Top Class Terrier!

[liamdelaney 2,587]

Any pics of your old dog liam.

Sounds like a champ

He died from obesity,he was eating to much.

[runem 533]

Best one I had would eat every bit of shite in the yard twice a day,still looking for one to replace him.

get a shovel.

[Apache... 2,588]

I was having a similar conversation about certain dogs with a few friends at the westmeath show and i said top class terriermen are far rarer than top class terriers and we seemed to agree that they are a dying breed.

[peterhunter86 8,627]

Best one I had would eat every bit of shite in the yard twice a day,still looking for one to replace him.

 

 

Easy enough to replace get yourself down the hardware shop and buy a brush an shovel.

[rob190364 2,594]

 

Best one I had would eat every bit of shite in the yard twice a day,still looking for one to replace him.

 

 

Easy enough to replace get yourself down the hardware shop and buy a brush an shovel.

 

and while he's there he could buy a few dunces hats for the people who don't get the joke.

[DogFox123 1,379]

For me the perfect working terrier is just been there with his quarry when you get down, and do this all through there working life. That will do me. No more no less I don't no what more people expect from them,to class them better than the other terrier that does the same.

What about the dogs that do all that yet will work rabbit?

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

There ain't a terrier alive that won't work rabbit if given half a chance .Once started on bigger game its their choice to ignore them or not .

[milliken 791]

My father told me that he use to break his terriers to rabbits as pup they used to go ferreting and bring a couple live ones back every now and again said that it work a treat

[DogFox123 1,379]

Even when started on bigger game they will still work rabbit if nothing else is about.

[howdeeposxxt 1,448]

It's all fair game to them once they sink there teeth in they don't mind ???

[peterhunter86 8,627]

 

 

Best one I had would eat every bit of shite in the yard twice a day,still looking for one to replace him.

 

Easy enough to replace get yourself down the hardware shop and buy a brush an shovel.

and while he's there he could buy a few dunces hats for the people who don't get the joke.

 

I got the joke i think the hint was when he said twice a day.

[Daniel cain 45,416]

My father told me that he use to break his terriers to rabbits as pup they used to go ferreting and bring a couple live ones back every now and again said that it work a treat

as pups i never ever encouraged them to bush or chase them -lucky theres no rabbits close to where i live and the only holes hold the intended quarry ,have always tried to break my dogs to rabbit,been present when other folk have opened up to their dog chewing one-but touch wood never my own dogs-that's a shooting offence imo.atb dc

[Waz 4,262]

Top class, different people have different standards of class.

 

Had some great digs/times with this bitch.

 

Edited October 7, 2016 by Columbo

[neil cooney 10,416]

Even when started on bigger game they will still work rabbit if nothing else is about.

I totally disagree.

 

I bring all my terriers, pups included ,for exercise a few times a week onto land that has plenty of rabbits. The reason I use this land is because I'm 100% certain there's no earths on it.

My terriers regularly see the rabbits, maybe even chase them, and if the terriers don't hunt them in covert then my Springers are anyway and if one breaks covert then the lurcher will chase it.

When out for a dig and one of my terriers goes to ground I can say with 100% confidence that it's not a rabbit it's after. In fact I'd put money on it.

Also, if away from busy roads the terrier I want to work will be loose ,with a collar on, maybe all day unless we get a dig. And that wont be to rabbit.

Anyone who's hunted with me will vouch for this.

A lot of terrier work is reading your terrier like a book. Most lads don't know what they are looking for and those lads who are forever swapping dogs have no chance at all in knowing their terriers inside and out.

BUT, as well as all this IMO a big factor in terriers that like bunnies and those who ignore them is the breeding.

One of the best terriers I've ever dug too (dozens of times) would rabbit and so did some of his sons and daughters.

[DogFox123 1,379]

I know straight away if it's rabbit or fox the dog is after but I'm not going to lie one of our good dogs works rabbit if nothing else is about and he drops on them.