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    Used to be a popular area for Pearl Fishers . Beautiful pic
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    First fish of the season on the shore with the fly rod . Initially thought it was a sea trout but looking closer at tail and head , think it was maybe a kelt ? First season fish or maiden fish ?
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    Thanks Will let you know how I get on.
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    What's the difference between sea trout and dollaghan ?
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    I will need to come over and have a crack at them . Is it sea trout you call "White trout "
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    Wales still has amazing big sea trout fishing. I think Ireland still does as well , but some of the Irish lads will be able to confirm. Scotlands sea trout have declined massively in recent years with the problems of Salmon farms and sea lice. They are great sport though.
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    We don't see it out in the sticks. But last year we were down in York for the races and was genuinely surprised and shocked by the number of homeless and beggars . Many of them were Scots , all of them looked filthy and were looking genuinely homeless. To see all the wealth and privilege at the races and then see folk genuinely down on their luck begging and sleeping in door ways was pretty sad.
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    Great right up and great to see the youngster out helping .
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    Sorry for daft laddie questions but never heard of feeding bananas at flight ponds. When your feeding bananas onto your flight ponds are you doing anything to them first ? Squashing them or peeling them ? and do you put them on the ground or into the water ?
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    I would totally agree with this , have seen plenty cracking pointers and some stunning working labs. I think even with a good working strain of lab in a lurcher cross you'd still get too many heavy pups . I would also go for a good working strain rather than a trialling lab. This is my young lab who is just over a year old.
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    We had a suspect case just before Christmas in one of the woods I manage up here in Argyll , where a bull dog developed serious breathing issues out on the walk and was in a bad way on back to the car. It died shortly after returning home. Well it was all over Facebook , rumour mill in overdrive that it was Alabamha rot , poisoned due to forest operations or by a sicko etc etc. Now our woods are wet and boggy most of the time so was beginning to wonder but no other dogs were effected. I then found out there were two other dogs present , both unaffected and then heard the bull d
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    This is my new lab pup Tarn
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    Sorry for your loss mate.
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    I can totally understand how valuable a good working dog is to it's owner but can't get my head round someone being into dogs or working dogs for their job , and then being willing to pay that sort of money rather than training their own. Surely every working dog you train you learn more about yourself as a trainer and dogs ??
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    RIP
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    MORSO , Squirrel Brilliant wee stove
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    No problem Spaniels are traditionally steadied and trained with a rabbit pen or in areas with plenty of rabbits to make sure they ignore them completely or are real steady to the stop whistle. So depending what you did with them ferreting or beating they would soon learn the difference. I have never ferreted with my lab but she naturally marks holes and retrieves any young rabbits she finds when we are out. Labs by their nature are generally pretty steady , quiet and patient so could be good ferreting dogs , most are pretty soft mouthed so ideal for holding one in the net. We
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    This is more pics of my lab. She beats and picks up on local driven pheasant shoots and I take her wildfowling
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    The vets have the latest and best Vaccines and if you speak to them even these aren't 100% guaranteed.
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    Hi I think the best advice is from Casso is to have fun with him . Sounds like you've confused him a little and at the same time over done it with the retrieving . Just muck about, and build up the bond and his trust and then when you go back to it go easy and try different dummy's, different locations . I over did it with retrieves whilst training mine and she got bored .
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    Hi mate Go along and see what the ground , terrain and cover are like. See what dogs , the experienced beaters and picker uppers are using and what suits the shoot the best and what suits you. Enjoy your shoot days .
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    This is my 6 year old lab bitch.
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