what defines a working terrier?

[fellman 116]

If everyone's terriers do what is expected then they are doing their job, don't let anyone on an internet hunting site let you think any less of your terriers for not doing exactly what they say or do with theirs, .........this is not the real world, there are a lot of bullshitters writing a good story on here, the real world is out with and enjoying your dogs regardless to what you choose to do with them,

`aint that the truth

[Waz 4,252]

Just enjoy working your terriers how YOU see fit. & ill do the same long live the working terrier.

[johnny 777 53]

Just enjoy working your terriers how YOU see fit. & ill do the same long live the working terrier.

. ME TO END OF

[keith j 1,088]

he's not clueless he's a real good lad and your doing it again. And like I said you need to start taking on board other people's opinions

jonny and keith you sound like right f****n faggots-you been giving durham shit for awhile now-you know hes right and you 2s are just bitter c**ts with a kennel each full of spewers that will only look at a rat.IF THEY WHERE MINE THEY WOULD HAVE THE SHOVEL 1 WAY OR ANOTHER.

just what i expected from you boby boy,you comments are so hurt full, let people on here make there own minds up who've read these post's.you and one or to others like yourself are one track pony's,it's plane to see by your post's that you are so full of your own ego,your heads so far up your own arse,that its affecting your brain,as people like you boby spit your dummys out if some one replies and its not what you want to hear.must apologise boby for my dogs lack of earth work as i would really like to have the same image as yourself,before i go can you answer me this'if i hit my dog with a shovel WOULD IT THEN BE A WORKING TERRIER?thats me out of this shambles,happy hunting to all you decent folk on here.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Real work is ground work and at the very least its the hardest of work for a terrier. Each to their own and all that but ground work cant be beating its their sole purpose get springer for bushing or beagles. And cats for rats Fact.

I think gonetoearth would agree its one that gets paid to do a job ;-) lol

only if its got a cics card saying its a working terrier and its profesional

[aaron01 737]

after how many digs do yous class your dogs as proven ? i no it can all change from 1 dig but upuntill or if that happens how many digs till you say its proved its self ??

to me end of second season start of third when the dog has been tested you could call it a proven terrier but your better saying nothing and let the dog do the talking

you know

I don't pretend to know a whole lot but I know this if you have a digging dog you don't need to tell anyone or bum and blow about it you need to dig and test it to see its ability and the only time you really appricate the wee warrior is when you don't have it anymore lol

[Bossie 90]

I've always like the second explanation for the name terrier a lot more compared to the terra=ground so it must work below ground. But although this is acknowledged by public opinion some say and this is also possible that terrier could come from the latin word for terror.

Every working(and even show/pet) terrier (working above or below) shares this trait, which makes it a more common trait than the earth work.

All little terrorists if you ask me. To me a working terrier is brave, tenacious and persistent while working below or above.

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Who gives a flying fook ive sat and watched loads of so called experts terriers do alsorts a few red faces Oh and i was around pre 1973 and there was as much bullshit then as there is now just the internet makes it all the more enjoyable. Lol Oh and as am not doctor doolittle ive never spoke to my terriers about the ban. Test, proven , and all the other shit prove what to who were and when. Got my memorys and hope to have many more ,

[fish 148]

Who gives a flying fook ive sat and watched loads of so called experts terriers do alsorts a few red faces Oh and i was around pre 1973 and there was as much bullshit then as there is now just the internet makes it all the more enjoyable. Lol Oh and as am not doctor doolittle ive never spoke to my terriers about the ban. Test, proven , and all the other shit prove what to who were and when. Got my memorys and hope to have many more ,

that made me smile couldn't put it better then that lol .

[gonetoearth 5,144]

Just to add what makes a working terrier ther e was an old women lived at the end of my street as kid she had a little red terrier looked like a norfolk She walked it every day to and from the shops she set rat traps living by the cut shes dead now so it dont matter gins she set the little red bitch would tear down the the garden shed to get to the sprung traps me mate would tell me who lived next door off i went down south keepering another story but while there the head keeper had a little white russle bitch now being in the middle of a famous hunt counrty we had to be carefull with are fox management. And the little white bitch would play a major part. She would go to ground and bolt even the most tenasious fox. One after another this went on all the time i was there she always came out after the bolt yapping running round yappin About two years past i asked the boss were did you get her He stared at me. Foook of i said who off. Your old place he says. He bred her and took some pups kept two sold the rest , i starts thinking pups , phoned home gets told the story , yes he. Gave a pup to an old lady yes a red bitch , any way off i goes home. For me break to me mates theres the red bitch. Laying in next doors garden with the old dear hoeing her veg. Hello i says how the dog doing bugger shes a bugger , needs a good walk says i. She stares at me. And says you best look after her. Next day off me and matey goes not far away was one of the best pheasants shoots on the north west coast. Not no more alas. But back then i knew all the earths. On this place. In to the big old beach wood we goes right to an earth that used to hold Now this bitch had sat in front of a fire For years chased the odd cat caught the odd rat been batterd by an old bat !!!!!!! But i knew its breeding off the lead it sqated and had a piss me mate laughed. Then she sniffed in she went no collars back then oooooooooh. Shes in both of us staring no nets just a shovel , Heads down ear to the ground yappin screeming yapping yapping bumping. Every thing. This went on shall we dig says dxxx no no wait wait. , now this place is on a big moss every thump. And bump could be herd. Silence nothing. Then out it flew tail in the air. A little red chap. With a little red bitch in persuit Twice more we took her out the last time she got a bad bite and bled like pig old ma was none to pleased and never let us take her out again , pet or worker , Nope just a terrier SOME WILL SOME WONT. AINT NO MEDALS. OR CERTIFICATS I WANT OR NEED JUST THE LITTLE TYKE THE TERRIER BREED LOL

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

jonny you little girl-lol-keith let me start by saying that i dont have a big ego i just have a big cock-lol-if the dog dont do earth work then its f*****g gone 1 way or another its because of tits like you and your fag friend jonny bitch= that theres so much shit sub standard terriers about- in all fairness the great men who spent their whole lifetimes TRYING TO GET THE BEST WOULD BE f*****g APPALLED that it now lies in the hands of people like yourself and nonceboy777- who by the way is againts tail docking-f*****g says it all-dont worry about me and my shit mate- because while your on here pretending to be the hunter man- i will be out putting some earth on the bank working my dogs to their full ability-LAW OR NO LAW-it will be people like myself who will keep the TRUE WORKING TERRIERS ALIVE -by whatever means -and if that means culling the shit then thats the way the cookie will crumble son.atb and have a nice xmas. bobby

[hard grafter 277]

jonny you little girl-lol-keith let me start by saying that i dont have a big ego i just have a big cock-lol-if the dog dont do earth work then its f*****g gone 1 way or another its because of tits like you and your fag friend jonny bitch= that theres so much shit sub standard terriers about- in all fairness the great men who spent their whole lifetimes TRYING TO GET THE BEST WOULD BE f*****g APPALLED that it now lies in the hands of people like yourself and nonceboy777- who by the way is againts tail docking-f*****g says it all-dont worry about me and my shit mate- because while your on here pretending to be the hunter man- i will be out putting some earth on the bank working my dogs to their full ability-LAW OR NO LAW-it will be people like myself who will keep the TRUE WORKING TERRIERS ALIVE -by whatever means -and if that means culling the shit then thats the way the cookie will crumble son.atb and have a nice xmas. bobby

Another honest post

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

these 2 clowns are proper full of shite-sounds to me they must have every single copy of plummers fantasy books infront of them to quote from-i have read one or two when younger the FELL TERRIER being his best imo-How much of what is written in there is really that truthfull? Ive met some of the big names in the terrier game and must be honest-MOST are proper f*****g clowns and a real let down-i 2 have been sold a dream or 2 in my time but i dropped the rose tinted glasses and stick to what ive seen with my own eyes.As for homo 777-terriers where bred for controlling VERMIN-what book inspired you to ask me that question?YOU KNOW -THAT I KNOW -YOU ARE JUST A PRETENDER like most the wannabees on here you jumped on the bandwagon after the ban-BUT FEEL FREE ANYTIME YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME EARTHWORK CONDUCTED IN THE CORRECT MANNER TO GIVE ME A CALL AND I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TRAVEL ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY/ACROSS THE WATER-TO HAVE A DAYS DIGGING-thats the difference between you and myself as i will do what ever it takes to put the graft infront of my dogs and not make excuses about my permissions overlooked by houses,to many dog walkers etc-get out and get some different land.you got to travel if you want work for your dogs-IMO PEOPLES LIKE YOURSELF JUST HAVE A PET THAT KILLS THE ODD RAT-IF YOUR DOG DONT GRAFT UNDER YOUR FEET ITS NO MORE THAN A f****n COWARD END OF.atb bobby

[Marmite 19]

When I was growing up & as a young man my dad always said to me that a terriers not a real dog unless it works to ground .

when i was growing up my momma always said lifes like a box of chocolates

Another teenage mother who watched Forrest Gump.The World today eh!

Edited December 12, 2012 by Marmite

[jawn 449]

Could of sworn I saw something to the effect of "Earthdogs and Working terriers" at the top of the dam page. Must have been a typo.

 

I'm always left scratching my head when it's seems it's more important to some to degrade the work another man does with what he feeds, than to talk about how he enjoys the work his own dogs are doing.

 

I don't hunt rats beyond letting a terrier kill them under the house or slipping a little dog down in the rocks at the jetties when I'm fishing, just as often as not they end up with a dam crab hanging off the end of their nose... but I enjoy the hell out of the pictures of the red and white dogs doing what they obviously do well. Seems I recal some pictures of him out with his kids enjoying stacking up a few rats. For the life of me it's hard to find fault with that. Might have been a different guy with some different red and white dogs, but the point still stands.

 

I'm not likely to rush over to the mans house trying to buy a dog hoping it will work for what I do. It may... but I have dogs that are doing the job I gave them, so why bother. My wife is always telling me that I missed the point, and I may well have done the same here. This seems to be of a personal nature, and likely has nothing to do with working terriers at all any more.