bushing dog

[stroller 341]

French bulldogs its the way forward

[mattyg 1,862]

me and my lurchers have been a bit spoilt....got access to a top class bushing dog who is pretty handy to ground aswell....so my biased view would be a tidy little terrier. nose,preydrive, and a good voice to let you and lurchers whats happening!

matt

[ulverston moocher 60]

Your all wrong plummers are the way to go now the thread turns into a time bomb. tick tick tick BOOM

[snap 15]

Your all wrong plummers are the way to go now the thread turns into a time bomb. tick tick tick BOOM

have to agree matey,dont have to worry about them going to ground when just out for a bit of bushing

[awen 29]

terriers every time

[sounder79 80]

small terriers are ok for hunting rabbits but you want a bit of leg for foxes,somethin that wont come back after five minutes.and you want a dog that gives a bit of tonuge so your lurcher can watch the break.terrier/springer is the way to go.even a quater of gun dog in a terrier is enough.

[romany52 313]

terriers every time

I've worked borders , pats ,fells, lakelands, russels, and a mate had both smooth and wire fox terriers plus crosses. All worked very well but they would never better a small springer. Anybody who has done any amount of cover bashing with terriers will know that once a terrier is head and shoulders down a hole it's blind and deaf, you've got to wade in and scruff the little bast, then you've finished with that patch and probably the next as well, because as soon as you but it down it's straight back. Anybody that says terriers are better than an average springer, have never seen an average springer work, and that's not to mention a good one!

[the fezz 44]

small terriers are what you need , i use a border , great wee dog works any cover , gives tounge , marks , never stops, what more can you ask for

 

[blackpack 70]

small terriers are what you need , i use a border , great wee dog works any cover , gives tounge , marks , never stops, what more can you ask for

 

spot on bud, cracking little bitch, is she coming to mine lol, love the way she protects them

[matmorgan 49]

terriers every time

I've worked borders , pats ,fells, lakelands, russels, and a mate had both smooth and wire fox terriers plus crosses. All worked very well but they would never better a small springer. Anybody who has done any amount of cover bashing with terriers will know that once a terrier is head and shoulders down a hole it's blind and deaf, you've got to wade in and scruff the little bast, then you've finished with that patch and probably the next as well, because as soon as you but it down it's straight back. Anybody that says terriers are better than an average springer, have never seen an average springer work, and that's not to mention a good one!

[CarraghsGem 92]

mine (just for rabbits) is my pet-turned bushing terrier, parson type bitch, saying that her parents were workers so i shouldnt be too surprised!

i picked up a hound x jrt pup there a month back to learn the job if hes able for it, hes a fat little thing at 4mths but is starting to use his nose when hes out with us, just wish he'd show a bit more of an independant streak!

[dave a 24]

we use barking springers to knock foxes out for lurchers,i have also always kept digging dogs and they would usually be kept tied out in the country but i've never seen any terrier match a good springer for cover.i know barking on game is a big fault for the gun dog men but ours are fox hunting dogs only,we bred two great barking springers in the spring,eight strong pups,hopefully most will make the grade.

[BULL 91]

my bro in law has kept terriers and lurchers for donkeys and the best busher hes ever had was a 4 year old neutered rescue dog his mrs brought home a scruffy mutt colliexrussel ,before he had it it lived in a flat an hasd never been worked ,

[morton 5,368]

Working type Bedlington, lads i go bushing with have used every cross and type imagineable, after seeing Beddys at work, they all want one. you couldnt go poaching with one though, when in full cry.

[BULL 91]

Working type Bedlington, lads i go bushing with have used every cross and type imagineable, after seeing Beddys at work, they all want one. you couldnt go poaching with one though, when in full cry.

thought bedlingtons were mute.compared to other terrrier types ive never owned one or seen one work but my had a couple said they were mute .

Edited September 3, 2010 by BULL