Age

[Craigr2415 0]

What's the oldest you guys would start a terrier to earth work atb craig

[wipeout 80]

i think if they hav gone past 24 mts forget about them

[Rik 49]

my dog was entered to empty earths at 15wks after my mates older dogs had run it through but he didnt see a fox till he was 12 months but again with an older dog

[dev 227]

  On 12/05/2011 at 20:07, Rik said:

my dog was entered to empty earths at 15wks after my mates older dogs had run it through but he didnt see a fox till he was 12 months but again with an older dog

why run a 15 week old throw an earth??? and why work a 12month old terrier with another dog?

work one dog at a time mate, if he's ready and he has it in him then he wont need any help.

[.terrier man. 193]

some dogs take longer to mature than others, one of the dogs i dig too wasnt intrested in going to ground at all up until he was 2 an half we used to call him dafydd the gay terrier and laughing about getting him a pink collar, then when his bollaks dropped he flew and is probaly the hardest dog we dig too now,

[Terrier Sam 297]

I hunt with a guy regularly over the winter who point blank refuses to pay much - if anything, for his dogs and when he's after another dog (if there is no one locally with pups) looks through the 'free to good home' ads in papers etc. and has had some little crackers. He's had one that was around 3 and was 100% pet material but worked his socks off below ground.

 

This isn't my opinion - i'd prefer to spend and get a good dog from workin lines. I'm just sayin that it's possible that dogs from all different backgrounds and ages may work given the opertunity

 

Sam