Working Bedlingtons 2005

[Guest oldskool]

what a belter mate

[pickaxe 23]

its seems this thread being going ages and i've enjoyed reading it, and its nice to see you breeding them to be earth dogs.....good luck

[Guest nitevision]

good luck with the pup s/j,look foward to watching him grow.

[Royston2 0]

swansea mate to carry on the working bedlington you need to give a working bred beddy to someone that will work it to ground i might just no somone interested mate...lol

[byron 1,169]

A bit of a dichotomy for me this one SJ.

But in the main, have to agree with the points you raise.

What I'm about to spit out may seem a bit rich coming from someone with a Bedlington over 17" tall , but I do feel that size is not much of a forethought these days when people get together and try to breed so called "working Bedlingtons"

Sadly, this is because the very same breeders are (perhaps unwittingly) contributing to the re classifying of the Working type Bedlington as a "Bushing dog" - (I hate that term).

The coats on some of this new breed of semi psuedo WORKING Bedlingtons are in many cases no better than their show bretheren.

 

The fact that your bitch had only one pup was not good news for me, as my options for a good sized digging bitch are now severely hampered.

The fact is, that I have only one realistic option open to me now, and if that doesn't come off, I'll just bite the bullet and buy a well bred Lakie.

 

This Sunday, I may take a trip over to Bedlington for the WMWTC show, more to catch up with a few people than anything else.

Going by last year, there will be plenty of "working type" Bedlingtons in attendance, But I guarantee that my young dog will be the only one there who has the visible marks evident of having been up close and personal with Charlie.

 

It's all a bit depressing really.

The coats on some of this new breed of semi psuedo WORKING Bedlingtons are in many cases no better than their show bretheren. since when did a decent coat make a dog work better please enlighten me. a fired up dog dosent worry about this

[david2363 42]

Get real Byron, Ok so the coat has no bearing on the dogs temperent or ability to hunt. ............BUT, if you were to ask me would I like to spend

a day out in the rain,hail, sleet wind etc with a dog with a cotton wool coat, NO THANKS.

 

Byron, my dog is "fired up" and has a great coat - best of both worlds really.

[matulkoh 66]

my beddy has wooly coat, like the show one, i never have a problem, in winter we have more than -20 and never have a problem, even we were sitting for hours and waiting for muflons, deers, fallows or boars.

[david2363 42]

my beddy has wooly coat, like the show one, i never have a problem, in winter we have more than -20 and never have a problem, even we were sitting for hours and waiting for muflons, deers, fallows or boars.

I must get one then.

[TerrierLad 0]

-20 must be some coat...

[byron 1,169]

Get real Byron, Ok so the coat has no bearing on the dogs temperent or ability to hunt. ............BUT, if you were to ask me would I like to spend

a day out in the rain,hail, sleet wind etc with a dog with a cotton wool coat, NO THANKS.

 

Byron, my dog is "fired up" and has a great coat - best of both worlds really.

well i had the sister to sj [tango/rusty /glass] and i know my bitch had not a weather coat! and it never seemed to bothered her

[foyrious 13]

the beddo that my lurcher was bred from (sire-beddo...dam-beddo grey) was a brilliant earth dog and a strong, small type. the breeding wasnt planned so i got one for next to nothing and i'm so impressed with how the strength and prey drive of his dad has come through... i would be certain that he would make many many other teriiers that work to shame.. It is just a shame the breed has been messed around with so much for the show ring and money. I still think they are the best breed of terrier and more breeders shouls support stronger working types and bring the breed back to what ot was years ago.

[david2363 42]

Get real Byron, Ok so the coat has no bearing on the dogs temperent or ability to hunt. ............BUT, if you were to ask me would I like to spend

a day out in the rain,hail, sleet wind etc with a dog with a cotton wool coat, NO THANKS.

 

Byron, my dog is "fired up" and has a great coat - best of both worlds really.

well i had the sister to sj [tango/rusty /glass] and i know my bitch had not a weather coat! and it never seemed to bothered her

Chuffed to bits for you Byron mate,

Where do you live, by the way? Tenerife??

[byron 1,169]

Get real Byron, Ok so the coat has no bearing on the dogs temperent or ability to hunt. ............BUT, if you were to ask me would I like to spend

a day out in the rain,hail, sleet wind etc with a dog with a cotton wool coat, NO THANKS.

 

Byron, my dog is "fired up" and has a great coat - best of both worlds really.

well i had the sister to sj [tango/rusty /glass] and i know my bitch had not a weather coat! and it never seemed to bothered her

Chuffed to bits for you Byron mate,

Where do you live, by the way? Tenerife??

lets be seeing this great coated earth dog then. i suppose its 100% mute as well is it. like the beddies g/n once new. or is a 18inch jobby i await your reply

[pickaxe 23]

Frank Buck talking about the early fell/patterdales had this to say about coats, he's talking about 80years or more ago

 

“They had a lot of bedlington in them in those days†said Frank, “all the fell terriers did. They couldn’t stand the cold. Not if it was blowing, frosty, snowy stuff. Could they buggery!! It used to blow their coats, they used to starve but he bred them down to a good coat in the end. He put Sealyham into them and bred off that until they got lovely coats,

[david2363 42]

Just for you Byron http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...699&st=1080

He is a big lad - not 18" though , see's his fair share.