jinnyfizz 5 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Over the last year, my beautiful black rescue lurcher, Poacher, has introduced me to the wonderful sport of lurcher racing, hurdling and coursing and because of her success and enjoyment I decided to bring on a pup for the future. I watched for many weeks and finally a litter was born which, in my opinion, had the credentials to compete and enjoy a bit of work too as I have my own land which is overrun with rabbits. I booked my pup from RIOHH's litter, the pretty brindle girl, when she was only a couple of weeks old and went to collect her last Friday. Whilst I was there I took a look at the rest of the litter after hearing that the smallest black dog had become withdrawn and wasn't eating properly. The others were taking all the food and, despite the breeder feeding him seperately, he was losing the fight to survive Needless to say, I wasn't about to leave him behind and so I came home with TWO new puppies They have now been with us for four days, have both doubled their weight already and are having a great time!! Tiny Tim (the black dog) is doing really well now and Caitlin is being given a run for her money as can be seen in the pictures below So here they are .......... the new Jinnyfizz Lurcher Competition Team Caitlin Tiny Tim Two's company And my favourite picture so far :wub: .......... I'll post regular updates as they grow so that all those who know the litter can see their progress - thanks for looking!! Quote Link to post
littlefish 586 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Wow!!! Doubled their weight in four days........is that normal? Good luck with them. Quote Link to post
skycat 6,173 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Great to see them doing so well: do watch out not to feed them too much at any one time: 5 or even 6 very small meals a day is best, and little if any carbs (cereals). So no cheap puppy food: they look great but obviously still have a lot of catching up to do. Good luck with them. Quote Link to post
merle24 61 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Nice pups mate,,atb with them. Quote Link to post
pencoed hunter 7 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Lush pups mate good luck with them Quote Link to post
jinnyfizz 5 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Great to see them doing so well: do watch out not to feed them too much at any one time: 5 or even 6 very small meals a day is best, and little if any carbs (cereals). So no cheap puppy food: they look great but obviously still have a lot of catching up to do. Good luck with them. Thanks! I've been feeding them 6 times a day, high protein only (chicken, lamb mince, egg, cheese, ham and smoked sausage (!!) for flavour, some lamb liver, goat's milk with cod liver oil) and they have some small lamb knuckle bones to chew on too if they want. Thought I would introduce carbs slowly, maybe some rice, in a week or so? The amount of weight gain is rather unusual because they had room to gain - especially little Tim as he hadn't been eating much before. Quote Link to post
Rain 232 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 none of the pups looked to of eaten before mate they did look poor as hell they look alot better now thou mate atb Rain Quote Link to post
miss lurcher bitch 319 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 they look really well and happy keep us posted on there progress nice to see them comeing on atb mlb Quote Link to post
sky08 3 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 nice pups mate alb in future with em Quote Link to post
mooshka 22 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Nice one Jinnyfizz... am so glad you took the extra little lad... it will be great to see these pups progress and mature with you.. and hope to see you next year at some coursing and racing events... btw... the mother to the pups is doing fine.. somehow she found her way in the back of my car and a new home in Norfolk... Quote Link to post
littlefish 586 Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 So reading this, the bitch and pups are all away to new homes? That's good news for them. It makes me wonder what the point of breeding them was. I hope they all continue to do well. Quote Link to post
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