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    You might have more luck looking for "Jill" kits rather than "Gills" as these are what fish have.
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    Thanks for all the advice. Will post some pictures once I get one.
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    As the thread says "What's the most popular time of year for breeders to have their pups?" I'm interested because I currently live in Canada and am returning to Blighty in May, when I plan to buy a Collie/Grey from Hancock. I've been checking his web site but he does not have much on there at the moment compared to earlier in the year.
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    I was a keeper in south glos near wotton-under-edge. The estate merged with Badminton and i moved on. Check out http://www.badmintonestate.co.uk/Shoot.html The next estate over was Ozleworth Park Estate. Good luck
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    Dry dog food biscuits float and the cray fish will swim up to get them. All you need then is a net to scoop them out. Happy hunting
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    Thanks for your advice Terrierman Sam and I totally agree with what you said about the bonding issue. Maybe if we work my dad's dog and a new dog together then the competition might encourage my dads dog? Skycat is the author Penny Taylor right? I've read lots of her articles in CMW and i've heard lots of good things about her. Can you recommend any training books?
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    I find all of the working lines a bit bewildering. Can you reccomend any to keep an eye out for?
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    I did think about a pure whippet but i'm worried about them being hard to train and my lack of experience with them.
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    I'm looking to get my first lurcher. My dad has a Beddy x Whippet who is now three. He is a tough dog, in regards to both training and prey drive. My dad has put so much work into him and he still is not exactly perfect. He only does things through sheer repetition during training and he has never shown any desire to please us. He loves hunting but it's all about him. I guess this is the Beddy in him. He has had a fair bit of lamping experience now and still he does not perform well on rabbits catching maybe 1 in 15 runs. He gets knackered after 10 runs in a night and just does not seem to
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    Thanks all! Will experiment with all of your sugestions
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    I bought one of those magnetic slips and it's terrible. It randomly releases my dog at the most inappropriate times. Any advice on a decent replacement would be great. Cheers Aj
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    Last winter I ferreted a load of rabbits with a gamekeeper friend of mine in Dorset. On returning to Bath, I enquired at my local butcher (I won't name names), as to whether he would be interested in the rabbits. He replied that yes he would be interested, as long as they had not been ferreted. His reason for this very odd remark was that he believed a ferreted rabbit was terrified upon dying and therefore would be tough once cooked. Now I personally have been eating rabbit for 20 years and my father for 50 years and we both agree this to be nonsense. Let's take beef for example. We have all
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    "Wip" 1st cross beddy whippet at 21"
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    Hi All, Anybody with any kits for sale who are not far from Bath? I'd ideally like a couple of small jills. Cheers Aj
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    Here's my 1st cross Beddy/Whippet. He is 18 months and taking rabbit night and day. Everytime we go out he seems to pick something new up and is keen as mustard on all types of game. His faults are that he is very possesive of his prey and that he tires quickly. I am currently working on both of these faults and am making progress slowly. This winter is going to be the making of him I think.
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    Could not get the link to work Mega Hunter?
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    Looking for a decent Plummer Terrier breeder in the South West. Can anybody help me out?
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    My 1st cross beddy whippet is 18 months and started taking rabbits at a year. He has a lot to learn still but I think this winter will be the making of him. My advice is to you is to be patient with them, don't be in too much of a rush to get him on any sort of larger game. Good luck!
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    Thanks everyone. Found a guy with lots of permisson locally. Went out last week on the fresh stubble for foxes but could not get anything to stay in the lamp.
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    Hi Guys, I have lost the magazine for my 1967 browning .22 t-bolt. Unfortunatley, I do not know the model but I do know that it was made in Belgium (pre 05), there is what I beleive to be a serial No. 29510 X7. I would appricate it if anybody knows where I can get one. Cheers AJ
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    Hi All, My name is Aj from Bath. I have grown up rough shooting and ferreting with my father. I studied game and wildlife management at Sparsholt college and then became an under-keeper for a small pheasant shoot next to Badminton in Gloucestershire. I have worked in South Africa, Mauritius, and most recently Madagascar as a conservation biologist. I now do a little bit of stalking and fox control with my friend on an estate down in Dorset. I have a 18 month old bedlington whippet (my first running dog), who has just started taking rabbits. I'd really like to go out with him on the lamp
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