Rabbit Hunter
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From what I've seen of mine and mates dogs with bull blood in them, they are eager to go to ground at an early age which makes you think they're ready but they are not, like Jigsaw has said the longer they're left to mature the better chance they have of doing the job...
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Some good sport had there mate...
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Dog on the left bull blooded, pup on the right no bull in that dog.
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It just goes to show what breeding does mate, seems funny how it's took five years for her 'prey drive' to show...
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Some digging to be had around your way mate, and with the dogs for the job by the look of it...
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First fox of the winter
Rabbit Hunter replied to Squirrel_Basher's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
Good, honest post mate, I know of a few lads that don't get into the swing of things until they're allowed on the land once the shootings finished...if you didn't want to do it then someone else would, keep at 'em... -
This dog's half Wheeler...
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what is wheeler ? is it patterdale terrier ? Wheeler is a line/ strain of Patterdale mate...
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Some good pics there mate...
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I've dug to dogs plenty of times with just the one hole, but also had to sink two holes a few times to get the game, sometimes it's the dog to blame for letting the game past at the crucial moment but IMO if the game has been dug before or it has seen off a few dogs then if it wants to be past it will...as long as the dog sticks to its guns then thats all you can ask JMHO...
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Looks like you have a good kennel of well worked dogs there mate, any more pics of them?...
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He's certainly strong enough Benj, hopefully he'll have the heart to match...here's a pic of the pup with my black dog that I consider as biggish, not a patch on the pup...
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Nice pup there Sako, looks like she's going to make a decent size...It'll be good to see if the litter turns out as good as the Trigger x Sal one...
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Good going for the young bitch mate, the less stick she takes the more you'll be getting with her...
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Wise words there, don't breed off her till you've had a few good seasons out of her IMO...
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I've heard a lot of people say that Wheeler dogs are just totally mute... . The one I've been digging to was very hard on his first 3 or 4 digs then started using his mouth and has been a mixer ever since, doesn't mind taking hold but doesn't take un-needed stick which is good... Also just to add I've also heard a lot of lads say they are bad fighters but this dog is rock steady with both dogs and bitches...what's everyone else's views on this line?
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I've got a Nuttall x Wheeler here, he turned 3 in October, he entered early but I would say he didn't mature till he was about 2 years old, had a few good digs to the dog then dug to him baying at scent, gave him another chance and have had some real good digs to the dog since in real testing places...so I think he must have had an 'off' day that day...
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Bellman and Flint- Advice needed!!!!
Rabbit Hunter replied to jakehaliday's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
The two buttons don't work, I think they're there for when they were used in avalanches etc. They're easy enough once you've figured it out, you'll wonder how you coped so long with a deben... -
Top drawer pic of that charlie lads, both dogs look well worked Sounder, keep at 'em matey...
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Good pic that Stabs, you did well IMO to get that type of dog broken at the age of 3, in regards to the original question I think you'll have trouble trusting older terriers with a ferret, i think they'd regard it as quarry no matter what. Older lurchers don't seem to be as difficult to break...
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Have a bump on me mate...nice mug that matey, and for a worthy cause...
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(PRE-BAN)It all depended on the circumstances for me, if we were there to kill the game then we did, but otherwise it was left to run for another day, the only other time we killed them was if they were not in a fit state to be released...
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Don't mean to hijack the post but why have you bred off the bitch if she's only a bushing dog?? As for the dog it might be good but the breeding is going down the drain lining it with a bushing bitch of unknown breeding, what warrants the £200 price tag?? Just an honest question...
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how much were the pups. He say's that because D Wheeler originally got his dogs off Brian so he's says/claims it's all his stuff but just diluted...
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It's a good gesture that mate, nice one...