Gary Middleton dogs

[DIGZY 4]

[Guest pip]

did you know some of the dogs then and did you see them work?

I never said i dug them ,my digging mate was present numerous times when some of the "famous dogs"where out and they didn t want it simple as,BUT they looked good and cleaned up at the shows and got the in short after the real deal but ugly dog had done his stuff,annoying thing is the ugly dog that was being dug all the time had no name and was never bred of or praised FACT

[higgins 75]

the best terriers are unsung heroes and will NEVER see inside a showring,they are too busy

doing a REAL terriers job.........

Higgins.

[DIGZY 4]

spot on mate

[Guest tawny]

i would like to think that middleton is still breads some good workers ,but iff the only people who buy's them ,shows them what chance have they got as a working line ? mony talks in the working terrier field ,these days ,and iff you had a name for your selfe,when men used to go out and work thier dogs you can bet these same men are now selling them as show dogs. names are nothing only the show people and boys who dont know thier dick from thier wrist would buy a pup off the top (as been) terrier men these days. some off the best terrier men in the country,so they say will borrow,beg and buy workers at the mo ,and all because they cant breed anything of any value them'selves. and yet these men are the ones who have tried to carry on the old line's ,good they may have been once's ,but like all good things they all come to a end.

so like i always say some of the best dogs you will get are from the back yard ,boys who do thier bit week in week out ,and yet are not known to anyone only close friends

[Fell boy 0]

I must be the only lucky one then ive got a cracking show dog at the mo and he is the best dog ive had to ground ,and yes i do work him from sep to mar

[Guest tawny]

maybe you are mate

[Guest flint]

[dirtdog 0]

met middleton at applby fair he was trying to sell an old wagon he handbuilt.he wanted to buy our lakeland dog of us

we said no.had a cup of tea with him he said he could take the lakeland smarten him up a bit a get a grand+ for him.

i had to laugh theres some divy people out there.the dogs never seen the inside of a earth hes just to pretty to get smashed.lol

[RatSnatcher 0]

Quick shampoo and set then sell it as a Middleton bred

 

Facking Marvellous

Edited December 16, 2007 by RatSnatcher

[pbrookes 450]

Quick shampoo and set then sell it as a Middleton bred

 

Facking Marvellous

if you spoke to gary he would tell you himself his dogs are now only show stuff. but remember he has probably done hell of a lot more genuine terrier work than most people on here. dont tell me that any one of you would not sell a terrier for a grand if you could cos i certainly would. if you want a smart lakeland then you go to gary, a bit big now for most places but most will work. had one in the nineties of his old dog rex that won best lakeland at yorkshire show and was described by ken gould as the best working lakeland in the country at the time as he dug with me many times here and in ireland. gould, middleton and nuttall did not get a name for nothing and they may be old men now but saw terrier work that we will never see again!

[Guest oneredtrim]

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Edited January 13, 2008 by oneredtrim

[dytkos 17,802]

Hello PB, could i trouble you for a pic of the dog Rex...if you have one handy.

 

I have a show dog out of a later Rex from Garys breeding, i would'nt take take $10 mill for it.

 

 

Here's a pic of my dog Toby out of Middleton's Nugget, taken about 1982. Dug and bolted many foxes with him before I sold him due to marital problems.

Anyone who was about at the time will tell you that he bred sonme of the best Lakeys in the North.

As well as lookers these dogs worked and well too. Like all breeders not every dog made the grade in either field but from personal experience the majority of the ones we knew were top notch.

Sorry about the quality of the pic, scanned from a 25 year old polaroid!

[Guest oneredtrim]

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Edited January 13, 2008 by oneredtrim

[dytkos 17,802]

Thanks for the pic/cynology Dytkos.

 

Your welcome, wish I knew what cynology was!