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Terrier work isn't rocket science but any great terrier man will say learn from your own mistakes. Most terriers will have a good sense in hunting unless you get a total retard which is pretty hard. I think most terriers out of the paper will give you some sense of working ability. Start with a rat and a terrier, he will do the rest or should interest and build with the little guy from there. Dogs with a big name doesn't mean shart so get one that seems smart and trainable be given away for free in the paper, which there is a ton I bet in your neck of the world. Have a go and if the dog shows

nICE ONE GO2GROUND! Yep I love taking youngins hunting, they are all eager to dig be my guess youngin lol

If you are buying dogs from people you don't know or people who can't be vouched for in the first places makes the buyer not the peddler at fault. I have never done business in dogs with someone I didn't respect or someone who I knew didn't respect them.

What Fells, Patterdales, Lakelands, Colored dogs or whatever you call them made some of the biggest impact on the breed / type? Not a bad mouth chance on a particular breeder or anything like. Lets talk dogs theirselves and not their owners or breeders? I don't want this to turn into a dog peddler bash, what dogs were bred and had the ability to reproduce theirsleves or better more often. Past and present dogs, doesn't matter.

He is down from Booth dogs, correct

Any terrier that will is a people biter deserves a bullet. I would to hate reaching in on a dog that bites no matter the size. Bull blood that bites automatically is shit blood!

Lots of rain, soft soil and easy digs during that time.

Very right and I see eye to eye with you on the dispatch. I rather dispatch myself than the dog, gives them longer lives for sure. This is what makes the coons so tough, you can see on this break through how tight spaces and the those hands give coons an advantage compared to game.

Real pattys in America who actually are dug to.

I have yet to hit a badger but don't give up that a coon is a tough SOB and I think the thing that makes the coons hard game are those hands like a human where a badger doesn't have the advantage of pulling a terrier close unless it is biting. I think the structure of a badger vs a coon in mouth probably isn't that different IMO from what I can read but like I said I am not seasoned in badgers as that is hard game to find for me in my area. A coon will pull a dog close when they have to and use their hands to move a terriers head around especially in tight earth spots. Coons are smart hard fig

Difference between backfilling and not backfilling is the difference between idiots and gentlemen. Sorry to hear but back filling leaves a spot to check later where as not gives the game no where to take up again. Even if you don't do it to be a gentlemen, you should do it to find game there again.

I do it only as a pup. I don't know what regulations are in your country but the only thing I do after pup status is the rabies. It isn't seen much here in the states but a good immune system can't beat it so that is all I do. Pups I do 6 week, 12 week, and then 6 month 7 in 1 shots that I can buy at the local feed store and nothing else but that except for the rabies like I said.

I think it does make a difference between a decent affordable food vs a RAW diet. I have done great amount research and seen the difference first hand in performance dogs. Atthe time it was a win or loose situation. I also kept my terriers for many years and the health of the dogs overall is superb compared to kibble. Hands down the only way to go!

yeah we do a lot of hiking unless we are doing some city digs which I have been doing more since it is deer/turkey season and don't want to have to kill some gun hunter for shooting a dog of mine. But a normal hunt we go for 2-4 miles in a day easily hitting sets so we take as much with us as possible without wearing ourselves out. I will post my setup tomorrow.

Dont buy a dog, try to find some mates that are close and hunt. Go do the dirty work for them diggin and what not, earn their respect. I am across the pond but dog people don't differ in my opinion no matter where you go just different styles of dogs and hunting. Just don't let some puppy peddler take your cash. If you can't get a referral or find people who hunt with working dogs you are shooting blind folded. Good luck buddy and happy hunting.