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Yep Cp, I'd agree with that, once had the 'pleasure' of a German import on my arm.... he really was a different animal! I just always try to make the point on here, that most 'weirdo' crosses, bred by your average Joe, using the nearest available animal, because he hear'd it could, just wouldn't make the grade as a working lurcher. Try a 'new' cross the right way by all means, source and breed from the 'right' animals, test them in the fire and be brutally honest about the results. That said, if the right person did do this and put his heart into it, would that be the same for the othe
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Your last sentence is dead right Wilf I also agree with Bird etc. The Doberman, if bred right, can be a pretty handy dog as a guard breed, but unfortunatley spurred on by Zeus and Appollo and a crappy film called The Doberman Gang they hit a boom in the early 's and ten ton of shite was bred!!! Dobies look athletic enough but in their movement they are as stiff as boards, never seen one out excercising that would give me any reason to think it would suit a lurcher x. None had a decent gait, none could turn and there is no agility in free movement what so ever.... And as Bird said,
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Could be good Chrissi but we'll avoid any kariokee nights like the plague!!!
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Glad you said the Wiggin Tree, wouldn't be cought dead in the Fleetwood!!!
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Red Lumps on Dogs Neck
Bosun11 replied to Little Butch's topic in Working Dog Health & Training Talk
Bull terriers can have skin problems of all sorts (acral lick disease is one) but I recon that problem is caused from one of the two things mentioned or both, first started by the fence then aggrivated by the pup. Though whatever the cause, on a bull terrier it always appears bad. Electric fencing can cause some nasty marks, many moons ago (very pre-ban) I pulled over to lamp a fox from the road side, on a field I knew well, called it in and sent my old bitch over a big flat topped hedge with a bigger drop on the other side, she did this with a running jump off the road and as she was a fa -
The Yearling, cried my fecking eyes out as a kid an never watched it since!
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Some good 'ol pics Wood, thanks for sharing them
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Love Duck Soup B&T but although It's a Wonderful Life does have that 'cheese factor' ending, for most part the film is quite dark, 'ol Jimmy Stewart certainly goes through the mill in that one, that and The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance, another fav.
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Just a question for any who have run dogs around there..... Anyone tried over or around 'the bank' (sea defence) at Banks? I've run fields from Tarlton through to Southport over the years but never tried nearer that stretch, ran Southports north marsh coastline (very dodgy, especially for the dog!) but stopped at the cattle fields, though they looked good, as they were a little exposed (to open to the coast road). I did hear that similar ground is around the bank but never been to look? Cheers
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It's a Wonderful life....
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Had a 'similar' thing happen to me after getting dropped off to ferret aged about 13. When caught with ferrets in, the keeper asked me to hand him a rabbit that was lying on the ground and thinking he was going to take it and bollock me, I did. Fool that I was, he battered me with it and boy did that hurt! To add insult to injury as i'm laying on the ground, my best Jill came wandering out, job done, to suddenly go 'boom' and explode, as the young underkeeper gave it both barrels Oh, just for the record, I payed 'em both back over the years... and then some!!
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Looks like you've got your wucking murds fuddled again Mackem
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WHOS YOUR FAVOURITE FOR THE LAMPING COMP?
Bosun11 replied to thurso jack's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
My vote was for Tomo, seen a fair 'ol bit of his dog on here and he does enough with it. Gotta say Markbricks dogs always look sharp too. Though to be honest, its hard to say, how many of us know the capability of all contenders, none i'll bet.... but they'll all have that knowlege at the end. My heart would vote for Scouser (wonder why ) and then W.H., impresses me with every post, christ that lads keen! Another thats worth a punt, Charpolski, met the guy and his dog in the summer, nice bloke, tidy dog, recon he wouldn't be in it, if it wasn't to win it. I salute all that ent -
Five ton Wilf.... Buy yourself a second hand scooby and drive closer!!
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Tidy lookin bunch Whin, good to see any old pics on here. That black and white collie cross reminds me of Eddie Jones Celt.
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Good going for a quick hour out Tomo, always nice when you drop on a few just by chance on a unplanned night. Well done.
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That would possibly be an Ormskirk (some call 'em Lancashire) Heeler. Black and tan and short on leg. Seen plenty of these fiery little tykes work rats around local farms over the years.
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Very happy with Dovre Extremes, been in some horrible shit with them and they are very comfortable, stable and easy to clean. Best price I've seen is is at the link top right of the page at N.E.F. Meindl also seem to have a decent returns policy too if anything should go wrong. Worth looking at Lowas too, can't really comment too much on them, only just bought a correct sized pair for work but will be reporting back, would have bought more Meindls, but they don't seem to do a black boot similar to the Lowa, or at least one that is easily available. BY THE WAY SS YOU LOOKED LIKE
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Is that the Burmas Rio?.........that look better than the Dovres for that. Think mine might be the Burmas Wilf.....? Can't remember which type they are now, i've had 'em so long (5 years +). As I said before, there are the 4 season boot, which can take crampons (not that anyone should need 'em!). If I was to fault 'em, they can be a bit heavy and rigid 'when one has to be on one's toes.....sharpish'!!! And a bit of a bugger to drive in. In comparison to the Dovres, they are much heavier in the uppers and rigid in the sole, seen a spade or two over them years and almost daily
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Wow, this post gets better and better I agree with you Hippychick, it's stuff like this that has come from this forum that makes me so glad to be on it. To all...
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Again L&L I see your point but what is a shame in the world of working dogs is 'serious showing' which is almost always to the detriment of working ability. Thousands of years in breeding the best to the best in working sighthounds has left us with some seriously wonderful, beautiful and phisically sound animals, using these in production of working lurchers should always throw sound stock. And again, we wouldn't have the sound working instinct (underground) in the working terrier if it wern't for hundreds of years of only solid graft behind them. Both these types were forged in the fiel
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I understand that logic L&L and would agree with you but for some it's more about getting the job done and I don't need a film star for that
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Well done WH, Now thats what I call keen, 6 hours on a train, fair play to you, a youngster that would put most to shame Best of luck
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I voted yes and yes. A good looker is always a sight to behold but Form Should Follow Function, seen some ugly miss-shapen critters that really were the nuts and that's what would count in my book. As for showing, yes, if taken light-hearted and in the right spirit (just for fun) and most of all a great way to meet up with like minded people.