Best Book

[Wxm 1,638]

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Edited October 15, 2013 by Wxm

[gary.l 61]

The Nick Stevens one is a good read imo.

[rob284 1,682]

The Nick Stevens one is a good read imo.

obsession?

[gary.l 61]

 

The Nick Stevens one is a good read imo.

obsession?

 

yeah that's the one, decent price too from what I remember, hardback, loads of good glossy pictures and a few good yarns in it.

Edited October 15, 2013 by gary.l

[Grinder 102]

Jock of the bushvelt .... Excellent read 1880s true story of hunting with a staffy in South Africa ....

[Snoz 29]

Jock of the bushveld is good if you dont get the modern pc version, another good book imo is the terriers vocation Im sure the writer was geoffrey sparrow , it was written in the late 1800s or early 1900 and is pretty whitty and the guy talks a lot of sense. The other thing I noticed about it was the similarity to a few of the "tales" plummer told as his own. The fact this book was written before he was born says a lot about him!!!! (plummer)

[Bosun11 537]

Sparrows book The Terriers Vocation is overlooked a lot these days, dunno why, it's a cracker.....

 

Thing is and feel free to disagree but if its a tale you like, then read a couple of early Plummer books if you've never done before, Tales Of A Rat Hunting Man and Artisan Hunter are great reads IMO, as is Nathan.

It's easy to knock 'ol DBP but he could spin a bloody good yarn, especially early on....

[BORDERSCOT 3,816]

Sparrows book The Terriers Vocation is overlooked a lot these days, dunno why, it's a cracker.....

 

Thing is and feel free to disagree but if its a tale you like, then read a couple of early Plummer books if you've never done before, Tales Of A Rat Hunting Man and Artisan Hunter are great reads IMO, as is Nathan.

It's easy to knock 'ol DBP but he could spin a bloody good yarn, especially early on....

 

Geoffrey Sparrow's The Terrier's Vocation is a really good wee book...... A time and period long gone now......some good stories and advice.....

 

If anyone wants to read it I'm happy to lend it........needs to come back when they're done with it though.....

[Accip74 7,112]

Sparrows book The Terriers Vocation is overlooked a lot these days, dunno why, it's a cracker.....

 

Thing is and feel free to disagree but if its a tale you like, then read a couple of early Plummer books if you've never done before, Tales Of A Rat Hunting Man and Artisan Hunter are great reads IMO, as is Nathan.

It's easy to knock 'ol DBP but he could spin a bloody good yarn, especially early on....

Plummer certainly wrote well, I was hooked on the stuff as a kid, saving my money to buy the next one! But a few years back while sorting out books to pass on, I delved into a few & he really did push the boundaries of believability lol

[the_stig 6,614]

not keen on some of the interview and photo shopped books that are around but each to there own..

[VOON 1,317]

Jock of the bushvelt .... Excellent read 1880s true story of hunting with a staffy in South Africa ....

Wasn't a staff it was a pitbull

[Grinder 102]

My mistake thanks Voon.....

[Glyn..... 5,208]

off another site ....take with a large pinch of salt

 

 

English Bulldog X Manchester terrier

One of the first Bull & Terriers

One of the most famous dog in the Staffordshire Bull Terrier studbook named after a book authored in 1880s with final draft published in 1907. The dog is Jock of the Bushveldt, born 1910. An excerpt from a newspaper clipping accompanying the photograph:

“Bred by Jack Higham of Chroley, Lancs, was believed by many to be a Stafford- he was certainly game enough for such a claim! Actually he was a direct cross Manchester Terrier sire X an all-brindle Bulldog bitch. It is also a fact he mated white Bull Terrier bitches (coloured Bull Terriers were then non-existent) to capture their nappers to his rich brindle thereby staring off all coloured Bull Terriers. Well, certainly, an influential line of them.”

[VOON 1,317]

No such thing as a staffy in 1880

[Rat face 1,655]

Sparrows book The Terriers Vocation is overlooked a lot these days, dunno why, it's a cracker.....

 

Thing is and feel free to disagree but if its a tale you like, then read a couple of early Plummer books if you've never done before, Tales Of A Rat Hunting Man and Artisan Hunter are great reads IMO, as is Nathan.

It's easy to knock 'ol DBP but he could spin a bloody good yarn, especially early on....

lepus is another good one of his I think, wouldn't mind reading Nathan as well