bull blood in dogs

[Rugersrob 38]

hello this isnt a dig or nowt just my ignorance but bull blood in an earth dog does anyone on here own a WORKING bull that goes to ground?.. i thought they would be to big so heres my thought why add it to the blood? most dont work to grounf so why run the risk of having a litter with no workers?.. i know ill get shit comments but it says more about the poster..

[dave a 24]

hello this isnt a dig or nowt just my ignorance but bull blood in an earth dog does anyone on here own a WORKING bull that goes to ground?.. i thought they would be to big so heres my thought why add it to the blood? most dont work to grounf so why run the risk of having a litter with no workers?.. i know ill get shit comments but it says more about the poster..

i had an english bull/lakeland was an excellent dog until he was killed in a cave in.i have a bitch now english bull/fell she is 14 months,gave her one run in march was well impressed,she'll be held back now until september,both dogs not overly big for my work,my bull/fell bitch is actually my smallest terrier i have.

[waidmann 105]

i have not had a bull x terrier yet but the idea of using the drive and strenght of the bull does make some sense to me if you want a dog which will "get stuck in" and hold/kill(pinned section at the top of the page )

 

i think that most well bred terriers will do the job without "added extras",they will have their uses no doubt.

i believe the bull can be a cause for mute dogs(i prefer a dog that will make a row so i know/can hear whats going on ) which will not bother some as they will be digging to the dog anyway.

 

as with all crosses and breeds they will be usefull(alot of terrier will have bull blood in them somehwere along the line anyway,prt for example).

 

atb

waidmann

[Running 7]

horses for courses a lot of working patts had/have bull in them ?

[Stabs 3]

does anyone on here own a WORKING bull that goes to ground?..

 

Used to own one

 

[lukeh 27]

ive got a pup im bringin on bud hopefully he will be a gd dog if he takes after the previous litter

[OldNog 432]

from what iv heared they spend more time in the sick bay if they even make the grade.

 

Think its more of a big man thing myself wanting super hard dogs

[wetdogsmell 99]

from what iv heared they spend more time in the sick bay if they even make the grade.

 

Think its more of a big man thing myself wanting super hard dogs

 

thats the anti bull crap i've come to expect on this site

 

i've two bitch pups i'm bringing on, one is a tiny little thing that will get on to any fox, the other is a staff X pat that is a nice size (no bigger than my full pat dog) its courses for horses, and while the being in sick bay a bit more might be true, the hard man shite just shows your ignorace

[nathgoon 2]

"thats the anti bull crap i've come to expect on this site"-"wetdogsmell"

 

too true bud, i think its sad that some twats will never have the pleasure of owning a bull breed .

 

and lets face it there are better dogs for earth than a bully type but i can garrantee thay arnt half the fun.

[OldNog 432]

from what iv heared they spend more time in the sick bay if they even make the grade.

 

Think its more of a big man thing myself wanting super hard dogs

 

thats the anti bull crap i've come to expect on this site

 

i've two bitch pups i'm bringing on, one is a tiny little thing that will get on to any fox, the other is a staff X pat that is a nice size (no bigger than my full pat dog) its courses for horses, and while the being in sick bay a bit more might be true, the hard man shite just shows your ignorace

 

and so anyone with an opinion that hunts is also now an anti?

 

how did you work that one out??

 

Its just my opinion and im no expert but if you dont like it then thats tough shit :kiss:

Edited April 11, 2010 by OldNog

[ferreter.al 22]

as far as i know theres a bit of bull blood in a lot of the patts used today! tiny bit far back,strength,jaw power etc.cant be a bad thing can it.

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Could be if it takes working ability and common sense over bone and jaw power.

 

The original thread starter has a point though.

[big yin 3]

i own 2 that are around 1/4 bull, have dug plenty with them but where i have found mine and other peoples lacking is when they have to work to reach there quarry (tight places, roots etc)they are fine if they make contact straight away but if not then imo they lack determination, ive probably seen around a dozen bull/terrier crosses over the years and all have had this fault but this is only my opion

[Guest AngelicAcid]

Is this why there are bred back and away from the bull again, as to keep a very small percentage of the bull blood, but bred away to bring size down to a better size?

[Guest eastmids]

im no expert and theres bull in mine going back a bit.i can see the point in a sense if you were trying to get a bit of bone and size in a line.(althought i still imagine you be better off finding some one that keeps fair size earthdogs work the way you want)

but to put bull in to add fire as some put it surely the stuff your breeding it to has to be shit?

i suppose if you had enough work enough terriers you,d get/breed back to where you wanted to be in short time working abillity wise.

it does seem to me these days lads are putting bull to terriers with no real agenda other than they like the look of them.

im not arguing lads, maybe some one with first hand knowledge will come along thats done it and add there thoughts.