POOR WEATHER FOR LURCHERS

[Thomsons dogs 37]

JUST CANT GET OUT THE BIT WITH MY DOGS THE GROUND BEEN OK 2RUN THE DOGS HERE 4OR5 TIMES IN THE LAST 2AND A HALF MONTHS ANY 1GOT OR GETTING THE SAME PROBLEM IN THERE AREA

[davidlloyd 16]

im in cathness mate ok up year witch part are you

[farmer 1 0]

wet and windy mate next week , its just turned hard yesterday round me but will be ok in a few days

[whin 463]

its been hardish allll season ive just took my chance kept the doogs sound and picked my chances at nite , twp dpogs fine one a bit crusty round nails with digging in , but salt water and a good scrubbing brush sorts any sores then clean them up not had any injuries

[inan 841]

its been hardish allll season ive just took my chance kept the doogs sound and picked my chances at nite , twp dpogs fine one a bit crusty round nails with digging in , but salt water and a good scrubbing brush sorts any sores then clean them up not had any injuries

Glad your dogs are unharmed,I was talking to Gary Caulfield ,when we were rudely interrupted,[see the thread on the East Of England Show], he said a lad he knew had been out with a decent dog ,it had put a foot down a crack in the ground and broke its leg.I have confined my dogs to a bit of bushing on grazing land that has a covering of grass and other vegetation,hoping for rain ,like everyone else.

[desertdog 149]

took me pup lampn last night were the is rape comin up the groun is soft an dry, but there is no wheat yet and the ground is hard and more like volcanic stone, we have,nt a decent hard rain in weeks.

[skycat 6,173]

Tell me about it! More like months now: went out last night: grass land hard but runnable for sensible dogs, drilling: no way! Watched my dog trying to run on what must have seemed to her like rolling rubble: dog couldn't get a foothold: luckily this is her third season and she didn't put much effort in on that one: called it a night with half a dozen in the bag off grass.

[Thomsons dogs 37]

frost here the smorning so no running again plus it very dry at least the hares will get toughned up by the cold not as many round here now theres a small village by my way must hold atleast 20to30 lurchers were they getting runs with that amount of dogs and i no most of them

[Rain 232]

been hard as nails here mate

 

kept me dog fit and had a break in the weather and it been wettish here last to days so been out

 

had 5 out off eight in 2 days only young bitch first season comin up looks promisin

 

 

atb rain

[Thomsons dogs 37]

im ment to be going out in morning but would liked to have had few good more runs im trying a decent bit of ground but dont no what the ground going to be like to run hope its not hard far journey but well worth it if ground ok i will take my dog bru and let use no how i get on if not to hard

[UNFIT 0]

nothing wrong with hard ground ,its the type of dog thats the problem ,and not working them enough to toughen the pads up .

[Thomsons dogs 37]

nothing wrong with hard ground ,its the type of dog thats the problem ,and not working them enough to toughen the pads up .

not got problems with pads but will have if run on hard ground and stubbed toes and all that comes with it what type dogs you run like to not get the problem most other peoples dogs get with hard ground

[UNFIT 0]

nothing wrong with hard ground ,its the type of dog thats the problem ,and not working them enough to toughen the pads up .

not got problems with pads but will have if run on hard ground and stubbed toes and all that comes with it what type dogs you run like to not get the problem most other peoples dogs get with hard ground

i take them out from pups on all sorts of ground ,its like starting a child with out shoes ,their feet harden up and they get used to it ,just look at the people in places like africa .they can walk and run all day long with out any problem .they even got top long distance marathon runners that compet all over the world with out foot wear .my dogs do get some knocks and bumps on their feet but it dont seem to stop them running ,plus they are worked loose so they learn to work steady ,not run flat out every where. Edited October 17, 2009 by UNFIT

[Thomsons dogs 37]

nothing wrong with hard ground ,its the type of dog thats the problem ,and not working them enough to toughen the pads up .

not got problems with pads but will have if run on hard ground and stubbed toes and all that comes with it what type dogs you run like to not get the problem most other peoples dogs get with hard ground

i take them out from pups on all sorts of ground ,its like starting a child with out shoes ,their feet harden up and they get used to it ,just look at the people in places like africa .they can walk and run all day long with out any problem .they even got top long distance marathon runners that compet all over the world with out foot wear .

ma dogs get ran at the side of my car when like this pal they not going over any muck parks to wreck feet ect

[UNFIT 0]

it works like this ,if you put a old goat on a rough mountain full of rocks and boulders to live after being looked after in a shed all its life it wont get about that well ,but if it was born on the same mountain and knew nothing different it would have learned to cope ,that is the difference with a dog that is out all the time ,never mind what the ground is like ,to one that is keept in a kennel and only taken out when the ground suits .