chris

please say Mauri many greetings from me, Christos livinvg in germany..he knows. Hope he is doing fine! the cross that worked well with dogs bred similar as Nerone was with the booth bred dogs that also SP Kennels works...that would also be a nice alternative. SP kennel (mauri knows who i mean i guess) made crosses with pickaxe x digger and booth with very good result. best regards and many greetings

hunting (if it has hunting drive etc.) is something that is in a working terrier genes because of his ancestors and the breeding behind it. neutering of a dog does only effect his hormones, and maybe his dominance against other dogs if he was dominant because of his hormones and not because of its genes. many people who buy working terriers as a pet ( ) think when neutered a dog will give up hunting..they know nothing about dogs. something that is genetically preserved in a dog can not be sorted out by neutering. best regards

i think one of the most important things that is negative for the terriers in general is the fact that the necessary work on badger is prohibited f.ex. in britain. with badgerwork the selection of dogs takes place on another level in my oppinion....although it is not said that badger digging is always more difficult for a dog than working fox, i would say that in general badger digging requires much much more of everything a dog needs and only this way one can be 100 % sure of its dogs capabilities by working it with respect for dog and quarry constantely on badger..of course only one dog to

very very true...in my oppinion not too many dogmen around these little warriors...the knowledge about linebreeding, bloodlines and hard selection is very underestimated. a very good post that brings it to the point. best regards, C

hello, good line breeding in combination with inbreeding would be f.ex. uncle to nice or nephew, or half brother half sister breedings and then back to the ancestors or dogs that also come from the ancestors lines. linebreeding is in my oppinion the only way to keep getting constant percentage of quality offspring, of course when the individuals themlselfes are first class working dogs and do not have undesirable traits which one can see only at working them. also in other working dogs and animals linebredding and loose inbreeding is the key, with at one point necessary outcross to anot

normally i did not want to write anything on the internet thing but one exception this time since the matter does also concern me: i saw with my eyes two dogs directly out of Chaz work. One bitch from Chaz x Damage and one dog of Chaz x Tilly. The dog worked very good and especially the bitch is the gamest little one i have seen, worked hundreds of foxes and dozens of badgers were it is allowed with many many digs. also some descendents of the Chaz x Tilly dog (5 come directly to my mind right now) work very very good and game on both fox and badger and stay until dug to, always no matter t

my dog is also a little bit over 10 kg and it takes him sometimes a little bit long to get to fox...they squeeze in some narrow places. but, since i hunt in germany, in the badger sets he is perfect for me. i would imagine that if a dog is much heavier and passes the 12 or 13 kg than he would have some problems except of the biggest sets. but i also like the big ones no doubt:) best regards on this foto he is lying in greece...vacation and rest for the coming season:)

the best allrounder in my oppinion the german jagdterrier. problem in my oppinion with allrounders: they never can be expected to work perfect on every aspect. best regards

the ones i have personally seen were also very very hard and did and got a lot of damage but not game to stay for hours if necessary. some breeders of them around me have told me many times that the staying ability is lost in their oppinion because they are bred more or less as allrounders not not especially for earthwork, but they are very satisfied with them for foxes and do not want them to stay for hours with badgers (in germany were it is legal) etc. i like them a lot but i guess like with the black dogs one has to find a good working line for earthhunting. i personally prefere the patt

it can be totally possible in my oppinion to have to dig maybe two holes...i had to dig a few times a second hole when we were on badger hunts in germany with great dogs and if the den was from an earth with a high percentage of sand..sometimes if the dig took very long because of the depth the badger (if it is a strong big one) had the possibility to dig himself further in since the dog can not hold him in such an easy diggable earth forever..maybe brock moved half a meter and dug a "wall" between him and the dog and then it is normal to have to dig another one. the dog is then doing the rest

had also the same problems with the long range terrier finder...it is on the point but gives often false signals when it comes to debth...often the signal shows much deeper than the dog actually is...it is than very nice to think that is necessary to dig maybe 3 meters deep and then reach the dog after 1, 5 meters:) i think the deben long range terrier finder is a good comromise from the "cheaper" locaters but i will invest next time for the B & F or for a locater like steezy said. regards

real nice lookin there mate what height is he? thank you! he is about 37-38 cm....and in the chest nearly 50 cm...quite spannable. his weight is 9 kg. he has always reached his quarry:) best regards

some pics after a very quick bolt of two foxes from a very huge earth that was mainly an old destroyed building ...both of the foxes were missed by the guns....the dog for the first time had not one scratch...looking forward to the next opportunity to dig again and give the dog real work instead of bolting:) at least i took some pics of the dog that i think are nice:) reards Chris

Hello, can you post a pic of grown jrt/whippet cross..was wondering how they look like when grown.. regards

They dont look the real deal to me .some are russell coloured just x breds they are the real deal when used from the right lines....just like with any dog. sometimes a little bit too hard but hell of hunting dogs!!! although i prefere the patterdale more cause in my oppinion they are in general gamer i have great respect for these little earth-warriors. after the patterdale from the right line i would always take one well bred jagdterrier!