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great looking dogs mate.
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Thanks alot for all the replies, great feedback, just what i was after. Cheers.
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I know alot of you guys only run one dog at a time, but over here in Aus its not uncommon fo for guys to run 3 or 4. i have only ever had one male dog at a time and i was just wondering if anyone has had problems with running 2 males at the same time, whether they are more likely to fight over the kill etc.? i know alot of it would come down to them knowing who top dog is but would this always be getting challenged if the bottom (and smaller) of the two dogs is the better hunter and makes the catch first most of the time? Any sensible feed back would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Ive got goosebumps looking at those coyote pics, hope i get the chance to try that one day. ROCKS do you mainly hunt Coyote? How any dogs do run on them? Do you get foxes where you are?
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I don't know any one that uses pure wolfhounds but alot of guys here in Aus use cross breeds, Some of the fox and roo guys cross breed to try and get a large dog with a strong wolfhound head but lighter more Deerhound or staghound type body and maybe a bit more nose the straight DHXGH. And the pig hunters cross them with just about anything and love them for their drive and skills as a hunter. However i don't think you would find many pure ones that would have what it takes any more as you say the show breeders have squized all of the drive out.
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Hi all, my dads gwpxstaghound is having a phantom pregnancy, she won't come out of her kennel and is treating an old shoe like its a pup. We haven't had a dog do this before and i was wondering what to do. Should i take the shoe of her or not? She has been like this for about three days now. Any helpfull advice would be great. Thanks.
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Thanks alot for all the replies, Just the kind of comments i was hoping to hear.
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Just interested in where people keep there dogs and if they think it has any effects on their attitude and how they hunt. For example alot of guys here keep there dogs kenneled or chained up most of the time and just let them out when their going for a hunt or to exercise.(some guys rarely exercise their dogs). Whereas i keep my dogs in seperate kennels at night and when im not home, and let them out to exercise in a run approx. 50 metres by 10 when i am (3 dogs are in the run together and so they chase and play fight) and will still take them for a couple of mile run when i can. Obviously t
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Is the bloke you know from S.A ? Because I know there was a bloke breeding them over there. The fella i know is just out of Bendigo in Vic and has only got one male Crossbred at the moment. He's trying to mate it with a pure greyhound but the greyhound won't come on heat so i dunno if its going to happen. Are you only interested in the straight cross? Because he did put him over a small StaghoundxGreyhound bitch about 11 months ago which produced some beautifull dogs. What area are you from allgame?
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I don't know about the pure breds, but i know a couple of ibizanxgreyhound's that are excellent fox dogs, although the guy that bred them told my mate that some won't kill a fox by them selves, they don't let it get away they just hold it until another dog gets there. Extremly fast and agile, and very smart runners.
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Hey Staghound did you breed the salukixgreyhound? how was/is it on the foxes? There's hardly any of them over here i've only seen one, it looked like a very fast dog. I just wish i new a bit more about them back then because i would have bought it. Did you sell all the pups? Got any pics???
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Holy grail, How old is he mate? No its not wrong to take him out on his own, most Deerhounds have a amazing hate for foxes from a very young age so they don't usally need much incouraging, but it dosen't hurt to take them out with another dog a couple of times first so they can see exactly what to do. I know your probally eager to get him out there and catching some foxes but before you go showing him to much about chasing and killing things make sure he's completly stock proof, im sure you've done that already with sheep and cattle etc but make sure you do it with horses as well because they
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Hey holy grail, if you don't mind me asking where did you get him from? We hunt with both, you'll probally notice a difference in attitude, the pure Deerhounds are not as highly strung and restless as alot of stags their pretty cruisy, love lounging around and like to do things their way and in their own time, which sometimes can take a bit of getting used to. I've also found that they have a different running style, alot of the stags i've seen work are really quick and run more like a greyhound and run flat out from word go where as the Deerhounds wind up alot more and only run as fast as th
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Hey poacher, this might be a stupid question but is that your white dog in your profile thingy? if so, what was it like?
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A mate of mine has an ex track dog, the previous owner got rid of it because she didn't like its attitude. I don't know what the hell she meant but he says its the best fox dog he's ever owned and it as hard as nails. I was actually thinking of getting one my self so it would be great if you let us know how she goes mate.
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Thanks for the reply's so far guy's. SCOUSE. Im near Bendigo Victoria, why's that mate?
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Hi guy's im in need of some advice about these locator collars. Im in Australia and own a young Patterdale Dog, he's the first patt i've owned and everyone i've spoken to tell's me i'll need a locator collar with a patt because he won't really bark much. I've only been involved with JRT's and Fox Terriers's as they are all that gets used around here and nobody uses locator collars on them because they bark their little behinds off and with most of the earth's being quite shallow here most of the time its no problem digging in the right spot. A few guy's have told me to try and get a hold of
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Nice pup glinley. Is he from working parents?
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I'd already thought about the rat idea but i was worried that it might make her want to have a go at the ferrets. But she'll know the difference won't she ?
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Thanks for all the feed back guys. It is really weird and normaly i'd just admit that the dog dosen't have it in her but she's so tuned in everything else nose, really sharp little eyes and whats really weird is that i took her for a walk the other day through some bush near my place and we came across an injured kangaroo now i don't normally let the dogs chase roo's but she hadn't seen one before so i let her have a look ( It was about 4 foot tall ) she ran straight up to it and jumped up to grab it on the throat she missed the first time but the second she grabed it and pulled it to the grou
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I know at three she should have it down pat but when i recieved her she wasn't in the best health, she's getting alot stronger now she's on a good diet. She has only had a couple of runs so far and that was when she was weaker so im hoping thats got something to do with it. As for running with other dogs, she had one run with one of the deerhounds but it wasn't the best of runs and it just shoved her out of the way, she did grab it when the DH had it in her mouth so she does want it i think she's just a bit unsure. Now you've mentioned that I might give her a run with a mates whippet, a bit mo
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Hi all, I recently purchased a three year old whippet to do a bit of ferreting with. Its a long story why i ended up with it, a three year old and not a pup so i won't bore you with it. Now to my problem, she stands at 18 1/2 inches so she's quite small, she's very good at most things to do with rabbiting, good hunt drive etc, etc. Eccept she won't pick the bloody rabbits up. She'll get the tiny little ones but she dosen't get the big ones, she wants to grab them but hessitates and if its a long course sometimes she 'll just stop after a while and look at you as if to say am i suppose to pick
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Me and a mate talked about this a few days ago, we agreed that a 1/3 off was the best. but it dosen't matter to working ability so its up to yourself i spose.
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Where abouts are you mate? There's two breeders that advertised on boardogs.com, ones in Queensland, near Bundaberg i think, and there's one near Melbourne aswell. But I would speak to Bullcat, he should know.
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How does the bedlington work when going to ground, will they just flush the fox or do they bay and kill it down there? In other words are they a hard dog like the lakeland and patts, I mean the dogs in general not just the lines you use. Because alot of people are saying that their not the most fiece of terriers anymore and the old bedlington is gone because of what the show breeders have done to them. They say they've lost that hard look in their eye.