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Or you could always go for a lurcher to lurcher bred dog, one from a long line of workers that do all the biz in the field: it might well have all the above mentioned breeds in it, but IMO if the line has been honestly bred for temperament, soundness and ability in all departments you shouldn't go far wrong......if you can find one! Edited to add: to be honest I'd not worry about what its got in it as long as you have seen the parents working, and preferably the grand parents too, or at least know what they did and see pics. It's more important that you feel you can get on with a dog rath
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I must just be lucky: my dogs have had 3 serious wasp attacks over the years but they all recovered within an hour and never had any after effects: the swellings even round one dog's eyes just disappeared within an hour or so. I've heard other people say they've had dogs die after just one sting!
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All these different remedies! I was taking the glucosamine and chondroitin myself, then ran out and started drinking cider vinegar: still no pain! There was a book all about cider vinegar came out years ago: the author reckoned it was virtually a cure all (take that with a pinch of salt) but apparently it does cure all sorts of things: and helps you lose weight too if you need to! Drink a tablespoon full in a glass of water before every meal: I'm going to try my old fat dog on it!
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no after shots? Like the big splash? LOL
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I've edited my post with asome more info. and I apologise for shouting at you: I just saw red when I saw that you'd left the dog like that for an hour: every creature's reaction to pain is different and I would have thought that it would have been obvious that if the dog shook like a leaf when spurted with water then an electric shock would have sent it over the edge! And seeing what you said about how he reacts to thunder and loud noises he is obviously the last dog in the world that will respond well to shock treatment. Most likely just make him even more hyper and over sensitive than he a
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Leaving an anti bark shock collar on for an hour when it's having no effect is torturing the dog: continuously shocking a dog that is not responding in the correct way: FFS you need to try wearing it yourself for and hour and screaming at the top of your voice at the same time. Surely you read the intstructions where you put the collar on to begin with only on 'beep' so it gives a warning tone only to begin with: that way the dog learns to associate making a noise with a beep happening. Then you switch it on properly so the beep warns, then the shock if the dog doesn't shut up. Thes
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Really great photos: well done on the training too. I agree with Sorely: at 6 months he is still very much a pup: half an hour morning and night or an hour as long as he isn't busting a gut galloping about flat out all that time. How about trying some slower games with him like finding the hidden dummy in cover? I'd lay off the jumping too until his joints are mature: I know lurchers are lighter built than GSDs but the police wouldn't even think of doing any jumping with a dog until its over a year old: 2 foot high maximum at the moment and not too much: there's one hell of a lot of pressur
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Yes, my mum got her arthritis under control through diet. Cut out red meats and cereals in the dog's diet: stick to rabbit, chicken and fish and green veg: no tomatoes either: very acidic. My old dog does a lot better at 12 years if she's kept right off red meat i.e. beef of all sorts: heart, muscle meat etc.
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Catapult?
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Bikes are great: the only time mine are on a lead is when I go through the village before hitting the foot paths and open land. I did have a couple of dogs that really hated it and wouldn't trot beside the bike at all: funnily enough the dogs that love it the best all have Saluki in them: used to do 14 miles roads and cross country with a couple of them. My dogs that have had Collie in them didn't like it: they would sooner mouch around and sniff then gallop to catch up: the coursing dogs like it the best and canter formiles at a steady pace along the verge beside the bike.
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We ferret once the crops are down, though we do run the long net out once in a while when we need a big batch of rabbits for the dogs during the summer: a lot of our land is landfill and waste type ground so there's not the grassland being eaten off as would be the case if we had a lot of livestock round us: apart from the common which we can't ferret anyway as the landowner doesn't want to see the general public get all upset at the sight of someone killing bunnies! Just have to lamp that and it's bad enough running that in the winter let alone the summer.
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Thank God for a sane Magpie , reasoned and experienced answer at last! I could see this thread degenerating into the usual slaging match of the 'my sort's better than your's' type of thing. I'd agree 100% with Magpie: brains every time and no matter what size or shape the dog it will learn how best to work with the terriers: I've had lurchers from 22" to 30" catch rabbits REGULARLY out bushing with terriers, though of course I'd have to admit that the dogs under 25" have more of what it takes in tight situations.
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As someone who has only in the last couple of years converted totally to raw (I used to feed both raw and complete though not at the same time) I'm slightly puzzled as to why someone would want to feed puppies a complete food and then go on to raw at 6 months. Surely the first few months of their lives is one of the most important times as far as feeding goes: it is during that time that the foundation for a healthy body is laid down: strong bones and joints, teeth etc. I've not had any problem feeding raw to pups from the nest, in fact all my litters over the last 20 odd years have had
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Please don't get me started on this one!! I now choose my times of day very carefully when I exercise my dogs: but I do have a a very useful bitch who drives off any pretenders, without doing damage to them; she just snarls and runs them off barging their shoulder. Luckily she hasn't yet met a really nasty dog that wants to seriously attack: God help it if she did as she spent a lot of her life being used for the larger kind of vermin control. What I like about her is that she just has to look at most dogs and they back off, never lifts her lip or anything. She is very protective of her pac
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Personally I think that a terrier is one dog that would not be suited to flat life unless its old and retired: a laid back lurcher would be by far the best bet: and if you have lots of time a deserving rescue which you could lavish your love and attention on is the one I'd go for: have you tried contacting Lurcherlink?
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Firstly I reckon your'e getting way too scientific about it all: askiing what weight he should be when we can't get our hands on the dog is like asking weight YOU should be if you only give us your height! Chuck out any notion of weighing him and use your eyes and hands to gauge whether or not he is as he should be. At this age he should have finished growing upwards and be about to lose any puppy fat he may have left, and should have energy to burn. You should be able to feel but not see his backbone. The same goes for his pin bones (on each side of his spine where his hip joints ar
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OUch! Nasty one that! But like you said at least you kept the foot: get a very small docile pony to go ferreting on: quieter than a quad and I'd have said a damn sight safer, though that's seen from the perspective of someone who has always been around horses. If your're really clever you can train it to kneel down for easier mounting and dismounting. I've always said that's what I'll do when Arthur(ritis) gets the better of me! LOL Hope it heals as well as can be expected.
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I quite agree: I actually sent them a letter (there is a facility for comments on the page shown on the link). I've never had a stand anywhere at a show or fair but to me its common sense that they have to refund the stand fees: unless they do I can see a lot of holes in the CLA avenues next year!
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I have had some incredibly timid Saluki types: scared of other dogs, people anything new that they do not already know. They are still great dogs in the field, but difficult to live with. You don't say if you've had this dog since it was a pup or not. If its actually scared to come near you I'd be tempted to think that you got the dog second hand? Having said that, my old white bitch who is 1/4 Saluki is so sensitive that she won't come near me if I'm in a bad mood or if I've raised my voice at one of the other dogs, and I've had her since a pup of 6 weeks. Once, many years ago (she i
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If there's a grass seed in there you need a trip to the vet ASAP: don't try and get it out yourself or you'll damage the ear: the canal is way too long for anyone bar a vet to mess about inside it, apart from which you won't have the right tools for the job. Grass seeds start to break down very quickly, and if its the sort with tiny barbs on it, it'll work its way further and further in, with the very real chance of causing an abcess quite quickly. I'm afraid its definitely a vet job, this one.
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Totally amazing: saw it on TV when the series came out: can't remember which series it was, but that bird is unbelievable: camera shutter noise!
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T Rex Rules OK!! LOL: What a photo! Seriously though, I've had rescue pups come in with exactly the same probably: nowt but woodshavings and worms in their guts: give them a couple of days on proper (raw) food and the gaunt little frames are already fleshing out and the energy levels reaching normal puppy heights.
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What a classy looking bitch: just beautiful.
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Brilliant!
