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  1. best mud tyre for on road

    in Motoring Section

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    ok - i,m think on some farm / fields etc tracks etc AT's work great but on others a bit more grip is needed . i have BFG on front and Courser AT's on back both v.good , in fact the mastercraft courses are brill , it just depends how much sticky mud stays in the tread on wheel rotation .

     

    Are there any mud tyres that actually perform grip wise pretty good on the road <_<

  2. kennels

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    pegleg - nice set up mate , your dogs look rock steady around those hens <_<

     

    re- the metal kennel panels - do you remember the price each and what size are they.

     

    The area i am thinking of using already as a base , it was part of an old garage base , the newer prefab garage is there now and i want to use the end of it and build the run onto that , so just need 3 walls and an idea for a internall kennel . roof is already in place using previous hardwood posts that where already there in position at each corner that a carport roof ran on to .

     

    it wont be very big run approx 8x8 , but then the dogs will only be in there on and off a few hours each day and sleep inside in the utility at night.

     

    kep the ideas coming lads , and more pics the better

  4. Puppy Hernia question

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    Thanks for the replies. I dont own the pup, just enquiring as i'd seen a nice bitch up for sale. But unfortunatly we were told by the breeder that it does have a hernia. It was caused by her having a small bleed from the umbilical cord at a few days old, rather than her being born with it.

    keep the info coming.

    Thanks

  8. Running in

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    i think you could both be right :yes:

     

    i do tend to spend about an hour-ish :oops: in the pen and after the 1st flush ( sometimes theres only one any way ) she does tend get her head down really hunting hard for another.

     

    when i take her out of the pen into the woods etc shes already wound up like a spring , she hunts a great pattern but shes just so fast and her quest for game is taking over :lol: she stays close but the stop whistle on occasion passes in one ear and out the other :yes:

     

    the other problem is with so much scent about when roost shooting in the same woods she wont sit still and shuffles about .but again its in the same enviroment :yes: ,

    so maybe i should just peg her down this weekend and enjoy the shooting , then send her for a few retrieves then slip the lead back on in between.

     

    you got me thinking now mate -- she hunts great and quarters , so its not that , that i need to train is it , its more like a steadiness thing

     

    food for thought :good: -- thanks

  10. Running in

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    yes mate she is very hard hunting and so was her mum , theres a bit of trialing blood in her :good: for my sins.

     

    do you think that makes a difference?? :lol:

     

    i took her out this morning walked through pens etc , flushed a few , stopped her on whistle , but even then she only half sits and if i run over to her to chastise her she just flops on her back . continue on a bit more all the time shes hunting like mad at full speed and i can see her starting to take over rather than me comanding her then as her adrenalin takes over , she starts to semi - ignore the stop whistle ( little *** ) .

     

    i,m i making a mistake here by trying to train her in such a enviroment , maybe theres just way too much sent there :P , if i train in the horse paddocks she is so much better behaved ....

     

     

    alas - when we got home in the garden i sat her up on the whistle and hid a few pheasants in the bushes , she behaved and retrieved them perfectly ;) pee,d off

     

    thanks lads

  11. Mastercraft courser AT2 tyres

    in Motoring Section

    Posted

    cant post link , but do a search , theres loads of pics , made via cooper tire company USA ( good quality ).

     

    i,ve just stuck 2 on the back , cost £165 pair fitted locally .

    not the most aggresive pattern but did,nt have a lot of choice in 245x70x16 and needed them quick as my rear BFGs were bold :good: .

    also looked at a set of kingpin technics AT remoulds that was in stock , look very good pattern , but the speed rating put me off .

  14. Running in

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    well lads thanks for tips , in training this week she is perfect and wont move , i,ve made her sit while timing her , thrown cold game ( pheasant, pigeon ) and all sorts of dummies around her and she was great .

     

    BUT when i took her shooting last night , she was a totally *** again

    sat for a while then got all fidgity when the birds started coming in , she looks up and marks them brilliantly .

     

    i have to admit i missed a load ( i shot like a **** :good: ) but i hit a lot of tree branches :blink: and every time a branch fell to the ground with a thud , she automatically thought i,d hit the pigeon i was trying to shoot , so she gets up ready to fetch and starts to creep forward.

     

    so every time this happened i broke the gun put it down walked over to her scruffed her back to the spot she started in and gave sit command , but no matter how hard i scruffed her or gave her a tug on her ear ( usually works ) she just repeatedly kept moving ie bottom shuffle .

     

    this is so awkward and stressful the whole point of getting out shooting is so i can take the dog with me and i end up watching her to make sure shes not on the move and therefore missing the birds.

     

    lads -- what else can i try or should i just peg her down and enjoy the shooting and slip her off if there are any retrieves.

     

    ps . shes coming up to 16 months old so still a young un and is a great little lass and i love taking her out .in early training i used to take her to the clay ground and through dummies and fire a shot over her etc , then send her for the dummy , i,m thinking that this might be part of the problem .

     

    thanks

  15. Running in

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    cheers lads -- being doing as suggested for the last few days , throwing dummy , firing shot and blowing whistle .

     

    then going and picking the dummy my self while she sits.

     

    in thoery ie. training , she does ok , i cant fault her she does it perfect ...... i will take her out roosting again on sat , problem is thats when the arednaline take over :yes: such a riggle **** :good:

  17. Running in

    in Dogs and Dog Training

    Posted

    hi mate -- i understand what your saying , shes only 15 months and was :good: very steady.

     

    its only happening since i,ve been roost shooting these last few weeks , she loves it but her adrenalin takes over .

     

    even before i fire a shot she's wagging her tail and wriggling about , its it unheard of for a springer to sit still for more than a few minutes , both my past labs would sit still no probs.

     

    the running in i think i can break :look: , but just getting her to sit still while i,m looking up or around :good: is my main problem

     

    any more ideas welcome

     

    thanks lads

  18. Running in

    in Dogs and Dog Training

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    my springer as started running in :lol: , normally she seemed steady , but this last 2 weeks roost shooting as made her a bit over keen.

     

    she marks birds brilliantly , and retrieves them no probs.

     

    the problem is shes getting over eager and wont sit still for more than a few minutes at a time , i,m for ever bo**ocking her to sit .

     

    then tonight she actually ran in for marked birds before i had even sent her a couple of times.

     

    i think she thinks every bang ( shot ) she ears is a retrieve and is ready to go :good:

     

    how can i correct her on this .

     

    thanks all

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