Miffy77 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Was just reading through the various topics and started to think how mad it was ...... We all carry out this way of life in our own little select groups ,and yet collectivley on here and all the other forums there is a mass of us with the same interest(our dogs!)......and a shovel! I started thinking how i ended up down this road....... I've had the influence of terriers for years ,not from my immediate family but from my uncles and cousins who all share dogs from my uncles own blood lines of JRTxlakey. As I've got older I've flitted in and out of the seen but carried on rabbiting with air rifles .About five years ago got my self my first terrier (norfolk),at home we'd always had rotty's,But because the dog was adored by my mrs never really got to put him to quarry ,but as i've said on a post before he's starting to come good now! However about 3 years ago I was shooting at a farm owned by one of my uncles,and during the summer I would shoot most nights ,feeling like I was taking the piss a bit ,I asked if he needed a hand with out ,he replied with ah walk us me dogs.This Ithought was only fair , he had 3 JRTxlakey, he'd worked his dogs for years but over the last decade has always been to busy to follow his passion . There were 2xdogs a father and son and a bitch the dam Tess,that first night as Iwalked them across the fields (60acres) Iwas told to keep the dogs on a lunge rope but ''duner let them off they'll go straight to ground'',but Tess will be owrate, she was a proper farm dog ,keen ratter ,rabbiter and had a shit hot nose for sent,that first night As i walked around the edge rows the dogs were belting in and out of the hedges to an occasional bolting bunny ,Tess just walked next to me until we came up by the side of the hill ,with soft sandy ground years ago this had been a very large set now turned into a warren.Tess darted off and went straight to ground,my first instinct was bollocks my uncles going to f*****g kill me if I don't get her back ,then I proceeded to tie the other dogs up and checked what seemed to be the best part of 20 bolt wholes all the time hearing her barking like mad,that feeling of shiting yourself but getting excited as to what was happening in the unknown of the earth soon took over me ,eventually after sticking my head down to several wholes and alf hour later she bolted out of a whole with a bunny in her trap and still trying to chase one which come out before her, Ieventually got all the dogs together and went back up to the farm,excited about telling my uncle about what had happened of which he told me thats what its all about then spent the next hour telling me stories of his and my other uncles dogs being dug too for the last 20-30 years .......I couldn't beleive with this kind of backing how I'd never taken this way of life seriously....Things had to change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I spent the remainder of that year and last year working/walking those 3 dogs and my own ,most nights in the summer and every available weekend morning! Spring this year though sadly my uncle was walking them when out of the blue a large dog fox bolted from the hedgerow ,Tess being the dog she was took up chase over some 50-60 acres ,my uncle couldn't find her, I went up and eventually we found her at the side of a main road about amile away ,she was dead...looked like she'd chased the fox through the hedgerow only to be met by a vehicle (don't know what type cus the b*****d never stopped)! To say I was gutted is an understatment and she wasn't even my dog ,Never got to thank her for pushing me down the right track .Shit Hot Dog and sadly missed (She's now buried on the set where she first got me hooked !) Anyway got quite nostalgic there and thats with only minimal experience ,sorry for waffling ! ps she may look fat in the picture but she could be spanned , she'd just ate half a rabbit!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post
new2hunting 0 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 miffy nice read mate sorry to hear about tess died hunting at least it was what she loved. all the best Quote Link to post
johnnyboy28 1 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Enjoyed the read there mate Quote Link to post
barnburner 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Sorry for your loss. I know all to well what it's like. I lost two old timers this year as well. A Russell 16 years my hunting companion, and my first Patterdale 13 years my hunting companion. I lost the Russell to old age and the Patterdale to a stroke while hunting and had to put her down. They were a Terrierman's dream team. Thanks for the story! And again.... sorry for your loss!!!!! HUNT WELL! http://www.barnburnerpatterdales.com Quote Link to post
big d 1 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 good reading there mate, i myself have been hooked since an early age, i have two borders the older one coming upto two and the younger coming upto one,both grafting well, just waiting for a bitch of the older one he was lined back in september, pick of litter. good luck and sorry to here of your loss Quote Link to post
lamper12 30 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 great read mate shame the best ones always go first.......atb lamper12 Quote Link to post
Miffy77 0 Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) As any other dog characters live on in there blood line........ her son is coming on strong and shows every bit of promise of a terrier as his mother!!!!!!! Edited November 14, 2007 by Miffy77 Quote Link to post
Miffy77 0 Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 How did every body else get started ? Quote Link to post
Lukey. 0 Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 A use to see all the local lads going out with there dogs when a was younger and it looked like great craic but was never aloud a dog,....soon as I was old enough to have one a got into it and now a cant ever see maself with out a terrier Will have me young lad into it in a few years time so he should have a better start to the game than me Quote Link to post
Miffy77 0 Posted November 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 I only wish I'd had that start! Quote Link to post
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