Modern Terms

[jack68 628]

This dog is like shit of a shovel... or it will stay longer then the mother in law...

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

"Stays like a train", though that's not a new one.

[inan 841]

Prey drive has been used for a long time .......

And a very important attibute too.

[shealy1 71]

That dogs ripplin lol , he can jump like a stag , has wind to burn to name a few

[Bosun11 537]

'Game'.... I fecking love that one, when either used with Lurchers or Working Terriers..... It came across the pond with those Yank bull dogs in the 80's and has no place in British working dogs.

I've posted before on the subject, that I've been around long enough to meet some of the names of our hunting scene, the old guard, many of whom are now sadly long dead and never have I heard that word mentioned to describe our workers...

 

Don't get me wrong, the word, the term, when used for what it was first intended is the best you can use but for our 'sporting' dogs, Not On Your Nelly!

[shealy1 71]

I do like a Game dog right enough lol only jesting

[RossM 8,121]

Ping as in jump,

 

my all time favourite is 110%........... How is it possible to give more than 100% ?

[shaaark 10,896]

Some good uns there lads lol. I know a few like 'prey drive' have been around for some time, but some of the newer terms, well,

[spiderfly 111]

Dirt(useless) , Wanker(useless) , wellie warmer( won't leave your feet), jacker (stopped on its game), mangle game (hard on game), wing man ( only works doubled up), my favourites, wired to the moon, mental case, physico path, words used alot with terriers around me

[jeemes 4,485]

Years ago all you needed to describe a lurcher was H J K C and R H F D.

And every lurcher for sale could do all these ,LOL, a bit like nowadays.

Reminds me of the old exchange and mart adverts,and every dog was a staghound!

[zigzag dan 784]

For sale through no fault of his own , really means , hes shite and I cant bare to look at him anymore !

[irishnut 297]

For sale through no fault of his own , really means , hes shite and I cant bare to look at him anymore !

Or it can mean. I've f****d up training the dog and he can't bare to look at me anymore

[morton 5,368]

"a picture of the pups for those who asked",loosely meaning,"ive bred a litter of dross,on a whim and fancy,struggling to shift them".My favourite,"its never done that before".

[neil cooney 10,416]

'Game'.... I fecking love that one, when either used with Lurchers or Working Terriers..... It came across the pond with those Yank bull dogs in the 80's and has no place in British working dogs.

I've posted before on the subject, that I've been around long enough to meet some of the names of our hunting scene, the old guard, many of whom are now sadly long dead and never have I heard that word mentioned to describe our workers...

 

Don't get me wrong, the word, the term, when used for what it was first intended is the best you can use but for our 'sporting' dogs, Not On Your Nelly!

Have to agree the word "Game" is used too often and I hate the term "dead game". Most folk don't know what it means and will never see it but there was a term used a lot years ago that you don't hear to often nowadays.

"Game as a pebble."

It was nearly always used for a small type.

[Wxm 1,638]

Old or new I'm not sure but often hear dogs being refurred to as being "mustard"