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Michael Bowerman Australia (Verified User) Posts 4615 Dogs 11 / Races 0 03 Aug 2015 00:30
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marguerite proctor wrote:
you will find that breakers will not muck around with none chasers just natural. doing pups 3 bitches 2 chasing 1 not interested just a game for her took 10 minutes to catch her. sister runs 19.63 second time out of the boxs. thanks grv with your views on greyhound racing and dead rabbits go get another job and stop stuffing the greyhound people lifes. not happy jan. and give me back my 400.000 dollars that i have invested in this lovely sport.
why dont people understand this is not GRV fault, it was careless trainers fault, GRV hands are tied. back in the seventy i had dogs that wouldnt bread in, got nothing to do with dead rabbits.
Nicholas Arena Australia (Verified User) Posts 233 Dogs 10 / Races 0 03 Aug 2015 01:47
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Because Michael over 2 years ago the GRV ( read then CEO and others) was made aware of the live baiting issue ,both verbally and in writing and choose to turn the other cheek.
You can either choose to believe this statement or not - but it is fact - if they had acted in accordance with the GRV's own policies , we wouldn't be where we are.
Graham Moscow Australia (Verified User) Posts 1186 Dogs 0 / Races 0 16 Sep 2015 08:15
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Peter Franklin Australia (Verified User) Posts 90 Dogs 3 / Races 0 16 Sep 2015 22:04
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james saunders wrote:
Rearers should be helping out some owners by getting them chasing and biting before sent to breakers,owners that can kennel there dogs prior to break in from rearing should be helping themselves by getting there pups to bite and chase before sending to breaker.Takes a few goes with a rope and old dog bed cover and they take your arm off when you try to call it a day and get back out of there yard.Breaking in really is about box work and balance around bends not teaching a dog to bite that's wasting a breakers time and your money.
Agree totally.
Joshua Maywald Australia (Verified User) Posts 116 Dogs 5 / Races 10 06 Oct 2015 19:25
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Troy Scott wrote:
Not many rearers out there that will spend time using squeakers on pups, yet they'll still charge overs. I'll be rearing, breaking and pre-training mine from now on, only because I want to be sure they'll chase a toy... I feel for those that don't have this luxury!
I can confidently say we've never used squeakers on our pups. 10 have passed the break-in stage with flying colours, 7 have graced the racetrack, 2 are about to be named and the last one isn't old enough to race.
We still give the dogs toys, just not squeakers. I'd put a far greater emphasis on having a greyhound fit enough for the breakers vs a dog being used to a squeaker.
Andrew Paraskevas Australia (Verified User) Posts 984 Dogs 55 / Races 22 07 Oct 2015 00:41
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Joshua Maywald wrote:
I'd put a far greater emphasis on having a greyhound fit enough for the breakers vs a dog being used to a squeaker.
Is that so when they run back the other way they don't get as tired?
I think now more than ever it's going to be important to have dogs well handled and somewhat introduced to what is going to be expected of them at the breakers before going there.
Joshua Maywald Australia (Verified User) Posts 116 Dogs 5 / Races 10 08 Oct 2015 10:17
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Andrew Paraskevas wrote:
Is that so when they run back the other way they don't get as tired?
I think now more than ever it's going to be important to have dogs well handled and somewhat introduced to what is going to be expected of them at the breakers before going there.
Yeah that is one of the reasons, plus sitting in a trailor barking their heads off waiting their turn at a trial track must burn some stamina I would imagine. Also the muscle tone they gain pre breakers seems to have prevent any major injury.
Totally agree handling is very important and something I spend a bit of time doing, for not just my own dogs either.
Last time I was at the breakers I saw a dog that was half chasing stop and jump over the running rail into the infield. Next dog went 5 metres out of the boxes and turned around to go the other way. Stuff like that really makes you wonder how much work some people put into their greyhounds :-/
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