how many digs

[fat man 4,741]

Good topic Kevin.

I've been the cause of a couple of dogs throwing in the towel.

like wise lad ,at least your future dogs will be better for you acknowledgeing it,

Mustard weve all done it if we were honest enough to hold our hands up.

[russellcur 15]

If you put the dog in a deep earth then 2 deep digs is more than 10 shallow easy ones IMO

[Guest dee mac]

If you put the dog in a deep earth then 2 deep digs is more than 10 shallow easy ones IMO

[fat man 4,741]

i rather av 4 quailty digs then 10 easy ones i think when you got to bring em on wraped in wool yov not got what you relly after if they got it there show what they made of. jmo got a very well bred pup at the moment it be tested

i think the reason a lot of dogs dont make the grade is too many lads think they need to be tested in there first season i saw a young bitch doin very well this season on a tough dig and two weeks later i heard the bitch had a blip and was gone i think the owner is to blame then for havin her out so soon again jmho

Its not only first season dogs that fail,any terrier thats worked sore time and time again will eventually throw in the towel.I know of 1 very good bitch that was dug to in all sorts of places and never once came away,then she was sold and worked without leting her heal properly and she jibbed,no fault of her own there not machines.

[kevin em 342]

a lot of lads think there robots how many of us would take a thrashin in a club on a saturday night and go back every week for more of the same

[fat man 4,741]

a lot of lads think there robots how many of us would take a thrashin in a club on a saturday night and go back every week for more of the same

Haha keven i think both me and you are a bit long in the tooth for clubing,but you are right too many good dogs were destroyed by being pushed too far,they all have there limits.

[rocket ronnie 243]

Great thread keV an some sound fellas

[lurcher330 2,297]

a lot of lads think there robots how many of us would take a thrashin in a club on a saturday night and go back every week for more of the same

Haha keven i think both me and you are a bit long in the tooth for clubing,but you are right too many good dogs were destroyed by being pushed too far,they all have there limits.

 

the lads that think they have robots are the same lads that if there lucky will only get 2 seasons from a dog and then will bad mouth the lad that bred the dog

[Guest dee mac]

a lot of lads think there robots how many of us would take a thrashin in a club on a saturday night and go back every week for more of the same

we used too attend a very famous niteclub around our part back in the day kevin and you usually got a thrashing every weekend but you had too go back as there was no where else too go but it done our running ability no end of good

[Glyn..... 5,208]

how I've allways seen it we the owners are the brains of the partnership because a good keen terrier just like the older terriers only have one thing on there mind and that's to get to and at its quarry, they have no idea of time or depth so i take young terrier to shallow earths, where i can hear whats going on and if all that happens is bumping after they find i give them less time before i dig if they're working away nicely i lay on the ground and listen and could leave it to it for a hour or more

[vduben 55]

my dog was 13 months when he was first entered properly and he came away after 2 hours because he couldnt hold under ground, but we went back 3 weeks later and he held and stayed and we dug to him since then hes had 4 more digs and every time hes stayed but hes getting harder, hopefully he will chill out a little bit but i think 5 digs was plenty for him

[slips 114]

i rather av 4 quailty digs then 10 easy ones i think when you got to bring em on wraped in wool yov not got what you relly after if they got it there show what they made of. jmo got a very well bred pup at the moment it be tested

i think the reason a lot of dogs dont make the grade is too many lads think they need to be tested in there first season i saw a young bitch doin very well this season on a tough dig and two weeks later i heard the bitch had a blip and was gone i think the owner is to blame then for havin her out so soon again jmho

Its not only first season dogs that fail,any terrier thats worked sore time and time again will eventually throw in the towel.I know of 1 very good bitch that was dug to in all sorts of places and never once came away,then she was sold and worked without leting her heal properly and she jibbed,no fault of her own there not machines.

they dont have to be smash up to be good digs and only a fool works them sore. when they got it there show you it then its down to owner to mould it

[Bryan 1,362]

Working a "hard" dog lightly in it's first season only encourages that style and does nothing to help that dog find all their gears, it's a common mistake.

Every dog is different and need bringing on differently to get the best out of them, 20 digs might crack one animal but make another.

I wouldn't have any fixed number in my head but just work an animal on it's own merit.

Bryan

[caughsurup 0]

That's spot on advice Bryan

[Guest dee mac]

Working a "hard" dog lightly in it's first season only encourages that style and does nothing to help that dog find all their gears, it's a common mistake.

Every dog is different and need bringing on differently to get the best out of them, 20 digs might crack one animal but make another.

I wouldn't have any fixed number in my head but just work an animal on it's own merit.

Bryan

spot on bryan hit the nail on the head i also think that most of these so called rock hard dogs would benifit from a bit more work and would soon learn how too use there voice .