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You shouldn't need to weigh a dog to know it's at it's proper weight, your eyes should be able to tell you all you need to know, if they can't you've got a problem. Just for you I've weighed my dog he's 24" tall and weighs 51lb. He's 3/4 grey/ 1/4 collie X whippet/ [3/4 grey 1/4 collie]. I fully agree with regards to condition mate, but when it comes to worming, you need to know weight in order to give an effective dosage. you started a topic and asked a question regarding a dogs weight to its height as you think yours might be a bit heavy set! i wasnt going to bother po
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just a few teal kills. this is one of the flights. not the best pics as is was at quite a distance..
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good stuff bullet they aint the easiest to catch them little teal had a good week on em where my little fella had 6 from 7 flights during a week. other than that i was getting the odd one here and there and was giving my fella plenty goes at em.
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delete your bloody messages stuts!!!!!!!!!! im dying to send ya the pics! old sam was one handsome looking lurcher!!!
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tbh i wouldnt run a bull x in the recent bull cross trend. but whippets and coursing and track greys have been bull lined for years in a way to toughen them up and give them extra drive too. a lad in cork lined bred bull into his grey,s in the late 70ies and had a great success with them in track and field. by the pics iv seen recently of the dogs you woulndt think there was any bull in them but there was a hint in there. iv seen some 1/4 bulls that look quite racey and ya only have to look at taffybulls saluki,bull grey to see that he looks the biz and that he looks like he could take a h -
delete the messages in your inbox kid!!!! i found some pics of the old lurcher sam and a few of the terriers including your bob ill send ya on the pics as soon as ya sort out your inbox
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before locators i used bells(always 2)tied around the ferrets neck. just used to listen for the bell or the sound of the ferret on the rabbit.thats if it didnt bolt that is. the bells do clog with earth so used to clean them every time i picked the ferret up when it came outa ground. if i thought the rabbit was close to a burrow after checking with runnin my arm up the burrow and feeling nothing i used to then if i could get one was use a thorny briar and slowly push that up the burrow for extra distance to feel for the rabbit. if all else failed it was a sit and wait.i use locators now an
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The law on domestic and feral cats in your garden.
supersam replied to DEREK CANNING LLB[HONS]'s topic in Falconry
i have big problems with cats in my area. pet cats breeding so much that most a feral now. if i have my bird weathering and i have to go out i leave 2 of my lurchers out in the garden with the bird and they have got a few the last few years and even the ones they dont catch they give them a good fright. even now cats will come into the garden,tear the rubbish outa my bin.they really are sneaky feckers. but imo the best thing to keep cats away from your birds is a dog or 2 -
im with ya there lad!! if i didnt have mine kept warm id have em in the house too!! saying that one of mine is in the house right now
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can me + my dogs move into your kennels... looks lovely and snug all its short is a toliet and id move in there myself dogs dont mind as them feckers will shit anywhere on a serious note when it was really cold and as i have my ferret hutch outside i had to move it into the kennels for a few weeks as the water kept freezing in the bottles. the last few winters have been terrible and i know lurchers are tough feckers but them freezing temps must knock a few years off our dogs!! when i would go into the kennels in the freezing weather you would usually see a dog curled in a ball tryin
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might be an old belief that one!! but ya never know lol. for any injury you want a compitent vet be it for dew claws or anything else
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on the recent cold winters nights. this stove have kept me kennels nice and warm!! -12 outside...+20 inside with the stove going even in the morning it was nice and warm inside
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As i said, I've had, and have, dogs that have them, and dogs that haven't ! But if it was my choice, I'd rather they didn't have dew claws. BUT ... a man who I know for a fact has been involved in Greyhound and Saluki Coursing for many years firmly believes that dew claws should be left on ! It's a choice we make or don't ! Cheers. Only time a dewclaw can be used for its purpose ( apart from holding bones ) is for a running dog to grip the ground when turning.. imo the dog uses its stopper pad when turning!!! the dew claw serves no purpose!!
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i remember a good few years ago finishing off a top out of a newly built farm house. as i was working i noticed the farmers collie scenting around the field like a good un. i kept watching and it rose a bunny from its seat(this was the summer time) it coursed it around the field keeping tight on the turns like a whippet and crashed in full tilt to the cover just behind the rabbit and caught it there!!! that memory will always be in my mind as i didnt think while in work i would get to see a bit of hunting and catching!!! it does make sence for me that a farmyard collie will be around the
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It's a bit of an exageration to say "they will keep injuring them", as I've had dogs with dew claws that NEVER injured them, but, to me it seems the faster types, like Non- Ped Whippets, Grews, etc, seem to injure dew claws much more than "Lurcher" bred types of dog ! Only my oppinion, could be wrong ! Cheers. i have had some lurchers that had problems with theirs that were not so fast. my qhippet has his and never had a problem so my opinion is different in to say i think a dog can be just unlucky with its jews. i.e on a bad run or bad growth have em sticking out just waiting to get
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good stuff and some great finds iv seen some farm coliie,s hunt up and catch daytime rabbits from there seats,also seem em catch rabbits on the lamp.tinkif i was to go for such a cross then a farmyard collie is the way to go.after all there around the countyside all there lives and sometimes as they may be a bit forgotten at times they catch there own grub. well done again
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ones a grey/whippet/saluki and the other is grey/whippet/saluki/irish terrier.
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i have a big whippet 23" and 2 lurchers one 23 1/2" the other 25" n what iv seen with whippets including my own is they lack a bit in brain power of most lurchers. this includes my own.ferreting the whippet is defo quicker outa the blocks but if a rabbit gets a bit of a head start my lurchers will power past the whippet. also the lurchers on the calmer days can better predict the holes the rabbits bolt from. as for lamping both are better than him too but not by much. think they have better stamina but for injuries i dont find any difference. i do run nice farmland fields though. think
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cheers jasp.would have been nice to have gotten a woodcock but it wasnt to be. only got a few slips on em though. it was an up and down and a short season due to the gos getting injured and then with work commitments but an enjoyable one none the less
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good stuff sounds like ferreing heaven
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great pics jasper
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good days sport and a fine bag of rabbits!! did ya dig many out?
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cheers lad.have never seen any pics with goses on wigeon so hope to see a few
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i have not seen any pics with gos hawks catching wigeon ducks! with work commetments this season i had to put my fella down early but before i did he took this beauty! he had taken many duck this season from mallard to teal. infact was more clinical with teal would like to see some pics with gos hawks after taking wigeon!!!!
