Jamie m 668 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Royal county game fair. Rg4 7 tr. Plummer classes on Saturday and Sunday judging starts at 12 noon with plummer dog fir anyone interested mapledurham near Reading , Quote Link to post
tinytiger 822 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 always liked the look of the plummer. smart dogs. wouldnt suit me though! why,too noisy? Quote Link to post
CarraghsGem 92 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 always liked the look of the plummer. smart dogs. wouldnt suit me though! why,too noisy? ive already got dogs for bushing (8yr parson type + hound x jrt pup for next year to assist + eventually replace the old bitch) and prefer patts for going to ground. dont have enough work for plummers round here, Quote Link to post
tinytiger 822 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 always liked the look of the plummer. smart dogs. wouldnt suit me though! why,too noisy? ive already got dogs for bushing (8yr parson type + hound x jrt pup for next year to assist + eventually replace the old bitch) and prefer patts for going to ground. dont have enough work for plummers round here, what is it beagle/jrt or some other kind of hound? i had them when i was a young fellow-good old bushing dogs-last one died only last year-mine wouldnt go to ground although littermates and cousins of the same breeding did..>I have a theory on plummers that are afraid of the dark-maybe its the backbreeding from the beagle in them coming through-although he was supposedly a great earth dog ,he was probably a sport amongst his line(maybe his brothers,sisters,parents etc. had no such instincts) and by breeding from dogs of only his colour plummer breeders might be getting other unwanted genes along with the colour. Quote Link to post
CarraghsGem 92 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 always liked the look of the plummer. smart dogs. wouldnt suit me though! why,too noisy? ive already got dogs for bushing (8yr parson type + hound x jrt pup for next year to assist + eventually replace the old bitch) and prefer patts for going to ground. dont have enough work for plummers round here, what is it beagle/jrt or some other kind of hound? i had them when i was a young fellow-good old bushing dogs-last one died only last year-mine wouldnt go to ground although littermates and cousins of the same breeding did..>I have a theory on plummers that are afraid of the dark-maybe its the backbreeding from the beagle in them coming through-although he was supposedly a great earth dog ,he was probably a sport amongst his line(maybe his brothers,sisters,parents etc. had no such instincts) and by breeding from dogs of only his colour plummer breeders might be getting other unwanted genes along with the colour. its a pure mystery what hound is in him, he has the shorter legs and body shape of the jrt (not parson type) but has black + tan + white markingsand speckled legs , a head on him similar to a beagle but not quite. he was out of a mates mini jrt bitch that went missing from his backyard + when located again was in pup, but only had 1 live pup. im gonna have to look around and see if any other small hound breed fits the profile. Quote Link to post
tinytiger 822 Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 its strange what back breeding can come out sometimes ,could have been beagle in the bitchs line years ago Quote Link to post
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