how times have changed

[Glyn..... 5,208]

is it better or worse now 

[Daniel cain 45,518]

With the invention of the net its probably easier these days to contact folks in regards to sourcing a lining/pups.... Back in the day not everyone had a phone so you wrote to the person or checked the classifieds etc.... There's probably more folks driven buy money these days than say 30 yrs ago...... And more of a minefield for folks looking for genuine workers. There's always been wrong uns evolved in dogs..... I'd say more so these days imo. Some folks always seem to have litters on the ground these days.... Breeding from sub standard dogs and selling lads a dream

[Str 793]

I think little has changed I am 53 and can remember getting my first lurcher in 1984 £35 exchange & mart! The 1980s were a boom time for lurcher & terrier shows and working/ show lurcher & terriers went for daft money then,there were folks in it for the money just like today and it will never change,there’s been breeds lost but also new types on the scene,what’s changed today is image and tough talk which spoils things abit for me but overall things aren’t too bad.

[p3d 879]

7 hours ago, Glyn..... said:

is it better or worse now 

Glyn,

What year would that ad have been posted?

[Glyn..... 5,208]

2 minutes ago, p3d said:

Glyn,

What year would that ad have been posted?

79-80 its from one of the working terrier year books of Harcombs 

[stop.end 4,079]

I know in my time at dogs for 90 percent of them it has and always will be money...only difference was back in the 80s 90s money was actually worth something..not so much now

[marshman 7,757]

I think years ago selling dogs or paying for studs was a lot more accepted by terrier men men that dug there dogs . Nobody seemed to bat an eyelid if you wanted to sell spare pups or stud a dog . I know there’s still a lot of men that sell dogs nowadays but it does seem more frowned upon today . Where selling dogs is concerned I think we might be guilty of looking through rose tinted glasses . 

 

[Daniel cain 45,518]

Here's another from volume 1 .1978

[Lew 111]

Look at the state of that for a stud dog, looks like weedy bitch

[Rabbit Hunter 6,613]

I love the romanticism of the good old days, but if we're honest, a lot of bullshit was spouted about dogs and there was no one there to disprove it or tell the truth. I think in this day and age of internet etc, the bullshitters are soon found out etc and the terriers are all the better for it IMO. 

[Peter Leemooch 160]

my first patterdale was 40 quid out exchange and mart 1988 i bought me first car ford sierra 1.8 lx out the same issue for 375 costly week with me first few month wages lol

buying dogs like buying from a business these days won’t be long until you get a receit and guarentee well maybe not a guarentee pmsl

[steve t 931]

[twelsh 345]

On 08/05/2018 at 11:46, Peter Leemooch said:

my first patterdale was 40 quid out exchange and mart 1988 i bought me first car ford sierra 1.8 lx out the same issue for 375 costly week with me first few month wages lol

buying dogs like buying from a business these days won’t be long until you get a receit and guarentee well maybe not a guarentee pmsl

Sierra now are holding good money my old man had for sierra's and capri's in them days sold for few hundred now £1000's 

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Just out of interest ,what is a lining ,pup worth these days .Only ever bought one dog in my life ,a dog pup from Wheeler ,cost 25 quid 35ish  years ago .

[desertdog 149]

I think with the hunting act coming in,a lot of good lads gave up,no real dog boys coming on,and if they were it were kept quiet,gone are the days when you could say to a few boys we are going for a dig meet you Saturday,i don’t think the quality of working terrier exist like it used to,old boys would meet at a show,not to win a ribbon but to catch up with others,see what pups were about,talk about how young dogs were getting on,the net has a lot to answer for,as old boys I’d look forward to going to a certain show,just to see folks I hadn’t seen all year,yes time has changed.