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Fine pics as always my friend The cold weather has come at last and maybe something good will come out of it. This has been the warmest winter in memory -- not a cold day since November until yesterday P.
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A bit on old and new breeds: >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2005/...nting-dogs.html >> http://terriermandotcom.blogspot.com/2005/...ier-breeds.html Patrick
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A nice beginning to this post, as friendships are rare and valuable things. So too is appreciation and genuine thanks. Nice to see it Patrick
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I learned a long time ago that any jackass can kick down a barn door, but it takes a carpenter to build one. We have a lot of barn kickers on these boards, but not too many barn builders. Cheers to those with the discipline to actually dig, and to those who take the time to pass on a little information or story as well. The work that is done speaks for itself (true for dogs, as well as people), and if you have not read Darcy's book a review is here >> http://www.terrierman.com/digdeepreview.htm I don't know Darcy from a hole in the ground (pun intended), but as I said the book speaks
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Ah the cartoon avatars speak! Thanks for reinforcing the point.
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>> This isnt a case of size or hardness but more a bit of both. Too small to be hard << Kane's note about his own dog (above) is well said. Very small and very hard is trouble without a doubt. Sounds like this dog is very, very small! A friend had a pup that never cleared 8 inches -- a freak of a dog and unique in the litter. Went to a pet home for the same reason Kane has voiced. As to the tone of this thread in general, I have to say it reminds me of the study on civility on the internet which noted that that "only 38% of flames contained verifiable information, while
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11 inch dog on Sunday. Dog entered another hole but came out this one, as did the quarry. Solid roots all the way around and could not even get a digging bar in anywhere else -- no other holes were possible into this rock-root den and we had to cut three roots just to make this hole. Each to his own, but I want a dog that can get up to it -- and can get out of it too. We would have needed a chainsaw for a bigger dog. We have some tight pipes over here in the states, but most are bigger than this, thank God. Patrick
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"Surely it will get up to it?" Uh ... no. A dog cannot trench 20 feet down a pipe or blast rock or gnaw through very thick root. Desire has nothing to do with it. Desire will get a dog through a few narrow obstructions, but if the dog is fundamentally too big in the chest it cannot follow a fox in a tight earth. Not all earths are tight, but enough are tight that a very large dog has limiting uses. A small dog, on the other hand, can get anywhere -- and can get out too if needed. The big dog is the wrench that can fit only one time of nut -- the small dog can generally fit many.
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Every sette is different and every dog is different -- you use the right tool for the job depending on what the job is and it is not all about size -- though size is very, very important Some dogs have seven or eight tricks up their sleeve -- they are able to work different types of quarry differently and work the same types of quarry differently depending on the sette and the nature of the animal (every fox is different, isn't it? -- there's a topic starter -- ). These dogs with multiple tricks are like an expanding wrench -- they can fit a wide array of nuts. The size of an expanding
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Very nice looking dogs and a very nice pic of the fox. The ground looks like stucco concrete. Ive gotten much more interested in geology since I've been digging on the dogs
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Daily Record, November 19, 2004 UNTIL CHICKENS CAN USE RIFLES WE HAVE TO KILL FOXES by: Paul Stokes I AM sure most of you will agree with me when I say I sincerely hope that the looming ban on hunting down south is as successful as the one introduced by our own dear Parliament. It is now two years since Scottish foxes won their historic fight to gain the right to roam our countryside without fear of being chased by packs of dogs. Since when every one of the 10 Scottish hunts that were operating before the ban has .. er ... carried on hunting. The one bunch which did dis
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My complete kit is listed at http://www.terrierman.com/health.htm but the most important I think are two small spray bottles of water for cleaning out eyes -- and wounds if needed. I used VetBond (a kind of verterinary super glue") to close some gashes, but mostly let them close themselves. I use antibiotics as needed -- always for through-the-lip cuts which can trap bits and stay open longer. I do not use peroxide -- it kills marginal (ragged) tissue. Its only saving grace is the bubbling action, but that action does not lift dirt as well as a good spray water bottle. I use dis
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My bet is that there will not be much of a market for it in the US, as we rarely get earths that are 8 feet deep, much less off the deben box at 15 feet. The scoop on this seems to be that Bellman and Flint invented nothing -- just bought off-the-shelf Pieps avalanche locator equipment. The locator box is a Pieps locator box and from the description on the site (no pictures for a reason), the collar seems to be a "Pieps Powder Peep" locator-transmitter which costs about $ or less. Why no collar picture? Because the collar is apparently enormous -- draw out on paper the following me
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Very nice new banner header on this site Clean and solid. Exxxxellent Smithers! - Mr. Burns
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McDonalds -- 60 Billions Rats Served. Take that anyway you want. All I'm saying is once it's ground up who can tell what it is? :sick: Nice Scottish name though, and we know they are famous for their food P.
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Nice work. With the standing water in the field above the sette, I'm suprised it was occupied. Proves you never know. Nice little dog too - a size I like to see. Patrick
