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A word of advice on the 'fitness' thing: young dogs shouldn't be encouraged or allowed to do too much running at this age as their bones haven't finished growing: too much build up of muscle before the skeleton is fully adult can cause problems pulling the joints out of their correct position and putting stress on everything: let him run around on his own as much as he likes, but don't let him chase or play too much with older dogs, or run endlessly after game or he will get too much exercise for his age.
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Vermindropper: just brilliant! Particularly like the first and third ones. Just read them again and I like yours Macnas: the 'have you let God into your life?' I reckon that would leave most people stunned: OR, they might just be born again Christians and want to talk about it to me! Aaagh!
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So come on then! Where's the witty replies that I can shrivel these pooch owners with?
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Roofed above the aviary panel with onduline (painted white on top to reflect summer sun), wall at back and one side. Polythene stapled to windy side in winter.
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OK, does anyone have any witty answers for me to give the hordes of ickle pet owners walking their ickle dogs when I pass them, lurchers and terriers at heel and ignoring their mad mutt straining on the leash barking/growling/screaming at me and my pack. Nine times out of ten, what do they say? "Oh you've got your hands full there" God! I so wish I could tell them what I really feel like saying. The other one they come out with is "how DO you manage all those dogs at once?" and even better.........."How do you remember all their names?" 5 lurchers and 2 terriers...how hard is that??!
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quote: ... and here is a possible serving suggestion http://teriskitchen.com/poultry/squab-a.html Sorry I shouldn't laugh but that just tickled me pink, as they say. And I often wonder how something so hideous when young can look so graceful when adult! When I had pigeons a couple of squabs I hand reared actually learned to feed by opening their beaks and letting me slip the food down their gullets like canaries would do: not how the pigeon would feed its young: much easier for me! LOL
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Some pics of the nest sites: sorry the one of the fledglings is really blurry: had the wrong lens on! I always put a lot of conifer branches in the aviary, and the last pic is a hen who has made a net just 2 feet off the ground in some branches that are stood in a big milk carton of water to keepm them fresh! I had to put a little nest of wire netting into the branches as she'd started nesting on the branches themselves and the grass kept falling out: I don't like nest pans in aviaries as a rule as they are so exposed and shallow, that's why I like the roof hung ones as the young can walk a
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www.eastofengland.org.uk/hunting.html Sighthounds and lurchers present too, though not a show.
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RIP Cass - the one who got me started
skycat replied to mistwalker's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
Ditch Shitter has said it all: very eloquently: that was a beautiful tribute. My thoughts are with you. -
IMO a dog that bites in fear is just as dangerous as a plain agressive dog: with a fear biter you never know just what may freak it out: a smoke alarm and a waving tea towel: I'd say that the dog has a very severe problem, especially if it was already used to living in a house and all the weird noises and things it sees and hears every day. Anything with a temperament problem that causes it to bite its owner is not worth risking: I'm afraid I'd have it PTS.
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Well I live in the UK and I can't say I've heard of these dogs: what do you run them on: and and what sort of dogs are they exactly: lets hear some more about them: please!
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To be honest I'm no expert on birds at all! A friend originally gave me some canaries and all he told me was to provide them with more than enough good nest sites. I've had up to 30 birds in an aviary 8x12 feet, open on two sides, clear corrugated on the roof. I make up the nest sites by getting a bit of inch square weldmesh about a foot square, then bend two sides up to form a rectangular box like shape with open ends. I then weave conifer through the mesh lengthways to make a secure safe darkish place, and hook it on to the ceiling of the aviary. Put loads of dry grass on the floor, and
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I can't stop my canaries breeding, and last year, by mistake I might add! I managed to keep back one cock bird and 6 hens and they all hatched and reared 2 if not 3 clutches, all in the same big aviary! The pic of the nest is of some small bronzes and the yellow one is a bigger chick off another clutch getting a bit of rest: actually it had cottoned on to the fact that if it sat in this nest the mother of the bronzes would feed it as well: cunning little devil!
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So, more tales of dastardly forays into the night, and falling into ditches and encounters with savage cattle, and getting stuck in the mud AND catching stuff and having a laugh and tales of great dogs?
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What Juckler said is spot on about the dog being run down: one dog I had came to me in really crap condition, poor coat, thin etc, sores on legs as well as scaly bleeding tail tip. got him in a decent raw diet (poor bugger didn't even know what meat was to begin with!) and everything healed brilliantly: though the tail took 3 months: now you'd never even know he'd had a problem.
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Wednesday 18th July Festival of Hunting at The East of England Showground, Peterborough, (Cambridgeshire) just off A1, J17. Unfortunately for many it is midweek, but if you can get there very interesting for anyone into hounds/hunting etc. Packs of all sorts from all over the country. No lurcher or terrier show, and NOT a country fair: this is purely for those who are interested in hunting with dogs/hounds. there is a terrier show for hunt terriermen however, to be entered through the hunts. Sighthounds and lurchers will be there on display. See full details on their website: www.e
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Had a few like that over the years: mostly they are rescues that are so desperate for attention having being either neglected or abused: depending on the dog's individual temperaments they either withdraw into themselves or go the opposite way and become manically bouncy, atention seeking but with that incessant wagging which can also be a sign of uncertainty, rather than just 'happy'. Getting the dog calm is the first thing and it's unlikely to happen in a kennel environment.. place the dog with experienced folk who will give the dog an iron clad set of rules to live by and it's proper plac
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She does look a bit light: her head looks too big for her body and she seems to be lacking overall bulk. Having said that as she's only 7 months old she might just be going through a skinny stage as she's still growing. Has she always been a skinny? Is she getting enough fat in her diet: dogs get their energy from fat, so if she is very active she might need a lot more fat than she's getting. Protein builds muscle, but if she's getting a lot of protein and bones but not much fat then she'll be drawing on her reserves too much: try adding more animal fat (the fatty bits the butcher trims off b
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May bug, also known as a cockchafer: and considering where you found it that could be a pun/joke! I always wondered where they got that name from: now I know!!
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Jills stay in season until either they are mated or the days get shorter (autumn), so if your'e saying that the jill came out of season just after you got her I would think she'd been mated: also, stringy clear discharge is usual in most mammals just prior to giving birth (several days depending on species) It is the remains of the cervical plug which blocked the entrance to the uterus to protect the developing young during pregnancy.
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If the entire litter were fed together until that age then its quite likely the pup were wolfing down the slop (white bread :sick: !), so as not to miss out then refurgitating in a quiet corner to eat at their leisure, which is what a lot of pack canines do. But WHITE BREAD?! I wouldn't even give my chickens white bread!! Rant over Like has already been said, cut her down to 4 small meals a day (mine are on 3 by that age but sounds like you need to keep her stomach happy until she learns to stop bolting her grub so much.) Get her on to raw food, though I'd be wary of bigger bones
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By the sounds of it she wasn't that long for this world if she'd carried on starving like that: well done with her. Maybe she'd just been dumped after some no brain couldn't be bothered with her as you'd have thought she'd have found enough young rabbits to feed herself if she'd been out for long at this time of year.
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Before you do anything else you need to TRAIN the dog! Almost any dog will learn to hunt/work given the right training, exposure to game: but teach it some basics first or you'll end up with a dog that does its own thing when it wants, not when YOU want. If your mate hasn't had a dog before he'd do well to take it to training classes: that way he'll learn how to train the dog: and it'll be a better worker for it.
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I've got one.........
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Bitches! Love em and hate em! Great when they're not all hormonal, HORRIBLE pre season, (but work like demons) horrible after season: go all fat and blubby LOL. Dogs are the same all the time, and easier to get on with: so why have I only got one dog?