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haw has your season started then???
WILF replied to foxing machine's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Mine started 2 months ago! lol.......young dog to start and so far its nice, safe, steady progress......no great shakes, but no disasters either. -
great result
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What type of cross is it........not that I have the awnser to your question, just curious?
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Improving here, wind is getting stronger, some cloud starting to creep in.......a little rain will be the cherry as this warm breeze will strip the moisture off the ground in no time. If we get a good deluge around 7-8pm then tailing off around 9 ..........well, it dont get much better.
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Very true, i would just doubt that many dogs, after performing well for say 4 seasons, would suddenly 'become' shit one night, on rabbits? After 4 seasons and on rabbits if the dog had been doing well, you would deffo look for other causes to a dog underperforming, thats a no brainer imho, but if there are no other causes then it may just have chucked in the towel.....it happens.
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Its possible to sicken any living thing if you dont use your head, but some dogs are shit.......end of story.
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Outstanding result for a young hound
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Personally I think he saw the thread and then went out to graft his dog as much as he could........nothing wrong with that.
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And in some places, that would be exactly the right thing to do because you would break a dog on certain land with that amount, but if they were there to be caught then I say, make hay while the sun shines.......historically speaking of course.
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Very true, it was like daylight at midnight and stuff was very thin on the ground........dont know what it was like where this lad was, but it was very hard going local to me. Yep,had a look myself Wilf and my mutt worked it's socks off to catch 25 bunnies last night,it wasn't too bad to be honest where i was,pretty light but we had a bit of drizzle and a good wind blowing but further South conditions weren't as good? There must be some easy pleased lurcher owners on THL because if anyone catches a decent haul of whatever it's always "why,what's the point,no need" and such like..it's th
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Is it still wild up there today mate?......rumour is that its coming in properly this afternoon here.....cant f*****g wait!
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Very true, it was like daylight at midnight and stuff was very thin on the ground........dont know what it was like where this lad was, but it was very hard going local to me.
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How old is this dog?.......if its a young dog then in my mind, there are no "rules"............if its an adult dog, you still cant knock the bloke for going out and putting that amount of graft in front of the dog. And I am sure that if he is willing to work the dog hard (as it seems he is) then he would have little problem trying it daytime as well, we all know that you wont catch as many but its not about that is it?.......its about finding as much work for your dog as you can throw at it. Obviously, this was just a shooting trip so its all in theory anyway
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No matter what your feelings on the subject, if that lads dog had caught them (instead of the lad shooting them) then that dog would have done very, very well indeed and I would be the first to say thats a top night and some good work for your dog.
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No surprise.........its gonna get busy local to dale farm very soon, chaos!
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HAHA........Go and get a job on a market stall or own a wholesale business, then come back in a year and see if you still feel the same
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if thats the case all your dogs will be world beaters lets see them Thats not what the bloke said at all, he simply wants the best stock he can get and imho, he is dead right
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I used to trim his tash
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Movie work is as boring as f**k.........
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Depends how far on it was, what I do know is, you love them all the same..........my niece is downs, but my brother has always treated her normally and taken her everywhere with him. Shes a young woman now, has a job and too all intents and purposes leads a normal life. Yes, there are certain things you have to consider that you wouldnt have to with a "normal" young woman, but we all love her dearly and our world would be poorer without her.........sometimes, you have to make the best job of what god gives you
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Theres no f*****g joy in having to cull any animal that you have had in your care mate and anyone who says there different is a bit of a twat imho. When you rehome something, all I will say is "Be honest about who you are doing it for".........is it for the dog or to make the ex-owner feel better.
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Dealt with loads of them mate, you have to be hard with them, give them an inch and they will try and take a mile. Normally they are shit scared of the law as well, so ask for your upto date payment at a certain day and time and tell them if its not there to the second you are away to put a charge on their house, but mean it! Let them know they will have to pay all the interest as well..........be hard with them, its the only way. Its the same with Africans
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:laugh: ............. I have been married 17 years, all I look for is a brew in the morning and me pants in the draw!
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I dont think there is a right or wrong, you cant look down on someone because they love their dog.........thats just plain madness, but at the same time you cant dig a bloke out who wont except second best either, if its not working for him then its not. The person who will move on has to feed the thing, pay the diesel, clean up the shit so he has every right to make that call IMHO............Its OK rehoming these things, and I have done it twice but only because I was sure and the dog had done nothing wrong, But if a dog is genuinely not up to scratch, why prolong the agony............a
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Windy, keep quiet when the grown ups are talking! lol
