HALTY LAD

The duck up here were everywhere, as the rain filled fields and places that were normally dry. But now the cold is tightning them into the larger ponds and coastline

Im not the only one with snow then haha... nice looking sapling there, shaping up well

Anti alert !! So What about spaniels and gundogs that crash through bramble all day long? If they had full tails they would be split and ripped to pieces, it saves loads of pain for the dog in the long run! Terriers cant travel underground properly with full tails that grow curved up over the back. This results in broken tail, lots of pain and big vets bills. I cant see the point docking non working dogs, but apart from what Ive mentioned there are hundreds of cases to support docking working dogs, for humane reasons. Theres nothing cruel about it! In fact it is quite the opposite.

Theres one thing it shouldnt lack and thats brains. Take kittle rox's advice and your mate should be a happy man. Work the dog to its advantages, and dont expect it to be what it aint. Im sure it would have a decent nose too, so could always be a hunter/flusher of game

Between myself and friends we use cross bred beagles. These we find better than larger hounds as the boar we aim to flush out to the guns are in amongst very thick cover, gorse/bramble/sitka/blackthorn. The small hounds go through this faster, and are less likely to tackle the boar themselves, they stand off and bay. I always liked the drive and independent nature of the Welsh hound. If I hunted more open country with less dense cover I would give a pair of Welsh a try. Though they may need chest plates/collars as they seem hard-bitten beggers. I will have a run West at some point and show yo

If you put in the time you will have a dog to be proud of. ...a more determined working lurcher cannot be found.

The price of them is extortionate! f**k Thats MY opinion

I own a couple of deerhoundy things and a couple of bully dogs. Both of which come from a LINE. I take no credit for breeding said mutts, I just work the socks off them. These dogs could and probably should accurately be called a line of dogs, as they are line bred for decades, with not much in the way of unrelated stock being outcrossed to over they years. Ive always been fortunate enough to have been associated with these people and between us all, a decent group of lads, we keep and work this line bred stock. Nothing is sold, extras are culled, and any that show faults or failings are culle

Listen, Ive hunted mainly with Jagds and they are a good terrier, a versitile breed for use above as much as below. But dont worry lads the best terrier ARE and ALWAYS will be in the UK. Jagds are bred from LAKIES, true, from old school dogs, but I know as well as many on here the same class of lakeland terrier types are still about in the right places. All of the European hunters that use terriers rather than the teckel, can trace their dogs back to the UK. Some will say theirs are better than UK stuff, but after inquiring further you may find that even as recently as 1 or 2 generation

Still going as far as I know matey, as it was after the accident that I was out with them

In the North East, contact Dogs-n-Natives on here, his dog is a tool and a half matey, seen that dog hunt hill ground in Scotland and what a nose it has, wont go wrong at all with that dog.

Nice jabali there, do you have hunting dogs for them? Im down your way later this year..

Thats what Im getting at, how folk think that good nose equals bad lamper?, its so far from the truth! I also keep bullgreys which as many who use them properly will know, have phenomenal noses as well as the drive to over ride commands, but still a great many make top lamp dogs. Anyway, one of the old guys who has the spaniel lurchers is on this site I will drop him a pm. Be good to have some first hand info, as I remember these dogs out-performing mine by a long shot on his ground in Penines in England, though I can safely say I would have equalled the balance if he came up to the Scottis

Seen some cracking and varied gundog crosses over the years matey, lab, gwp, gsp, springer and visla, more so the pointer crosses, but I was most taken back with the spaniel lurchers, by they could put some graft in on the hills, and not slow either. I like the lab cross in general, smart racey dogs with tight feet hard coat in general. None of the gundog crosses want for stamina, especially the spaniel type. I was tempted in the past to put one of my deerhounds over a big pointer cross that was a demon at his work, but never did it, in fact ive never bred a litter, I rely on good friends and

I dont train mine at all, they just do it, some sooner than others. Might just be the way I bring them up