rob284 1,682 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Read dh book, in one he states he made a book as he was in a financial problem, and he had to pay the bills Quote Link to post
desertdog 149 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 the likes of the terrier men of old have their place in the mists of time through being spoken of and breeding the right stuff they believed in, and i dont think the books that have been written,were ever written to educate lads to carry out terrier work, you can learn that yourself, and getting your bloodline right, for working.we will never see the likes of these old fellas again, they had the oppotunity to do as they did and work their terrs without restriction, having met a few of the old terriermen, i felt humble in their presence, and only spoke when spoken too,respect to them ,they have done more hunting than i ever will, bert gripton i met once, and what a lovely man to talk to,the young and up coming writers of today,would do well to take a look back, for they write no more than has already been said and already been dug too. 6 Quote Link to post
Mosby 355 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Tell me folks, when the sport is made illegal and no one speaks of it openly and these websites are dismembered, where will the history of terrier work and its methods be found? It will be in books, that's where. Some of you have met great terrier men in your lifetime, that's great, write it down, share the experience, because I promise you, if you don't, it's dead with you. History is in the books lads and people like Buck and Braey, or Nuttal, Gould, Joe down the street, they won't be in the vocabulary in a few generations. I can't name a single terrier man pre- 1920. How did they hunt? What were the dogs really like? Those are questions a book can answer but no man from memory. If the books being published are shite, write a good one. The authors may not be men you respect but its best you stop griping and leave a legacy worth remarking on for later generations because it will not be you the future looks at for the history of terriers but the likes of Plummer, Bluck, Harcombe, Darcy and even Lucas. Get your heads out of the sand! We're living a dying dream and need to represent ourselves. If it isn't written, it didn't happen. Someday, when the crazies arent ruling the world, perhaps proper men will be on the rise again and they'll need proper information to get them anywhere. You won't be there, I won't be there. Books will be there. So all of you who gripe about other's works... Put pen to paper. Put out something worth a damn. 7 Quote Link to post
jonesy 111 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 I dont mind reading the odd book, but its easy to say how good your dogs are in a book, but lets be honest the only real way of showing dogs grafting is out in the field, names are just that ive seen names on here of some blokes that I know regularlyused to take dogs out to show them stop ends as they sold better with signs of work, there is also a terrier book out with a well known terrier man who mentions another man who I wouldn, t piss on if he was on fire and these are the names to be left for future generations to read about. Some books are decent reading but lets be honest the young lads getting into the game shouldn't be to fixated on names and just get there dogs out grafting. Quote Link to post
Bosun11 537 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 There are plenty of names mentioned that I wouldn't give a flying fig for BUT let's face it, with almost everyone there is always gonna be someone who can't stick 'em. Same with lines of terriers, what one bloke thinks is quality, another thinks is shite and standards of work and so on and so on... Same old, same old...! Thing is, with Working Terriers (IMO more than any other working dog) because of the nature of their work, which is unlike any other dog work, history needs preserving. We need to keep track, we need to stay informed because in this day and age, its all on a knife edge and others down the line will need to know. In books, magazines and on here, because it'll always be around and will always be found (long after books are a thing of the past!) we need to post/write with total honesty... If you believe in it, then be honest and informative about it, history, Working Terrier History, deserves it..!!! Quote Link to post
Bootsha 1,306 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 what he said above +1 . 1 Quote Link to post
ChrisJones 7,975 Posted January 1, 2014 Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 what he said above +1 . Agreed Boots! :wink: Mosby and Bosun, my hat of to you two gentlemen. Sound posts. 1 Quote Link to post
BIG TOM 835 Posted January 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2014 Some great views lads and a great bit of information being said like have been said the books will tell the story in years to come and maybe inspire a youngster In the long future which is hopefully what these books will do Quote Link to post
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