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  1. neil cooney
    They'll be knocking at your door so ask them. Don't go into detail about terriers etc. as they don't give a shit but let them know that you're a hunter and it will play a big part on your decision. I always do, but then again I live in an area where hunting has been most effected by politician ie. the Green Party been used as muppets by Fianna Fail. We sat in a local politicians office for an hour one day (after picketing outside) and he told us that he would NOT be voting for a ban on stag hunting. Thomas Byrne is his name.He voted FOR a ban. The next time elections arose he knocked at m
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    Yep, rattin's the sport that makes grown men scream like a little girl, LOL.
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    Oh OK. I know there is a few places on the East coast where the visit and Wicklow is one spot which wouldn't be to far from the one's you seen. I'd love to see some.
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    At least if you got pulled wearing that the police would think you weren't right in the head and probably bring you home to your mammy.
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    My old russel ate loads of rat blocks took it to vets got an injection to be sick then vitamin k tablets, the vet said you could give the dog a spoon of mustard straight away after swallowing something it shouldn't and it would be sick straight away same as the injection A while back on here I advised someone to always have a supply of Vit K handy if there's a risk of their dog picking up rat poison or poisoned rats. A couple of Pesty's said that most poisons nowadays are not warfarin based so Vit K is a waste of time. I've read somewhere since that most rat poisons are indeed warfarin
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    Where'd you see them Peter, if you don't mind me asking ?
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    When you are bream fishing Why on earth fish for bream? Horrible, slimy things. There's a lake over here where you can catch them almost as fast as you can chuck them up the banking I think that holding perch and bass that way originated in the States and has become fashionable. The French anglers do it too. But then again they have some strange habits. They'd rather spend ten minutes faffing about trying to land a 1lb fish by hand than spend ten Euros on a net so that they wouldn't have to. Alas I think the good days of bream fishing here in Ireland are long gone. The shoals are
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    Have to agree DD. Keeping a strong bitch line is what's worked for me over the years and I know of others who think the same. IMO there's no room in breeding terriers for making allowances for bitches. But, as FD says, when it comes to the actually breeding the choice of dog is very important............too.
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gblxAoWKsmE I sing this one beautifully when I've about 10 pints on me .
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    I don't buy it myself. Another imaginary illness IMO for attention seekers. Same as "yuppie flu."
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    I know that some of the Mink hunters swear by them.
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    Not wishing to be polemic Neil but actually his father is the best option if still alive with brother second best IME Of course. The old saying is "don't go to the champion, go to the father of the champion." You polemic prick .
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    If it was a good litter then maybe he has a good brother worth trying ? I wouldn't breed from a dog anyway unless some of the siblings were of a high standard also and although it's nice to breed from your own dog his brother is the next best thing.
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    Is that an Irish terrier cross.
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    Did the terrier react differently Lenmcharrister ? The reason I ask is I find it fascinating the way usually game dogs react to them. I've seen hard terriers bay at them and a lurcher I had who usually destroyed foxes used to just cripple mangy foxes but refuse to finish them. Whole packs of hounds don't even break them up. I crowned in one day and was looking a large dog fox in the eye. I scruffed him and took him out. Only his head and neck had fur, the rest was bald. I wouldn't have touched him if I'd known and he's the fox I mentioned before that gave me the mange and I gave it to the
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    Seen many unusual thing out hunting but as this is the terrier forum the most unusual thing in a hole was to bolt a Short Eared Owl that flew up into a tree and sat looking at me. A friend dug to a terrier on a Shelduck once. Last year I was in a ditch digging when I spotted a lad coming up the field walking a Cocker Spaniel. He hadn't seen me, I had permission, but I kept my mouth shut because he sat down with the dog and had a conversation with it and gave it a big kiss and went on his way. The same lad is the type to slag you off if ye were in the pub so he'd want to be careful around me
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    I wasn't joking when I said it was a disease. I've only ever had 2 proper holidays in my life because I'd rather be at home minding my dogs. They played a big part in my marriage break up. Nearly every bit of trouble I've had in life was terrier related. I've been outside of Ireland 20 times, 19 of those times were hunting related. Nearly all my friends (and enemies) are terriermen and hunters. It is a disease and maybe your friends recent bad luck was the excuse he needed. A friend last year got out of the terriers. He worked hard all week and was getting up at 5 on a Saturday to drive a
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    Wasn't Lenny's father a bare knuckle boxer too ? So he didn't pick it up of the ground. Didn't his father used to fight at Blackheath on a Sunday morning ? Lads would show up at 11 for a fight not knowing he'd already had one at 10 and maybe 9 before that. Possibly a bit of romanticism there, but a tough man non the less.
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    Someone put a lot of time into those frames. Is there an age on them ? Also is there a Large Tortoiseshell in the bottom one ? Aren't they extinct in Britain now ?
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    It's a disease, maybe your mate got cured, LOL.
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    I put on the English game, turned the volume off, and just listened to all 40 + minutes of that and really, really enjoyed it. I know some lads from up that country and ,LOL, it was just like listening to them. Over 40 years later and they still try to stop the hounds before they kill the hare. I asked one of them last year had they killed many hares the year. He told me 2 and 1 of them was killed when 2 women walked out of a church and turned the unfortunate hare back into the hounds. Great characters and you can tell that by listening to that radio interview and to be honest that interv
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    Not only would I not talk to anti's I don't even talk hunting to those who don't hunt. I have no time for anyone who sits on a barstool etc. telling anyone who cares to listen of their great exploits. It's none of their business. The only non hunting type I'm bothered with are farmers and they don't care how good you or your dogs are, they only want dead vermin. Simple as that. The way I look at it is, there's two type of people who buy hunting book and mags or look at hunting web sites. They're either anti or hunters. BUT, it's the fools within our ranks who give the bad photos etc. to th
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    Didn't mean to offend it's just that I take bosom's very seriously.
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    First off Hjckcff, it's spelt Bosom. But you're right. We need as many as possible behind the working terrier, even if that includes the show ponies and fantasists. I think it's good for the sport to see women and kids at shows with their workers.
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    Uzzy feels fuzzy.
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