English Bull And Their Crosses Thread.

[Lenmcharristar 9,747]

Dug to loads of bullx's of every % from the mid 70s to early 80s as it was all that was available about me at the time.They were mainly staffxrussell with the odd exception on ebxrussell.Some were very hard[stupid hard] and more were very steady diging dogs.I had up until a couple of year back a pattxbull that was dug to a lot over 6 seasons and never let us down,bit over anxious for his own good and finished up with only a couple of teeth left at 7 year old,gave to to a mate that just wanted something to bush with or bolt the odd fox for his running dogs as i would not use him again,would not be fair on the dog the way he worked.Probably will never keep or work a bull russell type again as the stuff i have now dies what i want but they were grand dogs to work when we were younger.

the one I had was stupid hard, but when ya broke through she had a knack of a decent hold, something to be admired. Them dogs have a well deserved place in the field, but not in my pack

[mad4digging 663]

A dying bred the bull Russell since the black dogs came ready available , a shame really but still alot of Russell x types with bull blood infused being worked around cork

[DogFox123 1,379]

Dug to loads of bullx's of every % from the mid 70s to early 80s as it was all that was available about me at the time.They were mainly staffxrussell with the odd exception on ebxrussell.Some were very hard[stupid hard] and more were very steady diging dogs.I had up until a couple of year back a pattxbull that was dug to a lot over 6 seasons and never let us down,bit over anxious for his own good and finished up with only a couple of teeth left at 7 year old,gave to to a mate that just wanted something to bush with or bolt the odd fox for his running dogs as i would not use him again,would not be fair on the dog the way he worked.Probably will never keep or work a bull russell type again as the stuff i have now dies what i want but they were grand dogs to work when we were younger.

It's the same with some Patterdales, if too hard they are in for a very short career.

[mad4digging 663]

Patterdale x ebt is a cross you hardly ever hear about or see about the place

[DogFox123 1,379]

Patterdale x ebt is a cross you hardly ever hear about or see about the place

No need if you have the right Patterdale....

[mad4digging 663]

Haha true dogfox , but u always hear of Russell x ebt and see the odd one around

[dai dogs 1,411]

No Nonsense bitch

[chrisbullx 2,541]

she sure is a cracker dai mate atb cbx

[dai dogs 1,411]

No Nonsense bitch

[Lenmcharristar 9,747]

 

No Nonsense bitch

 

them oul barbed wire fences give a nasty nip haha

[Ozdog 1]

New here and have been reading this thread with interest. Just thought I'd post some old paintings of 19th century bull and terriers just to prove that that's what they really are!

 

This painting is from the early 1800s and is titled "Bulldog and two bull terriers" - it shows the difference between the old bulldog and the new crosses that went on to become the foundation of the APBT, Staffordshire and bull terriers, among others.

[Ozdog 1]

This one is "Dustman, bull and terrier mix", 1804 by Benjamin Marshall.

[Ozdog 1]

"Bull Terriers" circa 1830.

[Ozdog 1]

And another "bull and terrier" from around 1830.

 

Of course, these were the days before photography, but it's not hard to find lots of artworks of "bull and terrier" dogs from the early 1800s and before. That's all the proof I need.

[neil cooney 10,416]

 

Well you learn something new every day.

Mr Hinks was from Mullingar, County Westmeath. A place that still produces ugly sonsabitches to this day, LOL.

 

So does that make the EBT an Irish breed, not that we'd want claim to the cur (although it might make the Cork boys a bit happier.) ?