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I rose to the bait p3d. But why put it in the water ? What are you wanting to catch ?
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If anyone was wanting to sound him out regarding his knowledge of the northern England working terrier types I would imagine he'll be officiating in some capacity at the DNWTC annual show in the coming weeks. He has since it's formation about 30 year ago and FMWTC before that. It's usually held in Blanchland these days, a small village just outside the M25
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Want To Get First Dog...advice Please
eastcoast replied to dave88's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
A good point. Just because a dog has a KC cert and looks like a Labrador does not mean that it is a Labrador. Labs were developed as gun dogs as we all know and the qualities that they were selectively bred for just so happened to make them ideal pet dogs. But most now are so far removed from that, as regards intelligent selective breeding, that they are a different breed . I only say this because some of this breed that I've came across in recent years have been very dog aggressive. Not a trait that would be expected or tolerated in a gun dog breed but accepted by the modern owner/breeder. -
Hannibal, I find it a damned shame that you feel no longer willing to post. The whole snobbery thing with dogs, or life in general has always dumbfounded me. If you look at the Terrier and Lurcher sections on THL you will find people belittling all bushing dogs. Crazy. I don't often look at the hound or gundog sections but have experienced hunters of both types looking down on terriers and lurchers. And it goes on. More to do peoples lack of self worth than anything else I think. Saving an animal from being PTS is commendable in my opinion but giving it a good quality of life, getting her
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When I saw the title I had hoped that it was something to do with Drew Pritchard, the UK's leading architectural salvage dealer. But no, my mistake. Some useless shite making good money now though that we used to skip.
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Clint...the pup with no name
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Thanks for the information Neil.
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Creating A New Line Of Working Terrier?
eastcoast replied to Lenmcharristar's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
If you found one good terrier dog from unknown breeding that did well, and then a bitch from unknown that did well, and so bred from them. And the resulting terriers where tried and proved good, so bred from. Is that not creating a line ? My question would be where did these dogs of unknown blood come from ? If they are any good probably from well bred stock a few generations back. Unless KC registered stuff. Then you would have something out of the ordinary. They didn't walk off the Ark. -
Well done Neil. Some much needed light relief I think. Nasty rather than quiet recently I would say. Debating good, arguing boring and a little bit unseemly on an open forum. I hope that comment doesn't upset anyone and start an argument. I didn't chance my arm because would needed to have cheated in order to get full points/pints. Could you help me out with Q.14 please and phonetically spell sionach? This is one of the many questions that I didn't know. The reason being March 17th is fast approaching and, being a plastic Paddy, I always meet up with like minded old friends on this date a
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Question 18 is proving to be a difficult one and it could be argued open to interpretation. How to or how not to end up in the divorce courts ?
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Shortly before you start to appreciate what you have,soon after you realise it's been taken for granted and about the same time that it dawns on you that they don't live long enough
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Ever considered applying for Mastermind and asking for terrier work as your specialist subject? That would put the fox among the chickens ☺
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Is it not just a matter of common sense ? Times have changed, or so it would seem, surely no one would keep an unfit dog and them expect it to perform straight out of it's kennel if and when the mood takes or opportunity arises ? Reading the stuff on here I would hope that people are more enlightened now. Some interesting analogies have been made. I knew a lad who was got knocked back from the Royal Marines because of fitness. Not failing training but not getting past selection. This kid held a title at the time. I forget what it was but something like Mr. UK. A body builder. He would not
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A KC Greyhound. Shares many of the correct show points with the KC Fox Terrier. Would you put money on it ?
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Mad4, take a look at Blaise's thread in Write Up section. They're using them in France. I've seen a couple of Fox Terrier x working terrier years ago and they did a job but never seen a full modern KC working. The simple fact is that the type of dog that I think you're referring to is purely a product of the show ring. They were developed from a working terrier stamp originally by crazy people who mis-interpreted the breed standard and once they started they couldn't stop and ended up with a caricature of a terrier. I'm not saying that they're incapable of work just that they were not develope
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I did watch little bit of it and the one thing that they all seem to have in common is that they like to live their own life away from the herd and don't give a damn what others think. So why do they have a film crew out there who seem to record them 24/7 ?
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The first book that I enjoyed reading was Of Pedigree Unknown. Not the first book that I read but the first that I enjoyed reading. I came across it in the local library when I was meant to be looking for something else that I'd been told to read by a teacher from school. I was totally enthralled by that world that was so different to the one I lived in. I was blissfully unaware that most of that world had already gone even then. All that we have left of it now are the Whippets and a form of terrier work that is hanging on by the skin of it's teeth. I was given the opportunity to buy a copy a
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Has Ashley stopped taking his medication again though ? Give Palace what they want for Townsend, as long as it's not more than the £13 mil we sold him for, and Rafa will get him playing properly again. Then back in the Premier League guaranteed and maybe FA cup.
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Great paintings Trenchfoot. The thing with the eyes, Landseer said that the trick to successful animal painting is to give them human eyes. It isn't a trick, it's a talent, and your misses certainly has it. The collie cur ones I find the most interesting. The 1st one is very commercial. You can see that as a limited edition print in a trendy boutique or as a birthday card. The second one I find superb. Not just perfectly capturing a hound at rest but the colour and texture of the cushion, not easy and again good technique. Thanks for sharing them.
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Any chagrin caused to the men across the water was not intentional. I'm always careful to avoid that sort of thing but should know better. Ignorance is no defence. My own foundation stock came from Ballinamore Co. Leitrim. That's were I reckon my charm, good looks and ability to hold my drink comes from. But perhaps that's offensive stereotyping ? :-) Back to terriers. I can not see anything that a Jagd has to offer that is not already present in OUR native dogs. Other than commanding a higher price per pup unless you breed KC Parsons or Borders. But obviously anyone selling pups from tho
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How about the Atlantic Archipelago?
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I used the title British Isles, taking care not to write GB or UK, because it is a geographical not political definition . Ireland north and south are part of the British Isles, geographically . Or it used to be. If it that has changed also then my mistake.
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Maybe no so much as the range of quarry available to hunt but more to do with the opportunity to do so ? Similar to the development of the HPR breeds on the continent where as in the British Isles we developed specialist spaniels, setters/pointers and retrievers. Well " we " didn't develop them, men in the employ of the a certain class developed and trained them. Only a select few could shoot and they had no need to restrict themselves to a dog that could find, flush and retrieve. The common man in the British Isles had no use for a gundog of any type until relatively recently, not so in the r
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Modern society will always agree that becoming T total is good thing. Certainly shouldn't do you any harm. But apart from the folk that have let it become a problem then I wouldn't automatically agree. We need to look after the soul as well as the body. I have always enjoyed a drink and a smoke ( the old fashioned type of smoking, just tabs ) and it has never had an adverse effect on my personal or professional life or health. Quite the opposite I would say. Having a drink is one the many things that make life an enjoyable and fulfilling experience . Admittedly these days it's more a case of o
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I've worked in many places in Scotland. Everywhere we went there was always anti-English bollocks type stuff at first. Only to be expected really, a bunch of strangers turn up in town and the locals expect the worst. The fact that we were English just added to the mistrust. Never lasted long. People are people and we always settled in for the duration of the job and got accepted. Quickly becomes good craic. We don't like the English but you Geordies are just Jocks with your brains f####d type of thing. During that time a few of the lads got more than they had bargained for though and met their