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    I had not watched those programmes since they were originally broadcast but have many times thought, I bet Fred Dibnah never had to put up with this shit? I have watched a few agian since this thread was started and have been surprised. He worked safely. Maybe the HSE would frown upon/give a prohibition notice on some things, times have changed. But he wasn't daft and used the knowledge and technology available to perform the task as safely as possible. But these days the objective is to remove the hazard, remove the risk. Remove the man.
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    That’s an interesting comment. Do you mean because of Roosevelt’s influence on popular opinion from being a hunter or an early conservationalist ?
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    Nice looking pup. Looks like he's going to have some substance to him. Almost Sealyham like.
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    Great photographs above. To me the fox terrier type has suffered more then any breed apart from the British Bulldog at the hands of show breeders. How could the KC breeders inherit the type above and end up with type in the pics below? Oh yes, they improved them! Well done.
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    I suppose that was I was trying to say. It wasn't broken but needed to be changed in the opinion of those who feel the need to educate and guide us. Now it is broken, in regard to my enjoyment of watching these programmes. And some blokes have lost their jobs in the process of our higher enlightenment by our self appointed betters.
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    I've never had problem watching Gabby. Despite the fact she's a woman, and a bonny one IMO, never entered the equation. She is knowledgeable, articulate and a competent presenter. The fact that she is also a Newcastle United fan does not sway my opinion in any way.
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    As long as the person is competent then I don't have a problem. It just seems to me that competent people have been replaced by less competent people for the wrong reasons. But I do admit that I find women's voices annoying at times, most particularly when they get excited and go higher and higher pitched for example during important moments of a sporting contest. And get player's names wrong and show a basic lack of understanding of the rules. Then I question the reason for their original and continued employment.
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    How come most of the football match commentators on the BBC are now female? I truly believe that all discrimination is bad and have no problem with a women doing that job but how has it came about. Most of the men who used to do it seem to have lost their jobs. The people who were deemed to be better suited just happen to be female. Strange that. Personally I find most the voices of the majority of these lasses rather annoying. Having said that I find Alex Scott to be one of the most knowledgeable and watchable of the pundits. Gender should not enter into it, but I think that the BBC are gui
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    Ok. I have fell into the trap of commenting on comments made on a THL thread in trying to help save it. This thread, which I find interesting. And as a result have ended up adding to the very sort of thing that the person who started the thread, and keeps it going, is getting tired of. How ironic.
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    It would be a dammed shame if this thread came to an end due to perceived un-constructive criticism or advice. I can see the point regarding none use of locator kits but as has been said, not relevant because of French law. A more prudent question would be how many, if any, terriers are lost to ground during a season? Looking at the posted pictures of these French badger digging terriers there does appear to be differences in the way some on this side of the Channel did it. In the latter years of badger digging in England, to some, a digging dog could be recognised by the fact that it was miss
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    Not the work of a trained artist of course. Very naively done. Having said that, I wish that I’d bought something by Norman Cornish before they went to 4 figure sums ?
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    A bit random I know. Taken from something sent to me today by a mate promoting an exhibition at Woodhorn Museum in Ashington, the Pitmen Painters. A tenuous connection to this thread as the featured painting has a Bedlington in it and the location of the exhibition is only a kick up the arse from the "village" of Bedlington.
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    All to do with closed gene pools and an elitist attitude. The Kennel Club seemed like a good and well intentioned idea at the time I'm sure it but was flawed. The people involved refused to acknowledge this, ignored the deterioration in type of the dogs over the years that they wanted to preserve once they closed the gene pool. Not a problem with some types, Greyhounds or Foxhounds for example, but they were established prior to this. And they are not KC registered apart from some unfortunate examples. The terrier "breeds" suffered most. But only the KC ones, bred within the confines of a c
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    A bit of trivia but written by Ewan McColl who also wrote Dirt Ol Town and was Kirstie’s dad. Canny CV
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    Still smaller than some Patterdales, height wise anyway. Very nice looking animal.
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    As a rule of thumb I think that is fair to say that no animal that we could define as feral has been good news for indigenous flora and fauna .anywhere on the planet.
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    The earlier debate about what defines feral was interesting. Is the Grey Squirrel, North American Mink or CWD still regarded as feral in the UK? Or truly wild? None indigenous so must be feral I suppose. What about the wild pigs in Australasia and USA? Canines living in the wild descendant from domestic dogs I would class as feral though, if for no other reason that their immediate truly wild ancestor has probably been extinct for thousands of years.
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    For clarity. The topic of the Thread.
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    Ok. Will do. Constant battle with them at the moment with all this sunshine and sporadic rainfall. Thanks for the advice.
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    I clicked on here to make a comment and then saw the 1 about the 6 year old kid being killed by with an air rifle. Now I want to comment on that post but THL to me is respite. So I will remain in my comfort zone. Remain blinkered and selfish for a short while. This thread seemed like an easy 1 to comment on. But has proved more thought provoking to me. My immediate thoughts were a working terrier and most particularity the white ones. These are the dogs that I have always liked. But...the breed that has always stopped me in my tracks is the Scottish Deerhound. Whenever I see 1 un- expect
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    Slightly off topic but I occasionally get an invite from on old friend on land that he has permission of the sort that we used to take good numbers of daytime rabbits. Not a particularly remote place as to it's location as only an hour or so drive from "civilisation". But still a rugged wild place. The sort of land that must be difficult to farm. I lot of hard work for little financial reward. The kind of place that I would love to live but I'm way too soft and lazy and know nothing about farming. This particular farmer's attitude as to what is fair game is "if it eats what sheep eat kill it.
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    Whilst it is not possible to judge a dog's quality from a single 2 dimensional image I will contradict myself and say that that pup oozes class. Good bone and conformation as far as can be seen in the picture and even a dense coat. Has a certain presence to it and he (?) seems glowing with health. Very nice. I'm biased as this pup reminds me so much of a Whippet that I used to own . Had the attitude of a turbo charged terrier. Hard as nails, fast as f##k and could charm the birds out of the trees when required, butter wouldn't melt. A real wolf in sheep's clothing he was.
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    I don't know if this is of any help but a litter of Beardie/Border x greyhound lurchers in 18/07/18 CMW. Northumberland. I haven't put the phone number as not sure of the protocol regarding advertising on THL and I am not associated with the advert in any way but the mag should still be on newsagents shelves.
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    Looks like all is well that ends well. Turned into an extremely interesting thread IMO, that went off on a tangent, with insight into the Bedlington type that is still being worked today in the UK. Good stuff.
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    Accidental mating between what, if you don’t mind me asking? Got some noggin on him
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