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If it keeps splitting - my lurcher bitch's tail split everytime she wagged it against the wall just as it seemed to be healed - try getting a 30 or 50ml syringe case from your vets and taping it over the end of the tail (widest end, left open over tail tip - you'll have to take a hacksaw blade or something to the other (enclosed) end of the case to open it up)- seems to give it a bit of protection while it heals whilst still letting the air to it - tail bandages seem a nightmare!

Hi Thanks for your replies, as I say I'm a bit new to this forum thingy! I'm not a judge but I do go along to some of the shows and would probably be seen as a 'pet' lurcher owner when at the shows - how do you tell? We go along with our young family, and although since the family has grown the amount of work the dogs do has decreased we have previously been actively involved in coursing clubs, and are still lamping, ferreting etc. just as a family now! Before you stop reading - Don't get me wrong - there are people out there that seem to wrap their dogs in cotton wool - some not even allo

Hi all, has been nice to read numerous topics on the forum so here goes for my first topic, I have been given the job of organising judges for a couple of lurcher shows in the East Anglia area and would really like to encourage some new faces into the judging scene or even some old ones that haven't been seen for a while! If you know of anyone or have a few years experience of lurcher ownership/work and would be confident in 'voicing' your opinion please be in contact and I'll reply off topic if poss. A lot of us enjoy going along to the shows for a bit of a social but some new judging faces