dillydog
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Everything posted by dillydog
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Unless you were there and actually saw it come out then we shouldn't have any opinions. There's plenty of reasons for a dog to come out, if it walked through cowardice and quit cold then that's a different story. I had a drop of this blood in my yard and the only complaint I had was they were way to hard and stupid for their own good. Ray was a strange cup of tea, a character that's for sure, he was no one's fool with a terrier though. He couldn't wait to call a dog shit and he wouldn't keep anything second rate, he'd make a big deal about anything coming away, he'd look you strai
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I did say, "mess with shit and you'll come out stinking"
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Spot on, Jock x Darky
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You should know Scotty, you mess with shit sooner or later you'll get covered in it.
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I've taken one to bits because they wouldn't fix it, it was brand new in the box but never used for just over 5 years. The original purchaser packed up and moved on and gave it to me. I told him the battery would be no use and I was right, I phoned Bellend and skint but got nothing but waffle about their time and cost of fixing it ! I explained I'd had it given to me and it was obviously a battery problem, still no go, I wasn't the original purchaser. To add insult to injury my mate phoned them and got the same response, he left it a few days and they'd gone 180 degrees and agreed to fi
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You can try and send it back but they're well known for their poor customer services, if you haven't got a proof of purchase they'll refuse to have anything to do with it. If you're not the original purchaser they'll refuse service, if you don't send it recorded delivery it'll dissappear, never making it and getting them out of servicing it or replacing it. I've heard many horror stories of their services, I've had issues myself, it's about time someone else brought something out.
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Old man digging, you're a lucky man Apache
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Typical terrier man adding two foot on
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I think some of you boys are taking the "reward" the wrong way, I'm pretty sure the original poster meant the carcass as the "reward". It does no harm what so ever, I've had plenty that won't touch them and even more that can't get enough in their mouths. Back in the day I've let loose plenty of foxes, I either let the youngsters watch it run down the field or let the fox have fair law then tip the youngster loose to chase it and hunt it once it looses sight. It does wonders for their confidence and it's reward enough instead of killing everything as the stupid laws dictate.
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Hedgerow spots would suite me just fine, if you've got plenty feel free to share
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I never look for the bad spots mate, I just keep getting stitched up, I dug the ten foot spot again a few weeks later with roundmouth and he had it about a foot deep ?
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If someone's looking down at you while you're 5 ft down you should try digging in heels ?
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They're both from the same blood so in theory it shouldn't matter but again it's just my opinion, without breeding in the spite and drive you'll quickly lose it, so I'd breed from the harder of the two and hope to God to get the sensible one out of the litter.
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Ten foot dig to the dog, it was either his fifth or sixth dig..........he stayed till dug to and he never looked back. Edited to say, the three strikes and you're out crowd would of never got to that stage, sometimes it pays to wait and let the dog mature.
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Here's a classic example, the two dogs in the picture as I've said before are litter brothers, the one on the right was a natural from day one. He's always had the magic ingredient, he put digs right where others had failed in his first season, the other dog entered but always seemed lacking. He'd make a meal of digging on, if he dug on at all, he'd engage his quarry and then back off by six foot ! He never came away but I knew what he was doing. I'd had four or five digs with him, all successful but I always came away with more questions than answers, I had that little devil growing on my sho
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I think we're all singing from the same hymn sheet, we're just expressing it differently, I'll give them far more time than most, just because I've seen it pay off before. There's definitely a time when you've got to admit to yourself that the terrier just hasn't got it, the only thing I won't tolerate is cowardice, IMO there's no coming back from it, the rest is just education.
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They shouldn't get chances, they should get time to learn and time to mature. If however after they've been given time and experience and they're still a piece of shit then you've just got to take it on the chin and start again.
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You're welcome to a day out whenever it suits Glyn, I've got nothing to hide or fear. Just because I don't expect instant results or legends from day one doesn't mean I don't own one, they all have to have hours in the classroom to make the animals they become.
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I'm not saying that at all Glyn, what I'm saying is that you can have terriers that live to work, that are driven to work and come hell or high water they'll stay no matter what. Then on the flip side and no lesser of a dog you'll have the intelligent dog that wants to please you and works with you to get the job done. I've still got the two litter brothers here that I showed you by message, ones not wired up right, intelligent and biddable but still not right once he's switched on. The other brother is steady as a rock, very biddable and a pleasure to own, he's the dog I dug through roc
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No two dogs are the same, I've had some that work for themselves, mainly dog rather than bitches. I was once sent a dog that was way to hard for a well know terrier man from down south. The dog was dug to on the morning he landed and he was just as daft as I'd been told, although he'd got away with it on this occasion. When I got back to the kennels (you'll know the place Glyn) he got into it with my lurcher, long story short he ran off and went to ground in a big badger sett at the top of the field. This place is right on a footpath, no chance I could of quickly had him out, no harm done.
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I had this just before dark a few days ago, it was over and hour before I even started as I was waiting for reinforcements lol. The dog sat and worked the quarry nice and steady but had no idea if I was still there, I've seen plenty over the years that would walk just to see if you were still there !
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The difference with small places and shallow places is the dog in question knows the cavalry is on the way. One of the first things I was taught by the old boys around me is if you want a dog out sooner rather than later is to walk away and be quiet. The dog that stays and does the job through to the end when he can't sense you one way or the other is by far the better animal.
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What sort of price would those run to ?
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Not me ABC, and as quoted we didn't break through, it was solid rock as you can see by the lump we'd smashed off behind my mate. We'd already bollocked the lurcher for going to ground but never in a million years did we expect him to draw the pair out
