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    I wouldn’t call myself a terrier man ? but they can get stuff shifted from a bush, and help deal with the other end! I’m about an hour from you mate and always happy to have a mooch about.
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    In not very far from you and have a bushing Pat, bushing Russel and bushing x bred springer / terrier type thing I would happily leave my runners at home and bring the bushers and push some stuff out to your dog and you can see what you like the style of.
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    Got to admit wouldn’t be for me in general but that pup is stunning mate, just a lovely stamp of an animal.
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    See above
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    I’m saying one word ..... Buttermilk But ain’t you lads got any hunting to do on a Sunday morning ?
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    I don’t think you have to be Jamie Oliver to make proper gravy ?
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    Nice to see you back mate.
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    At least it brought everyone together ......
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    Go and look through threads from ten years ago and it’s like a different world on here. Folk who actually have done a bunch of hunting, having interesting discussions, and arguments about dogs and hunting
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    Lots in Hungary hunting boar, they are one of the more popular breeds.
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    The thing is, as you just said, the original beddys used in breeding lurchers, would surely have been earth dogs, so smaller, more compact and very understandable to use, as they were a working breed. These leggier beddys that have poodle influence and have thin coats and dont work much, I think are just trading on the name. There are plenty of leggy pats and russels etc, you dont necessarily have to use an earth dog if thats an issue, I've a patter dale here thats a big lad and who will nail anything he bumps into above ground, he's taken quarry many times his size and weight, and will also p
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    Not bad for 9 months
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    Good reply mate. I just find it interesting they are so popular. I had a whippet once, absolute machine..... he’s been mentioned on here, and funnily enough was used to breed Beddy Xs, he had a great nose, was driven as hell and I honestly never found a situation where having Beddy blood would hve improved him, other than maybe the coat. I guess the bit I just find out is how many 1st x Beddy x there are compared to other terrier Xs and how few working Beddy there are compared to other terriers, it just doesn’t add up to me in my head. The more I think about it, the more I think that most of t
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    That would be why they are handy dogs then, someone has put time into working and breeding a proper tested line. Funnily enough, the best 1st x terrier / whippet I’ve ever seen was a Russel x whippet, it was a machine, took more deer than you’d believe, mullered foxes, great on rabbits etc.
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    Young bitch had a cracking day today, she’s only about 9 months at the moment, but today she put out two fox, a munty, several roe and plenty of pheasant and partridge. Did her first bit of picking up, mainly runners, and managed a couple nice partridge and three good pheasants.
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    As long as you’re happy, I’m happy ?
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    See, I think there’s a fair difference (in my mind) between a line bred / generation bred, lurcher to lurcher Beddy type, than a first x. It’s the first x Beddy whips I don’t get if I’m honest - you see tons of them and no patt x whippets or Russel x whippets and yet I don’t know of any proper working beddys but could find you ten other terriers by Monday morning to use .....
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    But who says a Beddy has a better nose than any other terrier, or more drive etc. 1st x Beddy Xs out of non working Beddy a bred out of lines of non or half working Beddys. Why are they used ? Is it just fashion? Habit?
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    Also why would a Beddy have a better nose than say a Russel - so few folk work Beddy a so must be less of a good hunting gene pool surely ?
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    Totally get that, I much prefer terrier blooded dogs, but just wondered why Beddy in particular ? Not bull? And there are lots more working patts, Russel’s etc
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    Can someone tell me what you can get from Beddy blood that you can’t get elsewhere with more chance of it being worked etc? Genuine question, never really had much to do with Beddy x and don’t really get the whole thing. Other than the coat.
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    Faster maybe ?
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