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My mate was gifted a young dog a few weeks back by a friend of mine,14months old,nice strong dog,i know the breeding of it so it had the right stuff in it but wont mention that on here.We were out on sunday morn and the lurcher Snowy marked an easy place so i told Paddy to collar up the young dog.We entered him and he travelled on a few metres and then found and we dug him with a small vixon,ideal start for this youngster.We also had a dog returned to us by the General that i had gave him as a pup but through circumstances at the moment he had to rehome the dog and to his word the dog ame back

I met this family of wild boars resting in the forest on my first photo safari. Hope you like them!

I like them to enter earth work at about 12-14 month old, I started one off this season at nine months. Not my usual habits but she wanted it and everything was in her favour, that and she's got nothing but idiot hard dogs behind her. I personally think people expect to much, to quickly, there's a massive difference between starting and working. What I mean by that is just because you've dug a fox out of an extended rabbit hole once don't expect the same terrier to find in a massive disused badger sett. It's all about hours in the classroom and reading your terrier, you've got to know if

Ohhhhh well, here go’s............lads sit on here ,and you hear it in day to life too, and talk about “what are we going to do about the Muslims f***ing the whole place up” Well these lads, white European Christians just like most of us, did do something about it.......they didn’t want any part of them in the new country they were building and (as we are seeing ever too much ourselves now days) with good reason. They were in a war for the soul of their nation as they saw it and it was savage........they wanted to wipe them off the face of their new World. Im not condoning it bu

That's no way to speak about my wife rusty.

The roar of a panther.........

scooby going flat out on a freshly drilled and rolled field !

Well lads I was out of the dentist`s chair for 1-15 pm with my bravery sticker So how should I spend the next hour and a half I wonder ? Back to work, or shooting - Shooting won, wind was bad though but the HW 100 KS .22 got another run out, as did I . atb Mark.

I never knew you had a bad back ray you should have said.

They should make him Mayor of Bradford or Newham !

You better have another read of that book. Plummer said Wyld said Breay said. And all the Pedigrees go to Dave but no further. In the book it says Breay only ever wrote down one pedigree . I'll quote the book here "The only written pedigree Breay was ever known to send anyone-which stated that Davey was bred out of a black bull terrier type fell bitch"

Geology had, in fact, become his chief hobby. I imagined it appealed to his patient, meticulous nature. A ten-thousand-year ice age here. A million years of mountain-building there. Tectonic plates grinding against each other deep under the earth's skin over the millennia. Pressure. Andy told me once that all of geology is the study of pressure. And time, of course.

Some woodland walk photos Woodland walk by Martin Billard, on Flickr Treescape by Martin Billard, on Flickr Local wood by Martin Billard, on Flickr

Pulled these old hammer heads out of the skip.....as you can never have too many hammers. Put a couple of quick handles on two of them.....may get to the others sometime. Old Estwing has GRP resin soaked denim wrapped round it then cling wrap to hold it in shape until it sets. Once set shaped it up using the edge of the bandsaw blade like a rasp. The other head i welded a spring steel shaft in and sandwiched it in oak stuck on with isopone and pinned with copper rivets. Rubbed oak with wire wool soaked in vinegar to blacken it up a bit and a coat of wax.

Disturbed cock pheasant. Croaking frogs in Spring. Lambs in Spring. Swans flying overhead. Grouse on the hill. Curlew..my favourite. Lapwing Skylark. Nest building rooks. Pink feet geese. Wood pigeon. Splash of a leaping salmon. Vixen at night. Any more?

That's .22 for you

I'd say the fly by night brigade, that expect every terrier to be an early starter, have passed through and the genuine men with patience and good understanding of a terrier have resurfaced. Like my mate says, a terriers working career is a marathon not a sprint. Ease them in gradually and you'll have a life time of digging the dog. It also depends on the man knowing the line well and knowing which things to look for in a terrier and to know when it's mature and ready. So in answer to your question, I'd say the late starter is becoming more prominent as the men breeding them ha

Blackbird , espaccially in springtime , wonderfull sound.

Socks head will be down , up and down in gnashers lap

Well initial chono tests are very promising, 697 ft per second, using 10.5 grain pellets, deviation across the 24 shots fired, 6 ft per second.....

yes mate,i've got 2 jill's.last years young.silly tame and healthy. as long as there well looked after you can have them. they've only been out a handful of times. somerset.

Aye then wasn't allowed to lol Dunno about anyone else but everytime you think of the loss of life in ww1 i find it quite moving. Must have been hell on earth being there.

Thought you had dropped some acid lol

15-18 months has become the average starting age for the dogs I've got.

the sound of a rabbit rumbling under ground when the ferret has bolted him, and the sound off doves cooing on a fine summers morning.

Looks well?

My thoughts exactly mate .One thing the internet does do is let those aspiring to the job know how other more patient men start youngsters .I've never been a rush type but I've known many who were in times gone by .Recent years has seen a more chilled approach for sure and long may it live .

I was always skint so my clobber was all knockoffs. Aquascrotum, Gimperland, Stockports, Reebacks, a couple of Ted Gerry polo shirts as well... Looked great until you wore it... I stick to hardwearing gear now, like Carhartt and Berne. Saying that I've got a bespoke suit that cost more than my first car. Sometimes you gotta look the part when you're fat too!

That's great mate, I spend hours of my days sat in work and nothing makes me feel better than putting my 6 month old boy and 5 year old girl in a twin headlock when I get home the more she screams the harder he laughs, them the lab bursts in from the kitchen to join in as well

I like a decent pasty as well, but home made. Made a hunters chicken one a few weeks ago, was my largest to date, and so tasty with the bacon and the cheese in it, really should have taken a photo.

Night jars cuckoos but also the other call the cuckoo makes black bird singing after rain chif chafs because spring is here buzzards on the soar calling barking deer

You're a poof Kenneth.. Korma is for girls or queers!!

Cass Pennant ?

love them type Les Dawson jokes ha ha

I go one better Shirley done the eggs and Edson done the toast ?

Pantheism: the belief that you can find God in the peace, beauty and wonder of nature. That's about as near as I get to religion.

The steady baying of a terrier to ground a hare flying out of its seat on a stubble field a skylark and a hard frost crunching under foot

I love the sound of the curlew on a winters evening, the sound piercing the cold air. A snipe rising. The cuckoo, a rare sound around here which makes it even more pleasurable, when you do hear one. A goldfinch twittering in flight. A bullfinch pipping going from tree to tree along a ditch. A vixen calling in the still of the night. The sounds of hounds in full cry, echoing along a valley.

Who realy cares unless you are a close friend of the man tbh I carnt understand all the intrest in him .

Silence

Says the one who thinks disabled should be pts. Then bangs on about abortion. I wont be taking any lectures from you. Consistent my arse! Now go f**k yourself

A young cushty wanabee

Entitled: "Fuckwits demonstrate surprising ability to endlessly discuss shite on internet".

Out today trying a few holes.weather was perfect for it.tried a few places no joy.then dropped on two foxes in one handy place. No hounds or lurchers with us only terriers.happy out

Francie you can pm me if you want a bit of advise on the form, take photo of it attach to the pm and let me know what's confusing you For 35k you might get a better deal on a loan than a mortgage. If you have collateral, a good credit score defo a route to look at.

Some Stafford Bull Terriers I had in the 1970, "Spring", "Ben" and "Butch"

Well, everyone can say what they like.....I communicated with the man a few times via PM and he always came across as a respectful, stand up bloke. Ill say this, he is a million in front of some of the petty little childish pricks that have graced this forum over the years. I also beleive he was generous to total strangers off this forum without ever asking for a thing in return.

I know but she didn't have her gun with her so she had to catch it instead.