Wheaton x digging terrier?

[whippetking 360]

2 hours ago, chesney said:

Its trial and error ya wont ever know till ya try it.

That's the one mate I will be trying it, if it works for me it works if it don't I will of had fun trying

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3 hours ago, Councilestatekid said:

I've always preferred a nice strong Bayer who knows when to mix it been out with plenty who think they have a good dog because it gets a facefull then laid up for weeks I just don't see the point really 

I don't see the point in it myself mate  I won't be breeding these as head bangers they will be half Russel,  they will then be 3/4 Russel but I have to start somewhere..

[spindolero 1,111]

5 hours ago, dogmandont said:

Dug over a couple 20 plus years ago, big lumps of things they were that couldn't be dug everywhere and were no harder than many of the black dogs I've seen since.

I know a lad that has wheaten in his line of black dogs and no better terriers a man would ever need. 

Think the late RW had Wheaton in his digging stuff too 

[gnipper 6,427]

39 minutes ago, spindolero said:

Think the late RW had Wheaton in his digging stuff too 

The same RW who had borders?

[gnipper 6,427]

Could there have been a splash in them too then? You get the odd fluffy one with that blood?

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11 minutes ago, gnipper said:

Could there have been a splash in them too then? You get the odd fluffy one with that blood?

I have thought that a few times mate I have also seen border type features in young Wheatons and the ones I seen it in stayed smallish compared to others I seen

[gnipper 6,427]

Could explain the brain in some of them too

[jigsaw 11,863]

I had a wheaten X Russel,years back,great bitch to work but very intense,I was about to put her to a good Russel dog in the end of her third season but she died in ground before she broke down,had her sister too but at 15 months old ,pulled a cat off her kennel wall and ate most of it,dead 2 days later ,....had their dam here,she was a savage,parted with here as all she wanted was to kill my other dogs,good in the country though...

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1 hour ago, jigsaw said:

I had a wheaten X Russel,years back,great bitch to work but very intense,I was about to put her to a good Russel dog in the end of her third season but she died in ground before she broke down,had her sister too but at 15 months old ,pulled a cat off her kennel wall and ate most of it,dead 2 days later ,....had their dam here,she was a savage,parted with here as all she wanted was to kill my other dogs,good in the country though...

How was her work style in the ground mate, was she just mute?

[jigsaw 11,863]

4 hours ago, whippetking said:

How was her work style in the ground mate, was she just mute?

She was mute and rough/hard.....she got beaten up at every dig usually,

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2 hours ago, jigsaw said:

She was mute and rough/hard.....she got beaten up at every dig usually,

that's what I would expect from the first generation don't think I'll get what I want until late 2nd maybe 3rd generation 

[jigsaw 11,863]

1 hour ago, whippetking said:

that's what I would expect from the first generation don't think I'll get what I want until late 2nd maybe 3rd generation 

If they get past the first generation lol...best of luck with the plan

[LuckyLamper 55]

On 23/12/2021 at 07:37, jigsaw said:

I had a wheaten X Russel,years back,great bitch to work but very intense,I was about to put her to a good Russel dog in the end of her third season but she died in ground before she broke down,had her sister too but at 15 months old ,pulled a cat off her kennel wall and ate most of it,dead 2 days later ,....had their dam here,she was a savage,parted with here as all she wanted was to kill my other dogs,good in the country though...

How would you rate them to a hard black dog? 

[tinytiger 826]

Heard of Glen of imaal  x Russell  being very good. Mightnt  take  as many  generations as you  think  for them to come out right.  Are you in Britain or Ireland 

[mad4digging 663]

Why not use a bigger type white dog?