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I got banned yesterday for telling the truth. I said that the greyhounds were shot once the too old to breed or not breeding enough and puppies that didn't sell were also shot. There lots of pet / agility owners on there and that fine but too many experts lol Catherine Elliot is a clown. She actually thinks that Hancock lurchers are a breed themselves and didn't like it when I said that they no different to any other collie cross. Now, I like Hancock and had a 3/4 cross that was great so I not just a stirrer but she didn't like the truth.
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Looking to breed my saluki cross next year or the year after. She wolfie x cn bitch. Be 5 next year. What studs are producing at the moment? Don't mind paying good money for right dog as I only be breeding her once so want to breed from best.
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Mine arrived on Sat Morning but I was out and missed Postman! Picking up tomorrow morning, looking forward to it
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I had a plummer bitch from Uist. Legion Jade about 8 or 9 years ago. She was a great little dog but a devil for fighting with anything. Are Plumbers still bad fighters?
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What is it called on Facebook? Would be interesting to take a look
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As long as you are supervising him then yes he can use one
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I have three whippets, all kc reg and they are great litter dogs. My best is Murphy, he is a race bred whippet from wrca evansent and is us really quick. Turns quicker than both my coursing bred whippets and is the best all round whippet I have. He is not quick enough to be a champion but when I did race him he was a great club dog. I thought whippets would be better than lurches on rabbits but to be honest my lurcher catches far more (coursing bred) rabbits when out lamping. The whippets are great fun and I think I will always have at least one in the house but if I had to pick one a
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I have three whippets. One is a race bred from one of the top KC studs at the time and the other two are coursing bred / working bred. My race bred dog is very fast, a very good club level dog but just not quick enough to win at the champs. I took him to the WRCA a few times and he is a yard or so away from competing with the top dogs. Working wise I would always go for a pure race bred now. He is quicker, can turn quicker and has just as much stamina as the working bred dogs. He is 27lbs and my others are 30 and 32lbs. Dont get me wrong the working bred are good on the rabbits and
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In Scotland we have the right to roam. I have been stopped lamping several times and most of the police have been really nice. They just genuinely don't understand the law and to be fair it is very hard to police. We can walk our dogs day or night through the fields and even if they know you have been lamping it is near impossible to proove unless you are caught red handed slipping your dog. It is not up to you to proove innocence it is upto the police to proove that you are breaking the law. Even if you get caught with a hare provided you are 100 % adament that it was an accident
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http://news.stv.tv/east-central/241186-wildlife-officers-crack-down-on-illegal-hare-coursing-in-lothians Not sure if this link will work but apparently the video was shown on STV news last night. As many as four calls every Sunday to the Police! Perhaps they need to focus on real crime!
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Hi, I bought a new shotgun today. picked it up and feels really god. It is a Spanish double trigger side by side. It says choke 17.5 18.5 on one barrel and 18 18.5 on the other. Any one know what that means in full / half etc terms?
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Bonnie looking pup. All the best with it.
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Anyone got a working hob available to line my Jill? I am based in Midlothian but can drop her off anywhere within reason. Happy to pay stud fee. Cheers
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The fact that the farmer killed the dogs in anger shows he is not in a proper state of mind and should in my opinion have his firearms certificate revoke immediately. You can't shoot a dog in anger. Reardless of what the dogs did or did not do they were killed by someone who had no right to do that. He was not protecting livestock, he lost control. What if he catches a couple of lads walking through his fields? What if he gets angry? Complete scum.
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I really hope this goes to court and he is given a substantial fine. I couldn't Imagine how angry I would be if I was the dog owner. I would make sure I got my own back that's for sure. There was a similar issue few months back. A boarding kennels manage to let two collies out and the local farmer shot them both and dumped them in a stream. It was on the Jeramy Vine talk show on radio 2. Aparantly the farmer didn't like the kennels. The law does not give the farmer the right to shoot your dog just for the sake it. He must only shoot as a sat resort and even then he is still open to pr
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If you live in Scotland it is about being smart and using common sense. The right to roam act allows just that, the right to roam. There is no law saying you can't roam at night with a torch. The hunting act is extremely difficulty to get a conviction with. The majority of people prosicuted put their hands up when stopped. The prosecution need to prove beond all reasonable doubt that you intentionally set your dog out to catch a hare. If your dog springs a hare while out walking free you are not intentionally setting the dog on it. The dog can not be prosicuted and there is no way to
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Years ago I was lamping and on way back I was walking along the edge of the field along side the houses. It was about 0230 in the moning and I glanced up at my mates window and saw him banging some burd on his kitchen bunker. I had no option other than to shine 2 million candles through his window. Not sure if she got a fright or if he is just great in the sack but she screamed her head off ha ha
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is lamping hares easier than daytime?
minion replied to craigluckyjihad's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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Good luck with dog , it nice when someone is nice for a change. £750 for a new boiler is really cheap. What Make are they fitting? Just interested as I am heating engineer myself and noisy about stuff like that. Cheets
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Hi, I have a few whippets and to be honest I would wait until you have the dog under full control rather than the age. I was desperate to get me first whippet out and she caught her first bunny about 7 months but she was, and still is a nightmare for hunting up. The others all return as soon as I whistle and turn the lamp off. They were not entered until 10 or 11 months for the odd run then worked proper the following season. It easier not to rush when you have another dog to work. When I got my first whippet she was the only dog I had as my lurcher had been killed in thr field so
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I have only seen a couple of greyhounds work but they have been too fast and overshot the quarry. They make they made the ground up really quickly and were great to watch. Not my choice but if they kept really fit and worked a lot I am sure you would do well. Really depends on what you want the dog to work I suppose.
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Hello, I am looking for a hob to cover my Jill this this year. I live in Midlothian but can travel with her. Happy to pay for use of hob. Pm me if you have a hob and are interested in breaking him. Cheers
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I have a small heating firm. Just me, my dad, an apprentice and on sub contractor we use regularly. I love it a times but can't be doing with the paperwork side.
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Where do you live? There is a whippet racing club near alloa. We start back in four weeks time. There are a few top wrca champions / npwra champions there and a lot of very good working whippets to. My own male is out of wrca evansent who is one of the best in the country. Mine is about a yard or so to slow to compete at the nationals but he very doog worker. He been snipped or you could have used him for free. His brother belongs to a guy in Hawick and he is the faster kc whippet I have ever saw but he to tall to race and too heavy. He is worked on rabbits and other rabb
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Been on here since 2004 so 8 years.
