Kennel bedding

[Black neck 15,872]

2 minutes ago, paulus said:

I once went to the yard of a very well known local greyhound trainer, This place was a shit hole and absolutely infested with rats. As for bedding i always used shredded wax paper on raised beds with a board across the front. All went to shit when the dogs were wet though as it stuck to the dogs and then dropped off all over the kennels as they dried, If you didn't keep on top of it, it would block the drains, I never used heating with fit adult dogs and they never suffered without it, But again mine were always kennelled together, so shared body heat, 

Get ready for the horror stories of kennelling dogs together Lol, I had very little issues only the usual pecking order disputes that usually involved the odd bloody muzzle but then again i was not daft enough to kennel dogs of the same age, size and weight together. I once had 2 big lurcher dogs,  Father and son kennelled together, at the time i had a little smooth coated Patterdale bitch, She use to sleep in there kennel at times, Only thing is she kept them off the bed board and they slept on the floor underneath it. Funny things dogs Lol.  

I prefer 2 dogs of similar size together tbh 

[paulus 26]

29 minutes ago, Black neck said:

I prefer 2 dogs of similar size together tbh 

its the age bit that makes a big difference mate, The pup went in with his sire at around 11months old possibly younger, at around 18months he tried to become the dominate one and soon got put in his place by his sire even though he was actually bigger than his sire by then, fast forward 5 or 6 years and he tried again, this time the old dog submitted, other than that no troubles at all but as i said the little Patterdale bitch made them both back down Lol

[Black neck 15,872]

25 minutes ago, paulus said:

its the age bit that makes a big difference mate, The pup went in with his sire at around 11months old possibly younger, at around 18months he tried to become the dominate one and soon got put in his place by his sire even though he was actually bigger than his sire by then, fast forward 5 or 6 years and he tried again, this time the old dog submitted, other than that no troubles at all but as i said the little Patterdale bitch made them both back down Lol

Lol always the case a bitch make the dogs back down ,put the pat bitch in with a bitch lurcher tho and likely be a mudar, you know the score I found bitches worse than dogs vindictive 

[paulus 26]

1 minute ago, Black neck said:

Lol always the case a bitch make the dogs back down ,put the pat bitch in with a bitch lurcher tho and likely be a mudar, you know the score I found bitches worse than dogs vindictive 

Hence why i mainly tended to keep dogs, The bull whippet bitch i had was in general great with other dogs and all stock but if another bitch even looked at her the wrong way then all hell would break loose. Typical females if you ask me Lol

[Black neck 15,872]

1 minute ago, paulus said:

Hence why i mainly tended to keep dogs, The bull whippet bitch i had was in general great with other dogs and all stock but if another bitch even looked at her the wrong way then all hell would break loose. Typical females if you ask me Lol

Indeed they are treacherous in all creatures but at least the canine uns are loyal

[terryd 8,384]

I tried shredded paper this week went really well 🥲🥲

[gnipper 6,426]

38 minutes ago, terryd said:

I tried shredded paper this week went really well 🥲🥲

I tried shavings with this spaniel pup and the mong was carrying mouth fulls of it outside

[paulus 26]

Shredded paper is not good, waxed paper is better if you can source a supplier these days. 

[terryd 8,384]

9 minutes ago, gnipper said:

I tried shavings with this spaniel pup and the mong was carrying mouth fulls of it outside

My Lurcher does same 

[dodger 2,754]

On 14/10/2023 at 22:38, terryd said:

Got pic dodger ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 18, 2023 by dodger

[whitefeet4190 1,725]

5 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

Yrs ago,I went with a mate to get his pup jabbed...ended up in a garage in a back garden of a  known coursing man..I remember he had them plastic pallet crates side by side,all long the walls of this building..dog in each one..it was their bed and runIve never smelt a smell like it...and I've ratted,dug and played with other folks shit for yrs ....and to top it off...my pals pup that the bloke stood and jabbed Infront of us.. caught parvo and died....kid you not...

no excuses for bad kennel management,people like that shouldn’t own a f****n goldfish let alone have all those poor dogs 

[terryd 8,384]

10 hours ago, dodger said:

 

Nice high sides that’s handy. I have gone back to straw last night get her nice and cosy started to turn chilly now. It gets changed weekly. But bale straw is a pain to get hold of at least close by. Bale paper was 20 quid delivered to door but could got 4 bales for that. Save it for the ferrets 

[Daniel cain 45,084]

10 hours ago, whitefeet4190 said:

no excuses for bad kennel management,people like that shouldn’t own a f****n goldfish let alone have all those poor dogs 

Couldnt agree more...the man in question is a f***ing lying  maggot..but thats a story for another time...

[downsouth 7,212]

16 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

Yrs ago,I went with a mate to get his pup jabbed...ended up in a garage in a back garden of a  known coursing man..I remember he had them plastic pallet crates side by side,all long the walls of this building..dog in each one..it was their bed and runIve never smelt a smell like it...and I've ratted,dug and played with other folks shit for yrs ....and to top it off...my pals pup that the bloke stood and jabbed Infront of us.. caught parvo and died....kid you not...

Nothing shocks me in the working dog world these days.Ive been to some of the so called top dog mens places over the years and seen dogs living in squallor.Unexercised,unsocialised,fed shit and absolutely stinking.I gave up respecting names just on reputations or what I heard from others and wanted untill I met them and witnessed their dogs/yard with my own eyes before I made my mind up about them.

[downsouth 7,212]

I dont know if they're still available anywhere but back when I used to keep my dogs in kennels I bedded them on shredded jays cloths that I bought at a greyhound schooling track.