The Farm Dog

Hesstondriver

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Huntingdon
He is a lovely looking dog though @Hesstondriver , almost an exact colour match for your Simmentals!
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Very similar indeed. I’m not sure who is the softer out of these two the bull or dog
 

Dry Rot

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Livestock Farmer
I don't know about huntaways but I once bought an Irish setter and as the seller handed the lead to me he said, "You are going to have a lot of trouble with that dog!"

He was right. The dog started barking at dawn every day. Not so bad in winter, but up here in Scotland, it gets light at around 3.30am in summer.

So every night, I'd put a bucket of water beside the kennel gate. Every morning, I'd stumble out in my dressing gown and wellie boots and throw the bucket of water over the dog. It took a few months, but the dog did eventually work out the connection between a soaking and barking. I eventually sold the dog to Spain (and he wasn't a huntaway, so not your dog).
 
Location
southwest
I don't know about huntaways but I once bought an Irish setter and as the seller handed the lead to me he said, "You are going to have a lot of trouble with that dog!"

He was right. The dog started barking at dawn every day. Not so bad in winter, but up here in Scotland, it gets light at around 3.30am in summer.

So every night, I'd put a bucket of water beside the kennel gate. Every morning, I'd stumble out in my dressing gown and wellie boots and throw the bucket of water over the dog. It took a few months, but the dog did eventually work out the connection between a soaking and barking. I eventually sold the dog to Spain (and he wasn't a huntaway, so not your dog).

Our dog loves a dip in the pond or river, your thought he'd worked out how to get a nice shower every morning
 

FG.

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
North Wiltshire
Only took 6 attempts to get a picture that wasn't blurred.
Best place to take a pic is at the vets, where he sits perfectly still on the scales for them.
"What a lovely calm Cocker" they say!
Another thing he does is stand bolt upright on his back legs, looking about.
When a better view is required.

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nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
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Lost my old lady Katie today.she would have been 14 next Thursday.been deaf and very lazy all her life and spent a huge amount of time asleep normally under a radiator at my mums.very suprising for a working collie with isds registration and a long pedigree that I never bothered with as she was only ever going to be a pet.been slowing down recently and took her to vet on Tuesday evening to be told she had a tumour on her spleen and she may have a few days or a week if lucky and if it burst she would bleed out.she has been laying in the same place not moving since then and had a vet out this morning to do the inevitable.it has just destroyed me loosing her even though I got another couple of youngsters.the vet from wood farm vets at wymondham in Norfolk where just outstanding and so kind and caring and I could not wish fir better service.gonna miss you Katie
nick...
 

adzy

Member
Location
Mid Norfolk
View attachment 1017421View attachment 1017422Lost my old lady Katie today.she would have been 14 next Thursday.been deaf and very lazy all her life and spent a huge amount of time asleep normally under a radiator at my mums.very suprising for a working collie with isds registration and a long pedigree that I never bothered with as she was only ever going to be a pet.been slowing down recently and took her to vet on Tuesday evening to be told she had a tumour on her spleen and she may have a few days or a week if lucky and if it burst she would bleed out.she has been laying in the same place not moving since then and had a vet out this morning to do the inevitable.it has just destroyed me loosing her even though I got another couple of youngsters.the vet from wood farm vets at wymondham in Norfolk where just outstanding and so kind and caring and I could not wish fir better service.gonna miss you Katie
nick...
Its never easy, but it sounds like she had a good life doing what she liked best. She looked a lovely dog.
 

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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