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Have you contacted hedge socks?.....
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Best way is to get any prescription only medicine (POM) if cost is an issue to you or you dont need it in a hurry is to ask your vet for a prescription and then shop around online or at pharmacy's for the best price. You DONT have to buy your medicines from the prescribing vet themselves, some vets will not like this as sales will not be to them BUT they have to do it. The prescription can be used at pharmacy's and in the case of certain POM's to licensed merchant outlets depending on the POM. Good Luck Sirius
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I have always tried to walkout hunting with trusted mates, its always best IMO.
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I have never fed a complete to a dog, so can comment on that. I would suspect that adding boiling water is not the ideal thing to do, if it was I am sure the manufacturers would recommend it. Boiling food does have some effect on vitamin loss but its not a catastrophic amount as you may think. Cooking can reduce certain vitamin content more than others because some vitamins are sensitive to heat, water and air. Water-soluble vitamins are most vulnerable to heat, particularly vitamin C and the B vitamins However I have from time to time used a hard wholemeal baked biscuit such as laughing d
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Its about average here, in fact a little bit better than normal. I have only had pregnant does and no younguns yet and I am pretty far south. Previous years its been worse.....
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One with not too much whippet would be where I would go.
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If I was to buy a new one it would be one of these http://www.bulldogtools.co.uk/products/gardening/spades/premier/rabbiting-spade-551410/ Bulldog gear is bloody good, strong and lasts well, I have used the grafts and round mouths also and they are good quality. I would shop around for a better price however.
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Im sure joe she everything you say she is, a smashing looking bitch she is, and the big advantage with the lurcher over the terrier they will catch rabbit in the open ground. my terriers are no more than 13 inches to the shoulder making them more nippy around the warren on tight hedges . This is in my opinion the advantage the terrier has over the lurcher, more versatile mopping up on each side of tight hedges. I expect they are pretty quick on a warren in a tight hedge, but what do the rabbits look like after they dog have 'Mopped' them up? depends on the strain of terrier some more soft
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Im sure joe she everything you say she is, a smashing looking bitch she is, and the big advantage with the lurcher over the terrier they will catch rabbit in the open ground. my terriers are no more than 13 inches to the shoulder making them more nippy around the warren on tight hedges . This is in my opinion the advantage the terrier has over the lurcher, more versatile mopping up on each side of tight hedges. I expect they are pretty quick on a warren in a tight hedge, but what do the rabbits look like after they dog have 'Mopped' them up?
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You cant beat a proper spade or grafter. I have one with a carbon shaft and a smaller head its, light, strong and lasted me the last 10 years or so..... Here it is This grafter is OK, but I suspect will snap soon
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Thats a bummer. Have you seen those waterproof and shock resistant little cameras you can get now, might be a good investment Seriously they do look good for lads like ourselves out in the elements alot.
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coprophagia or poo eating is a big subject to cover and I have found and heard of good results using lots of methods. Diet change is useful and i have heard of good results using the rock sulpher and also a mineral / vitamin supplement along with diet change. It really does depend on the case. It's often as much of a behavioural problem as it is physical/dietary one. I have dealt with a fair few cases when I was doing behavioural work with dogs. One of the main issues is that if its left too long it becomes habitual and then it's harder to break. Research online there is lots of informatio
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coprophagia or poo eating is a big subject to cover and I have found and heard of good results using lots of methods. Diet change is useful and i have heard of good results using the rock sulpher and also a mineral / vitamin supplement along with diet change. It really does depend on the case. It's often as much of a behavioural problem as it is physical/dietary one. I have dealt with a fair few cases when I was doing behavioural work with dogs. One of the main issues is that if its left too long it becomes habitual and then it's harder to break. Good luck Sirius
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We pick the easy ones lol some of the feckers down here are proper gurt big things. I Know what you mean mate Get in there MIck http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/#EMO_DIR#/laugh.png Lol time spent on reconnaissance is never wasted :-) It's those big Devon ones with a stone faced bank that can be hard work especially on a dig.
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Depending on the hole lol put the ring in the hole (sounds dodgy) most important is to have plenty of net above the hole so it falls on the rabbit as it bolts in to it.
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Any way that will catch a rabbit, depends on what terrain your working.
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I guess that's where practical experience comes into it, I don't just read and google links. Its not a great thing to give to a dog which is suffering from hot scratchy skin. Just a little tip that's all. Thanks for the links, but I know what Atopic Dermatitis is only to well. Regards Sirius
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A few bits of good advice on this thread. From experience Its best to look at 2 areas and do some adjustment in each. 1) Diet. A plain diet no colourings, additives, or high cereal contents especially maize. I have found that dogs respond very well when fed Plain white meats, rice and pulverised green leaf vegetables, This sort of diet is the same as you will find used as a starting point by most vets who specialise in skin conditions. Occasionally you do get dogs which have reactions to the above diet, but in most cases its a good starting point. 2) Environment. Makes sure the dogs in
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:laugh: Gimme a chance Just a few orrible modern dayglo things as you cant lose em if ye tried
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We pick the easy ones lol some of the feckers down here are proper gurt big things.
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great looking weather......not so great looking jacket Looks like he fell off a trawler He needed them oil skins to help us blend in went to pub after, twas on the quay side. Best pint I have had in ages Sharps Doom Bar, and they had hot scotch eggs and chilli dip as a bar snack....... Made my fecking day
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Had a productive trip out today with a good mate who needed a hand on few hedges....So I was across the county line at first light. Nice easy going morning of hedgerow ferreting was had with no digs and easy bolting, we had 7 ferrets working and just the one dog, we missed a couple and ended on 21 or 23 cant remember for 1pm I havent done huge amounts of hedge ferreting this year and forgot how much I like it. Yes its a twat getting you nets and your hands full of thorns, but I just love catching rabbits in a well places stop net or purse net set on a run... Few snaps of the morning Go
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Well that's the way I see it... If the best terriers are laid back terriers, feck it, go and get a decent working cocker or even a HPR and train it. It will work cover as hard, mark as well and the fecker hopefully wont drop to ground on bad places and you have less chance of having crunched liquidised rabbits if trained correctly. But I guess if your happy with a terrier they are always great company, when not pissing on something, fighting it or trying to kill it. :laugh:
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Personally I cant see the benefit of a terrier for the rabbiting game. The terrier attitude to ploughing into everything and using their mouth, just is not what I would want in a ferreting dog, so it would not be my first choice, even with the training of the 'leave' command they may respect rabbits in the nets but they cant really catch bolters as well as a lurcher so basically its a marking dog? Now if I just wanted a dog to mark warrens and maybe work some cover I would opt for a little gun dog, as the you don't get the tenacity of the terrier or the risk of the fecker dropping to groun
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Great little film
