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  1. Bossie
    I'm a parttime (pro) rabbit catcher. Most of my work requires a 150-180mile drive. One way that is!
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    If it's not your first dog get a brittany. Will do both.
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    Gwp/ drahthaar, gsp, weimaran pointers are all expected to handle teeth. Even m brittany is pretty gritty.
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    Around here one of the most used earth dogs when bolting to guns.
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    I can have them made for 2.5 euros a piece. Should be easy to find someone who can.
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    I don't own one, have contemplated adding one to my pack for a while. Have seen them work/worked along side them. They breed true to type, they are a line bred type/breed. Come in tan/red, black and tan and brindle. Not a fci recognised product, but who cares. A first cross is not a heideterrier, just a first cross. They have used some Irish terrier as an infusion several years to add to the small genepool. However there are also people crossing gwp to djt/gjt and calling them heideterriers, just like first crosses they aren't. The heideterrier is a line bred product. Check heidet
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    They range from 10-25 kg. Very allround dog. Boar hunting, tracking wounded deer, retrieving, bushing small game, man work. Vocal, short ranging, gritty. They catch in packs. Main reason for them existing is the jagds dropping below during driven boar hunts which is a pain. Sone jagd strains can be neurotic. So a bigger, robust and mentally sound find, bay and catch dog was designed.
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    Yes there was, especially in the flatter parts: Flanders/ Belgium and Netherlands. Over were I'm located up to around 1920.
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    Hunting with lurchers and longdogs has been banned for almost 100 years over here. There is a very long tradition of hunting with sight hounds but due to a anti dog hunting campaign started by the rich gun hunters. Boar is driven and caught.Those who shoot are invited or have payed to do so. Catching a lot with dogs is not appreciated in such a setting. However managing the boar population is becoming more and more pest control, dogs like the bigger heideterriers are catching boar more and more. Usually in packs. See if I can accompany you next time with a few more dogs.
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    Think the lack of popularity in HPR/gundogs is similar to why non Brittish pastoral dogs are not more popular in Brittain. Availablity, cost, non native/brittish/ kennel blindness all of which I can understand. FFS, on the continent we even use setter on boar. Especially in the Ardennes you come across every cross you´d be able to imagine, gwpx jagd, all kinds of hpr crosses, pure hprs, hound hpr crosses, hound terrier crosses etc. Think those scandinavian greysters (gspx runnning dog) would make nice hunting companions. One thing the HPRs lack imho, is consistent protective/guard instinct
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    not sure if a full ebt is even allowed to be hunted in germany, lot of the bull breeds/kampfhunden are banned. Get a large Heideterrier, will do manwork and hunt.
  12. Bossie
    Pretty thing Wuyang! Taller dogs, I use a Brittany 17-18"tts but have worked with a Heidewachtel 20" tts, German Wachtel 18-20"tts probably one of the best bushing dogs I've ever seen, like a springer on steroids. Heideterrier also becoming more and more popular due to boar pest control, mainly a very big Jagd-Airedale-Bull cross, hard hunting, vocal and courageous dogs. Size wise they range from 17/24" tts. Have seen Border Collies bush and ferret to a pretty good standard, obedience wise excellent standard. Just find them a bit nervous and sensitive. I prefer something a bit more bo
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    Alsations only very few, some so called Old German Shepherds are and the German Hütehund is used a lot actually. Tough sheep working dogs those GH. BTW continental shepherds work cattle in a completely different way, not like a border collie at all. They are used as a mobile fence, not to drive sheep from one paddock/pasture to another. They are able of doing it but not like a BC.
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    I think There are more reasons collie crosses are so popular. It has also got to do with availablity, cost, legislation, kennel blindness/patriotism. Not nocking the collie as a working dog at all, just think there are several mechanisms at work. I´m pretty sure the HPRs are less popular beause they are non brittish, not known, often far more expensive and in many cases not as easy to train as a collie and more independent.
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    Think that would be a good idea, have thought about crosses or a pure pastoral blooded dog myself. A lot of pastoral breeds are used in the australians boar dogs. Don't see why on the continent this isn't the case. Different rules, and probably not very cool (with all the posh people in hunting) to take your malinois/kelpie/border/gsd/ds to a driven boar hunt LOL. I tink they have a lot to offer. I I'd be able to have just one dog it be either one of the versatile HPR breeds or a pastoral breed, think you'd never go hungry.
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    Three years agi I took one in aged six. Was a rescue with a very good breeding background. Huge gamble,never had any regrets. First thing, bond with it. obedience. And since they often have an attitude to prefee hunting over retrieving, work on the retrieve. They are extremely driven and can be a true versatile hunting compagnion. Because of the drive get that recall up to spec, e-collar often is supplied in the puppy kits of a really good ones. Hunting wise, style and attitude, they are like a gsp just smaller. They don't take years to mature but they are no spaniel or terrier either
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    Isn't the f*cking about what gave us all these breeds in the first place..... For what I do imho there isn't a quick fix or readily available breed. Working 130-150 miles of railroad embankment to control pest species means I need a specific tool. Thick brambles all over, hazard of traffic/trains etc. You need a small compact dog, not bulky, great nose, and drive good stamina, vocal yet obedient dog. Everything they can catch themselves saves me time. Cockers are far to bulky and imho pure they are no pack dog, teckels are not obedient enough. Terriers will catch, can be vocal and can be s
  18. Bossie
    Willow, how tall is she? She looks very cobby, bit like a Brittany. You mention the eyes/ears/nose which suffer in terriers. Unfortunately one of my bushing terriers isn't blessed with the best (deep) eyes so does suffer in that department so I know what you mean but how would that differ in a spaniel? My buddies cockers would also suffer if they went through those tight spots the terriers will go through.
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    Have seen some, would prefer a leggy JR or other terrier (jagd teckel is done quite often over here) used in the cross to get some length in the leg department. They make great cover dogs, extremely thick brambles problem. I'd use the most obedient terrier you can find since the teckel can be stubborn. Always fancied the idea of 1/2 terrier 1/4 teckel 1/4 spaniel. Small, nippy, vocal, good nose and drive, great stamina yet controllable.
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    Why not a JRT or a teckel? Me personally, I'd take a bayer over a mixer/hard dog every day. But that's just my preference based on legislation, work, ground, money etc.
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    Would depend on how big the jagds are. They can be quite large, which doesn't make earth work easier. imho the jagd is the more versatile dog, giving tongue, tracking, baying, catching, retrieving. Can be excellent guard dogs as well. If (big if!!) you are able to find one which isn't over sized, is mentally sound and you put in a great deal of work you can have a very nice allround hunting companion. You could also end up with an unstable, unsound sociopath. One of my dogs is half about 40% DJT/ 25% fell 25% JRT and some bedlington thrown in the mix several generations back. Very nice dog t
  22. Bossie
    Plenty Jagd hunting US members on the board you could contact... Gameness as in pit bull gameness and grit in a working/hunting dog is something different imho, but lets not go there.
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    Teckels

    Bossie replied to sambo123's topic in Bushing Dogs

    Friend of mine has a very nice one cross between a small-kaninchen teckel, a great character will take a pic when I'm over. He is used to bolt foxes on a very regular basis, will also work a track very well.
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    Terriers

    Bossie replied to Lloyd90's topic in Bushing Dogs

    One of mine will hunt pretty close, if she's onto something she will drive it out of cover and return to me and continue working. The other one which is still learning and just a 16 month bitch with a lot of drive has a bit more difficulty with working with me and not just one her own but she's just been out a few times, has some bonding to do and some excess energy to waste. I'm absolutely confident that at the end of the season she'll respond to the whistle just as well as the other dogs I work, will work with me and when recquired will bush where I tell her to. She's also a very good retrie
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    Terriers

    Bossie replied to Lloyd90's topic in Bushing Dogs

    The terriers I work and have worked with are a lot smaller than the cockers that my hunting partner uses. 6-7KG vs 12-14KG. The terriers will go places the cocker can only dream of. The terrier has a better catchrate in my case. I hunt a lot of railroad embankments, dikes, very thick cover and a cocker or springer can usually just crash over the cover. The terriers due to their size also pick up a lot less brambles, cuts and bruises. They yap which allerts everyone there is something happening, cockers and springers often hunt mute, I've seen and heard one giving tongue on foxes and cats.
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