<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0">

<channel>
	<title>Country Hounds</title>
	
	<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>Mushing Supplies &amp; Working Dog Equipment</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:56 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain="countryhounds.wordpress.com" port="80" path="/?rsscloud=notify" registerProcedure="" protocol="http-post" />
<image>
		<url>http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/2e5f7a37bad11aa0f01687e1168b76ca?s=96&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Country Hounds</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Country Hounds" />
	
		<atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/CountryHounds" /><feedburner:info xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" uri="countryhounds" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub" /><item>
		<title>Closing for Holidays</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/closing-for-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/closing-for-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Country Hounds will be closed for 4 weeks from the 15th February till 12th March 2012 for holidays to Sweden. Any orders placed before or on the 15th February will be dispatched before we go. Orders and emails received while we are closed will be processed as soon as we return. Our online shop will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=163&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/closing-for-holidays/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Country Hounds Dog Photo Contest!</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/country-hounds-dog-photo-contest/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/country-hounds-dog-photo-contest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=165</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well we want to see your best photograph of your dog in 2011. Submit your best photo of your dog  for a chance to win a ManMat Canicross Package. That’s not all – The winner’s photo will also be featured on our FB homepage  for all our fans to see! You can enter here at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Country-Hounds/370359571234?sk=app_197602066931325 You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=165&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/country-hounds-dog-photo-contest/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="https://d2xcq4qphg1ge9.cloudfront.net/assets/66257/378812/original_field.jpg?1323948891" medium="image" />
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Last Shipping Days for Christmas</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/last-shipping-days-for-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/last-shipping-days-for-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Shipping Days for Christmas Christmas is coming soon. Listed below are our last Shipping Dates for Christmas. For the best chance of delivery before Christmas, we recommend ordering before these dates. Ireland &#8211; 20th December UK &#8211; 17th December Europe &#8211; 13th December USA &#8211; 6th December &#160; We wish all our customers, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=161&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/last-shipping-days-for-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Consultation with Homeopath</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/consultation-with-homeopath/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/consultation-with-homeopath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irish Setter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To date the Atopica wasn&#8217;t working so we decided to take a different route and contact a Homeopathic Vet called Tom Farrington. I had the consultation at 11:30am today by phone as we didn&#8217;t want to stress Rosco out by travelling the 8.5hr journey to Cork unless we had to. Before we had the consultation I had a fill out a questionnaire about Rosco&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=149&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/09/08/consultation-with-homeopath/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rosco’s Bloat Story (Part III)</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/roscos-bloat-story-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/roscos-bloat-story-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irish Setter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately the months treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease has made no difference. Rosco is still having bloating and wind problems every day. The principle here was to attempt to address inflammation in bowel suspected of interfering with Rosco&#8217;s stomach motility. The regime he has been on was effective against inflammation (IBD) in 85% of cases. We had really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=141&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/roscos-bloat-story-part-iii/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/flhtm0.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">flhtm0</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Heat &amp; Humidity</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/heat-humidity/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/heat-humidity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do your Irish Setters cope well with the heat?  The answer to that question is quite simply No. Just because we have a dog that doesn’t have a dense thick coat doesn’t mean it can cope with the heat and humidity any better. You’d be surprised at just how much the heat and humidity affects [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=137&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/heat-humidity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>We use the Non-Stop Free Motion Harness – Why?</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/we-use-the-non-stop-free-motion-harness-%e2%80%93-why/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/we-use-the-non-stop-free-motion-harness-%e2%80%93-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep chested dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[free motion harness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irish Setter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[x-back]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=112</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We use the Non-Stop Free Motion Harness – Why? We have a team of Irish Setters and always found it difficult to get an x-back harness to fit properly. The problem we were having was the traditional x-back harness tended to slide obstructing the dog’s airways under force. We especially seen this with Hector and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=112&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/we-use-the-non-stop-free-motion-harness-%e2%80%93-why/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/264363_1641649460168_1804773781_1034788_1842106_n.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">264363_1641649460168_1804773781_1034788_1842106_n</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/mushing-4-dogs-162.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">O</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/dsc_0045.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">DSC_0045</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rosco’s Bloat Story (Part II)</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/roscos-bloat-story-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/roscos-bloat-story-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irish Setter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tests done on the 23rd May 2011 by referral Rosco was screened for all the metabolic or painful abdominal conditions (eg. pancreatitis) and nothing was found. He did have biopsies and they revealed a normal stomach lining despite the gross appearance of abnormality, but they identified plentiful Helicobacter organisms in the lumen. The significance of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=106&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/roscos-bloat-story-part-ii/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rosco’s Bloat Story</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/roscos-bloat-story/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/roscos-bloat-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 14:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irish Setter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BARF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raw]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=95</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rosco&#8217;s Bloat Story On Sunday morning December 12th 2010 Rosco got access to a bag of dried dog food and kept eating even after he was full. We rushed Rosco off to the vets straight away as his stomach was huge and he looked in pain. The vet tried to make Rosco vomit up the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=95&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/roscos-bloat-story/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/20th-december-2010-052.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">20th December 2010 052</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/christmas-day-080.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Christmas Day 080</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/untitled-1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Untitled-1</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Guide to Ganglines</title>
		<link>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/guide-to-ganglines/</link>
		<comments>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/guide-to-ganglines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Hounds</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centreline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gangline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shockline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sleddogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tugs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/?p=84</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Guide to Ganglines Ganglines are used for harness work with single or multiple dog teams pulling bikes, scooters, carts or sleds.  There are effectively three components to a gangline: the tow line, tug lines, and neck lines. Tow Line or Centreline - The main line running down the centre of the dog team to the sled, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=countryhounds.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19637144&amp;post=84&amp;subd=countryhounds&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://countryhounds.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/guide-to-ganglines/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/ff8490b3ad97646779cad541144e8db3?s=96&amp;d=identicon&amp;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">countryhounds</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/gang1.gif" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">gang1</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/1161_stock20010.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">1161_Stock%20010</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/1235_img_8350.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">1235_IMG_8350</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://countryhounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/1156_img_8367.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">1156_IMG_8367</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

