A Little Old Style Russell Pic.

[Bosun11 537]

Great stuff, love an old fashioned Russell and there's some crackers up here.

I put a thred up about them a couple of years back and most pic's that were put up were bleedin show stoppers, Cruft's finest and the like.... Nah, we dont want to see them on here, lets stick to the above, they are great to see

[dublin dezzy 1,023]

Jim

[Sean Hartigan 101]

Wouldn't have anything else, hunt like cockers, make a real racket under ground & mostly bolt fox, seldom need to dig, had em for last 20 yrs

[terryd 8,364]

Few more pics of tess good little worker and a lovely little dog really nice natured. Good ferreting to for marking though she did like to work at a distance

 

 

 

 

Then there was little rip bless him. Cute as any thing but scared of the dark so my uncle had him as a pet

 

 

Then my old jr moses he really was special I am all ways sticking pics of him up sorry He all ways wanted to show the big dogs who was boss as in this picture luckily for him that lurcher was a gentle giant with dogs any way

 

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I love the style of this jrt

[young man 225]

Some of what I know as old fashioned Russells, were probably Sealyham blood in various percentages. Russell bred dogs 'up on the Leg' for running with Hounds. I suspect digging fellas maintained some Sealyham to keep the height down and working ability. The shortness in the back coming from the Russell side. All hypothetical, just what I think about some of these 'Old fashioned Russells'. The ones I saw being used as a youngster and some I had were certainly like some of the Sealyham Russells you see in some Yards now. There were some with a bit of length to them. I could be totally wrong.....lol.

what use are they running with hounds?

[francolin 449]

 

Some of what I know as old fashioned Russells, were probably Sealyham blood in various percentages. Russell bred dogs 'up on the Leg' for running with Hounds. I suspect digging fellas maintained some Sealyham to keep the height down and working ability. The shortness in the back coming from the Russell side. All hypothetical, just what I think about some of these 'Old fashioned Russells'. The ones I saw being used as a youngster and some I had were certainly like some of the Sealyham Russells you see in some Yards now. There were some with a bit of length to them. I could be totally wrong.....lol.

what use are they running with hounds?

 

think its as in following hounds over the land on foot ,couple 2 together and away ya go,then your there with the hounds when needed

[Cleanspade 3,322]

they dont need to run with hounds they fit in your pocket .. mounted packs often had them in saddlebags

[Moorside 642]

I was just about to write the same thing cleanspade. Ive seen pictures of russells being carried by mounted huntsmen, doubt any russell could stay with hounds on Dartmoor where the famous Parson John Russell hunted.

[leethedog 3,071]

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't there photos of a famous terrier man carrying his patts in a satchel so it ain't only the little Russells that struggle to keep up with hounds

[leethedog 3,071]

Wouldn't have anything else, hunt like cockers, make a real racket under ground & mostly bolt fox, seldom need to dig, had em for last 20 yrs

realy like that all white dog did you breed him?

[Keepbordersworking 103]

Border terriers bred to run with hound then do a job of work.

[young man 225]

When we are messing about in the summer evening's I put a school bag on facing front set the terrier in with its head out and lurcher on the lead and jump on the bicycle n let the lurcher trot along side :-) works for me

[leethedog 3,071]

Here's a better pic of mine scared of the dark but he wasn't bought for that will mark and doesn't lie

[Sean Hartigan 101]

Yes leethedog, I did breed him & he's not much more than 1 & turning out to be a good little worker, I'm really looking forward to this autumn/winter, he's a very smart dog in a lot of ways, very nearly talk to you