Ned Makim
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I love it when little kids get on the net... Cheers. Edit: All this talk about killing the dog and blah blah. You sound like teens trying to show how interesting and exotic you are. Surely the UK has a few laws about dangerous dogs that allow the feds to deal with this shit. Let the State take care of the dog. Has the attack been reported to the police, the council or whomever administers the law? If not, why not? Failure to follow through in this makes you complicit on the next attack on the dog. I think the dog should go, no question, but foot stamping won't do it. Here a dog likle that
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Correct. Cheers.
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Ha. Understand you're psyched up mate but UK hunters must be a soft lot if you think you'd get away with that. In Oz if you pulled a stunt like that the next bullet would be in you...Oz is a big country and shovels are cheap... If anyone's dog is attacked, especially by a bull type, don't try to seperate them by grabbing the collars etc. Grab the aggressive dog's back legs and lift both off the ground. Most dogs will let go to protect their flank from 'attack'. It is also impossible to get bitten from that postiion and hold. If they don't left go at the very least they aggressor cannot dri
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The other question to ask is how many of the people offering advice had actually successfully reared their children to adulthood... Lots of theorists. Never as many who have actually done it in my experience. Interesting how people think... Cheers.
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thanks mate! he said they are as hard as hell, iv herd people say they have had them with lurchers! i cant see any dog stopping this fella the body is solid mustle with skin as thick as anything iv ever seen!! With respect, dogs stop pigs like that every day in Oz. A boar with no tusks like that one we'd put a pup on to test his heart. This is what it looks like... Cheers.
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Keep the money. Mum's tend to go soft when they see a bit of pain in their boy's eye. But, with boys, if you won't go on with what you said they will run over you. They'll still love you and everything, you just will be no use to him. Your job is to prepare him for the world. If he did that with someone else dog would Mummy pay for him then to avoid him feeling any discomfort or would Mum show him how to face up to the consequences of his actions. At 15 he is half boy and half man. Which half sticks depends on you and which half you deal with. If you want him to be a man, treat him as one.
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is bluey hills still on the telly mate Ha. Nah mate...be a bit like seeing Ena Sharples (spelling?) reappearing on Coronation St. I actually don't know what's on telly here now. We get a satellite service... And I wasn't joking about the work out here. Places like Darwin, Townsville, remote parts of WA, plenty of building work and good money. Worth investigating if you've had a gutful. Cheers.
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G'day everyone, Here's a little nature shot, taken a few minutes ago in our garden. We live on an acre that backs onto a 5000 acre national park so you get a fair few natives in the garden. This is a goanna, a monitor lizard and he's about six feet long. They eat carrion, birds eggs etc. They aren't dangerous unless you poke around with them. Under pressure, they want to climb so if your mate is the nearest upright looking thing, the goanna will run to him and climb him. Being climbed by a goanna is a very unnerving experience. If you grab one they will definitely bite you and the wound is
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There's no difference in working potential between dogs and bitches. Ours are tested one out on boar pigs so you find out instantly what's in the dog. I have never seen any difference in toughness between dogs and bitches in those gender terms. Individuals yes but as two groups of dogs no. If they are bred right they will just have different styles on the hunt. And dogs are dirtier and inclined to roam out of the yard more. Bitches are more attentive and loving. All a matter of personal preference IMO. I have no preference one way or another. Whatever is on the truck dog or bitch is expected
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Come to Oz. Plenty of demand for good workers here. Construction going on all over the country and the pay is good. Cheers.
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No worries re the fires. Closest fires got to us was 20 kms. And on boar pigs...if the dog is swinging on a fighting boar and the boar sees you, all his efforts will focus on hitting you. They know you are 'the thing' and they will try to throw the dogs off of course but they want you. Very confronting. The main thing is that the dogs hold the pig once you arrive. Some of ours swing from contact, others grab them and then bail them up until they see or hear you coming. This is a great thing because it means you are running in on a stirred up boar with a much fresher dog attached. Chee
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The dogs go back to wolfhound English bully, Eng mastiff and Dane but are nothing like that size. They are bred for work... You can have dry runs (no pigs) or get 20. It all depends on season and the pig habits in that area. We hunt on private property to which we are given access by landholders who want their wild pigs controlled. Some places are small maybe 1000 acres, others are big 640,000 acres. Mostly I spend my time on a 60,000 acre cattle place in the hills. Here's another pix for you blokes. When I look around this site I would just love to show you the rabbits and foxes over
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G'day, I remember that. And thanks for your comment re Kevin. He lives on in his pups out of Hannah though. For anyone interested this is the link to my thread on one of the Oz sites. It has lots more on the dogs and where they come from etc. http://realhunters."££$$%^&/realhunters-thread5528-0.html Cheers.
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Here's a dodgy pix from son Paul's phone (camera batteries flat). It's the best from another seven pig run on Saturday night. The bloke in the photo is a mate of mine and Paul's, Simon. He has a few of our dogs... Good rough boar found by Molly and Hannah but he broke from them and was stopped by Tess. Good tusk on this side but the other tip was broken. No big problems for the dogs. Cheers.
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Can't get lurcher on dried food
Ned Makim replied to bez's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
All this talk about such a simple problem. If the dog won't eat dry food, just let it go hungry until it does. For heavens sake, it's not a child. Dogs eat whatever you put in front of them or they are leading you not the other way around. Cheers. -
GWPs are used by some in Australia in pure form and crossed to catch boars. The ones I've seen have plenty of hunt and plenty of guts. Cheers.
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Broken or docked tails on running dogs can affect their balance but a keen dog will overcome it all in relatively short order. We've had to dock tails to avoid infection and other times they just heal siometimes straighht, sometimes crooked. If a crook tail slwos them down it won't be for long if the dog has real drive. Cheers.
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would you reccomend a shock collar??
Ned Makim replied to fraggle's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
One of the factors sometimes overlooked on stockproofing dogs is the state of mind of the handler. Dogs read things in us all the time so sometimes issues with dog handling come down to what's in your head rather than the dogs. For instance in stock training if the handler is anxious about the dog chasing sheep the dog reads this focus as either 'go forward' hunting or indecision by the pack leader requiring a new dog to step up and make the decisions. You have to feel nothing about the sheep. Definitely walk the dog at them and show him exactly what you dont want him to chase. Just correct -
would you reccomend a shock collar??
Ned Makim replied to fraggle's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Short answer...no. Try long lead training. Works a treat and no chance of ruining a dog. Cheers. -
IMO the DDB would hold a pig but would not have the required other traits to hunt boar one out. Cheers.
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And a scenic shot... Pix is of Paul watching Russell have a poke around in some darby's oats. Unusual country for us. Long, long grass, open and not steep at all. Very easy to get around and looks like it might be best suited to the quad. Wet morning too as you can see from the mist and low cloud. Pic taken at about 7.30am. Cheers.
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Thanks for the replies everyone. Here's another pix. This was a lamb killer we were asked to find. We walked in three ks because the clever pigs know the sound of a hunting vehicle and bolt at the first sound of a dog clip. Dog in the pix is Kevin (RIP). And about us being game...if the dog has enough ticker, the hunter doesn't need much... Cheers.
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And re the tusks. Yes like icebergs, most is in the jaw. Around here a set of teeth three inches or 75mm of ivory out of the jaw is a good set of hooks. Cheers.
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The pigs in the pix would probably average about 70 kgs to kgs dressed weight. The dogs grab the ear or the cheek and hang on. They don't care they are at the pointy end. That's the point of the dog. With the boar held like that it leaves the back end free for the hunter to grab. We grab the back leg and then either stick the pig in the chest standing or flip him over to tie him up or stick him in from the throat into his chest. It's fairly physical. This is a 94 (dressed weight) Russell (the dog) stopped in the sorghum about the beginning of April 2008. We got four for the morning afte
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Thanks mate, Here's another pix of Hannah working.I bred her and she works for my son Paul. She has also produced a litter of pups that has made an outstanding start. Very happy with them. Hannah is an energetic and effective finder and she has a ton of guts. Lovely passive bitch the rest of the time... Cheers.
