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My condolences Lost one of mine recently, and it's no small thing. On our last day on earth, we will not remember any of our old street addresses, or the names of the people we worked with, but we will remember with fondness every one of our dogs. Patrick
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There are only two types of terriers -- those that work, and those that don't. And it's not all about the dog, is it? The dogs don't have keys to the truck and don't drive. So, push comes to shove, for a dog to work it has to be owned by someone who will work it. Kennel Club dogs are too rarely owned by people who work their dogs. As for the Parson and the Jack Russell terriers, they are NOT the same dog. The Parson Russell terrier is, by definition, a dog that is being bred in a closed registry. A Jack Russell is not. To understand why all working dogs (sled dogs, sheep d
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Not a keeper of ferrets myself, but it occurs me that you folks might be interested in this article which explains how ferret, fox and hound were used to create the modern distemper vaccine >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2004/...-distemper.html There are a lot of zoonotic diseases -- a fancy term that simply means a disease that leaps from one species to another (generally used to name diseases leaping to humans). The common cold, for example, originates in horses. Distemper (canine, feline, and even seal distemper) mutates quite a lot and is very common and is a possibi
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The horse should always go before the cart. Breeds were invented long after working dogs were, and they matter not a whit as far as I can tell. For certain the critter in the hole does not care what breed a dog is -- only whether it can be reached (small is beautiful) and what will happen when it gets there (brains and drive in proper and shifting amounts). The whole notion of a pure breed is really a bit of a joke. What is it supposed to mean? It does not mean the dog is healthy, it does not mean that it works, and it does not even mean the dog looks right. Here's a qu
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Collar strap replacement is not too difficult. Directions here here for replacement with leather >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2006/...t-on-deben.html It's even easier if you use a store-bought nylon. Patrick
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Any answer on what book it's from?
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An 11 inch dog with an 18 inch chest? The dog sounds like he is a 'pudding jack russell, or to be more technical about it, an achondroplastic dwarf. It's very common with some lines of jack russells. If the dog is working for you, fine, but an 18 inch chest is enormous for a working dog. With an achondoplastic dog, you are not getting a larger dog out of the deal -- you are just getting a small dog with a huge chest that is having to work very hard to get to where it is going. That sounds like what you are seeing from what you have said. It's not the dog's fault -- it's born that way.
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Cumbrian Jack, you are sliding fast to foolish. The SPCA folks themselves say about this lady: "It is a compulsive behavior that worsens over time. It needs to be treated with psychiatric help.'' They note she had moved out of the house due to so many dogs living in it, and into a camping trailer. She had a dead cat in the fridge and rotting rats in the sink. She thought she was doing well and was spending all her money trying to care for these dogs (no shortage of dog food, the SPCA notes), but was overwhelmed and yet unable to stop collecting dogs of all types from everywhere. If yo
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Well Jack, you are dead wrong, but very sure of yourself, aren't you? A common thing, I suppose. This has nothing to do with the JRTCA, it has everything to do with one lady who has gone off the deep end and become a dog collector. Mental illness is mental illness. The dogs (and hopefully she) are getting help. Meanwhile this thread and your posts continue to slander an organization that does quite a lot of good, not only in providing a small community for people that actually work their dogs, but also in promoting ethical breeding, genetic research, and which runs full page ads in every
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I know Cumbrian Jack did not mean it like this -- probably just a little wound up (never happens to me, LOL), but branding an entire organization for the transgressions of an individual is the kind of tactic our opponents generally use. The headline on this thread, as it now stands, is about what PETA would have written. I don't suppose people on your side of the Atlantic would be happy to see picture of the British lunatic with a working terrier who was also a cannibal (yes, yes, there is such a fellow) branded as a typical supporter of the mounted hunts on an Ameican working terrier site?
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I have nothing to do with the JRTCA other than to get their magazine, but this this has nothing to do with the JRTCA and I think it's a bit reaching and ill-informed to imply that it does. This lady is a sad case of a dog collector. There are such people all over -- a bit crazy. This lady was drawn to rescue dogs (she even worked for the local shelter!) and was sane and stable for most of her life, but went over the edge thinking she was doing good for abused dogs. The results are not kind, but they are (sadly) not uncommon, and they certainly have nothing to do with any registry. Do you
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One has to wonder if people are vain, silly or or if they are simply unaware they are parading their own insecurities around? A fine book. Best written parts are Darcy's. Patrick
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You want Ken Bushnell at Natural Instinct Jack Russells. Google away. A nice man with good working dogs. P
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Close encounter raises concerns about wolves
PBurns replied to Albert Ladd's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
For a different perspective ... I am not sad at all to see the wolf return. Most of our western lands is public lands and in Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, etc. the forests and parks stretch from one into another. You can hunt on almost all of it, but you assume the risk when you enter wild federal land that is known to have bear, wolf, cougar and coyote. That's just the way it is and it has been that way all our lives. The wolf was once part of the natural landscape in this country, and it's not a bad thing that it has returned. Yes, some stock grazing on public lands (stock that is alrea -
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No one who is serious about working their dogs goes to the American Kennel Club if they know what they are doing: not the racing greyhound people, the bird dog people, the pulling sled dog people, the herding dog people, or the working terrier people. Can a few working dogs of every breed be found in the AKC? Sure. You can also find an honest man in jail, but it's not where you would start if you knew what you were doing. The working dog people have stand-alone breed registries or no breed registries at all. There is no stopping the creation of "new" breeds of dogs, of course. Jus
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http://www.morbid.demon.co.uk/brucie-balaclava.html Bet it keeps you warm too
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What a man will sell overseas, to a person he has never met who is silly enough to buy a dog from a country he has never visited, does not speak to the dogs he will keep for himself or sell to his friends or other people who are serious about digging. A great dog is not sold to everyone that just shows up at the door. In life you will always find new folks passing through, waving cash, dropping names and talking loud. Why would anyone give a good dog to such an obvious character, when over-large dogs and dogs of dubious abilities will always be crowding the kennels? All is logic, an
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Great shots!
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patterdale a show dog a worker ???
PBurns replied to pickaxe's topic in Earthdogs & Working Terriers
Average height of digging dogs over here in the US is a shy line over 12" at the shoulder, and it does not matter the quarry. I have data on more than 450 dogs. Chest size is the issue, as said -- you can get a bigger dog, but a bigger chest is likely to come with it. If it does not, the dog often ends up looking a bit strange and out of proportion. In working lines, regardless of breed, chest size tends to be around 2 inches more than height. Any dog much under 11 inches will start to lose stamina, especially in winter if you are going out all day in dropping cold. Anything much over 12 -
Love the camera. Could use one on the photo tour of the several political places here in town On the subject of crossbreeding, many species hybrize and that is especially true of ducks. Lots of wild cross-duck combinations. Our notion of "species" is not exactly the same as theirs. Patrick
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Excellent day in the field! You guys are some fun lunatics. Since badger are normally solitary, these two might have been "geting in to get it on". Was it a young male and a female? Quite a spoil pile kicked up there and lovely soil too Patrick
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I have to say Buster, we have fools over here, same as in the UK. The American bulldog was cobbed up by a puppy peddler a few years back and is mostly a pitbull crossed with a boxer. No one uses them for anything but walking on a lead. I would certainly not put that dog up to a success story, unless you were looking at the balance books of the peddler. We also have a hairless terriers too I would think they would be popular at a convention of Chinese cooks There is no end of idiocy in any country, is there? Good luck with your terriers, and fellman too with his progeny of
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Deep thinking there fellman. Thanks for sharing! I take it you are all for shot jaws then? Should we be celebrating the undershot and overshot jaws of fellman's terriers?! As to the notion that people can breed what they want, that is exactly what I said. There is no original thinking on your part there It's a sad day when you cannot find a working terrier that does not have a decent jaw though. Why would one would buy such an animal when obvious alternatives are rare? Or is the question posed from the seller's side and not the buyers? In that case, the seller breeds what