Rock Piles

[ziggy 619]

 

The dogs are ther ratface...

do you work the rock mate[/quote

 

 

 

Work rock piles all the time ...

[tank34 2,341]

Can be a hard game to be in will get a pic of my mates bitch up later she only a small dog ziggy

[Shovel shy 4,033]

Never really worked them. Look like hard work.lol what kinda dogs yes using? Bolters??

[tank34 2,341]

Good bolting dogs you won't fox out hard getting down to dog in rock an a lot of time you cart get a mark on box as very deep, rock always holds and dog has to have very good nose to find in rock, seen very good earth dogs not find in rock mate

[Shovel shy 4,033]

Do a lot of digging here but very seldom anything like that. Very risky id say alot of dogs lost over the years in them

[pablo esc 1,598]

Must be very chancey for your self to work some places like that .i know you must have too in areas if needs must .a dog under a underground huge bouders 'practically impossible to get to yourself .dog gets trapped or a kill

[Kaizer Sozĕ 266]

Good dogs too hard to come by to risk them in rock earths!

[tank34 2,341]

Dogs do get lost or killed but same in digging earths, it's all we have is rock piles or old tips, a lot of terriers you see about nowadays are just to big for what we won't

[Daniel cain 45,130]

Just out of curiosity do you leave the dew claws on your rock dogs?atb dc

[Rat face 1,655]

Lots are lost in sandy places but lads still work them, but you learn how to work your area. most mistake lads do on rock spots is get to near them stand plenty back if the Fox hears you he will push as far in as he can thats when you have trouble, stand back stay quiet an let the dog work the pile

[russell tuck 127]

I work mine in and on the rocks there's something about the rocks that excite me watch a bolt from the rock and crag is something else iv not got digging dogs but in the rock their worth their wait in gold and a lot of lads with good/decant digging dogs wouldn't enter them in the rocks we had a young bitch stuck season before last in a crack under a big slab we had her out but I had to push myself in hook the bitchs collar with the bar and the huntsman and another lad pulled us both out by my feet

Edited July 25, 2016 by russell tuck

[Rat face 1,655]

What type of dogs do you keep bud

[tank34 2,341]

Just out of curiosity do you leave the dew claws on your rock dogs?atb dc

yes mate we do can help a dog in rock

[russell tuck 127]

What type of dogs do you keep bud

my main bolting dog is a Russell bitch she's small 10tts but you can hear her a mile off takes very little stick the other 2 terriers iv got on are bedlington hybrids a touch of fell/lakeland in them small and narrow the older bitch is mute the young bitch out of her iv got did her first season just gone the first fox she bolted came from the rocks ofter the hounds put him in and she worked all season hard mixing but her mother was the same way starting out ATB RT

[ziggy 619]

I've seen all sizes of terriers working rocks if the dogs got it in them they will find...i like hard dogs for the rocks ...just my preference don't want to be ther days listening to a yapper that doesn't mix because Charlie will sit ther tucked up .. Yes I lost a very good bitch in the rock few years ago she hit them hard an them that dident bolt she would pop out after they was dead...had 7 good seasons with her but because of her working style I sadly lost her I dug for days trying to get down to were I last herd her only to find a dead fox.. Never saw here again .. But been working piles for nearly 20 years and only lost one terrier in piles..had some epic rescue s to in them but for me carnt beat them..