have hunting dogs for them? Im down your way later this year..
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    Thats what Im getting at, how folk think that good nose equals bad lamper?, its so far from the truth! I also keep bullgreys which as many who use them properly will know, have phenomenal noses as well as the drive to over ride commands, but still a great many make top lamp dogs. Anyway, one of the old guys who has the spaniel lurchers is on this site I will drop him a pm. Be good to have some first hand info, as I remember these dogs out-performing mine by a long shot on his ground in Penines in England, though I can safely say I would have equalled the balance if he came up to the Scottis
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    Seen some cracking and varied gundog crosses over the years matey, lab, gwp, gsp, springer and visla, more so the pointer crosses, but I was most taken back with the spaniel lurchers, by they could put some graft in on the hills, and not slow either. I like the lab cross in general, smart racey dogs with tight feet hard coat in general. None of the gundog crosses want for stamina, especially the spaniel type. I was tempted in the past to put one of my deerhounds over a big pointer cross that was a demon at his work, but never did it, in fact ive never bred a litter, I rely on good friends and
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    I dont train mine at all, they just do it, some sooner than others. Might just be the way I bring them up
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    All I can say, is that mine work all the land that Ive got, and lots of it is steep wooded ravines, cliff faces, rock piles, on the hills and mountains of Scotland, add dense young forestry to that list! My longdogs hunt all this land daily.. they are probably similar in size and look to your coyote dogs, like big rough longdogs, bred worker to worker for longer than Ive been breathing. NO way in hell would pure greyhound EVER be added to these dogs, that would ruin them in my honest opinion. They are fast enough without being made into fragile suicide missiles.
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    As a young lad, I remember asking my father for a dog of the same breeding as his own. His dogs were bred by a friend of his back then, and now bred by a few keen men in the North. I waited years for the gent (rip) to eventually breed his best bitch, and when he did he kept only enough for the people who were wanting one. The same rule has applied since, and the same line is going today from way back before I got into dogs in the 60's, and not one pup has ever gone for sale. Ive never bred a litter myself, I dont have the time or patience for it, but if I did I would be following the same rule
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    I always fancied making venison or boar jerky, never got round to it. Looking forward to some more recipies coming in!
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    I spread it out over the whole lot over the winter months, and if any ground is out of action or between crops. I dont put it on fresh when seedlings are sprouting as it can be a bit harsh for them, so through the summer it goes in the compost bins with all the other gubbins. ah hhemm .. well, my wife does! But I cant help taking some credit!
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    Been over there coursing all game with various breeds. They love their pure breeds, and favor the greyhound for hares though borzoi have a huge following for hare deer fox and wolf. For the larger game they have no issues slipping 3 or 4 dogs or even more with the wolf. They still import UK track and coursing bred greyhounds, which they consider the best in the world. They also laugh at me when I talk about the coursing stuff bred in the UK, they like high speed, full throttle coursing, and so be it, some of their greys dont miss much!
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    Ive hunted in Oz, and the America's north and south, each place has different challenges.Queensland seemed very easy, some of the pigs were not even affraid of us approaching,. and they are no way as fast as a wild boar in Europe. Some of the dogs we had with us had no longdog blood, but still caught plenty. The same dogs wouldnt get near pigs in other countries but would hold anything they got to grips with. I have great memories of Australia, but hell they like to rib each others methods! all in good humour! When Im out with folk I never say hey why dont you use so-and so dogs or do it lik
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    accidents will always happen, Ive had a big old lurcher hanging by a back leg from the top of a deer fence, the skin on his back leg was stripped away. He recovered well enough after some emergency field stitching. He could get over deer fences, but often scramble the top. This time he was unlucky and a hind leg went through between the mesh and the top strand wire. But a non jumping dog would catch very little game for me. Every lurcher Ive owned jumped, mostly self taught or with just a little persuasion.
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    And that is truth, well said! Ive hunted with way more dogo's than pure bulls by a long shot, and they do a job. But theres no way I would trade my bull lurchers for a dogo lurcher. Not a chance.
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    The ban was a rushed, unjust, offence to the UK country man. But to be honest, if you go to the trouble to get permission, you will get on just great 'within' the law. Its up to each of us to familiar ourselves with laws of the land. I hunt in many different countries, all are different, but its not too bad as long as your clued up on the various regulations so you dont land yourself in the shit.
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    In my opinion any dog that does its job is a good dog. I once had an argument with a west country chap about a past dog of mine that was a deer dog through and through. He took bigger deer than any of my other dogs had ever managed. This guy said theres no way he could even floor a hind, I said Id bring him down and he show me some deer. Well we found a group and he got a royal beating, he badly damaged shoulder ligaments... and I left a wiser man, if a bit deflated. However he came up to mine the next season and was forced to eat his words after seeing him run on his home mountain..
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