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    Yeah what would be your favorite type of dog and what would you want to hunt? The bull types look too heavy for me for what I want, I am after rabbit and hare and Lord knows jackrabbit...the ratty longdogs do it for me also cause they are nice to live with. In the UK a lot of people use lurchers with dogs like collie or terriers crossed in for brains and more power/toughnes for biting quarry or more efficiency but you might sacrifice speed and easy goingness... L
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    I live about 3 miles from the nearest supermarket that is open after 6 and I often take the dogs to my bees that are 5 miles away...always next to the bike. So normal routine is around 6-10 miles per day next to the bike in combo with "fun runs", quick mooches or some good old mouse digging. L
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    Getting smacked by falling doesn't help concentrating I think. With 12 months she might also be a bit playfull still. I wouldn't worry...my dog didn't look down the beam at first as he wasn't used to lamping but after a couple of times the quarter fell. If your dog has prey drive and only a bit of brains it will be ok after a couple of sessions. L.
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    Hey Cody, Where in the US are you? Don't know any kennels for specific hunting greyhounds but if you contact NOFCA or so they might know someone who has a litter...but I think if you get a track bred greyhound pup of a healthy strain and raise it well it will do the business too...the prey drive will be there and when you educate it for the field it will be good for catching game like pigs. If you want to do jackrabbit hunting too I would look for more specialised dogs...they are out there and you have to ask around... best wishes, L
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    Ehhhh... The information in the book is on fysiology, pathology and feeding/training/racing of greyhounds with a lot of data and veterinary information. It is not one of the whimsical booklets on how to care for your ex-racer... L.
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    L.S., In the past weekend I was with my dogs somewhere in the middle of the country and I caught my first diseased rabbits. I already found the place a bit weird as I spotted 2 rabbit carcasses within 15 min of walking. Rabbits had swollen eyes and were bleeding out of their asses...don't know if it is mixy or VHS virus... But I saw the fleas in the white fur of at least one rabbit and I know fleas are a vector for mixy virus so I will wash my dogs with flea shampoo tonight and stay away from my normal ground for a couple of days... I hope that will be enough. Anyone out there
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    ...Podenco...means "rabbit hound" or just hound I think...also called "ibizan hound" in the UK...is a ancient kind of hound that has the shape of a greyhound with big prick ears...related to the cirneco and the pharao hound...the type is found is Spain, on the mediterranean islands and the Canaries...rabbit dog mainly.... L
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    May the good Lord bring prosperity to you both. You are both men of sharp vision and well written words. I at least thought the rabbit was dead. It didn't breath or move when I took it from the dog and it didn't do so when I cut it to get the skin off. I found the closed eyes a bit weird too...but apart from being closed the eyes were normal, no mucous or anything...they were a bit deep in the head though. I put it in the plastic bag immediately as I had to be on the move, no field cleaning or stretching. L
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    In Spain people cross them with greyhounds for coursing and racing to get best of speed and stamina. A good galgo is slower than a racing grey but keeps going longer. A pure galgo is more bony, flatter muscled, longer feet, a longer tail, snakier head and hip bone as high or higher than shoulder bone...bear some resemblance to the saluki of North Africa. A well bred one has stamina similar to a good saluki. The good ones rank among salukis for jack rabbits in the US. I don't think there are well bred ones in the UK...prolly there are only rescue dogs, who have traumas or handicappe
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    L.S., The new edition of Care of the Racing and Retired Greyhound by Blyte, Gannon, Craig and Fegan costs a couple of bucks especially as hard cover...but it is a good buy when you have running dogs at home. The book can more or less be divided into 3 parts: First part gives detailed and adequate information on greyhound anatomy fysiology...nice drawings. Second part handles about ailments and injuries and their therapy/control. Really in depth. From all about toes to muscles to mental disorders. Third part handles about medication, farmacokinetics and nutrition for perform
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    For those in the UK who have not seen it: http://www.countryside-alliance.org.uk/hun...-act-challenge/ If something can be done about it...I REALLY REALLY hope that it will not be only fox hunting but also running dog work... I can see it happening that fox hunting will be restored cause of its use in pest control, landscape management and economic benefits while leaving running dog work illegal... L
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    Ask yourself why does it yelp...maybe it needs something. Or is just excited for action...or maybe you must break the schedule...get up at 6 and do what you do, and than at 9 and repeat... How does it live? What is the dog like? L.
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    For those hard dog men out there that are worried...the rabbit in the picture is dead...really. The rabbit was really fat, I have never seen so much fat under the skin. Where it comes from most rabbits are fat, they have ideal pasture and shelter, they are never hunted and seldom poached. As for the wildness...the rabbit comes from a population that also has other colours, a recreational area that has wild rabbits but people also release unwanted pets there...the pet ones don't live very long it seems but they do breed. The place borders the dunes where there is a hugh population of p
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    The more or less pure galgo is somehwere between sloughi and greyhound on the branch. Real hare dogs, fast and stamina, in the US they are up with the salukis/composites in the Desert Hare Classic and such events, check the Dutch Zarandillo kennel . check their club: http://www.galgoes.com/ You see them as rescues here because life is harsh in Spain but the well bred ones are expensive. Like good saluki really catlike, calm and aloof animals. It was a twilight mooch Eggy...it was sweet, long bikeride down there...and then loose in the twilight and watch...it does not run but stands st
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    haha...pics are pics...the Lord will seek out his...
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    Don' think so, eyes were clear when fresh, no mucous or anythng funky.
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    From field to fridge in 2 hours
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    no dog shook it right away...but still warm yeah
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    L.
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    Eh yeah, when properly entered the ibizans will kill...but they would not be my choice for fox or pig or something similar. Real rabbit hound, though people used them to flush or rather attract buffalo... Check my post on vids of working ibizans... L
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    If I would sell my quiet, fast, well socialized, jumping 18 months old saluki-grey you would have to come up wit a good load of money and convince me that you will do it justice...and that you would visit me in prison or something... L
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    If you must...but is not very good for running...risk that dog runs onto the stones and tarmac and will damage the nails or skin its toes... L.
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    Yeah they don't have big bags like one would with a lamp and whippet, but these dogs have more nose, take the terrain/heath better than a real running dog.
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