BEDLINGTONS ARE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!&#33

[Donnylad 0]

bedlington terriers rock has any one got any pictures?

Edited December 25, 2009 by Donnylad

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Put a picture of your working bedlington up

hows it bred, who bred it, ..

[James Doyle 59]

what a stupid topic

[Donnylad 0]

what a stupid topic

 

Then dont read it

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

One too many plummer books read over xmas i think

[david2363 42]

They can , and some do a proper job.

However, most even so called working strains are bred for rabbiting and ratting.

But, if you get the right type,take your time with him/her, and cross your fingers, they can be a useful dog to have around.

I can understand why they are not more popular amongst digging lads - easy to ruin, some are temperamental to the point of winding you up.

And let's face it, they aint as macho looking on the lead as a bull headed Patt.

Best, when crossed with Lakie IMO, or 3/4 Beddie, 1/4 Lakie.

Edited December 25, 2009 by david2363

[Guest digbert]

my pal down south has a few of the dogs, dont think ther the best digging dogs, but he does dig with them and gets reults, ther not like the showy stamps you see nowadays , these are a bit smaller and stronger, but spanabul, and more gray slate colour,

[david2363 42]

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Edited December 25, 2009 by david2363

[chrissy32 13]

bedlington terriers rock has any one got any pictures?

yer ov course they are

ive yet to see one yet but all the same good luck in finding one atb chris

[darrell jnr 16]

i like the breed meself just think as a digging breed or working anything for that matter it,s getting harder to find the right type..atb..merry xmas...darrell.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Donnylad

i had two when i lived at home...bloody long time ago(before you say owt)

both were from working stock, digging not just ratting .

Max the dog was an ok bushing dog but wouldnt work fox after getting a taste of the sharp end.(well over 2 before he entered as well)

kate the bitch was the worse working dog i have ever seen, she was scared of her own shadow and

never killed a thing in her 12 yrs on the earth.ran away once when out ferreting and i found her under a mates car shivering like tiger woods on a lie detecter test

she ended up as a pet(my mother wouldnt let me put her down).

after that i swore i wouldnt work another, too big for a lot of sets around here.

im not fond of there coat either, i was always pulling grass seeds from there feet and eyes and ears.

 

read the other bedlington topic from 2005, the best working terrier thread on here.

there are some lads grafting the bedlington and long may they do so, but finding a good one is hard work for the novice and probably as hard for the lads in the know.

[martinabley 4]

my first ever dog was a bedlington cross whippet 23 years ago. my mate got me it for twenty quid. was george newcombe bred ,rillington strain.was great ferretting bitch, she would follow the ferret above ground with her nose, just point where the ferret was. no one had locators then.

she would go through the thickest brambles after rabbits. i knew some people in leeds who kept small rillington strain of workers a few years ago .

[mike cunningham 8]

my first ever dog was a bedlington cross whippet 23 years ago. my mate got me it for twenty quid. was george newcombe bred ,rillington strain.was great ferretting bitch, she would follow the ferret above ground with her nose, just point where the ferret was. no one had locators then.

she would go through the thickest brambles after rabbits. i knew some people in leeds who kept small rillington strain of workers a few years ago .

i got invited last year off a lad on hear to go digging with so i turned up with my 2 lakies worker to worker bred he had 2 beddies one of mine went in a hole 1 minute later it came out i said nothing at home there pal so he sent in one of his 10 mins later it came out as i said nothing at home he started to call my dogs because it only lasted a minute the second dig his went in first lasted 10 mins again nothing happened sent mine in 2 and a half hours later and 6 foot down we dug to a dog fox so purpose of my story i think beddies are a waste of space and i wouldnt have one in my kennel.

[mike cunningham 8]

and an other thing about these if they were that good why add lakie blood to them.

[oyama 27]

If you want to see pics there is a long running thread on here about Beddys or goto the "working beddy forum"