Maximus Ferret
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His feet look quite tough to me. Good big knuckles. It's my opinion that the strength and toughness of ligaments and tendons means far more than the shape of the feet, hence the flatfooted bull crosses and saluki crosses that stay sound. Now for the controversial bit! Ligaments and tendons increase in size while a pup is growing and once the pup is fully grown they (ligaments and tendons) don't grow anymore. Muscles grow in response to work but ligaments, tendons and cartilage don't do, not noticeably anyway. Because of this it's my opinion that a pup intended for work should be allowed
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Don't bring one of those to woodentop country (and I believe that's most of UK these days). You'll come badly unstuck . I've seen it happen. Opinel 12 is good and fits in the knife slot in the cargo pocket of German army flectarn pants. Cheap mora knives are ok too and you can tape a strong elastic neckstrap to the sheath and hang it inside your shirt. Either one is cheap enough to lose without worrying too much about it.?
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I agree that a bite from a rat might make her bite harder but I never understand why people want to encourage a dog to crunch bunnies. Last week my big bitch picked up a couple of rabbits which I made into a pie. When I skinned them there was no sign of a bite, bruise, or even a red mark anywhere on the carcasses and since I was eating them I was well pleased about that. Both were caught while running flat out and both retrieved o around 30 metres. If I start a pup and it holds rabbits gently enough that they can run off if it drops them I'm over the moon about it. I don't care if it lose
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That makes a lot more sense. A deerhound chihuahua mating.... I just can't see how that could happen short of AI. Maybe they placed the ad by phone.
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Is he straight dutch or dutch/mali ? Handy looking dog either way.
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And posssibly won't much like people it knows either,?.
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I like that. Looks a real allrounder.?
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But with a good mouth you should still pick up a few hairs.
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If you could reach around to one as big as mine that's a win win situation for you boy, for sure!
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Do you only get the half or both halves for your 50p?
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Terriers seem particularly bad in this way. I had one bitch that let a kitten suckle her and ended up producing milk and rearing it. Another I had with a false pregnancy went out and brought home a fox cub. She was from a hard fell type strain and after 3 days she changed her mind and killed it. My lurcher bitches often come on heat around about the start of the hunting season so I try to have them in tough hard muscle by late summer and this seems to help avoid falsies. This summer obviously wasn't the easiest to keep the bitches in hard condition but that's just the way it's cutting thi
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Cheers Blacky, I'll look for that.?
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Is it still possible to get yellow padsanol? Greyhound megastore don't seem to have it anymore and any references I can find on the net seem to be around 10 years old. One of mine has a badly cut pad and I'd like to speed/aid healing as much as possible at this time of year.
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Them look like diving socks he's got on. Neoprene like.
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Smashing dog that LL. You'll be all set for the shows now.
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What'd 'e say? Must've been bad 'cos 'e's deleted it now!
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Great bags those, must've been good days out?. Are those Scottish rabbits a lot easier to catch ??
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In that case I once got 200 ferreted.??.
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OK but are you sure you're not thinking of faggots now?
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Rabbits are a pain to carry alright. I'd rather carry a deer than 20 rabbits. Rather eat one too.
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Do they have haslet in Leicester? I thought it was a Lincolnshire thing.
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Apart from the coat they look similar. What made you choose the smooth Davo?
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Maybe, but not today it isn't
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If it was me and I'd gone over the whole leg and foot including the shoulder, and couldn't find any swelling or warm place or sore bit, I'd rest him completely for a few days and only take him out to empty himself on a leash. If that didn't sort it I'd seek professional help. Best of luck with it. Those hard to trace lamenesses can be annoying. (with the hot weather and all check for cracked pads under his feet and if you've been doing roadwork, for thin spots in the skin of his toe pads. These would show as tiny smooth circles near the front of his toe pads)
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When you're ready to step it up I'll lend you me jet ski.?
