Smithy?

[leethedog 3,071]

Just out of interest what would be prized more a flat out fox killer or a bay and mix type

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

for me it be a bayer mixer evry time if the dog was purley for digging mate

[foxbolter 447]

smithy was no different than some dogs of now or back then and is line is no greater than other lines did he win alot of shows and did people buy alot of pups by him is thats why people on here try to big him up why was he so special tell me just a honesest questions

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

foxbolter type smithy in the serch bar mate spend a hour or 2 and read all the threads on him and come to your own conclusions about the dog unless your 50-60 years old and was around the dog at the time thats all you can do pal

[foxbolter 447]

Fair point zilverhaze

[undertaker 831]

Foxbolter there is dogs as gud as smithy around today it's just the owners are not boasting about them

[fat man 4,741]

for me it be a bayer mixer evry time if the dog was purley for digging mate

Bayer-mixer type will take asmuch if not more stick than a lot of harder dogs.The hard dog will take a certain amount before geting to grips with its fox but then the game is over whereas your mixer type will be sparring the whole time and takes a lot of stick especially in a tight spot.jmo.

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

diffrent veiws of what a bayer mixer is mate... mine is a dog whaT bayes close and hard then takes a hold when the oppertunity is ther my idear of a hard dog is one what is relentless dosent give a inch and will only try to hold no baying involved ,,,, i do agree if a hard dog gets his hold quick he is going to get less stick than the dog whats been sparing untill it gets a hold but if the hard dog cant get a hold frew bad position on a corner or somthing he will keep trying regardless of the stick hes taking the mixer will switch it up and start baying

Edited March 8, 2015 by Zilverhaze

[tripodcrest 4]

if you have a dog as good as smithy and people have seen him work you will boast becurse you are the owner of the real deal

[spindolero 1,111]

if you have a dog as good as smithy and people have seen him work you will boast becurse you are the owner of the real deal

were you one of those people that saw him Tripodcrest?

[Glyn..... 5,208]

Smithy blood runs deep in a hell of a lot of lines of terriers , and i don't know many lines of working blacks or choc that don't carry a hell of a lot of this dogs blood , the problem is very few people keep records or are given / or want the breeding of there pups, i should think many who disregard the influence of Smithy do so because they don't know there terriers carry lines back to the dog,

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

did you ever see the dog in person glyn ?

[Glyn..... 5,208]

no i didn't i saw his daughter work , his grandson , and i owned and worked his grt grand daughter, all with Smithy/ Rags blood ...

 

Edited June 19, 2018 by Glyn.....

[Zilverhaze 1,627]

nice pic thank you mate what version of his breeding do you belive to be true ?

[Glyn..... 5,208]

i have the dog on my peds as unknown breeding ...... i would like to think he was just a over sized dog from the Breay/Buck blood plenty of big workers came from that line