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Is it just my imagination, but it looks as though that fox in the video has its hind legs tied together, or its crippled in some way.
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If you are a hands on sort of owner, by which I mean that you handle, stroke, massage your dog daily, you may well find that her muscles soften. Look particularly at the big back and thigh muscles. If your bitch is one of those who 'soften' in this way, then don't work her hard during this phase, for she is far more likely to tear or strain a muscle if she is running and turning hard on prey. As a result of the loss of muscle tone, she may also lose pace. This doesn't happen with all bitches, but to those it does, keep exercise to steady slower work such as plenty of trotting. Once her hormone
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What bloody brilliant photos!
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. Without being there hard ta see but by the words in the post ,that's piss poor handling of ones animal by anyone's standard. Atb bunnys. It sounds like the same stupid attitude that brags that a dog won't jack on a hare even though it's pissing blood and can hardly stand. Something to do with the dog having the balls its owner is lacking methinks.
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If the dog was knocked out in the evening, and it has had a reaction to the anaesthetic and is taking longer than it should to come round properly, I can understand why they want to keep it in overnight. Sight hounds and lurchers can have a much worse reaction to anaesthetic than dogs which carry more fat.
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My take on it is that I want a dog to try it's utmost to catch, but I also want it to remain spatially aware of its surroundings and dangerous obstacles. It's a big ask when a dog is 100% focused on what it is chasing, but some dogs do seem to have an inbuilt sense of self-preservation which allows them to work to the max for years, when a totally blinkered animal runs into things, and consequently injures itself badly or even kills itself. I've had all three kinds of lurcher: the do or die (they generally die young), the spatially aware but very committed, and the dogs with less drive that ar
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Info Wanted On What Type Of Dog I Should Get
skycat replied to d.nelson's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
Make sure you see both parents. Temperament is the most important thing to look for if you want a dog that is companion, fun dog and a bit of a worker. If the parents are steady types, nice and sociable and biddable, you won't go too far wrong, no matter what type or breed you go for. The rearing and training is down to you, but an intelligent, well socialised pup is what you should be looking for. Beware people who make extraordinary claims about the parents or the line they come from. Go for an honest breeder who is more concerned with making sure that you get the pup that suits you than jus -
Just be sure not to wind it on too tight and cut off the circulation to the feet. I fix vetwrap with sticky elastoplast, and fix the end of that with a dab of superglue. Comes off easily at the end of the day or night with a quick soak in hot water.
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Barbed wire: A lurcher's worst enemy. And as you say, the more committed the dog, the more likely it is to injure itself, but full on dogs are so much more exciting to watch working, even if you do have to shut your eyes and pray each time they go that extra mile or two.
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I've written a few articles about how brilliant coursing is, and they are published, so long as you talk in the past tense and sub title the article: Down Memory Lane or make it obvious you are talking about before the ban came in. Darcy has also done articles on coursing.
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I'd love to do an article on this, but somehow I think that it might not be publishable! The thing is that the whole hare coursing debate is very divisive. On the one hand you have landowners who are sick of those who drive the land, cause damage etc, and on the other you have the very responsible and respectable people who do/did have permission to course. There are still landowners who would allow coursing if they didn't feel that it would attract the 'wrong' sort of people. Trouble is that so much of the prime coursing land is as flat as can be, and whatever people are doing on the land can
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Only if you disturb their nests.
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I bred her (accidental mating) shes my sons dog , but Penny Taylor had the only male in the litter , she may put him over a whippet Sadly, Cricket is no longer with me, after badly damaging his tendons in a hunting accident. I did put him over my terrier bitch, and Krawnden's dog is from that litter. The one I kept is a Border coloured slightly finer version of Krawnden's bitch. Cricket was one of the most determined little dogs I've known, and although not fast enough to catch in the open he killed a lot in cover, and wasn't shy of fox either. He really was a cracking dog with a great t
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Road work only keeps claws short if the foot is a certain shape. Long feet, not tightly-arched toes, won't get the wear on the ends of the claws. Depends on the dog's breeding, weight and gait.
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Or get one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wahl-Pet-Nail-Grinder-Blue/dp/B00486DBL2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1475131791&sr=8-1&keywords=wahl+dog+nail+grinder Even my most paranoid and over-sensitive dogs cope with this easily. I just sit the dog in an armchair ... kind of wedged in behind me so I can lean against it if it struggles, tuck a front leg under my arm and away we go. Personally I find it hard to understand why something that vibrates and buzzes against their claws is tolerated so much better than clippers, but it is. Stick a muzzle on the dog and a lead on to begin
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What cracking good photos, and a brilliant place to be.
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I'ts not necessarily a dominance thing, but often the sign of intense drive. I've always allowed gentle mouthing: it is a way in which the dog can connect to me. It sees me as a powerful attraction, something to be close to. One of my most zany, intense lurchers which was Saluki blooded but more of a high-powered speed machine, was so manic that the only way to keep him calm as a pup was to let him hold my hand, which he did, very carefully, never left a mark. He was a very rewarding animal to work with and understood the rules of any games we played faster than any other dog I've had. He wasn
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The more I see of that dog, the more I like him. He has such a look of calm and sense.
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My Airedale got it a few times on the side of her cheek. I shaved all the fur off and slathered it with sulphur ointment. Dried it up and cured it in a matter of days.
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That's a real tragedy. I almost lost my Deer/Grey many years ago when she ruptured a lung after hitting a bank. So very sorry to hear of your loss. Words not enough.
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9 Month Sighthound Basic Condition Advice Please
skycat replied to Squeamish5's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
To me, the dog looks like a normal pup of that age with a dash of Saluki in its breeding. The knobbly wrists (the bumpy bits above his front feet) are the growth plates, which is where new bone comes from during growth, to make the long leg bones. The growth plates are absorbed by the time growth has finished, but with so many tiny bones in the wrists they are always going to be a bit 'knobbly', especially in that type of dog where everything is much finer and more obvious than on a Labrador, for example. It is impossible to get more weight on a pup of this type whilst it is growing, and with -
Savlon is a good and non irritating antiseptic ointment. Germolene too.
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My little Collie lurcher had something weird going on between two of her hind toes last year. Raw, oozy. I think it started near the nail bed, and she wouldn't leave it alone. In the end I just dabbed it with antiseptic twice a day and it dried up and cleared after a couple of weeks. I can only think that it was a bacterial skin infection possibly brought on by a tiny scratch, thorn, insect bite... one of those, or even a graze.
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Most pet dog vets won't know about coughing that occurs after a hard, unexpected run. Read Socks' post: he has it right. Lungs have suffered damage to their linings not being used to hard running. At one time, when people didn't understand so much about getting a dog galloping fit, many coursing dogs coughed like that after their first few courses. Trouble is, when a dog gets an unexpected long run, heart, lungs, muscles and especially diaphragm are not toned up, conditioned to have to work so hard. Dog should come right in a few days, but watch out for excessive drinking and cramping of muscl
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As Casso said, the most important thing is for the dog to feel totally overjoyed at being up close and personal with you. When you play with a dog, without giving loads of commands and being bossy, dogs start to feed off your energy and joy at being alive. Play is one of the best bonding activities. I always play wrestle with young dogs. And yes, I let them grab my hands, gently. They're not stupid. Pups learn to grab other pups gently, and they learn to do it even more gently with human hands. And I use my body as a training tool too: sitting on the ground with bent knees and encouraging pup