Bushing Dog Size And Types Of Scrub.

[Guest foxpack]

whats every ones ideal size for there type of bushing , all our pack are 15 inch and under,,type of cover we do is heavy low gorse patches ,small woods with dense cover and bracken bed.mostly very low to the ground so anything to big would struggle a bit ,whats ever ones elses views?

 

 

 

[day and night walker 235]

All i do is mooch about for rabbits so anything above 15tts would imo be to big, my last terrier which was a plummer cross was just over that and she used to struggle in some of the tighter spots so much so that sometime's she was unable to enter not only that she was quite slow moving through some of the cover but she did catch now and then. This one i have now is just under 12tts and she is much more suitable. I suppose the ideal bushing dog should be fairly small but leggy at the same time if that make's sense. atb. Just wanted to ask foxpack do you still have the beagle/terrier x atb fella

Edited June 13, 2015 by day and night walker

[Guest foxpack]

The beagle Russell was killed in action mate .followed a fox over road

[day and night walker 235]

The beagle Russell was killed in action mate .followed a fox over road

 

The beagle Russell was killed in action mate .followed a fox over road

Sorry to read that same thing happend to my plummer x tracked a deer across the road.

[Guest foxpack]

sometimes it happens mate ,i gave it to a mate because he was rioting a bit to much on deer,,starting to be a bad head,and thats what happens ,

[wi11ow 2,657]

These two I have are u under 15 but smash a bit hard to catch many. They have enough leg on them to last. A good days graft

[day and night walker 235]

It's awful when you lose a dog, i was gutted for obvious reasons, but worse of all she was starting to get the hang of things and her last couple of months alive she had started to catch fairly regular. When i compare the one i have now to the last one i wouldn't call her the better dog all round just better in some situations same as the other one was i suppose, one thing i do like about this one is that she has no interest in deer, well not anymore she did for a while then all of a sudden began too ignore them completely which suits me fine. atb daywalker.

Edited June 12, 2015 by day and night walker

[Guest foxpack]

alson as willow stated ,dogs have got to have plenty in there tank ,as when winter is here weekends i,m out from daylight to darkness with our pack

[morton 5,368]

whats every ones ideal size for there type of bushing , all our pack are 15 inch and under,,type of cover we do is heavy low gorse patches ,small woods with dense cover and bracken bed.mostly very low to the ground so anything to big would struggle a bit ,whats ever ones elses views?

 

 

 

I work a lot of tight dense cover,only the smallest bushers are able to work this ground and push the quarry into more desirable locations.