Hard digs

[VALLEY HOUNDS 43]

Snow is bad where i live so looking through old photos of past digs .This dig has got to be one of the hardest .After 6 and a half hours we finally got him and the quarry out .The dog was shattered and wasnt the only one.

 

 

 

 

One very tired dog and proud owner

 

 

 

Some of the stuff we ought to remove and dig around

 

 

 

What we ought to remove to get dog out

[VALLEY HOUNDS 43]

2 months later

 

 

starting out

 

 

 

starting to get there

 

 

 

Its ok before anyone says we made it a lot wider with shelfs in once we got a good clear sound of dog

[genuine 81]

Your last photo,we had one similar today in sand ive got a few pics we made it wide enuf and the forgot abt steps and kept going down as it was sand we wanted to get there fast 16ft later and two hours gone job finished we had to dangle spades in and pull each other out after taking turns digging was quite funny i got some pics mite post them when i get some time!

[VALLEY HOUNDS 43]

We went down about 14 foot in end but batteries died ,Sand plays murder with their eyes and the dreaded chance of collapse

[oyama 27]

I had a dig in sand 2 weeks ago,on my own when a dog went in by accident (no collar).Only 5 feet,but took me 3 hours to get down.After the first 3 foot,it went quiet.I thought she was dead,but she closed in.fortunatly got dog out safe.Her eyes were a state.My only 2nd time in sand,1st time ended sadly.I hate sand!

[VALLEY HOUNDS 43]

I stay away from the sandy places if i can

[DABCHICK 58]

I stay away from the sandy places if i can

THIS PIC FROM 30 YEARS AGO GOD FEEL OLD REGARDS DABCHICK

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Golden eye drops before a dig can help, they washed out after.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Two digs from this season to the same dog, first one was 7ft through hard clay, second one was 15ft through sand but kept caving in so a JCB was needed...

[hendo 1]

Two digs from this season to the same dog, first one was 7ft through hard clay, second one was 15ft through sand but kept caving in so a JCB was needed...

 

 

I hope the backfill was nice & tidy

 

Baz

[Guest ROUGH COATED]

JASUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I think the hardest dig for me was last season on my own, Scrumpy entered an old earth early one morning, and after a search with the mk1 I found him at about 5 foot. Set away, and quickly hit problems, it was like compacted hardcore, bedded in clay, and the shovel was not making progress.... after about 3 hours of sweating, I decided to jog back to the van to get my pick and graft, on my return I set away again, starting to slowly inch my way down, a few hours later popped through, on the dogs back as darkness was aproaching... ive never been so phisically tired from a dig.

 

The hardest for one of my terriers was probably when Scrumpy entered an old quarry, and it took him 3 days to kill his fox (or foxes?) He came out in a bad way, but made a good recovery. Another dig to Scrump, we had dug all day through rocks, from dawn till dusk just about, when we lifted him and his dead fox out, he went limp and fell to his side.

[dogs-n-natives 1,182]

I had a dig in sand 2 weeks ago,on my own when a dog went in by accident (no collar).Only 5 feet,but took me 3 hours to get down.After the first 3 foot,it went quiet.I thought she was dead,but she closed in.fortunatly got dog out safe.Her eyes were a state.My only 2nd time in sand,1st time ended sadly.I hate sand!

Ive hate sand too, its nightmare stuff! Its so easy for things to go bad

[luke. 9]

This dig in the picture ended up down to about 9-10ft, good result in the end.

Well worth it, cheers.

Luke.

[mark p 60]

This dig in the picture ended up down to about 9-10ft, good result in the end.

Well worth it, cheers.

Luke.

this one was a five day dig bit of a nightmare but got the dog back