Countryman's Weekly

[boyo 1,398]

dont know about her foxing dogs because never seen it but beleive me or not when i say her dogs ferretin lamping and pre ban coursing on the big land are a joy to watch,one of the first times i coursed with her she sent her bitch out to a hare which was way out ,and all on hand signals the bitch caught and retreived it ive also seen her coursing dogs catch after mamoth slips all on the big land and theres also a few members on here that have also seen numerous times what i have just posted ,it always amazes me when people keep slagging the countrymans weekly yet still read it just dont make sense to me .myself i dont partically like or enjoy it but guess what i just dont bother buying it.other than the odd ocasion and then ime mostly disapointed with it but ime realistic in knowing with the ban and climate like it is tcw and its writers are not daft enough to start publishing stuff that is going to end in a court case . i noticed a while back they were advertising for people to write in and paying if their articles got published why dont some of the ones moaning about it get writing to try and majke it a better read .

[beast 1,884]

used to get it every week back in the 80s, looked forward to walking round to the corner shop to pick it up. very different now i havent bought a copy for years but i flick through theclassifieds if theres a copy left in the shop

[Magwitch 687]

What I use to hate about it was they gave the answers to the crossword for the thick readers...............................................

[Guest Moscow]

"a good fox Lurcher should grab a fleeing fox by the brush, let go again the moment the fox retaliate and take the throat hold needed to end matters quickly"

 

Thats quite a bizare way for a dog to take a fox, wonder if it works :laugh: :laugh:

 

Skycat you werent being serious when you wrote that surely?

[whippet 99 2,613]

like it or not penny has forgotten more than alot of people know on here , she will help any one out with anything . very knowlegeable on lurcher welfare and health.

but hay ho its thl

[moonlighter 1,163]

I should say, people like baldockbanks courser (or what ever his name is) havnt got the IQ to write an article for a magazine. I mean who starts a topic just to slag someone off. I've seen a few of penny's dogs run and they are pretty handy dogs. And how can you coment on someone else's dogs taking fox, if you havnt seen them do it. Not all dogs steam in like a bull cross.

[Hywel 53]

Earth Dog Running Dog for me, no need to read other mags

[Rabbiting man 1,191]

Think he dont like it cuz a women knows more and does more than he does the sexist nob.

 

 

 

P.S do your home work on the Collie x before you go slagging you off.

[weasle 1,119]

"a good fox Lurcher should grab a fleeing fox by the brush, let go again the moment the fox retaliate and take the throat hold needed to end matters quickly"

 

Thats quite a bizare way for a dog to take a fox, wonder if it works :laugh: :laugh:

 

Skycat you werent being serious when you wrote that surely?

In fairness ive known dogs that dont like getting bittern but like killing foxs,Not everyones cup of tea but........

[skycat 6,173]

I've stayed away from this thread, not wanting to add fuel to a blithering fire, but the quote is incorrect. I never said a dog SHOULD take a fox blah blah. I would never say how a dog should take fox: there's more than one way to skin a cat, as they say. What I did say was this: My best foxing lurchers were those which had extremely fast reactions; this enabled them to grab a fleeing fox by the brush, let go again the moment the fox turned to retaliate, and take the throat hold needed to end matters quickly.

 

They didn't always do this, but if the fox was diving into cover they'd have lost it if they hadn't grabbed the brush, which was the nearest available bit of fox to grab hold of. To quote just a few lines of an article risks misinterpretation even if a quote is correct, which this wasn't.

 

I've also had dogs which wouldn't look at fox, even pretended not to see them if they came across them, or just didn't see them as quarry.

[stonecold 6]

i think most of the negative comments on here slating the young lady of or from people who wouldnt know her if they fell over her in a field,usuall witchhunt,

ive spoke to penny a couple times on the phone years ago and she was helpfull and polite,iam sure she knows her stuff and all this topic is about is bullies picking on a women,simple if you dont like her or her topics dont read them,baldockwanks what have you ever contributed to the lurcher world????

Edited May 28, 2012 by stonecold

[poacher3161 1,766]

Same as i once told Slieghty you must have skin like a rhino to write in any lurcher or terrier mag and i would think this is like water of a ducks back to skycat.

[123456 146]

thats a fair point, some people can say what they like to who they like. same as its fine for plummer and hancock to be slated, mike browns whippets etc. but as soon as someone mentions jd or pt its not allowed

[paulus 26]

thats a fair point, some people can say what they like to who they like. same as its fine for plummer and hancock to be slated, mike browns whippets etc. but as soon as someone mentions jd or pt its not allowed

i think the fact this thread was put back up after being taken down somewhat disproves that

[Country Joe 1,411]

I didn't read the article, as i dont buy it anymore, and i am one of the few who are not interested in catching Reds, im a Rabbit man,

But I do have Skycats book, which in my opinion is worth having,

i have corresponded with her on here, and her advice has been good, and always replies quickly, if she was not on this site, it would be a lot poorer.