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  1. Maximus Ferret
    ped whippets are obviously kennel club registered but non peds have been outcrossed to another breed (usually greyhound) to increase speed for racing. Whippet racing is big in parts of the UK so dogs are well tested and good non peds are streets ahead of peds for speed, weight for weight and size for size.
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    Do you mean a tooth?
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    Wear those thin gloves when cleaning it in case it is ringworm because if it is you can get it yourself. If the cattle have it where you've been exercising the dog, they scratch themselves on gates and things and it's easily passed on. Lyme disease in dogs is another that makes circles and is caused by tics and has a bite at the centre. Maybe a good idea to see a good dog vet, just to be on the safe side?
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    Definately not worth losing a good dog over and I know you're joking about the 4x4 but if you did try it your 4x4 would be looking a bit sad after. I've seen the scars on someone who was gored by a red stag and IMO is lucky to be alive.
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    Never mind the fence, what did you gut the rabbit with, an axe?
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    Bravecto is expensive but lasts 3 months so still good value. It's also the only thing I know that kills tics if you run in sheep/deer country. Some spot ons say they kill ticks but they don't.
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    Thought you were making that up 'til I googled it LOL.
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    Have a castrated whippet here and it hasn't affected him a bit. So long as the dog's sexually mature and hunting before being castrated then in my experience it doesn't affect them at all and as said in earlier posts, it doesn't stop them fighting either if they've a taste for it.
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    It's what google's for.
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    That's what I keep telling the wife.
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    Yes and that's why I said what I did. She does have plenty of drive on some quarry but just isn't interested in foxes. I don't take many pictures and that's an old one but I've got a pup on at the moment so I may take the trouble to take the camera out a bit. The pup has a little deerhound in him but the rest is greyhound pit and wheaton so if I ever do want to catch foxes that should take care of it. I'm not really into catching foxes though, unless the farmer wants it done. I like a dog that can fill the freezer.
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    Alan and Heidi Charles in Westmeath breed a litter now and again, though they mainly breed pure deerhounds. Bear in mind that if you get a deer/grey it may not be as "drivey" as other lurchers. I like mine but she won't take fox. Doesn't seem to see them as an enemy. She takes most edible. She isn't as good as my collie/grey on rabbits but she can catch a few. Just to add, her feet are very good for such a big heavy bitch. In the months leading up to the season I give her lots of roadwork with the bike and she runs a fair bit on v. rough rocky ground and forest and only once had a
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    Blitz variable is good in most situations. I keep it turned down until the game moves and dog is away. If a rabbit comes towards you, keep the light in front of it so you won't dazzle the dog. The "wok effect" is only a problem when it's v. windy and it'll blow about a lot.
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    Very nice litter of pups Jigsaw. I was very tempted to ask to buy one of these but ended up buying one from a line I'd been watching for a few years now.
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    Don't cross the border to England then. (joke) lol.
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    As above, Joshuas' lost a lot of weight so who's going to win???
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    I was suggesting a pup with one parent a pure deerhound and the other a fendog. The better lines of fendog are closely linebred so such a pup would be a first cross.
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    Or a deerhound fendog meaning deer/grey by fendog. I'm guessing you might not know what a fendog is so it's a dog bred from generations of dogs that run hare well and is mostly saluki and greyhound with other bits and pieces way back in the breeding. This'll add drive and running sense. ( look at the "Alan Sankey" thread to see what one looks like).
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    You still can if you're poaching and his previous is what put the brass hat on it.
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    Fexs sake, I just skipped a lot of pages because I was bored with this stuff...........................Must've takenup 3/4 of the thread by now. One thing about those dingos, they had a lovely rolling gallop, kind of like a running dog to my eye.
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    So what kind of a bitch do you want to cover?
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    Yes, I'd like to see a side on shot of him taken with the camera level with his shoulder. If you breed him to your deer grey bitch you'll soon have enough choice to breed some v. nice deerhoundy types. The litter you bred from her and the wheaton cross dog looked good to me.?
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    Lurcher Lad, in answer to your original question, I've run dogs for a lot of years now and I've tried most of the foot hardeners and pad tougheners and none of them were the cure I was looking for. You should try every possible cure you come across and find out for yourself but listen to me now 'cos here's the bit that matters. Learn everything you can about treating sore and injured feet because that's the only thing that'll keep your dogs running. This is form a man that runs rough, hard, rocky ground on a regular basis. Nothing will keep your dogs always sound so learn to deal with the inju
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