terrierwork

[the_stig 6,614]

just reading through some of the posts on here -- i asked my self the question is thr a future for terrier work in the next say 20 year .. some of the younger generation of digging lads are either clueless or know it all i know of a lot of older digging men who have packed up in the last couple of year a lot due to health and some for the way the games gone .. question for the older lads how much longer do you see yourself in the game - have you or intend to give the game up ? and the younger lads is the future safe in your hands ? thrs countless people that have done a lot of hard work to promote terrierwork work in the right way -- i dont want to single people out but is thr a b .w. of the future is the future of the fmwtc and other clubs gonna be safe in the hands of these younger lads ..

Edited May 3, 2011 by the_stig

[blackdogs no 1 24]

just reading through some of the posts on here -- i asked my self the question is thr a future for terrier work in the next say 20 year .. some of the younger generation of digging lads are either clueless or know it all i know of a lot of older digging men who have packed up in the last couple of year a lot due to health and some for the way the games gone .. question for the older lads how much longer do you see yourself in the game - have you or intend to give the game up ? and the younger lads is the future safe in your hands ? thrs countless people that have done a lot of hard work to promote terrierwork work in the right way -- i dont want to single people out but is thr a b .w. of the future is the future of the fmwtc and other clubs gonna be safe in the hands of these younger lads ..

mte anser ur messages

[blackdogs no 1 24]

just reading through some of the posts on here -- i asked my self the question is thr a future for terrier work in the next say 20 year .. some of the younger generation of digging lads are either clueless or know it all i know of a lot of older digging men who have packed up in the last couple of year a lot due to health and some for the way the games gone .. question for the older lads how much longer do you see yourself in the game - have you or intend to give the game up ? and the younger lads is the future safe in your hands ? thrs countless people that have done a lot of hard work to promote terrierwork work in the right way -- i dont want to single people out but is thr a b .w. of the future is the future of the fmwtc and other clubs gonna be safe in the hands of these younger lads ..

mte anser ur messages

stick too your own club

["Earth!" 503]

Not many young lads have the heart for terrierwork.

instead, their more interested in alcopops, smoking, drugs and being lippy little fecks of hunting forums...

[blackdogs no 1 24]

Not many young lads have the heart for terrierwork.

instead, their more interested in alcopops, smoking, drugs and being lippy little fecks of hunting forums...

a had a handy one the smorn no spade needed as a know my stuff

[the_stig 6,614]

lets not turn this into a slagging match ---

[the_stig 6,614]

just reading through some of the posts on here -- i asked my self the question is thr a future for terrier work in the next say 20 year .. some of the younger generation of digging lads are either clueless or know it all i know of a lot of older digging men who have packed up in the last couple of year a lot due to health and some for the way the games gone .. question for the older lads how much longer do you see yourself in the game - have you or intend to give the game up ? and the younger lads is the future safe in your hands ? thrs countless people that have done a lot of hard work to promote terrierwork work in the right way -- i dont want to single people out but is thr a b .w. of the future is the future of the fmwtc and other clubs gonna be safe in the hands of these younger lads ..

mte anser ur messages

[tinytiger 826]

id say theres more young fellas digging in ireland than ever before.some eejits ,some genuine -same as any walk of life

[bud9 79]

whare i am thares not alot of young lads doing terrier work these days 10 year ago was abit diffrent

[fat man 4,741]

I seriously considered giving up about 10 year ago when all my dogs were stolen,its very hard to come back from that when it happens and i would not wish it on anyone,but i kept goin and i dug with a mate of mine using his dogs NEIL.COONEY thanks neil for all the help back then and now i have a few workers and a couple untried for this season.As for the younger generation there is some descent young lads about who want to learn the right way.A lot of the fault is that they have not got the same freedom to dig as we had so they do as they can.Also a lot are geting ripped off buying dogs that are shite for big money.There is a young chap just across the way from me that paid £500 for what he was told a working dog that was useless and the same young lad never even got a trial with it,needless to say no money back,so that would turn a lot of the young lads off but he then went a got a couple of pups which he shall have ready for this season so with a bit of luck he will get there.I think terrier work has to be in your blood or you wont stay at it,not nice on a cold winters evening and you diging down to a terrier maybe in the dark and all your mates are in the pup enjoying themselves,but i would'nt swap it for the world.Terrier work is the same as any other sport,you will always have mouthy know all pricks young and old,but the best thing to do is give them a wide berth and let them talk shite to someone that wants to listen.

[wexford Pa 84]

I seriously considered giving up about 10 year ago when all my dogs were stolen,its very hard to come back from that when it happens and i would not wish it on anyone,but i kept goin and i dug with a mate of mine using his dogs NEIL.COONEY thanks neil for all the help back then and now i have a few workers and a couple untried for this season.As for the younger generation there is some descent young lads about who want to learn the right way.A lot of the fault is that they have not got the same freedom to dig as we had so they do as they can.Also a lot are geting ripped off buying dogs that are shite for big money.There is a young chap just across the way from me that paid £500 for what he was told a working dog that was useless and the same young lad never even got a trial with it,needless to say no money back,so that would turn a lot of the young lads off but he then went a got a couple of pups which he shall have ready for this season so with a bit of luck he will get there.I think terrier work has to be in your blood or you wont stay at it,not nice on a cold winters evening and you diging down to a terrier maybe in the dark and all your mates are in the pup enjoying themselves,but i would'nt swap it for the world.Terrier work is the same as any other sport,you will always have mouthy know all pricks young and old,but the best thing to do is give them a wide berth and let them talk shite to someone that wants to listen.

 

i think ur spot on with alot that uv said fat man, ive seen young lads down my way come into the digging scene lately, some are mouthy little know it alls who want to have good terriers now and will throw away money after money to get one but in reality they wouldnt know a good terrier from a bad un, and because of this they sometimes (thankfully) dont stay in the sport.. Then uv got the lad who want to learn and do right by the sport but sometimes maybe work or studies or a change of lifestyle diverts them away from terriers.. Then u have the lads that have a real passion for the sport and more importantly i think a passion for terriers, who will see the sport through to the next generation.. But all to many older generation terriermen are unwilling to bring younger lads out these and show em the rights and wrongs and gain from there experience.. Maybe thats why our sport is faultering..

...Pa

[FANTASY POLICE 2]

I seriously considered giving up about 10 year ago when all my dogs were stolen,its very hard to come back from that when it happens and i would not wish it on anyone,but i kept goin and i dug with a mate of mine using his dogs NEIL.COONEY thanks neil for all the help back then and now i have a few workers and a couple untried for this season.As for the younger generation there is some descent young lads about who want to learn the right way.A lot of the fault is that they have not got the same freedom to dig as we had so they do as they can.Also a lot are geting ripped off buying dogs that are shite for big money.There is a young chap just across the way from me that paid £500 for what he was told a working dog that was useless and the same young lad never even got a trial with it,needless to say no money back,so that would turn a lot of the young lads off but he then went a got a couple of pups which he shall have ready for this season so with a bit of luck he will get there.I think terrier work has to be in your blood or you wont stay at it,not nice on a cold winters evening and you diging down to a terrier maybe in the dark and all your mates are in the pup enjoying themselves,but i would'nt swap it for the world.Terrier work is the same as any other sport,you will always have mouthy know all pricks young and old,but the best thing to do is give them a wide berth and let them talk shite to someone that wants to listen.

 

i think ur spot on with alot that uv said fat man, ive seen young lads down my way come into the digging scene lately, some are mouthy little know it alls who want to have good terriers now and will throw away money after money to get one but in reality they wouldnt know a good terrier from a bad un, and because of this they sometimes (thankfully) dont stay in the sport.. Then uv got the lad who want to learn and do right by the sport but sometimes maybe work or studies or a change of lifestyle diverts them away from terriers.. Then u have the lads that have a real passion for the sport and more importantly i think a passion for terriers, who will see the sport through to the next generation.. But all to many older generation terriermen are unwilling to bring younger lads out these and show em the rights and wrongs and gain from there experience.. Maybe thats why our sport is faultering..

...Pa

:clapper:

[CorkyJohn 808]

Its alot harder now getting digging, I had permission on an estate which we dug on every week for 10yrs then lost it due to some backstabbing arsehole who crawled up the keepers arse. After that we had to rely on invites. When I started I just learned as I worked the dogs & learnt from my mistakes as I had nobody to show me the ropes, I even took a couple of lads out who I thought knew what they were on about hoping to learn from them but they were clueless. When I was getting into digging I'd rather be out with the dogs than getting pissed unlike alot of young lads, the dogs meant alot more. I gifted my last terrier to a keeper mate up scotland as I couldn't justify having a terrier. Its not like the lurchers where you can literally go anywhere you want to work the dogs, we did a bit of digging in places we didnt have permission but there just wasn't enough available & the risks too great once my daughter came along. I wouldn't hesitate to get back into digging if the chance came along but I just can't see it happening as permission is too hard to come by.

[desertdog 149]

just reading through some of the posts on here -- i asked my self the question is thr a future for terrier work in the next say 20 year .. some of the younger generation of digging lads are either clueless or know it all i know of a lot of older digging men who have packed up in the last couple of year a lot due to health and some for the way the games gone .. question for the older lads how much longer do you see yourself in the game - have you or intend to give the game up ? and the younger lads is the future safe in your hands ? thrs countless people that have done a lot of hard work to promote terrierwork work in the right way -- i dont want to single people out but is thr a b .w. of the future is the future of the fmwtc and other clubs gonna be safe in the hands of these younger lads ..

good post stig.

[the_stig 6,614]

few year ago a lad used to come out with us keen as fcuk he had an older russell bitch off me for ratting did a bit of digging got a little lurcher went rabbiting we all thought he`d last the course .. then 4 year on he found out whr the pub was and what was in his pants ... the russells back on my yard and the lurchers his mums pet .. he might come back to it but none of the older lads are willing to help another youngster out my lads have never shown any interest and gone into differant sports -- my daughter was well into it but studies and buisness commitments have curtailed her interest .. none of the older lads i know have had any interest in it from thr kids they all went into football and wanted to be the next david beckham or ryan giggs ...

Edited May 3, 2011 by the_stig