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    Two fish in a tank. One says to the other "How do you drive this thing ?"
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    Another thing I meant to add in my post is the waterproof fact. It's a massive bonus. I often seen the old Deben collar stop working when the terrier was running through wet grass, even though the collar might be taped up.
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    Never under-estimate salt and water for cleaning superficial wounds on a terrier. Never under-estimate poteen for a terrier man. IMO I haven't heard of any old wifes tales being used in years (unless by fools) and giving first aid legally to working dogs is widely available on line without lining a greedy vets pockets. Obviously illness and major injuries are best left to the pros.
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    Probably, if you're using them for a ferret then maybe it's handy (if not to cumbersome on a small ferret) but against todays locators not worth the effort. I never had the larger cap but seen them used. Ahead of their time at the time. The one thing I miss about the ol' knocker box was how instant they were at the bottom of a dig to a mute terrier. You turned the dial and instantly you knew. Being so close to a terrier at the end is vital and not when I want to be waiting for a box to warm up. But, then again, I'm ol' fashioned.
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    I'm probably not the one who should be doing this as I didn't know him (he was a good friend of a good friend) but DonnyC put up an R.I.P. for Mr Arthur Nixon the well known terrierman on the general forum. I know a lot of you terriermen don't look at that forum so I said I'd let ye all know. Apologies if I've over stepped the mark. R.I.P.
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    I only argue when needed.
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    As long as what you preach is humanity and sportsmanship. There's lads who preach and practice the opposite and they're most certainly no terriermen.
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    IMO you nailed it Rob when you said the ability to bring out the best in your dog. There's lads go through life having owned plenty of good terriers but the same lads got rid of plenty that would have made it in a good terrier mans hands. Honesty in ALL aspects of life is a conscientious decision that we make ourselves. Being able to dig and knowing what you're doing around a dig takes loads and loads of experience. Some will pick it up quicker than others but it should be something you should become good at with experience. But consistently getting the most out of terriers from puppy hood
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    Even if we had Grayling the fisheries would ensure we couldn't fish for them because of the risk of hooking a precious Brown Trout.
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    I put the link up because of how late that is to catch Mackerel off the Irish coast. Maybe this global warming is for real. And if the Mackerel are going to hang around all year I wonder will the Blue Sharks and Bass etc. that follow them hang around our shores all year round ?
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    Trenchfoot, if your wife done a few commissions you could pay a painter / decorator to paint those rooms for you. She's very good and seems to have her own style.
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    Yep, they're a greedy bunch them English boys. They even try and call the majestic Grey Partridge the "English Partridge", FFS what's with that ? Could you imagine how much gloating they'd do if they found out that Guinness is actually an English recipe and company. Don't tell them, .
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    BlackBuck, you remind P.S. that one of the first times I met him he had his thumb wrapped in a bandage were a fox had bitten through his thumb nail. So, my advice is, don't take advice of P. when it comes to handling foxes.LOL. Mind you, I can't talk. I've been bitten a few times.
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    No FD, it's not normal at all. We normally only send our kids up a tunnel to take out handy cubs after a terrier has come away. And then it's the next day we send that terrier back on the ferry to the English lad we got it off , .
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    WHEN THEY START ARRIVING IN IRELAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope there's something not happening that you know and the rest of us don't Stonewall ? Truth is there's been several here. The couple I know of didn't work out. There are still around Stonewall a few lines of Lakelands that don't need saving. You just need to know where to look. Plenty of good Park dogs in Ireland for starters.
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    Just watched it again and the Foxes name is either Charlie or Freddy ,LOL. It's used to being handled, even if he is quiet rough with it. He changes his grip on the foxes scruff several times. Now holding a wild fox that close to your face with one hand on it's chest and changing your grip several times will result in you getting bitten. The fox didn't even piss itself. Oh, and why did the video pause for a second when he first went into the log 'till he started coming out with poor Freddy. If only handling quarry was that simple.
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    And it let go. It's a big cub that he's roughly handling and that's why it's halfheartedly biting him. It's a pet fox he's making mean.
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    Seen it before. If that was my pet fox I wouldn't be too happy with the rough way he's handling it. It's a pet.
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    Again ,more proof that some folk who compile info for web-sites smoke strong drugs.
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    Ahh, a group of islands ,I can live with that. Personally I prefer "Ireland and it's neighbours" LOL. Yours in jest. Going back to your post before this messing, again , good post.
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    OK, you were doing fine 'till you said Ireland was part of the British Isles, LOL. Ireland is Ireland and Britian is that other island in the Irish sea. Nothing to do with terriers, just politics, LOL.
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    Great post Eastcoast. A lot to think about. However, in these isles (not just the British Isles, Ireland too) we'll probably keep our heels dug in and irrespective of laws and trends we'll probably keep the single handed underground terrier to the fore as our opinion of who's best, the way it should be I think you'll agree. I feel like a dram now.
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    Young man, not long married, pushing a shopping trolley around a supermarket bumps into an ol' boy pushing a trolley too. "Sorry, about that" says the ol' boy "but I'm looking for my wife". "There's a coincidence" say the young chap "I'm looking for my wife too. Have you seen her ? Wearing tight shorts, long blonde hair, tight vest, big chest ?? What does your wife look like ?" "f**k her" says the ol' boy "Lets look for your wife."
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    Stupid. I wouldn't even do that to a rat.
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