kerry blues

[sounder79 80]

when they were crossed with a bulldog i think they called them a blue paul

spelling mite be wrong tho my neighbour has kerry/staff

 

ive seen few first xs but never workn 1s a mate of mine had both a kerry and a wheatan

both males and with he wos away on hols i was alertd to them fightn so i jumpd the fence

and they were flat out at eachother the neighbours all hangn over the fence thrown buckets

of water and hosn them as i broke them on my own the kerry didnt want 2 know

but the wheatan wos goin mental so got locked in the shed . now the kerry wos bout 4 yr old

and was pretty big for a kerry and had done a bit supposedly but the wheatan wos 18 mths

and from [bANNED TEXT] i seen the kerry didnt stand a chance my mate got rid him as that moment

switched him on... ive kept wheatan lurchers since

Seen a few kerrys and they are all noise and bluff, you may get the odd one thats half decent but nothing like a wheaten. theres no working strain of kerrys like there are of wheaten.Got a book on kerrys from the 20,s they look nothing like the dogs of today.

my grandfather kept blues and they were a good dog before,they were smaller and blue in colour.one day my father brought home a blue but he was more black and looked nothing like the old type,his mother said to him,if your father was alive and saw ya with that thing he'd kill ya! he hup! theyre ya go now boys and girls,nice little story for yee.

[Guest little lurcher]

only had him just over a year , a good friend on here had him previous and let me him have him , he hasnt let me down ever , certainly does all i wish for and a bit more lol , great in house kennel or our caravan, excellent with my other dogs , cant fault him really , i do have to watch his weight as could get fat easy however much work he is doing , he won the lurcher stakes in yorkshire , photo in countrymans weekly this week in fact , also won a lurcher lure coursing stake with the east anglian , he had never done it before lol

Dont want to sound rude but you sound like you are discibing a pet not a working dog.Terriers are usually used in lurcher make up to add gameness and a tall pain barrier.The terrier in question is the kerry blue which your dog has in its make up SO is it game and can it take the pain? I suspect you havnt tested it in that respect and thats fine but that is what is being discussed here and what the origional questioner wants to know-- I think

 

oh he can take it and more , but given this is an open forum im happy to say he works well , does all thats asked , he is a loyal working dog with the kindness to live within a family/kennel enviroment , thus answering O P question are the crosses game - yes mine is , are they ok with other dogs , mine is also with whatelse he is doing shows his adaptability too

[Cheshire Poacher 6]

only had him just over a year , a good friend on here had him previous and let me him have him , he hasnt let me down ever , certainly does all i wish for and a bit more lol , great in house kennel or our caravan, excellent with my other dogs , cant fault him really , i do have to watch his weight as could get fat easy however much work he is doing , he won the lurcher stakes in yorkshire , photo in countrymans weekly this week in fact , also won a lurcher lure coursing stake with the east anglian , he had never done it before lol

Dont want to sound rude but you sound like you are discibing a pet not a working dog.Terriers are usually used in lurcher make up to add gameness and a tall pain barrier.The terrier in question is the kerry blue which your dog has in its make up SO is it game and can it take the pain? I suspect you havnt tested it in that respect and thats fine but that is what is being discussed here and what the origional questioner wants to know-- I think

 

oh he can take it and more , but given this is an open forum im happy to say he works well , does all thats asked , he is a loyal working dog with the kindness to live within a family/kennel enviroment , thus answering O P question are the crosses game - yes mine is , are they ok with other dogs , mine is also with whatelse he is doing shows his adaptability too

Glad he's still doing the buisness for you tan . Here's a pic from when he was in my kennels

[liamdelaney 2,587]

I cant understand why anyone would settle for a kerry bXgreyhound when you could have a wheatenXgreyhound.A far superior blooded dog.Kerry blues were shite dogs 40, 60, years ago,theyre even more shite now.I watched this prick living not far from me walk about with a blue on a long lead and leting it scream and snarl at smaller dogs,cats etc.He went about the neighbourhood like man mountain with his chest pumped out,fookin tool.He let the beast kill a few cats and maul a few dogs over a period of time.Well a mate of mine waited his chance and followed him onto a local hospital ground where he let the kerry b run loose,my mate slipped his wheaten and the kerry got what was coming to him.The owner I'm told screamed like a bitch his dog tried to mate with him.Kerrys are not fit for anything but ratting.I have been diging for near 30 years and I have never ever come across a blue being utilised,and thats because theyre not up to the job.I saw a few kerryXwheatens over the years but even they didnt make the grade.I wellcome anyone that trys to revive a declining working breed of dog,but the kerrys arent worth the effort.Let them fade into the mists of history.THIS BOTTLE OF ERNEST&JULIO GALLO HAS SURE HIT THE SPOT,RANT OVER.

Everything you have said is true.I have seen many kerrys being put to the test with badgers years ago they were all cowards.I seen them trying to be tough on a lead with game dogs when the lead was off they were cowards as well.I seen old timers with badgers in very short shores all they would do was bark from outside the shore.Pure bags of shite is all they ever were.All they were ever good for was biteing children

[Stabs 3]

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Bit of chat over the Irish breeds

[jigsaw 11,875]

From 1 Liam to another,thank you.I'd be thrilled(well almost)to see a working kerry but I dont think I'll live long enough.I thought someone was going to stick up a pure kerry dog not a mix.Somehow I dont think it'll happen.My brother in laws father told me of the times when he was a lad,and hes in his 70's now where he remembered the men of those times matching 2 kerrys against each other and they used to bet on which dog would give in 1st.I queried this and he told me once the dog quit the winning dog gave up his attack and that was that.He told me a death or near death battle never happened.NOW ANYONE GOT A PIC OF A WORKING IRISH TERRIER.I never thought I'd read about any form of a working Airdale terrier but just in the last few years theyve emerged so you never know.

[GarryN 5]

My Dad had a Kerry in the 30's in Dublin before he came to England to work and he swore by that Dog. I have a couple of old pictures of him and he looked more like a working Bedlington than the trimmed up shite of today. I have a feeling the pictures were kept by the ex wife I will try and get it and re photo it and post it.

 

When I used to go to the Coquetdale Coursing Club meetings before the ban one of the old lads from Leeds way had just bred a KerryXGreyhound I never did find out how the pups went on.

[sounder79 80]

My Dad had a Kerry in the 30's in Dublin before he came to England to work and he swore by that Dog. I have a couple of old pictures of him and he looked more like a working Bedlington than the trimmed up shite of today. I have a feeling the pictures were kept by the ex wife I will try and get it and re photo it and post it.

 

When I used to go to the Coquetdale Coursing Club meetings before the ban one of the old lads from Leeds way had just bred a KerryXGreyhound I never did find out how the pups went on.

be good if you could get up that pic

[adeyhawk1970 0]

Ive got some pictures of an irish terrier working traplines in the USA if anyone can post them for me?

[Guest oldskool]

i've seen 3 in my time... one belonging to my great uncle and when we went to listowel in kerry to visit it was always locked away in the shed and spent its time snarling through the gap in the shed door... the other 2 were kept as pets by the neighbours and they were exactly the same... gassy, bullying and fighting b*****ds that were feckin treacherous around children... i'm not experience enough to talk in anyway about working terriers but i wouldnt bother with the kerry blue... i think they have nothing that the wheatens couldnt offer... as for the irish terrier, the ones in america seem to do well as gun dogs, scent dogs and boar hunting dogs... i worked with a lad about 6 years ago that had a litter of irish terriers for sale in dungiven... the parents had the same temperament as the kerry blues i seen down in listowel so i gave them a miss...