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surely someone knows!! Sam

Does anyone knwo how to pronounce "thurles"? is it thur-less ot thur-ruls? Sam

I was wondering, as i'm new to lure coursing... How is competition set up? Is it like proper coursing with "24 dog stakes" etc, with two-dog heats culimating in semis and a final or what? I saw a couple of pics with dogs wearing the red and white colars which made me wonder how similar they...

i am sorry i wasnt serious, sorry if it caused offence.

So, bar for rats and rabbits, a dogs jaws cannot kill anything?

well by human standards yes, but its equivalent to what we do with dogs

Sorry to be really boring as I'm sure this has been discussed no end on here but.. What am i allowed to do with a pair of longdogs out on our walk when a hare pops up :p ? seriously, can they go after it or what? or can only one chase a hare?

lol! i think you'll need to take them off though now and then so she can clean herself, else she might get infected or something.

Is it only me who sees the similarities between insurance companies and bookmakers? :p I prefer to just keep a few grand aside for hefty vets fees.

I know yes you are not wrong - in fact ur quite right. It's just a bit of heart ruling head on my part that's all - but i'm not going to breed from him. I do feel that variation needs to be kept in a population - breeding all the best ones will get good examples of the breed but we need to be...

lol no I think u did fine! :p Well i would never stand im as a fine example anyway. The only reason i'd breed from a dog (i.e. as opposed to a bitch) would be to keep his line going as i love him so much and think he is amazin!! it is a pity with my lad as he has such a great working instinct...

Best Mate was under developed and small as a foal/yearling but he went on to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups!! (though they did cut him :p )

No i don't really plan to. Hypothetically, i dont see that his early life and smallness is a reason not to breed from him; why do you think it might be? you mean in case he was genetically predisposed to runtness or something?

Yeh... but there are plenty of pedigree dogs without homes too, and plenty of well loved non-pedigree dogs too. I mean not many spingers are proper pedigree, KC reg. ones r they but they are still well-loved. I think responisble breeding and home-finding for the pups is the key point, along...

lol that last bit wont be popular with lurcher owners!! aside of mutation though i think the whole keeping the breed as it is and should be is a bit funny - i mean if norfolk spanile owners had done that there would be no cockers today.. i think they'res nothing wrong with breeds evolving.

I suppose it depends on why you are breeding; if you are breeding to get sum very fast dogs then you're not going to worry so much about testicles; if you are breeding a show dog or a generall healthy and correct dog then you will!! The thing i was thinking was that one-testicled dogs would not...

and i dont want to seem ungrateful, what u've said about the gentic element of undescended testicles has helped me a lot - i was never sure before but it's a lot clearer now thanks to your vet memebers (thanks vet members!)

I think sum ppl are too wary of really getting into the meat of ideas that may be against the grain

oh rite yeh i see, kool. So long as a vet isnt too far away it's ok ent it :)

well just any where u r allowed free speech really and r allowed to discuss things