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    skycat replied to Magpie's topic in General Talk

    Well, you could always come and live with us rent free! BUT you'd have to help with the livestock: ha ha ha, and clean the house when I can't be bothered and of course we'd pay you NOT A DIME, and you'd have to dog sit for when we go away! Personally I think it is quite a good idea, and you would have some free time to earn a few bob................though I quite understand if you think the arrangement might be a little one sided. LOL
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    Ditch: you talk such bloody good sense and a great way with words too!
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    I've always found that most of my young dogs' injuries happened when they were tearing about with eachother: injuries of the tendon damage variety, damaged toes: problems with things out of place in their necks or backs. It's always a dilemma in knowing what to let them do and what not to let them do. From 4 to 7 months seems to be the most dangerous time for a pup: they are getting a bit of size and speed on them depending on the breeding of the dog, but they don't necessarily have the coordination and muscle strength to handle collisions and hard turns when they're chasing eachother.
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    You mean the dog has been in those kennels from 4 months old to 2 years old??? How the f*ck was it difficult to manage at 4 months old? Or has it been rehomed once or twice and is now back there again? Some of the people running these places have no idea at all: to keep the dog there all that time is just wrong.
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    Excellent!
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    Wonderful closeups! How did you manage to get so close?
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    Even if it's true I still reckon he deserves a big fat BOOOO! for being such an idiot: who the f8ck would go lamping with terrier, ferret box on back (can't really believe that one) and lurcher tied to belt. No way is this guy the full ticket if it is true.
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    Lovely bitch: a dash of Saluki in there? My old girl who had meningitis as a pup is the same with me: total trust and a real bond: she's nearly 10 years old now and shouldn't have lived, let alone been a mother twice!
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    Why would a ferret need banana, raisins, potatoes, yucha, soya etc etc??Words fail me: this ferret has only ever been fed on rabbit
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    I really hate that story: just reminds me every time that its humans that mess up in this world: sorry, having a bad day, but I still hate the story, even though the poem is good.
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    Do you honestly expect anyone to believe that you went shooting with a ferrt, lurcher and terrier..at night? Mind you, if you really did then your'e even more stupid than we thought and its your dogs I feel sorry for!
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    Was that the washing off the line?! Strong looking pup
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    http://www.holisticpetsupplies.co.uk/produ...products_id=476 I hadn't heard of this! So I looked it up. Really not sure how it works despite reading the blurb: would crushed limestone work as well? Any geologists or summat out there to shed a little light on the subject???
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    Cat Milk

    skycat replied to jlp's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting

    At 5 weeks old they need to be tucking into solids: if you can't get them fresh rabbit or pigeon then go to the butcher and get some chicken carcases the butcher has already taken the breast meat off: you should get them for almost nowt, and some beef mince too as they'll need some red meat: nowt wrong with kitten milk but they really do need solid meat as well.
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    The other thing you need to remember is that if the vaccines haven't been stored at the correct temperature (2-7C) they become inactive and therefore don't work! How many people have bought vaccines at shows etc and the vaccines may be only come out of a picnic type cold box, or maybe not even that! Many years ago I bought a load of vaccines from someone who was a bit of a dealer in all sorts of things: I jabbed my dogs up: was it coincidence that several rescue pups that were vaccinated with these jabs succombed to a 'type of infectious enteritus' (vet's description: it wasn't conclusivel
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    Aaah: the teenage delinquent stage: don't you just love it!
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    You'd be dead unlucky to have any of the typical Saluki 'problems' with a pup with such a small amount of Saluki in it. I've found that the more you have a Saluki type with you, like in and around the house, the better they are. Like Samet Sam says: as long as you get them out in the field and trusting you and looking at you as a mate and leader you don't get anywhere near the problems you would if you just walk them on the lead then let them off once in a very long while. These dogs really do need to run and run: stop them doing that and they'll take every opportunity to bugger off and do
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    This whole protein hysteria is just daft: it is perfectly normal for pups to go charging around after a meal: it's nothing to do with the amount of protein they have ONLY JUST EATEN: think about it! Food takes a few hours to be digested: not seconds!! Pups have a good old play when their stomachs are full and they are happy: they tear about for a while then collapse in a heap and sleep and digest, then wake up an hour or so later and do the same thing all over again.
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    Yes it is: and the guy really is as good as he seems: totally non judgemental and won't make you feel like a failure either. He's helped me a lot with some delinquent youngster problems: sometimes we all need a fresh eye on a problem! No one can ever say they know it all and its been an eye opener for me: we all get into bad habits from time to time, or get into a rut and the same way of doing things: it helps to get an objective view of the situation. PS Even professional dog trainers will go to see other trainers from time to time for updated info. and to reassess their own work.
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    So you say it happened at the same time last year? try and think what environmental changes happen around you at this time of year: for the life of me I can't think what might be the cause: weed killer? diesel? some chemical the dog has walked in that isn't around all the time? Where have you exercised the dog recently? Try and be a bit of a detective on this one as the fact that it happened at about the same time last year must mean something! Have you started using a strong disenfectant in the run: did you use it a year ago? There must be some common denominator there.
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    Can you put a pic up of the dog's pads? Mine are in and out of water all year round and I've never had a problem with their feet. What are you feeding the dog? Like p***y says, a fat defficient diet can sometimes be a problem, but to my mind it's more likely to be another defficiency rather than just not enough fat. Let us know what food your dog is on and also what sort of dog it is: breeding wise.
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    The first lurcher's auntie: a proper lurcher who I can honestly say is the best real allrounder I've ever had: lurcher to lurcher bothe of them, though there's more Saluki in the second one.
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    Would have to be this one: 25 inches, takes all quarry, works in the shooting field, retrieves feather and everything else and would jump through any hoop if I asked her to. or if not her then her auntie who has been my numero uno for a few years now.
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    Wilf: I really don't understand how you can rant on in the way that you do: it's YOU who don't understand a thing. How can you possibly compare hunting and killing a pest species with watching 2 dogs rip eachother to bits for 45 minutes? The whole aim of controlling a wild animal that has to be removed because of the damage it is causing to crops or livestock is to do the job as effieciently and humanely as possible. Dog fighting has NOTHING to do with the above ethos. Anyone standing on the side lines of dog fighting (metaphorically speaking) without an opinion condones these a
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    Is your Deerhound a pup or an adult? If it is a pup then you want to start the little thing jumping little things such as a plank of wood at ground level: on its side of course, the plank... that is! Big dogs such as Deers and Stags shouldn't be jumping any great height until they have finished growing and have the muscular strength to lift their body over something AND land without damaging themselves: its often the landing that damages young joints and feet etc. Once the pup has learned the action of lifting all 4 feet off the floor over very low obstacles then the basics have
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