Versatile Terriers

[MIK 4,763]

Heres a vid from this morning of a terrier I have picking up a goosander while carry out an SNH licensed sawbill cull ...this was a left and right and he had already retrieved the first bird ....he is as good a digging terrier as ive owned that has found in some very big spots and has a few 5 hour plus digs under his belt ..he hunts steady on top on rough days & I used him wild fowling but he struggles with geese but you cant knock his effort ...a real joy of a terrier to have around .

Any one else got any jack of all trade terriers

[tank34 2,369]

Vid not showing mate

[MIK 4,763]

should be showing now

[fireman 10,991]

Brilliant, the only terriers i've seen that were very good at retrieving shot game were plummers.A grand little terrier you have there bud

Edited April 16, 2015 by fireman

[marshman 7,758]

Nice one !

[krawnden 1,036]

Nice MIK. My terrier's still young so far too early to say she's a jack of all trades, but in addition to what I got her for I'm hoping to use her with the gun. She already retrieves what she catches -

 

 

 

How's your bred?

[TOPPER 1,809]

that a grand little dog you got there ive a couple of good bedlingtons that will retrieve the rest just rip everything to bits

[dillydog 8,463]

A brilliant dog MIK, credit where credit is due, you only get out what you put in.............that said, it had to be in them to be brought out

[leethedog 3,071]

So much for the purist thinking digging dog for digging only atb mik

[MIK 4,763]

The dog deserves most of the credit ...when he was a pup he was always carrying something my yard was always litter with logs from my fire wood pile so I taught him to retrieve the wood to basically keep the garden tidy .....then 2 years ago I shot a mink and he swam across and retrieved it then with very little training he was retrieving from water ...last year we were carry out our yearly sawbill cull and I shot a cormorant and the river was in spate and I mean really high with trees and debri floating down it the bird landed winged in the water and off he went after it with my shouts falling on deaf ears ....he was bobbing up and down in the big water and eventually retrieved it back on land about 1/2 mile down stream ...so after that I had him wildfowling a few times last season .and he took to it like a duck to water

[MIK 4,763]

So much for the purist thinking digging dog for digging only atb mik

H e is a dog I could take digging anywhere I know he wouldnt let me down ...he is decent enough bred out of DCs Jim and the rough choc bitch Gypsy that was on THL ...its maybe a lot of digging lads just dont give there terriers the oppertunities .

[HPR 1,161]

Brilliant that mick . Ive gave a mate a pup years ago thought he would live to regret it .he loves it it go's everywhere with him pigeon shooting in hide or woods wild fowling beating etc . His poor labs don't get a look in ha .

[dillydog 8,463]

Jim used to carry a phone all day with my lads tunes on it, it got a laugh everywhere he went, he never damaged it or killed it with slobber

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Good video Mik, nice to hear the dog is doing well for you. For some reason I thought you had got a bitch from that litter. My digging partner has the litter sister and she's a fair bitch.

[MIK 4,763]

Good video Mik, nice to hear the dog is doing well for you. For some reason I thought you had got a bitch from that litter. My digging partner has the litter sister and she's a fair bitch.

The bitch went to Ali and when he came out of hunt service it was the only terrier he kept so she must be decent.....I really didnt get on with this dog when he was a youngster but glad I persevered with him