well my first impression of terrierwork was in lancashire. i was allowed to tag along with a few older hands when i was a spotty kid, there would have been no two in a bed nonsense. the dogs had to be right up for the job and the lads where like fecking JCBs . they knew there stuff alright. the only difference i could see from then till now was the fact that the dogs where dug to without a locator. although they had one between them. i never saw it used. there was no mercy from them if a dog wasnt right it never came home with them. oversized terriers or mute terriers wouldnt be of any use to