Starting a dog single handed

[OldNog 432]

How many of you chaps started your first dog on your own when your started out digging?

 

Its looking like this is the way im going to have to do it because i cant find anyone anywhere who would let me tag along and show me the ropes.

 

I havent got any digging to terriers experience and its a bit daunting!! I also cant find any permission and for the last 2 -3 weeks have just been getting rejections!!

 

It certainly isnt an easy game to get into thats for damn certain and i can only imagen its gotten harder since the ban!

 

cheers

[Guest buster321c]

Patience mate , 2-3 weeks is nothing when looking for permission , but once you get a bit , more will follow Just bide your time there`s no rush , get to know a few people first and things will happen for you , weve all been there Now im just off for a mooch on my 300 acres of permission

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Edited August 28, 2019 by grant_c

[OldNog 432]

Patience mate , 2-3 weeks is nothing when looking for permission , but once you get a bit , more will follow Just bide your time there`s no rush , get to know a few people first and things will happen for you , weve all been there Now im just off for a mooch on my 300 acres of permission

 

haha lucky sod and thanks for the reply.

 

Starts getting a bit monotinus hearing the word NO all the sodding time!!

 

Heres a few photos of my bitch 'Bear'

 

 

This was the first fox she ever saw above ground

 

Edited September 12, 2008 by OldNog

[Guest buster321c]

Only pulling you leg mate , but like grant says , dont go your self tricky things can happen , im sure you will get to know some lads local to you off here sooner or later

[waz77 15]

Get out there nog,i did for over 20yrs on my own,you'll learn more slowly without someone to show you the way but you'll learn a lot quicker than being sat in the house.

It took me prob 10yrs before i started getting any decent permission...the terrier game is a long road to get to where you want to be and if your not dedicated you will lose interest before you get there...but if you stick at it one day you'll get a bit of luck.

How old are you nog? If your a young lad you will find it harder to get permission but as you get older it gets easier(not much tho)

[OldNog 432]

Get out there nog,i did for over 20yrs on my own,you'll learn more slowly without someone to show you the way but you'll learn a lot quicker than being sat in the house.

It took me prob 10yrs before i started getting any decent permission...the terrier game is a long road to get to where you want to be and if your not dedicated you will lose interest before you get there...but if you stick at it one day you'll get a bit of luck.

How old are you nog? If your a young lad you will find it harder to get permission but as you get older it gets easier(not much tho)

 

Thank you for the reply mate.

 

Im 22 at the moment and im very determing to get my bitch going. I know she will do it, shes from proven working parents and i owe it to her to get her going! Just ruddy frustrating!!!!

[waz77 15]

Just keep at it mate,start off doing a bit of rabbiting or ratting if you can get it then build up your permission,and if you got a motor get traveling,some places are easier to get permission than others

[Guest SPIFF]

Not an easy task mate.Not only have you to get your dog travelling ,then hitting fox,then finding then digging then lifting then backfilling correctly.I dig a lot on my own and its tricky when you ve no one to ask for help or a blow out on the tools.Safer making friends with the right people who will teach you the right way to work a terrier and despatch game etc .Its not rocket science when you know how.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION HAS DONE A LOT OF HARM BUT ONE OVERLOOKED THING IS DEPRIVED A LOT OF YOUNG NEWCOMERS OF MENTORS

[OldNog 432]

Just keep at it mate,start off doing a bit of rabbiting or ratting if you can get it then build up your permission,and if you got a motor get traveling,some places are easier to get permission than others

 

Cheers mate.

 

I got plenty of rats for her down the farm next to me but i swear to god this farm is the only farm in the whole of Dorset without any fox holes or foxes! Iv been travelling out and about asking but alot of the ground i ask about has the hunts over it

[OldNog 432]

Not an easy task mate.Not only have you to get your dog travelling ,then hitting fox,then finding then digging then lifting then backfilling correctly.I dig a lot on my own and its tricky when you ve no one to ask for help or a blow out on the tools.Safer making friends with the right people who will teach you the right way to work a terrier and despatch game etc .Its not rocket science when you know how.

THE POLITICAL SITUATION HAS DONE A LOT OF HARM BUT ONE OVERLOOKED THING IS DEPRIVED A LOT OF YOUNG NEWCOMERS OF MENTORS

 

Thats exactly why its a daunting prospect but one im more than willing to take on if needs be!

 

The more i get into terrier work and hunting ect, the more the ban gets my goat but thats a different subject all together :censored:

[moter poacher 2]

i used to ask so called digging men to take me out they just dont like showing you the earths etc!so i got a terrier border lakie,bitch called billie!and she just started on herself working cover and finding her own fox underground i located her 3 foot,easy dig,me and mate where over the moonlol i took the bitch out,we sat chatting then all of a sudden the fox leaped up and escaped lesson learnt,the bitch never looked back,i was out every day dropping on good earths and drains,everytime i got one,i phoned these terrierman,the ones who didnt want to tell me anything and they where soon to turn up locateing and digging to the sound of baying after seeing the bitch in action after quite a few digs they where takeing me allover showing me earths etc!so really she entred herself and provided me with some good old digs,she whas stolen in 1998 i never seen her since

[OldNog 432]

i used to ask so called digging men to take me out they just dont like showing you the earths etc!so i got a terrier border lakie,bitch called billie!and she just started on herself working cover and finding her own fox underground i located her 3 foot,easy dig,me and mate where over the moonlol i took the bitch out,we sat chatting then all of a sudden the fox leaped up and escaped lesson learnt,the bitch never looked back,i was out every day dropping on good earths and drains,everytime i got one,i phoned these terrierman,the ones who didnt want to tell me anything and they where soon to turn up locateing and digging to the sound of baying after seeing the bitch in action after quite a few digs they where takeing me allover showing me earths etc!so really she entred herself and provided me with some good old digs,she whas stolen in 1995 i never seen her since

 

Thank you for replying. Shame about your bitch getting robbed! b*****ds!

 

I cant wait to hear the sound of my bitch to ground working!

[Guest SPIFF]

look for shallow spots,judge the height of field from entrance,if you read the books you put your dog in and he locates and you dig him out.Not always as simple as that give him time to settle make sure your dogs in control get a solid mark dig him.If you believe thats going to happen every dig think again,we ll never know whats going on in the ground and you ll be left scratching your head lots of times.For your dogs safety and your own you really need to find a friend IMO learn together at least 2 heads are better than 1 and make sure you ve got a locater.

[OldNog 432]

cheers Spiff

 

im gunna order my locator over the weekend hopefully, got to check my accounts tomorrow haha. Got plenty of books that iv read time and time again and none of them make it out to be easy!