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Just been in the garden and laid Celt to rest. 15 and half and been my best mate for all that time. Was surprising what this lad could do, ferreting, lamping, work with the gun etc etc. A desperation mating with my old digging terrier and my 3/4 collie grey as the dog I wanted to cover her couldn't do it but my terrier could! I had the mother scanned and if she had been coming with a belly full I would probably have aborted them but the vet said 3 or 4 so I let the birth happen. We've had some adventures, plenty of which I couldn't post on here. Celt was the last one still

Haven't posted in a while thought I'd share a action few shots .

Had a few hours out with my youngest boy on Sunday...took my little bitch Arroara ...a few nice catches and digs ..

I always like a walk on a full moon with a lurcher, done it now for 35 years, and still like it. Went out last night 10 pm with Buck , i take me small lamp just in case lol, .Buck was out in front, i go on these few fields by me, i find a hole in hedge and pop in lol, never much on here the odd rabbit, or munjack or fox, but norm dont see alot when out, but thats ok it just nice 50 min walk for Buck before i feed him , and shut him up in his kennel for the night. Buck gets his head down, i knew something been there , the way he was moving, i was watching him along the side of the hedge , wh

After chatting with another TFL member last night about his latest doggy exploits l had an urge to charge up the lamp have a wander with my geriatric lurcher . A bit hypocritical really as the conversation touched on my intention to let rabbit numbers build up on my permission. Still , in truth l didn't think we'd actually see anything let alone get a run . A catch seemed even more unlikely! I don't think l've taken the dog out with the lamp for maybe eight years ,possibly more , and the old chap is probably somewhere either side of fourteen . As l suspected , there was

Well some of my cousins aunts and uncles came down from Chicago for Thanksgiving and I'm generally pretty anti social but since I spent Thanksgiving with my gf and her family figured I'd say least hi. Well a few hours later we're cleaning some fish we caught a few before out the pond about a 3min walk from the stove. My uncle who's cleaning the fish used to live down here and do stuff like this all the time but he moved up to Chicago a good while back and ...idk it was nice talking to him and the other men folk..all of them where so happy to be here doing stuff like this. Then we wh

Today I thought sod it, I’m having a 4 day weekend, now a 70 year old woman wanted her patio cleaning, was quoted £60, doesn’t have £60 but has a son and a neighbour capable of doing it for her, neither volunteered, so this morning I put the jet wash in the van, bought a gallon of the cheapest patio cleaner I could find and turned up and within an hour had it looking like new home, had a shower and popped to the shop, on the way I seen 2 young lasses on the other side of the road with a flat tyre, one had the spare out, the other was holding the jack looking very confused, now a good 40 c

After a fair few years without a running dog in my kennels, I’ve recently picked this lad up. Pumping the grub into him as he was a bit too lean for my liking when I picked him up and he’s growing like a weed. 14 weeks old, 18tts. Wheaten/Bull/Grey x Saluki/grey

My young dog for this season just over 2 on pic.see how he fairs up this season.

20 years ago I married my childhood sweetheart.We spent the day together at my father's river camp.It was peaceful. Spent most of the day watching ospreys hunt. And catching tiny bream. As we sat down to lunch in the camper I began to laugh as this camper had more square footage than our first house.We started our marriage in a 2 bedroom house trailer and bought an acre of land.My wife had to bottle raise a litter of pups right after our honeymoon lol.She took them to work with her in a shoebox.I remember loading a bulldog in my pickup headed to the moun

Now here is a good pub quiz question - ‘what is the connection between a fly fishing rod a Pickardie lurcher bitch, a joint of Aberdeen Angus beef, a jar of honey and a jar of home made chutney? The answer, to stop you completely shaking your head off, is simple, it’s because of the friendliness and generosity of some folk on this forum, let me explain...... Earlier this year I contacted a member of the forum (Jok), regarding a Trout rod and other fly fishing gear he was advertising for sale on here and following an exchange of PM’s, I arranged a visit. I received a very wa

A year old coming on a treat

a pair with a brace...3 up 2 down

hey up lads, just got back from my appointment at basildon hospital, full x rays, then i had to sit in the waiting room fer nearly 2 hrs fer the results, after three major surgeries, im pleased to tell you all, im in the clear, yes u read it right, no cancer, all ive lost is half a finger, they copt me in time,

I mentioned a while back on here that we have become friends with a couple of guests from liverpool, they have cooked for us when they have stayed here and we met up with them last time we were in Liverpool and had a great afternoon/night... I promised them next time they were down id sort a beach day...well we did it today and it was bloody hard work but they loved it... took him out on the jet ski abd caught bass, set up bbqs on the beach and a full beach set up, he is a bbq chef and brought a massive lump of steak plus his special rub! Was lovely.. I filleted and scaled a few bass, a b

Been messed around abit lately by lads and the bitching and slagging each other off and got to me lately so decided to get out to on my own , and what a day it was even though Iv only got 1 1/2 dogs because the old bitch is struggling ! -4 getting out the van and it started from there got to a nice bit of cover and off they went 5/600 yards and young pointerx and accounted for one and was on her way back with it , from there up a gutter and off they went old bitch was up at 900 yards and young bitch was trailing her then I heard her speaking and she over took and caught the second one and at f

My boys 18th last weekend so we threw a big bash up here, I'm a glutton for punishment so 3 weeks before I said to the Mrs id put an extension on my bar/man cave/glorified shed! Lol The key to this place is it hasn't cost me anything, I have scavenged and pilfered from sites to make it, starting 4 years ago when I was asked to remove a large air conditioning unit that I planned to put up as a tree house for the kids, it nearly tipped the 17m tele handler over it was so heavy so it got "dumped" on a raised platform and became the starting point of the Kev Inn .. some cladding out of the y

Been a long time since running pup on like this but it’s done me bloody proud pulled a stunt this morning only thought my old bitch could and class her as once in a life time dog. struggled and struggle to make a bond maybe self consciously because I’ve always had bitches than dogs but he’s at work every day slept in same bed for months after a break up and lack of room and we’ve still not clicked clicked on the other hand from 6 months the kids adored him and I’ve never seen a dog so canny around children it’s unreal only about 14 months I think won’t raise an eyebrow if there carry

I will be a happy and sad day. Will start with putting In beef low and slow then cup of tea Wifey and me opening presents bit later a bacon door step Lol. Midmorning my lad and his wife will visit open presents that wifey has spoilt them with I don't mind. Then the sad bit we will go up to our only granddaughters grave that we lost 20 months ago leave flowers and a wreath I've started to make. Lad and his wife still taking it hard at times it was a very rare genetic thing so no more grandchildren unless they adopt. I won't pressure them. The bar across the middle will com

100 and odd rabbit couple hundred mackerel and 50 kilo green tripe mince and bagged

Making and painting/airbrush fishing lures , just something to get lost in for a few hours... @tillylamp nice pictures mate , I keep meaning to have a go at some other stuff other than the lures.

I finally managed to find what I was looking for from working lines. She's so well behaved and great with people and dogs. Should keep me busy!!

When i was young green an keen,me an my friend planned a day out,just the two of us,back then we walked everywere as we had no transport,we regulary walked at least 15 to 20miles if not more every saturday an sunday on the search for setts,keeping a close eye along the ditches an hedges for the fresh kick out,anyway we headed of with my friends young black dog jim who only had one dig under him,an my lurcher bitch pepper who also was a young bitch an hadnt seen the sharp end yet. Pepper was bred down from shadow(few pics of him on here)i aquired her from a fella from the far side of stra

Granny daughter and granddaughter

Just had an Email telling me that my daughter has passed her kent test with flying colours and that I can choose any of the Grammer schools in kent for her.Not bad for a kid with ASD and selective mutism who a couple of years ago I was worrying if she could continue with mainstream school.Gunna cost me a few quid this weekend I reckon.

Late seventies I received a big bonus and a tax rebate in the same week, so me and the Mrs decided to take the kids to Blackpool for a long weekend. They each wanted to take a friend so their mates were sent home to ask permission. They both came back with parental approval so off we went. Packing was done in ten minutes. A couple of changes of underwear for us and the kids including some gear for one of the lad's friends who was a snotty nosed poor bugger and had arrived with nothing other than the clothes he was wearing. Everything fitted into an old army rucksack and off we went. The

Having a clear out lads. Had enough of the constant price rises and pressures strategically applied by this shit show of a government so me and the misus are working towards selling up and going off grid with a little small holding. Not guna happen over night but thats the mission now. Keep an eye out in the classifieds for bits I put on, don't be afraid to make an offer if interested. Its guna be an interesting journey but its got to start somewhere! ATB Ry

Been a while since me and SeanC have got out ferreting together... asked last week "what do you wanna do Sunday mate, fish or ferret"... he was up for a day with the ferrets so half 7 this morning we were off... This is a good bit of perm, you can hit sections of hedge and big banks and knock out half a dozen then move on to the next..that was the plan for today and for once it went like clock work...well after the first section produced nothing, it had me thinking a bit, youngish ferrets, would they push enough (my old faithful have all gone on now and you never give the youngsters enou

Iv hunted this certain spot in donegal for over twenty years,about thirteen mile from my house,cracking spot always was my favourite spot,big fields an lots of gear to go at. An right in the middle of it there is a stone house with a tree boundry bout 1 football pitch in size with a cracking we river running through it. The old man an woman passed away years ago an its all overgrown. Durning covid i did a bit of digging trying to find the owner with no luck,thinking to myself i would love to buy it. Me an my son an his three friends went out a dander on saturday an there wa

I know gamedogs are not to many peoples tastes but a great dogman is a great dogman regardless so on a working dog forum just wanted to pay respects after hearing of the passing of The Plymouth Rock Maurice Dann earlier today.....Mo was a great character in the dogs back years ago ( a real life Del Boy ) who with an affinity for Don Mayfield and the Mayfield line of dogs shared a great knowledge with young lads of the time like myself.....very well liked in the dogs and a big family man hopefully the best bed up there in heaven is laid on for him.....RIP Big Mo....The Pied Piper of England.

Im not entirely sure if this will be allowed on here and no problems at all if its binned my apologies i just thought it would be nice to share this old story within the working/sporting dog world about a bulldog chap who passed away recently....gameness is a very sought after trait in the bulldog world but seldom is it reserved for dogmen....for me Terry Truman ( Goldeneye ) was the epitome of gameness and fortitude,may you rest in peace brother.....hopefully bulldog lovers of future generations appreciate what this man did for the breed in Britain and Europe.

Litter sisters earning there keep can even run rough ground ?

I hate wasting time off work, drives me mad! So Sunday we had a fish off the Jet Ski, my brother, fin and me... family evening out... was perfect, flat calm, and warm until dark.. We headed about 10 miles down the coast to beer head, on the way we saw a load of gannets diving a few miles out ..headed out and hit some fish, a few nice bass and a bucket of mackerel... The trip in was stunning, Fin drove us...he was flat out all the way..kids!! Lol Last night we were at Ashton Gate, Bristol watching the Artic Monkeys supported by The H

Woke up this morning and was sent a link for the Sunday Times... our cottage made it into the top 40 "cool cottages for Spring".. We are number 6, Avalon... Was chuffed for the Mrs as she sold her business to invest in this, so pleased that there is a little recognition, its always good I reckon... Few lads off here have stayed in it now as well... 40 cool cottages for spring WWW.THETIMES.CO.UK France does gîtes. Scandinavia has cabins. Italy specialises in agrotourism. Greece and Spain, villas. But here in...

Sorting through my mums house we came across pictures of my first lurcher, 1979 so I gave the pup an of the era name "toyah" ?. We had terriers and ferrets but this bitch was a game changer for mooching. Lurcher to lurcher cross, she was a dream to work although in part I put that down to the time one can devote at 17 when the world is yet to discover current electronic distraction. She was insanely committed to catching game, near miss accidents were frequent and sadly a tree collision was her undoing. Despite the look of her white beard she didn't make 3 years. Ever since i am not a fan of d

Andy's man club . Ok it sounds like somewhere our Mushroom ? would go for a sauna.... But give me chance to explain... The leading cause of death in men under 30 is suicide. I know 3 men who have been good friends in the past who went on to take their own life, I know numerous others I wasn't close to but were school friends or acquaintances. Apparently a young man takes his own life every 2hrs. Andy's man club takes its name from Andy Roberts who took his own life aged 23. It was started by his friends to give men a chance to meet and talk without judgement. They meet at 7pm on Mon

Had a bounce with the dogs yesterday. did a mile or two to be fair. we couldn’t find one in the ground but we did have a couple of decent runs. my old lurcher is tired now though. we carried her back to the pickup and laid her on back seat. shes 14 next spring. she was a half decent little fox bitch in her day and if she marked , there was one in ? shame they have to age so quick. Pic with my Daughter who’s now 15 ATB T

At the grand age of 2 and 2/3rds Jess caught her first rabbit and second. She’s well honed on the ferreting front which is what she primarily will be “but” itchy feet found me trying her on the lamp about a month a go and to put it bluntly she was horrific not watching the lamp and seeing nowt… tonight was a different story and you’d think she had done it for years. Conditions were shite nae wind and relativity light but I thought f**k it let’s see. Into the field and picked out a bunny and off she went, to be honest I don’t think she saw it and just went down the beam and stumbled across it,

In these times of doom and gloom I had a real nice bit of news the other day... A friend of mine donated his kidney to one of his best mates, they'd played in a band together as teenagers (the lad he donated to actually got to the finals of the voice)... I spoke with him last week, he was sore but in good spirits... I know everyone is a tough man etc blah... but to me that is a huge thing to do, real show of courage..to put yourself under the knife for a friend is massive...imo Hes a good lad anyway, but showed a real bit of class with this one

Felt like the Goldie cock i had done was looking lonely so had a little pal done for him today,same tattooist as the first and i'm rather bloody chuffed with it chaps and chapess's..

New season almost here soon as temp drops I'll make a start, just dotting about with them ATM starting to get there fitness going.

Yeah, dogs give us unconditional affection,...they 'live in the moment' and they don't seem to worry too much about the past,... or the future.... I wish I could think like that....?

Good photos Neil.

About 6 months now and going well. Real sweet nature to her and pretty soft. That said she thinks nothing of going under a gate through a stream of freezing water on her belly. Recall is great nice remote sit. Retreiving going well and thinks nothing of a memory. She is pretty playful and likes to have a romp around with it first though. Fine with sheep and ferrets and even cats. Nimble thing with legs like springs and loves jumping on stuff including me the bugger lol. So yea roll on next season and hope she does the business Scooby doo audition

In the 1980s we lost badger digging in the U.K., not because it served no useful purpose, but because of the irresponsible behaviour of a very small and unrepresentative minority of dog owners - I wouldn’t insult myself or others by calling them “terriermen”. Their very public action, callous unthinking and completely unacceptable behaviour, created a public perception of terrier work which made it almost impossible to defend. Northern Ireland has only recently fended off hostile legislation which sought to ban terrier work and in the main this was due to the efforts of the I.W.T.F. T

other than hunting, what are your past time hobbies....Arry likes his metal detecting plus some others on here.....paulas likes his motorbikes.....and socks makes some good knives....so on and so on.....mine are, I've been teaching myself to airbrush, also i like to mess around with motorbikes in some ways....then I'm in my workshop making things out of wood/metal.....i have a lathe which i turn out bowls etc...also i made some chopping boards and things.....I'm not one to be just sitting around, for the majority of the time i like to be doing something..... here's a couple of pics of how