Digging russells

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Alright lads heres a question! Do you think they are any good russells left not just being dug to a couple of times a year eg. week in week out? Staying until dug to? Or have the been overlooked in favour of lakies and patterdales for serious digging, any pics would be great.

[Guest the poacher]

i had a good one lost him in the summer was turning into a good dog

[blackpack 70]

Alright lads heres a question! Do you think they are any good russells left not just being dug to a couple of times a year eg. week in week out? Staying until dug to? Or have the been overlooked in favour of lakies and patterdales for serious digging, any pics would be great.

 

 

i only have blacks, but i do believe there is still a very good portion of russels working as well as any breed, maybe the blacks and lakies are getting too popular, and many into the wrong hands. thats just my thought.

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Thats what i thought everyone seems to forget about russells in favour of the coloured terriers, Not saying anything bad about them patts and lakies brilliant digging dogs just wondering about russells.

Edited November 1, 2006 by Lurchers2006

[Guest billy boy]

Dear Lurchers 2006, Just replying to your question about working Russells. Blackpack is totally correct in what he says. There is still some good Russells about and there are certain guys still digging with them. In my opinion alot of the lads prefer the black or coloured Terriers, I don't really know why this is so.

For myself I rate the Russells the best to be honest. However, there is good and bad in all sorts. I've seen some good Black Terriers and good owners also......

I let a friend of mine have a little lemon and white bitch and he lives in Ireland also. He's never been so pleased! I have 3 also from Bert Griptons bloodlines. The Dog Tramp is not a bad type but the 2 little bitches wouldn't win any beauty contests .But the dogs are good little workers.

 

Best regards.

Billy boy.....

[wheaten 47]

A mate of mine has a great little russell, Its a long back, short queen anne legs and by feck what a worker it was. It would work big rock piles, peat runners full of water and boy could it give them fox's some stick!

[Guest Lurchers2006]

Thanks for the replys lads!

 

THE POACHER, I have just seen a pic of your russell in an old post and what a head that boy had!! you also said he was silent while digging do you think the bull back in his breeding had much to do with this?

[Guest the poacher]

i would think so mate there wasnt alot of bull in him is mother was a gould bred bitch father was 3/4 russell 1/4 bull who died working he didnt show no intreast up to the age of 12 months wouldnt look at a hole but one day somthing clicked and he went you wouldn hear him from time he went to time you got through to him ive broke through to see him locked onto quarry and quarry locked to him but he would look onto the quarry 1st place he could so he took abit of punishmunt aswell was turning into a good dog missing im this season

[Guest Lurchers2006]

How did you lose him?

[Guest the poacher]

if you look on my threads theres one called gutted have a look at that

[Guest whitser]

you can still get them alright. but you'll find that any one who breeds good russells has had the same line going way back without having to bring in weaker blood. unless i knew the full history or really trusted the breeder i wouldn't take one but i suppose that goes for blacks as well. a good terrier is a good terrier.

[Guest AsherDe]

Yep, there are good working Jacks out there. I'm proud to say I have a couple of them. My favorites to hunt are neither hard or soft, but smart. You may not like what I like.

 

 

 

 

[blackpack 70]

i do mate not really botherd about colour or breed as long as they sink and do the job thats what counts in my eyes

[Stabs 3]

Are you talking Russells?

 

Or white terriers? Because being white doesn't make a terrier a Russell

[matulkoh 66]

go on www.parson-russell.at great dogs i saw them working as good as any patt, jagt, border....