Gordon Mason

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

Thats not true Dilly. You earn your digging retirement and become the 'foreman' on a dig rather than the digger.lol. Like you say it's too addictive for some people and no other hobby gives you the same satisfaction. Plenty of years left in you mate.

[Tallywacker 262]

 

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

Thats not true Dilly. You earn your digging retirement and become the 'foreman' on a dig rather than the digger.lol. Like you say it's too addictive for some people and no other hobby gives you the same satisfaction. Plenty of years left in you mate.

it doesn't hurt for the dogs to take a back seat now and then,,

[Bosun11 537]

I think we should stick to talking about Gordon on this thred, and go back to Brian's to talk about him...

[DogFox123 1,379]

Gordon Mason ::

http://www.earthdog-runningdog.com/author/gordon/

[fat man 4,741]

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

D,you wont get much sympthy on here buddy and your not that old,think about it you will soon have the free bus pass and that will knock the driving on the head give you more time to rest,lol,your just in a grumpy mood today,go outside have a peek at the dogs and come back in and tell us again your quiting,not a fear of it.

[Plucky1 1,119]

 

 

 

Dogfox, I do not wish to argue with you but don't you find it strange that many of the lads that actually see him regular and know the quality of his present stuff are not defending him, that speaks volumes to me, I've seen quite a few of his present stuff and I would not buy one either, these lads that still associate with him have been reading this thread as I have seen them at the bottom of the thread.

I feel sorry for him now when I see him like all of us he is getting older and his health has been poor now for a couple of years and a lot of his stuff was farmed out whilst he was in hospital and this may well have a bearing on the standards of the pups he has produced, the biggest problem over the years for me is that every black dog that is bred by anyone is proclaimed to be a "NUTTALL" so if they jack he gets the blame , there was a time when we dug regularly to his stuff and I can say hand on heart I never seen a bad one, my only reservation was they could be a bit hard, I live in the Cheshire/Merseyside area and at one time nearly everyone had his terriers but that is not the case nowadays, I think he is a pleasant man that has unfortunately gotten used to the money by constantly producing pups of any standard and now he is in poor health is desperate to keep a few bob coming in by selling anything that looks like his stuff, I watched him wandering round the "Peover" show last year trying to sell undershot pups and not many even knew who he was, its a shame to see old age creeping on but it will get us all, its a shame he did not retire with dignity and a reputation intact , WM

Them dogs he had at peover were not pups and they was not for sale they was his own dogs Plucky At

I don't know if we are talking about the same litter AT, not this year but last and I was talking to him about them, maybe he never sold any as he was struggling to get 250 for them, WM

same two dogs and they weren't pups and they weren't for sale plucky,and as for Brian being desperate what's that about? can't be arsed getting into shite on here but you chat the most shit ye know Rob, your a peddlar aswell don't forget a desperate peddler hahahaha At

 

I wouldn't of thought you could of remembered there was that much "shit" being smoked that day LOL's, WM

Edited September 24, 2016 by Plucky1

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Gordon Mason ::

http://www.earthdog-runningdog.com/author/gordon/

Decent article mate that says it all .

[hjckcff 1,738]

enjoyed that . thanks for the link.

[HPR 1,161]

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

I think you should quit mate I'll be up in the morning to pick the terrier up ha ha ha

[woottonsheart 214]

Starting to get silly again on here good threads get turned into a school boy argument .. I accpt evryone is entitled to an opnion but theres a time and place no need to keep feckin the threads up

[woottonsheart 214]

Great read in the article

[Cargol 302]

Gordon Mason ::

http://www.earthdog-runningdog.com/author/gordon/

That's the one.... Good read

[BOLSTER 808]

 

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

Thats not true Dilly. You earn your digging retirement and become the 'foreman' on a dig rather than the digger.lol. Like you say it's too addictive for some people and no other hobby gives you the same satisfaction. Plenty of years left in you mate.

 

 

Ha ha, full salute to that i've seen it before and hopefully will see again.

[rob284 1,682]

 

 

 

It's a hard one to know when to let go, after a few run ins with the powers that be and a bad accident I'm seriously considering knocking it on the head myself. The trouble with terrier work is it's f***ing addictive, I go lamping and just end up wondering from earth to earth just to see if they've got any trade on lol.

I don't personally don't want to get a point in life where I'm desperately trying to hang on to an identity that I can't actually fulfill. Each to their own but IMO if you can't work the banjo it's time to pack it up, no room for passengers.

Thats not true Dilly. You earn your digging retirement and become the 'foreman' on a dig rather than the digger.lol. Like you say it's too addictive for some people and no other hobby gives you the same satisfaction. Plenty of years left in you mate.

Ha ha, full salute to that i've seen it before and hopefully will see again.

haha my father gave it up and tried golf. Ended up in the woods on golf courses looking for earths.? a good excuse to hit it off the fairway!

[jiggy 3,209]

That article is an interesting read that the bitchs at 3 year old were breeding better pups if it worked for him why not he could change things quickly if it wasnt clicking without losing a decade before you release its not what you want. For example someone who likes to work a bitch for at least 4 full seasons before breeding would leave the bitch 6 year old having the pups and 8 when her first litter are in their first season then if it fails and you breed another litter its a decade before you release that the next litter from a different bitch has reached a standard. Unless of course you have multiple breedings going on at the same time which takes a lot of kennel space.