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    Haven't you over there got a species called the Marsh Frog ?
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    Of course they did...and no doubt took their Game dogs and Game cocks with them...as did the English,Irish,Welsh and Cornish dogmen...its a modern day romantic myth that the APBT originates from dogs that 'mostly' came from Ireland No romantic ideas at all. It's more or less a fact that the Irish originally got their dogs from the British and the Irish bloodlines were popular with the yanks. So after the British left their dogs with the Irish the Irish just made them better. Same as today with terrier lines (patterdales, russe Thats your opinion and your entitled to it...its an ignora
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    The sad thing is that usually to get their money back there'll be a litter on the way ASAP and who'ever buys them pups then will need to breed a litter to get their money back and so the money wheel keeps turning.
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    You're right. I made the statement about the Irish improving British terriers to cause a bit of debate as the terrier board has been quiet lately. If that is or isn't true is completely down to anyones opinion. One thing you'll see in my posts is that I keep saying that the Irish dogs are from British dogs anyway. One thing that is true is that in the 1800s the majority of American dogmen were on the East coast and they were very keen to get their hands on Irish dogs and chickens. But like I say, due to factors such as the Irish famine there was probably more immigrants coming from Ireland
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    Of course they did...and no doubt took their Game dogs and Game cocks with them...as did the English,Irish,Welsh and Cornish dogmen...its a modern day romantic myth that the APBT originates from dogs that 'mostly' came from Ireland No romantic ideas at all. It's more or less a fact that the Irish originally got their dogs from the British and the Irish bloodlines were popular with the yanks. So after the British left their dogs with the Irish the Irish just made them better. Same as today with terrier lines (patterdales, russells etc.) , the most common breeds worked today are all of Br
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    The words psychiatrist and needsa spring to mind. Hope he never looses his car keys or bank card, it would result in a killing spree.
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    I'm glad you said that Blaise, over this side of Europe many's a poor terrier man has found himself in trouble while hunting foxes and some "expert" has said that foxes wont live in the same earth as a badger. Pity these so called experts don't talk to those who know.
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    I think you'll find I've said that in the first few lines of my post !!
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    Harder to get nowadays but a barrel of sheep dip in the yard is a must have IMO.
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    All ye need now are the mackerel ,none up here yet.
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    Good post Max. Pity we can't all stick together.
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    JMHO but most huntsmen in this day and age would love to be able to hunt their fox from the find to the mark or otherwise. But nowadays most hunts wont cross the same land 2 or 3 times a day and combine this with wire and motorways they often have to pull back. But IMO if these factors weren't there and scent allowed a lot of huntsmen could achieve it, here in Ireland they often do.
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    The history books tell us (God knows I've read enough of them) that the dogs of the English west country ended the Blue Pauls of Scotland. The dog that became the staff was there before the APBT, only it wasn't called the staff. It had localised names or was just called a pit dog. The dogs that went over to the states mostly came from these islands but the Irish dogs were most probably brought to Ireland by British troops when they occupied Ireland. BUT, then the Irish kicked the British ass's back to Old Blighty but kept the bloodlines. Sounds far fetched but it's true. Then, the Irish l
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    Thanks Topper, and best of luck keeping them going. IMO if Mr Newcombe had been working his terriers to badger in those legal days he would have set the bloodlines in concrete for those coming behind him. But that was his choice.
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    Topper, you say any idiot can get a black dog to work. I disagree, any idiot can stop them working but it takes a terrierman to enter them and keep them at it. Back to Bedlingtons. I've seen a couple of interviews with Mr Newcombe over the years and I'd say he was a grand sort who'd be worth a listen too. But, IMO, he had a couple of funny opinion regarding terrierwork. He once said that badger digging should never ever have gone on. Now, I can assume GN worked terriers when badger digging was legal. So why did he persevere with a breed back then that tends to be too big for a lot of fo
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    JMHO but it's becoming a joke with every aspect of our lives filmed by gadget geeks. I would say there's people living in towns etc. who don't realise it but every moment of their lives is on film somewhere or the other.
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    The same well known lurcher breeder you're talking about Fatman was charging £300 ,and getting it, for his smart black fells in the 80s. There's a few lads who claim to have been the first to have brought black terriers to Ireland and IMO they all did bring black ones over not knowing that there was other lads doing it around the same time. Blood from all these first imports are still going strong today. We got the raw materials off the Brits but we made it better, LOL, I'll pay for that one.
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    Newsnight

    neil cooney replied to TOMO's topic in General Talk

    Roger Taylor, Eric Clapton, Roger Daltry, James Hetfield, Bruce Dickinson, Bryan Ferry (well his son Otis anyway) Miley Cyrus ,Ted Nugent and Morrisey, all musicians who support fieldsports. Only messing about Morrisey. He's a vegan who recently went mad when he heard that burgers were sold at one of his gigs. Hypocrite, he's against the killing of animals and yet his music has probably sent many people to an early grave.
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    It'll soon be a rule that the cop should wait 'till he's been killed before shooting back. If the suspect didn't want to be found carrying a gun (if he had a permit he didn't need to run) why didn't he fling it into the hedge ?
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    Newsnight

    neil cooney replied to TOMO's topic in General Talk

    Maybe he's mis-understood and just wants to break free.
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    Brilliant news, unless you keep fowl. I hope ye over there don't end up with the idiots we have here releasing several at a time where they're not welcome. We even have them in towns now and they are very hard to keep out. If they ever get a foot hold over there it will be like the otter problem you now have, only land based.
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    Or teach him a lesson about life and death.
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    That's true but in all them cases the trained dog is then given to another handler. Skycat might have hit the nail on the head in that 5 or 6 weeks might be the perfect age for a new pup to bond with it's new owner. Maybe I'm wrong, who knows ?
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    I heard of a lad who got it done, he said it's a nuisance having to cook for himself but the sex is just as good as before.
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    I had absolutely no time for the writer Brian Plummer but I remember him saying that if he want's to train a dog to a high standard he'd take them off the bitch at 5 weeks. I think he was right, I don't know why but I do. I can remember over the years taking a few pups on at 5 weeks, usually because as Tomo said the owner wanted paying, and they all developed a better bond for some reason and I don't think it was my imagination. One of them was a pit bull. Now if I had the choice with a dog such as a lurcher or a gundog where a high level of training is needed I'd be looking to get them at
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