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Stevie D

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  1. A friend of mine enquired at Edinburgh vet school and the cost wasn't too bad. I don't know if Glasgow vet school does it but I would imagine so. I had a dog picked for one of my bitches recently and he just wouldn't perform. The owner told me he had been kennelled with bitches in season but never sired a pup. The dog has blood that I value highly and has seen a lot of work. I had given up on the idea until someone mentioned straws. I used another dog on the bitch but think I might try this for the future.

  2. Fitness definitely plays a big part in terrier work. If you ask a lot of your terrier then you should make sure it's fit enough to do what you want. I've seen many terriers worked to exhaustion and I think quite a few have been labelled quiters because they weren't fit enough to do the job asked of them. At the very least a terrier should be in good shape at the start of the season and if worked regularly, the fitness comes itself after that. Any terrier locked in a kennel from one week to the next won't be fully fit.

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  3. Marvin, if the dog is primarily a pet and you bought him as a pet for you and the family, don't risk his life underground. If he was bought in to work for you then that's different but I'm guessing he's a family pet first. No harm in having some fun bushing/ratting but there might come a day when he goes down a hole of his own accord becuase of his breeding so maybe another breed would've been a better choice. My terriers are part of the family but they're bred to be able to do a job and that's in their make up. I choose to keep dogs that will go down holes and I also choose the risk that comes with that.

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  4. An old aquaintance of mine had a Price bred Russell in the 70's. Did a lot of fox work with the dog and rated him very highly. He used the dog over as many bitches as he could, which was a lot.

    Many of the russells around the Glasgow area will go back to that dog all those years ago. Smooth, leggy, quite strong.

  5. About 25 years ago, a friend of mine had two lakelands from Mr Cowan of Cumbria.

    These were old dogs, (I'm guessing at about 10 years old) They were given to him by Mr Cowan

    and he was told they were from his "Blue" line. One of the old dogs had a bit of a top knot, I've no doubt this was

    from having beddy blood.

     

    stevie

  6. It's difficult to say just breed worker to worker no matter what the breed is, as we all have a personal preference of the type/ breed we like.

    If we just bred worker to worker of any type, then over time we'd produce a black and tan mongrelly type terier. That's probably how terriers started in the first place!!! You've made a very good point Border man. If work is so important, why don't we just breed the best worker to the best worker and f*ck what type/breed they are?

    Stevie

  7. I've had two of this cross. It was over 20 years ago and I did quite a bit of ferreting then. They were perfect for that job

    and I had some fantastic sport with them.

    I've just bought a bitch from a lad on this site, same cross again, she's just 12 weeks old, I'll stick a pic up when I get home in a few days. It's not that common a cross, good luck with them lads.

    Stevie

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