BIG DOG SMALL DOG

[juckler123 707]

25 suits me for all round work before the ban i would go above or below that depending if i was having a campaign on deer or rabbits different dogs for different quarry

[skinnyrat 0]

mine is 22 1/2 and i wished she was a couple of inches bigger

[Guest Nightwalker]

it's not the size of the dog in the fight . it's the size of the fight in the dog .it's ether got it or at ain't

 

 

That was a saying about terriers not longdogs and even with terriers its not really true. Some quarry, cannot be taken by small dogs, period. It doesn't matter how much fight they have, there is no substitute for size, weight and strength.

[DIGGIT 6]

it's not the size of the dog in the fight . it's the size of the fight in the dog .it's ether got it or at ain't

 

 

That was a saying about terriers not longdogs and even with terriers its not really true. Some quarry, cannot be taken by small dogs, period. It doesn't matter how much fight they have, there is no substitute for size, weight and strength.

there is no substitute for size, weight and strength. there is it's called brains

[Butler 396]

it's not the size of the dog in the fight . it's the size of the fight in the dog .it's ether got it or at ain't

 

 

That was a saying about terriers not longdogs and even with terriers its not really true. Some quarry, cannot be taken by small dogs, period. It doesn't matter how much fight they have, there is no substitute for size, weight and strength.

there is no substitute for size, weight and strength. there is it's called brains

 

 

I like a dog with brains but they won't help your dog much in some situations

[Guest ROXY]

I have owned 24, 25 ,and for a short time a 27 inch dog, i now own a 22 and a half inch 65 pound bull cross who i think is doing well , with the potential of being a better dog in my eyes for what I require than any of the bigger dogs i have owned, lamping bunnies , terrier work and general mouching .

22"and 65lb I take it its very racy then

racy enough to kill a hare last week on a fox drive with ten guns and a photo as a witness.

Dont take it personally roxy it was a joke ....you keep killing hares with your 22" 65lb dog

I didnt mean to sound affensive if i did, or mean to show of as it looks like . As for keep killing hares it was an accidental kill and proberly will not be repeated :whistle: the dog actually is nearer to 23 than 22 if it makes a difference and 62 pound very fit, just weighed her

[Ray Mears 272]

my view is that smooth run is a total twat he will tell you all you need to know the spotty b*****d but until tthen you might aswell do bugger all because he is the only persons view that matters on here is his the w***a

[snoopdog 1,256]

my view is that smooth run is a total twat he will tell you all you need to know the spotty b*****d but until tthen you might aswell do bugger all because he is the only persons view that matters on here is his the w***a

whats that to do with big dog or small dog ... you should of put it in g.talk...

[Ray Mears 272]

my view is that smooth run is a total twat he will tell you all you need to know the spotty b*****d but until tthen you might aswell do bugger all because he is the only persons view that matters on here is his the w***a

whats that to do with big dog or small dog ... you should of put it in g.talk...

 

you spoke 2 soon

[dickyboy 1]

people who are saying there dogs do everything they ask of them and are 20 inches do not have all rounders!! i'm n9ot knocking there dogs as they have the dogs for what they do and there probably the best at the type of hunting they do but they are not capable of any quarry any where!!!

[dickyboy 1]

surely there are dogs that will take a small percentage of any type of any quarry anywhere...but the miss rate would be much higher as they would be too general and not great at any one thing.....

 

not that i knew the dog or know the man but from the reading i have done Jon darcys Scooby was damn close!! this is speculation to explain myself but maybe he wasn't the best at fox or something but may take the odd one, could take daytime hare and i think he had a fair few species of deer and his catch ratio sounded high....there must be more dogs like this and that is an allrounder....

 

I say this knowing my dog is not yet and will probably never be an allrounder but he suits me and i'm happy with him!!

 

but to back up the size point he's a biggun!!

 

Sorry to jon darcy to use him and his dog as a reference and hope i have not said anything incorrect!!

[juckler123 707]

The only things i know that dont get bothered are red and fallow stags every dog ive ever seen will strugle on these beasties and more than likely get smashed up if they tried singlehanded if it wasnt for the prison sentence nowadays i would have loved a play about with something really big 32 inch or above and a truck with a wynch to get em away

[DIGGIT 6]

HI ALL

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE LADS THAT HAVE POSTED ON THIS TOPIC.

the feed back i got was very good and made good reading.

and i think the answer to the question what makes a good allround running dog small or big is whatever the man who is holding the lead is happy with

 

 

All the best Lee