Dog Size

[Yourdogsucks 6]

there was a little talk about this on another post so not to high jack it whats everyones opinon. i have hunted with dogs from 8 to 20 lb but what seems to work best for what i hunt coon and groundhogs but we dig and hunt what ever in in the ground or barns and hay is a dog 10 to 13 in and no bigger than 15lb with 12 to 13 being ideal

[Cargol 302]

What is this obsession with weighing dogs? Surely it's how the dog is put together that will have a bearing on how it works?

The type I keep and like are not overly big dogs, but there solid and won't get pushed around. But I have no idea what they weigh.

[neil cooney 10,416]

Never weighed a terrier in my life but I do like it when you pick one up it feels 5 or 6 lbs heavier than it looks. A good sign IMO.

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

Yeah I like a heavy dog. I have two here, if you picked them up you'd think their bones were made of lead!

[strongbow 149]

What is this obsession with weighing dogs? Surely it's how the dog is put together that will have a bearing on how it works?

The type I keep and like are not overly big dogs, but there solid and won't get pushed around. But I have no idea what they weigh.

its a pit bull man obession

[MIK 4,763]

Come to think of it I have never weighed a terrier every time I dose a terrier it gets 20lb worth .....I like to know the weight of a lurcher though

[Accip74 7,112]

Yeh mine feels heavy, that's because he is....

 

Never attempted to weigh at home, but as has been said vets do, so I know the weight.

[Yourdogsucks 6]

well over here we don't have the luxury of not caring about size a 10 in 20lbs dog would be to big around to get to ground a 15 in 16lb dog may get in some short shallow sets but won't work in many do to twists and turns and you end up dropping a lot of holes to help the dog get there so that's the difference on your side it doesn't matter here it does now out where the dig nutria it doesn't matter as they have bid sets or in barns

[Cargol 302]

well over here we don't have the luxury of not caring about size a 10 in 20lbs dog would be to big around to get to ground a 15 in 16lb dog may get in some short shallow sets but won't work in many do to twists and turns and you end up dropping a lot of holes to help the dog get there so that's the difference on your side it doesn't matter here it does now out where the dig nutria it doesn't matter as they have bid sets or in barns

Like I said surely it doesn't matter what they weigh. Its the stamp of the dog that matters. There will be massive chesty dogs that won't weigh as much as a more compact strong but smaller type.

[rob284 1,682]

I like a heavy dense type dog as they have substance to back themselves up, if need be. In terms of physical size, dogs for jobs.

[leethedog 3,071]

I got a 5 month old bitch pup that goes over 10 lbs I know coz she was weighed for wormer at the vets

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

well over here we don't have the luxury of not caring about size a 10 in 20lbs dog would be to big around to get to ground a 15 in 16lb dog may get in some short shallow sets but won't work in many do to twists and turns and you end up dropping a lot of holes to help the dog get there so that's the difference on your side it doesn't matter here it does now out where the dig nutria it doesn't matter as they have bid sets or in barns

Every terrier man on here will be keeping terriers of a size to suit his or her preference .The fascination with size is short lived when you travel a bit and see dogs of very differing sizes do the same job .

Mental attitude far outweighs size in the must have stakes and runs side by side with constitution and fitness .

[Terrier15 52]

Foxdropper - mental attitude of the man on the end of the lead is also taken into consideration. Dogs for jobs is the perfect line for this thread.

[Glyn..... 5,208]

small enough to get there and big enough to stay,

[richlee 73]

Wow,what a quote Glyn!!!!!!!, i'm gone to recycle that 1.