APBT x wheaten

[Grunter123 1,112]

One I had Wheaton x appt 

[twelsh 348]

14 hours ago, Grunter123 said:

One I had Wheaton x appt 

What was it like dog wide working etc mate

[Grunter123 1,112]

Lol it was full on . Mute just wagged his tail never ran out of stamina work day and night .

Out of two champions from Ireland.

he was brilliant with other dogs  but would break out of kennels lol and escape it could lamp very well and caught a few foxes single hand but you couldn’t ever Jack the dog 

[Daniel cain 46,223]

3 hours ago, Grunter123 said:

Lol it was full on . Mute just wagged his tail never ran out of stamina work day and night .

Out of two champions from Ireland.

he was brilliant with other dogs  but would break out of kennels lol and escape it could lamp very well and caught a few foxes single hand but you couldn’t ever Jack the dog 

Nice looking dog,you got anything down off it?

[Grunter123 1,112]

37 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

Nice looking dog,you got anything down off it?

No killed it’s self 

[Hannibal3 163]

The bitch is a little over 2 years old now. Matured nicely I think . Seen a little work the tail end of this season , I was pleased with her performance. 
Bombproof round my horses , fine round cattle but a wanker round any sheep. Can’t seem to get that out of her .

Real easy dog to have round the house , very affectionate and don’t want to leave my side . Hates my little saluki bitch with a passion , don’t have her near her . Good as gold with my Presa and Lakeland , they are both dogs though. Very switched on when out in the field , don’t stop hunting and searching . Very pleased with her to be honest , don’t get me wrong she has her quirks and won’t ever be running in the park with other dogs but with the correct management she is an easy dog to own and work so far 

[toolebox 1,570]

On 21/04/2023 at 18:22, jigsaw said:

Looking at the bottom photo,the dog is fighting the boar rather than taking an ear hold,which is exactly what you don't want I'd guess,

When back in the day, as the saying goes, I myself had several bull crosses who would hold the pig by the end of the nose, they would normally have some damage under the jaw, but it was a safe place to hold over all. A hunt that springs to mind was when I'd caught a sow on heat, and one weekend and had seen the marks of a bigger boar, so I knew the boar would be hanging around hand. The very next weekend, my brother and I decided to hunt the same block of native bush again, looking for the big boar, so after checking a number of places any pigs in the area like to nest up in with no luck, the keenly dogs tracked off at pace between said spots. The dogs had only been gone a couple of minutes when we heard a boar give a blow and then the noise of him smashing down though the tight scrub towards us. Just in front of us but out of sight in the creek bed, the dog's piled onto the big ginger, white and black boar and the battle was on. On cresting the bank, we were met with the sight of the dogs holding a very pissed off 200lb boar. I noticed something strange thing I noticed was something hanging off the boars nose, something black and tan, hairy covered in mud ....mmmm I then realised that it was my Jack Russell x dachshund who was along on his very first hunt. At some point I yelled out to Dave, look at that bloody mad dog, who was now being trampled and dragged up and down the creek, in and out of the water by the pig. At one time the pig had stopped in a spot where the water was a lot deeper than the rest of the stream bed, and all that showed of Joe was the end of his nose, yet he continued to hang on, not giving any quarter. I waited until the boar moved a meter or two, out of the deep water, and then I ended the battle with the knife. In the afterglow of our luck in finding and killing this big deep chested boar right  in his prime, we forgot all about wee Joe." where is he now" I asked ?Then while lifting the dead boar's head, we spotted Joe still attached like a flea to porkies nose. We both roared out in laugher.

Joe had been a gift given to me by a friend who worked full time as a rabbited. He had trained up Joe to a good standard as a rabbit bushing dog but when he found he had too many dogs and knew I was looking for a wee bushing dog, he made the offer. I decided due to his size, I wouldn't take Joe pig hunting again, he was far too valuable as a bushing dog. I on ran him for a number of years and he just got better and better, turning out to be one of the better dogs I've owned . He would never quit while hunting a rabbit  and when he was still very heathy but was starting to slow down, I gifted him to my brother as I knew he had a soft spot for him . Joe lived out his days in semi retirement, chasing the neighbourhood cats and dealing to any rodents that showed up around the house that is situated in native bush. A few years later, when I heard Joe had passed, My mind slipped back in time to that very day, of Joe, the boar and my brother . I took the time to look over my photos to find one of Joe hanging on for dear life in that stream bed. I will see if I can find it again and then post it up.