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Oh, I love that: always wanted a Celtic war hound: they used to fight alongside the warriors, if we can believe what we read: I've read several novels about Boudicca, or Boadicea, depending on your preference, and it is said that that they prized their hounds above anything else.
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Doesn't she just, and scary considering the rate she's growing.
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I've sometimes toyed with the idea, but after someone told me they'd had a test done for their adult lurcher and it came back as 1/4 Dachshund I decided it wasn't worth it ?
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That's what so interesting: she is supposed to be lurcher to lurcher, which I can't argue with, but as I never saw the sire I'm not sure. The dam was a black and tan, long-backed scrawny looking thing that the bloke said was Collie cross, though she was definitely not a red merle, and he said the sire was Beddy/Grey to Deer/Grey, but only 24 inches. Frankly, I doubt he knew any more than me, and I only have his word that the photo of the sire he showed me was in fact this pup's father at all. It will always be a mystery!
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Been a while since I've posted on here, but I thought I'd put up a few photos of a pup I bought, or should I say rescued. Stunted, half starved, legs like twigs and supposedly 8 weeks old, though she was no longer than my hand when I got her. Now, 3 months later, it has turned into the oddest looking thing. Just curious to see what other members make of her. She must have Collie in her breeding as she is a sort of red merle, though the speckling is only on her head and she has one ticked eye. But she is turning into a right lump, and has gone from weedy to tank in such a short time. She also h
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Obviously parasites exist in nature, but when you look at how wild animals live, as opposed to domestic animals which are cooped up in the same place all the time, seeding the ground with worm eggs etc, it is easy to understand why, when we confine dogs, or any other species, to one place, that they do indeed reinfect themselves regularly. You only have to look at how factory farmed animals have to be dosed with antibiotics, vaccines etc to allow them to survive their unnatural environment. Grazing animals evolved to be nomadic, following the growth of grass with the seasons, leaving the land
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I have to agree with Phil on this one. I do worm pups every month for the first six months of their lives, but after that I only worm once or twice a year. Never see any sign of worms unless they've scoffed a rabbit carcase they've found when out on exercise: guarantee to see tape worms after that, but I only feed meat that has been previously frozen. I know of people who follow a monthly worming programme, usually one of those spot on treatments that are supposed to kill all parasites internal and external, but I can't help thinking that dosing a dog with chemicals all the time can't do it an
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The thing that a lot of people don't realise is that a hare won't hit top speed until the dog is right behind it. It might look as though it's going flat out, but watch it go down a gear or two when the dog reaches it and you see it was only cruising. That's how experienced dogs can be given massive slips and still get to the hare with plenty of energy left to actually run the hare hard and catch it.
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A boarding kennels that lets a load of dogs out loose in a field together when they don't know each other should be banned from taking dogs in. That sort of ignorance will lead to a bad fight and dead dogs.
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I'm so used to lurchers that are very supple and less heavily muscled (Saluki and Collie types) that it's hard for me to see past what seems to me to be an overall stiffness. I did think for a moment that there appeared to be a right shoulder issue, but the video didn't last long enough to see properly. And when a dog paces (moves like a camel: both limbs moving in tandem on each side, as opposed to diagonally) that can make its movement appear very stiff and weird too. If she were my dog I'd get her to a bone man for a check up, and learn how to massage correctly: stiffness in the muscles c
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Looks very heavily muscled for a sapling that's not yet one year old. How much hard galloping does she get a day? Looks quite stiff around the hip area, which is not to say its the hips, but possibly the stifle joint that is affecting the hip movement. But, with a lot of Greyhound in the mix, a lurcher will have a lot more muscle than one with, say, Saluki in it, and they do appear much stiffer. Can you go a video from the side, both trotting and walking? Get someone else to lead her out.
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My vet actually advised waiting 3 months, just to be on the safe side.
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Fascinating. Thanks for the reply.
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I thought that the wolves had reduced coyote numbers. Can't remember exactly why this was said to be a good thing, but must have been the impact coyotes made on another species. Going by the TV programmes I saw at any rate.
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Iodine?????????? No way. Far too strong on such a delicate area. Bit of sudocrem is about as harsh as a swollen vulva can tolerate, though chances are the ferret will lick it off. Keep her in a very clean hutch/run. Clean out every day. Don't use wood shavings, use straw. Wood shavings can seriously irritate.
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Such a shock. Wasn't expecting this when I logged on today. I didn't know her well, but I wish I'd kept in touch better, and she was a truly good, kind person.
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https://www.livescience.com/34093-dogs-laser-beams.html
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What a total dickhead. It has been proved that dogs can shut down, become very depressed if they are incited to chase lazer beams around like that. Imagine what it does to a dog to keep chasing something it can never catch, that doesn't really exist! People these days have no more idea of what they do to their animals than they did hundreds of years ago. Humanity is totally fecked.
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That is incredible: what a chance to get that shot.
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Why the hell would anyone want to breed something that looks like that, though when I come to think of it, why would anyone want to breed monstrosities like dogs with no muzzles and the breathing problems to go with it. Those goats, though, really the stuff of nightmares: can't believe they are real. Ugh!
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That's it in a nutshell; most pet dogs have nothing to do except go for walkies in over-stimulating situations, such as watching other dogs playing about, kids running and screaming, and they belong to idiots who don't understand that just about all dogs were originally bred for a particular purpose. Decades of breeding haven't removed that original instinct so it's no wonder that many mutts cannot cope with the lives they lead. I've yet to encounter a working lurcher with the tendency to take out another dog, or a child, unless it has belonged to a complete lunatic. One such I met had been sh
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Putting a tiny pup alone in a kennel in a strange place is asking for problems. She needs to be with you, not shut away on her own. 90% of the sort of problems you're having would not happen if the pup was able to cuddle up to someone. Dogs are social creatures, so being isolated is so terrifying: she has lost the security of her litter mates. You are a giant in a strange land. Some pups are more needy and worried than others, but to think that kennelling a pup alone will 'toughen it up' is an outmoded and cruel way of doing things. Keeping a puppy with you, letting it fall asleep on your lap
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If in doubt look at their pupils: grass snakes have round pupils, adders have vertical slits for pupils. Can't go wrong with that.
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No dog is hard wired to accept strange dogs: it's a pack thing. I doubt that your pup is being protective of you, more that he's unsure how to deal with meeting strange dogs, so probably stands in front of you (you're the safe place, the known, you've got his back, so to speak) using you as the big strong being to boost his courage. The only way we can get some dogs to feel comfortable around strange dogs is by careful socialisation, which doesn't mean throwing everything and everyone at the pup when it can't get away: too much stimulus at the wrong time in a pup's development can turn it into
