bushing

[witton 6]

Is it verry comman for terriers to get thorns in there eyes when working very thick bramble and hawthorn? I wouldnt mind giving it ago

David

[Guest MOLLY]

me and my mate have border terriers they have cracking coats not too small in size and work bush and cover very keen with their little tails going they knock out plenty of stuff for the whippet and lurcher.would highly recommend them also they aint to vocal very helpful if you are in areas that you aint meant to be in incidently i dont like my dogs being to noisy because all the quarry for miles away say to themselves heres the terrier lets f**k off.each to their own i suppose horses for courses.

Yep, borders would have brill coats for it. Only one of my dogs sounds the alarm, i find the other dont need to if one already is, and they only sound when in full flight, so the noise doesnt go on for very long. The quarry if its rabbits tend to just stay where they are, dont bother to run for it...very thick animals rabbits they hear one of their kind squealing when caught yet still sit out munching grass or lie low, either way still available for the dogs

valerio Posted Today, 03:20 PM

I've tried my terrier for bushing but it was a total disaster,he was allways going to ground on his own.

I'll have a spaniel or an hound.

Thankfully where i go doesnt have any sets nearby, buy i have also trained them not to go to ground unless told to, and up to now its worked.

witton Posted Today, 04:36 PM

Is it verry comman for terriers to get thorns in there eyes when working very thick bramble and hawthorn? I wouldnt mind giving it ago

David

Their eyes do get scratched alot. I keep brolene, Optrex infected eye, handy at home. You can see the ulceration starting if its going to be bad...if it is you then have to get them to the vets.

MOLL.

[valerio 32]

as we have many eyes injuries do to porcupines I can tell you the best thing is Xantervit antibiotic gel

[jonesy 111]

Speaking from personnal excperiance i wouldnt go for a bedlington,had one years ago and it would get itself tangle in the bush and just sit there till i untangled it like i say just my excperiance not wanting to start any arguments,id go for a laky,russell or border.

[lampinglurcher 36]

was it from wroking lines? IMO you need to keep they're coats fairly short (not too short, else they can get too cold)

 

Why not go for a beagle if all you want to do is bush? great hare coursing dogs as well.

[blackpack 70]

a terrier that isnt too small or else you will end up digging for the bloody dog.

Hows about a spaniel, try to leave the terriers for the earth work

 

a terrier that is big or else you will end up diggin for the bloody terrier

[bubbles 0]

hello moll how do you go about training your terriers to go to ground only on command

[Guest grubygrafter]

not all smooth coats are poor coats moll

[Guest MOLLY]

Ive just drummed it into them from being very small pups, ive read too many stories of people having to call out terrier rescue, fire brigade or just never seeing their dogs again. Ive also taught them to come out on command when i do send them in. Mine were never bought to be earth dogs, and i think its common sense knowing what terriers are like to at least try to train them if your not going to use them for earth work, otherwise every walk out with your dogs could be a disaster waiting to happen.

A guy i sometimes used to walk with where i lived had a stunning lakiexborder bitch, he would let her hunt up and he'd just keep walking, earlier this year on the same walk he always did it seems she went into a rabbit set on the dunes, and she was buried in the sand, this dog was 9yrs old so it can happen anytime, even when you think your dog is safe.

When i say go to ground, i mean dig and enter rabbit holes, mine dont 'do' fox

MOLL.

 

not all smooth coats are poor coats moll

I never said smooth coated dogs had poor coats Cleany

Its just in some terrain for any long length of time your going to be picking thorns out for the rest of the night

MOLL.

[wife 1]

i bred out of my old bitch which i used for digging and also bushing,her 2 daughters were meant and bred only for ferreting and bushing,both work cover superb,cant go wrong with a well bred russel for bushing

[reynardhunter 3]

something with a good nose, possibly with beagle in the strain, most terrier crosses will take to bushing naturally without much encouragement, sometimes the most unlikely mutts turn out to be crackers in the field,

[Guest oneredtrim]

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Edited January 18, 2008 by oneredtrim

[Guest MOLLY]

Dependent on how much you do..i would say that a good bushing terrier becomes versed to how the handler is acting on the approach (pre-presuming the handler and terrier have suitablly bonded)...this throwing a read to the terrier to use it's tongue or not. Personally i have found that a touch of irregullar breathing kick starts a terrier into charge of the light brigade mode...and utter silence is simply mirrored (he's seen a fox). Oneredtrim.

Very true, ive found the same with whispering commands, they know its means ive seen something and its nearly game on!

MOLL.