Tight Places

[chesney 5,454]

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Edited December 7, 2016 by chesney

[pablo esc 1,598]

this one was near smothered today. Pushed in tight digging .came in on him

[Daniel cain 45,807]

Glad you got down to him in time pabs.atb dc

[pablo esc 1,598]

Thanks. Was really soft stuff below. Shaal stuff and sandy . you know your self . hard to know always what's going on down there or where

[kanny 20,650]

This the tyson dog the same owner of the sammy and Maggie. He was of the hard type again him been the first of this type of dog that myself and few others down this end of the country would get ta work he this man basically showed us the ropes opened his door and gave some the chance when others said we're just jumped up brats haha we showed them tyson was time came just before the sammy Maggie and the chad of that time.

Very simlar stamp to a bitch I had breeding unknown sorry the pic ain't great its the only one I have of her and was taken just before her last walk without a doubt the best terrier I owned :

 

On topic we worked some right hell holes including steel yards and brick yards with the worst being the gypsum quarrys and boulder piles mostly undiggable we run curs of the lead and a couple of lurchers but the dog in the picture and a couple others were always on the leash so a mix of styles really but this was pre the badger explosion so that was one less worry .. i wouldent call it terrier work in its purest form but great fun all the same

[Apache... 2,588]

He lived to a good age for the type of worker he was, shame he was lost to ground.

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

Heart stopping time Pabs! Thankfully you got him in time!

[pablo esc 1,598]

Heart stopping time Pabs! Thankfully you got him in time!

thanks.Yes was a old wall , tight rabbit entrances along the other side. The burrows next to it would be wider . I could hear the dog over the other side after got a mark with the locater and thankfully it did show me the right direction ,spot, when I was digging through to silence and accuracy √

[pablo esc 1,598]

caving in around him , mouth was covered in grit too ,inside. Dog wanted back in but I left it. Wasn't that big of a place though . but who knows where it go or where it gone

[morton 5,368]

A lot of foxes get overlooked when marked into a rabbit earth because they look too tight. But let's be honest to dig them foxes out of them types of earths regularly you'd need a guinea pig sized terrier.

You just need a terrier suited to fox work,now the majority of terriers are bred better suited to a shovel,a locating collar and a quick and expedient release clause in its breeding.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

And it's produced a better overall terrier IMO. Can't beat a handy sized fox bitch, but that's where they end. They're not something to breed from or aim towards. (In my opinion)

Edited December 11, 2016 by Rabbit Hunter

[Pick and bar 381]

Sorry RH why is that where they end????and not to breed from???

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

I'd say because there's something lacking if they'll only work fox.

[morton 5,368]

And it's produced a better overall terrier IMO. Can't beat a handy sized fox bitch, but that's where they end. They're not something to breed from or aim towards.

At one time terriers were bred to be work specific,if they were not work specific they were never bred from.Now many a terrier is useful only because of the technology it wears and the owner utilises.I prefer a terrier thats bred to work without the assistance of batteries and one that is safer because of the technology utilised to assist it and not make up for what it lacks.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

That's fair enough, it's your preference and your choice. I think differently but there's nothing definite to say who's right or wrong. We all have differing opinions.