How did you get into terrier work?

[downsouth 7,667]

my old man broke his leg once and told me son now it's your turn I thought I would hate it but I got the bug after that

He made you break your leg as well,Horrible f**ker.

[oldred58 340]

went out with my old man as soon as could walk, used to go with my mates to the gas works lifting old corrugated sheets for mice and cat hunting in the allys with the street mongrels, been working luchers and terriers near on 50 years

[tillearthdouspart 100]

Went out with my old man and three brothers one weekend. At 6 I tought it was the best thing ever and wanted to do it every weekend since then. And if they dared not to go any weekend id go myself , my first dig was at 10 all on my own felt like a big man.

[digdeeper 278]

Been around farmers and gamekeepers all my life. went out with the keeper near by where i live and managed to tag along whenever they were out that was ten years ago still loving every day out!

[sam 72]

got into it by all my dads digging stories pics and remembering stuffed foxes and etc round the house. who couldnt like going to a fresh earth early in the morning and dropping your terrier in that your brought up yourself to do this exact thing.

[marshman 7,758]

It's nice for those of us that have had someone to show us what to do . I feel lucky to have had to had someone show me the right way to go on. I have got a couple of my brothers little lads asking me to go out digging , they always ask have I got anything or what dog done what . I will do my best to show them like I was shown !

 

[Stabs 3]

Great topic marshman. my heroes when i was a kid were peter beardsley, kenny daglish, my uncle peter and his dogs jasper and oscar. They got me into bulldogs and earthdogs and i have been addicted since. Oscar was an EBT and he was hailed as "nice" but if you went anywhere near him when he was chewing his sheeps heads he would go for you. Jasper i always thought as one of the NE sealyhams but he was part dachshund. decent dog though.

[THE GENERAL 1,982]

My mate in school hunted with his dad and they brought me along one day, got a pup the next wkend and have always had dogs since.

[Tamus 0]

I was brought up on a farm and we always had terriers. My mum had a dog from an old line of working west highlands when I was a baby but she wasn't into breeding them, then later we had jack russells. Ratting and at mice around the farm and nipping at dairy cows heels, bringing them in at milking time.. old memories for me. Never really saw terriers working to ground until just a few years ago though. We have some lads bring their hounds up here to run them out on the Coulter hills (hard men, run for miles and miles) and the terriermen come with them. Great to see. Great to be part of. I've been a standing gun on some of those days.

 

Anyone working terriers in South Lanarkshire these days? Have gun, might travel... :-)

[CO CHISE 330]

i got into ferreting first at a young age when i started middle school after i met a lad who's family was into all kind or field sports and they'd let me go with them with my pal when things was safe for us to go , i use to go ferreting alot on my own and we use to have a yorkie as a family pet, i use to walk miles with this little bitch called sally, she wouldnt work cover or mark up or anything realy but i always took her along with me, she was useless but she was my ferreting partner and to be honest i havnt improved much since but i think that little yorkie got me into the little dogs,