Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sha, have you been to one of these meets? Lure coursing. I keep threatening to go along and pitch my three's skills against the competitors. In your area too. http://www.sussexlongdogs.org.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's interesting what you said about them differentiating between prey - my past hounds have doen that, but not Ruby... well, not yet anyroad. I have noticed though that while she will bother the cats int he house, she ignores them in the garden... just for the chickens now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's interesting what you said about them differentiating between prey - my past hounds have doen that, but not Ruby... well, not yet anyroad. I have noticed though that while she will bother the cats int he house, she ignores them in the garden... just for the chickens now Get one of those high powered water guns Claret. The sudden shock of cold water startles, but doesn't harm them, and they associate chickens with an unpleasant, but harmless experience. Keep that muzzle on though. And also introduce a hen in your arms, safely for them to sniff, again with the muzzle on and let them know your displeasure with your voice if they show more than a passing interest. I'm teaching you to suck eggs here .... excuse the pun xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's interestimg that she seems to want to play with them rather than hurting them she play-bows and puts her paw on them just as she does when playing with other dogs. I can see that I am going to have to spend some time on it with this pup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 It's interestimg that she seems to want to play with them rather than hurting them she play-bows and puts her paw on them just as she does when playing with other dogs. I can see that I am going to have to spend some time on it with this pup! How beautiful Well, as you said, she is 'play-bowing' that tells you a lot. Mind you, i've many a time got up in the morning and they rush into my bedroom to greet me, and do play bowing..... right on one of my feet!!!! Claws on bare feet are not pleasant, let me tell you So what it would feel like to a chicken i can only but guess? No harm meant, just clumsy. That Jetty of mine is the worst offender. It's like being kicked by Emma Peel x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 She just doesn't know her own strength/size at the monent and is far too bouncy at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Damien, where do you and Kristin live........fancy a day out?! Sha x Hi Sha, we live on the outskirts of Ipswich. I would love a day out sometime with Kristin (also have two others who are keen hunters). Kristin i would say was the most deadly of my three though. Sighthound is a misnomer. Their sense of smell and hearing are equally acute, but seemingly more so with her. Walking in the woods and her ears are constantly erect, and suddenly she will stop and look up into the trees and stand transfixed staring, as she's seen a sqirrel or bird in the trees that you otherwise would not have noticed. And you dread a squirrel (or rabbit) running in front of your path whilst she's on her lead, because she practically pulls your arm out of it's socket. We have a long drive and the front fence is quite a few feet away, but God forbid anyone who passes, man or beast, because she will hear them, even if she is lazing on the bed in the back bedroom, and rushes out like a rottweiler, absolutely furious that they had the nerve to come near HER property . Rabbits, rats and squirrels are like Janet Leighs to Norman Bates where Kristin is concerned What did you have in mind? Feel free to PM me. My mate Sam(antha) and fellow greyhound owner, also lives in West Sussex (Copthorne). I have rats in the compost heap & I am very impressed with the fact they can differentiate between vermin & other animals! If you're ever in our area, I'm sure they'd find something to chase in our veg patch - that was what I meant! One of DS's old school friends had a retired greyhound, Spot. Gorgeous girl & so friendly - had her mum just where she wanted her, wrapped around her little paw!! DS is at school not too far from Copthorne. Sha, have you been to one of these meets? Lure coursing. I keep threatening to go along and pitch my three's skills against the competitors. In your area too. http://www.sussexlongdogs.org.uk/ No I've never been; to be honest the only GH I've ever had any dealings with is Spot. Labs are my love, although I've never been tempted to train them to the gun - they used to disappear between my knees every time they heard a gun in the distance!! We shoot, but only targets (and rats!!), so never really been an issue. Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 They'd clear that compost heap in a heart beat. I had rats in mine (pre-greys). I'm amazed what they can chew through! (ie rats). Out of the four i've owned i'd say Kristin is the most fearless, yet she had the worst life of them all. She hates gun shot or thunder though. Will hide under the bed. It amazes me when she does this, how noisy must a racing track be? However, as said, we don't know what the girl went through before she was rehomed here. She'd clear your compost heap though. No problem x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 However, seeing that your near my mate Sam, i'd give her a call. She races greyhounds BUT rehome all hers, in her own home However, apart from her four lazy greyhounds in the house she also has two Jack Russell terriers. Another breed that would clear that compost heap Her little Rosie (Jack Russell) is a babe I love her x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Mmmm, Jacks (more specifically Jack X's) are not my favourite breed at the mo. My neighbour's mum brought hers to their house to visit on Monday & she killed one of my Batties (see Sad Evening...Tulip in Chickens) A friend has a Scottie, another good ratting breed I understand. May just have to borrow Lottie & see how she takes to being lobbed in the compost heap! She can have as much playtime with my Labs as she likes if she did some work first! She adores Daisy & gets overly excited as soon as she see/hears any of us as she things Daisy could be with us! BTW, DS is at boarding school an hour from home, so Sam's not that close to us. Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 They'd clear that compost heap in a heart beat. I had rats in mine (pre-greys). I'm amazed what they can chew through! (ie rats). Out of the four i've owned i'd say Kristin is the most fearless, yet she had the worst life of them all. She hates gun shot or thunder though. Will hide under the bed. It amazes me when she does this, how noisy must a racing track be? However, as said, we don't know what the girl went through before she was rehomed here. She'd clear your compost heap though. No problem x Maybe that bangs/loud noises take her back to the track where maybe she was badly treated, not the sound itself which is the problem, but the associated cruelty...supposition could get me into trouble! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Wildmum, i'm so sorry, i hadn't seen the other thread. You can have the services of Kristin. You'll love her, and she'll do you proud. As said, i am very sorry xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 You're probably right Wild-mum, but i don't know, either? When we first got Miss Kristin she was this nervous little girl with the most blank, souless looking eyes. In fact she looked boss-eyed. She was so un-happy. Apparently she had been in a home previous, but the trollope who owned her apparently got a new boyfriend and he didn't like the dogs, so she sent Kristin and her sister back! Personally i would have got rid of the boyfriend. However, i'm glad she did, and i hope she's having a horrible relationship, because we wouldn't have had the pleasure of Kristin. She's totally at ease now, and a dear little girl, and keeps us amused on a daily basis with her antics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 And don't worry about 'supposition' It goes on. The majority of greyhound owners/racers are decent people, but there are those who beat their dogs when they don't win, or cut their ears off (they have a tattoo in their ear to identify them), stab or shoot them, or send them off to Spain, as race weary as they are, to be raced to death even further. Or they hang them on piano wire to get rid of them. As said, don't worry about suposition. It's fact x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I can't understand the mentality of people who deliberately set out to hurt an animal (or bird or human for that matter!) Yes I get cross with my 3 louts at times, usually through fear rather than anger if that makes sense, but I've never beaten/shot/stabbed etc one. My Jess (black, eldest) is a rescue girl. One day just after we got her, I was reaching over her head to get the hand towel to dry my hands...she hit the deck & cowered; the same reaction when I passed a broom over her (she was sitting in the doorway, muppet!), both times my heart bled for her, she looked terrified. I reckon she was beaten with a stick at some point in her early life, or at least threatened. She's also been known to turn her lip if we are having a "battle of wills". I have to come out on top obviously, but it worries me that she had learnt that before we got her - neither of the other two who we've had from tiny pups have ever done that, so I don't think it's me....! I used to work for Labrador Rescue South East (now LRRSE) & have seen some really awful cases of cruelty...it never failed to upset me. Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 But then, it's people like you who make this world a better place to live in. We can only do our little bit, but it is the little bits that count in the bigger scheme of things. And worthy creatures benefit as a result. Well done you. Very few people in life impress me, but people like you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbug Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Did you know it is World Rat Day on the 4th April. www.worldratday.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 What a horrible thought - unless it's World Catch a Rat Day!! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 My sentiments entirely. I shall be kicking my three out at the crack of dawn if that is the case, with the understanding it is national/global whatever 'Rat day" Kill as many as they can get their jaws on. Filthy creatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
