MINSHAW .....

[FUJI 17,288]

andy your honest reply earlier impressed me but ffs this post, the pics, stories and history just keep getting better

 

Thankyou fella ..it does help when you've been around a while i suppose ..i know lads who have done more than myself but don't bother with t'internet and such,just look at Chalkwarren and the graft he's done in this game and for a lot longer than i?,lot's of "die hards" of the hunting game around,i take my hat off to each and every one of them because i know to get up there with the best and last it out it takes SERIOUS dedication to the point of putting nearly all and sundry in your life on the backburner ...looking back i wouldn't change one thing when it comes to my hunting ways ...looking forward i hope i can continue to find the work to run my dogs and run them hard..they are bred to withstand the vigours of hard graft and as long as i'm able they will get exactly that... ..ATB Andy.

[birddog 1,354]

maybe why i understand your commitment so much i've had running dogs 30 odd years and talking to a mate last night the same age who's gonna be looking for wife number 4 if she moaned about his dogs, i'm just hoping to be able to continue jumping fences for a few more years but again thanks for the enlightenment

[FUJI 17,288]

This is Jack and his son Chester...both dogs were good runners,great retrievers,excellent mouth on them and put some game to bed over the years ..ATB Andy.

 

[FUJI 17,288]

I've told this tale before and most of you have probably read it or know the craic about how Vic Minshaw's dog Blue met his maker.If this dog had died of old age then that would of been fine,even if he had been killed when at work or through illness but no,this dog met a far more grisly end.When in his later years old Blue was seen regularly trawling the streets for whatever reason that may of been?,and even then he liked to think of himself as the best,in more ways than one.He was never frightened of anything and would never shirk a battle,but on this day the wrong dog crossed his path,for even in his youth he could only ever be second.The dog he chose to disagree with was an American Pit Bull,the end result was obvious,for now he was in decline and not the force of old,the big strong brute of a dog he once was,was just a shadow of his former self.This warrior who had made his name legendary throughout Cumbria and much farther afield,with his phenomenal bags of game which he had caught running single handed,drew his final breath on the pavement of a council estate in the jaws of an American Pit Bull..what a sad end to a real champion of a dog . ATB Andy.

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

A good historical thread, exclusive and unique to, The Hunting Life...

 

 

All the best,.. and good hunting,..Chalkwarren...

[fredthefrog 169]

says alot about the man that owned the dog sad ending that to such a fine lurcher..............victor tommy let down thats all i will say on the matter................very sad..

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

So whats in the make up of these dogs? Roughly?

[busher 145]

I've told this tale before and most of you have probably read it or know the craic about how Vic Minshaw's dog Blue met his maker.If this dog had died of old age then that would of been fine,even if he had been killed when at work or through illness but no,this dog met a far more grisly end.When in his later years old Blue was seen regularly trawling the streets for whatever reason that may of been?,and even then he liked to think of himself as the best,in more ways than one.He was never frightened of anything and would never shirk a battle,but on this day the wrong dog crossed his path,for even in his youth he could only ever be second.The dog he chose to disagree with was an American Pit Bull,the end result was obvious,for now he was in decline and not the force of old,the big strong brute of a dog he once was,was just a shadow of his former self.This warrior who had made his name legendary throughout Cumbria and much farther afield,with his phenomenal bags of game which he had caught running single handed,drew his final breath on the pavement of a council estate in the jaws of an American Pit Bull..what a sad end to a real champion of a dog . ATB Andy.

thats how i was told it to' andy... a hell ov a dog'' he was.. ATB..B

[Millet 4,497]

So whats in the make up of these dogs? Roughly?

Beddy whippet mate..

[chartpolski 23,480]

So whats in the make up of these dogs? Roughly?

 

Take a look at the "pedigrees" that Andy has allready posted on this thread and that should answer your question

 

Cheers.

Edited May 31, 2012 by chartpolski

[FUJI 17,288]

thats how i was told it to' andy... a hell ov a dog'' he was.. ATB..B

 

..Spot on B

[FUJI 17,288]

So whats in the make up of these dogs? Roughly?

 

In the main Gareth they are just linebred lurcher x lurcher with the odd outcross matey

[busher 145]

Last un and i'm off my scran ...Nigger a son of Blue's brother and Conan a son of Vic's Blue,he was dogged with serious injury to his wrist which never really gave him the chance to reach his full potential? He knocked some gear over though when he was fit and able here's a few bits.ATB Andy.

 

Nigger & Conan

that nigger could bob on a bit to' n put some stuff away for its size'' andy.. remember when i fist saw the dog' was taken bk how small he was.. but as u say he was the sire to a dog here that became a great dog himself in his lifetime... ATB..B

[bird 9,889]

So whats in the make up of these dogs? Roughly?

 

In the main Gareth they are just linebred lurcher x lurcher with the odd outcross matey

sent you a pm andy .!

[FUJI 17,288]

that nigger could bob on a bit to' n put some stuff away for its size'' andy.. remember when i fist saw the dog' was taken bk how small he was.. but as u say he was the sire to a dog here that became a great dog himself in his lifetime... ATB..B

 

Oh aye B,he was hardly 24 1/2 tts i'd say but he could run and would get stuck into anything lol..seen him swinging off plenty of critters over the years,was a hard mouthed bugger ..ATB Andy.