Requirements of the type of terrier needed

[Autumnbriar 0]

I live in the states, the area I live in is hilly (mountains really), extrememly rocky, clay soil... The terrier I found that works best for my area is about 12 lbs, very tiny chest under 15" prefered, and mixes bays.

 

Now In the same state (Pennsylvania) there is a fella who hunts in a totally rocky undiggable area and he requires and even softer terrier one that will come out, or be called out as the tubes are usually about 6" , rock lined and the goal is to have quarry bolt. This fella prefers a 8-10 lb terrier with a 14" chest, his terriers are also slight of leg.....

 

Below me about 2 hours one can dig with reasonable effort, and a harder terrier can be used......

 

what I find concerning is the mentality here in the states, that a terrier must destroy quarry..... and their are people who fall for this thinking until they start to hunt......

[Autumnbriar 0]

LOL oh yeah.....been working more with the running dogs, Hows it going with you?

 

I sure wish my dogs could write then maybe I could retire and they could go to work and earn what pays the bills....

 

 

 

Opps misread your post......

 

Nope it's not Ken Chambers, but I have seen where he hunts, Ken works a pack of two to four terriers and how they work I would say it's like "worrying" the quarry.... but the fella is about an hour north east of him... lol and he did start with terriers from him

Edited April 22, 2007 by Autumnbriar

[Guest Haggler]

I was thinking of another with the same first name , I'm sure he's in the same state .

 

 

Yes, "James" out of Bedford.

 

Haggler

[Autumnbriar 0]

Yes your right Ken James not Chambers.........

[Kye 77]

All the holes in my area are dug buy G-Hogs,...we have terriers ranging from 10" all the way up too 16"...my digging partners dogs range from 12" too 14"...all our dogs get plenty of work...even my 16" can get up too the possoms and raccoons in the gh tubes...he wont make much of a gh dog though..lol.

 

Kye,..

[Autumnbriar 0]

What I would give to have a place where I could run my hounds and teriers all year, in the summer it's terriers in the winter it's the running dogs.....

 

we have red fox, and grey fox (more grey than red), skunks, raccoon, oppossum, skunks, porcupines, woodchucks, and SKUNKS...... Hopefully the ferrets will provide good sport with them skunks......

[skycat 6,173]

Always interesting to her of other folks' dogs Aumtumnbriar: got any pics of your running dogs as well as ther terriers? And what sort of breeding are your running dogs?

Good hunting in your parts I'll bet.

[ginge2k6 0]

Hopefully the ferrets will provide good sport with them skunks......

 

ferrets on a skunk, a bit dangerous for the ferret i should think, considering skunks go from 15 inches to 27 inches, and isn't skunk spray lethal for dogs let alone ferrets.

[Autumnbriar 0]

ginge, I gave it a go last year and did OK, but then felt I will hold off until I have some offspring, just in case I will keep you posted on the outcome....

[Autumnbriar 0]

Always interesting to her of other folks' dogs Aumtumnbriar: got any pics of your running dogs as well as ther terriers? And what sort of breeding are your running dogs?

Good hunting in your parts I'll bet.

 

Yes, I have plenty of pics.......as to the breeding of the running dogs I started out with some hanncock blood, then purchased some excellent Staghounds (Pics below)... last summer I did my first cross and covered one of my stags with a 50/50 whippet bull cross and got the dog I posted about in the running dog section Hazmat. His Dam Dakota is one of the hardest running dogs I have got..... this year I did finally get my 10 year old Tom Riely bitch (7/8 grey 1/8 deerhound) covered by my Hanncock bloodlined Lurcher (grey, border/beardie) and I got 5 nice pups (and took some flack for breeding a 10 year old bitch.) It was her first last and only litter, Wylie at ten can still out run my collie Lurchers on the flats.

 

The Hanncock lurchers as Pups:

Johnny and Cash grown up:

 

 

Wylie the Tom Riely bitch:

 

 

and her first last and only litter:

 

 

Dakota the staghound: (the grey colored bitch next to her is a 50/50 grey/border)

 

[ginge2k6 0]

ginge, I gave it a go last year and did OK, but then felt I will hold off until I have some offspring, just in case I will keep you posted on the outcome....

ok mate.

cheers ginge.

[thurso jack 3]

does tom riely still have running dogs?

[dastardlydeed 9]

lauren we are moving to maryland next year and i am wondering the same things....

 

-C

[Autumnbriar 0]

Cson, you are going to LOVE MD! Hook up with Patrick Burns if you can........

 

does tom riely still have running dogs?

Opps missed this, Well this bitch is 10 so you would have to speak to the man that imported her back then, I am her second owner.....

[dastardlydeed 9]

i wonder about the difference in chest/body size for working terriers from maine to maryland. maine was rockier. havent hunted much here in TX...but plan to get all i can out of it while i am here.