ive met the man 3 times over a 20 year period,hes a absaloute gent.the old and the new it must stem from when border was interduced into the line.speaking from what ive seen of his line old and new .me prefaring the old,but my mate got a bitch off him 4 years ago,and its a real en .double bred miner she about 13 inch strong and she will dig anything,the point is the working ability as nt changed.but we are back too the breeding ,good and bad in every breed.
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