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how any man with a conscience could put a dog in there is beyond me lol..id be having palpitations,That's one of the better holes in this area there's some nasty mine shafts that alway hold fox come snow! Just need a small bayer! If you didn't work these places you wouldn't get any foxes Ive worked rock piles that travel for 300 yds along the side of a quarry,looking at them you would never enter a terrier,in practice they are easy places to get a bolt,ive worked easy looking spots that have caused serious grief.A few lads will remember the place at Denholme,several rock piles spread over a
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I am now.
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Well if it's part of your landscape and it aint doing it, why are you even contemplating taking it on? Think you've just answered your own question Read my first post so if I bred from the dog are you telling me it will effect the pups in the long run??? If the breedings right then the biggest influence on a mutts development is the kennel it resides in.
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So you shot it?.
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22 month before its first bunny,you are a lazy barsteward.id rather enter a tad late than early,even a tad,tad tad late?,happy hunting mucker and that young un should keep you at it now.
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Im glad we don,t have any gates,fences,hedges,walls or leprechauns over here.
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You may have to excuse peoples scepticism,the amount of people that advertise dogs and the dross excuses they come up with to justify their lies is beyond belief at times,makes many of us a tad suspicious.Anyhows, good luck with the health issues mucker.You,ve possibly explored the option of asking somebody to run the dog on and returning it,if appropriate to your illness and recovery?.All the best.
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I like the look of him. Does he hold a scent well? Does he bark to a scent or run silently? Its 7 months old.
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The Fell types that were bred for rocks would have been useless at work,if they were that big.Around that time the biggest influence on Fells/Lakeys was the decline into breeding for the shows and the financial reward,they went from being leggy,wiry grafters,to heavy cobby show winners,on the whole.
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Its not been properly trained to navigate obstacles,thats not the dogs fault is it?.Geez mucker you,ve some sharp and knowledgeable hunting companions. If the dog was truly game and really wanted its quarry it would have learned to get over round under through any obstacle ... IMHO if a dog won't bust a gut go get to what it wants then it can't be really that game ...... well said no doubt this dog gets through gaps in hedges jumps fences etc as any working dog does second nature .but when it stops at gates fences and cover etc chasing prey to me its lacking drive and is gutless .it woul
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His drinking companion said that the owner who used his training ability to harness the dogs instinctive nature, as part of its basic education,had a jukel that fared better for it. And he agrees, but jumping should come natural, just like running after moving prey, or needing to empty itself on a walk. With training a natural can become a great, or better at least. But it is best to try start with a natural, and the dog in question don't sound like one Running,jumping,retrieving,re-call etc.etc.etc etc.all come natural to our mutts,well most of them,do we then offer no other training or stew
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His drinking companion said that the owner who used his training ability to harness the dogs instinctive nature, as part of its basic education,had a jukel that fared better for it. And he agrees, but jumping should come natural, just like running after moving prey, or needing to empty itself on a walk. With training a natural can become a great, or better at least. But it is best to try start with a natural, and the dog in question don't sound like one Running,jumping,retrieving,re-call etc.etc.etc etc.all come natural to our mutts,well most of them,do we then offer no other training or
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Or as learnt from experience the futility of life,at times.
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His drinking companion said that the owner who used his training ability to harness the dogs instinctive nature, as part of its basic education,had a jukel that fared better for it.
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By the time an un- educated dog works out how to get around,under or through an obstacle,the chase is lost.Putting the requisite training into the progeny won,t solve the problem at hand.
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A dog not jumping,is totally different to a dog that won,t crash through cover,ones a lack of education,the other is an educated dog,some people like an educated dog,others like a more committed and injury prone runner.Id not tolerate a dog that could not run and jump at speed,without breaking stride,i prefer a dog to work an hedge,etc.with brains and not brawn,they have a longer working season and less injury prone lifestyle.
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Its not been properly trained to navigate obstacles,thats not the dogs fault is it?.Geez mucker you,ve some sharp and knowledgeable hunting companions. If the dog was truly game and really wanted its quarry it would have learned to get over round under through any obstacle ... IMHO if a dog won't bust a gut go get to what it wants then it can't be really that game ...... Gameness as nothing to do with a lack of basic training.I agree a dog should have the nous to work things out on its own initiative,especially when caught up in the excitement of the chase,it should make every effort to k
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The gamest and most resolute of mutts will never reach their potential if they lack a little stewardship and basic lurcher training,the ability to navigate obstacles and jump is as basic as training gets,yet some owners neglect what some of us see as standard,then their mates blame the dog.
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Its not been properly trained to navigate obstacles,thats not the dogs fault is it?.Geez mucker you,ve some sharp and knowledgeable hunting companions.
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The judge goes over the dog with the breed standard in mind. If the standard says 20" tall a dog at 25" tall ain't going to win. The breed clubs write the standard. Thats so naive,a KC endorsed judge will judge to his or her preference,that preference will often be at odds with the breed standard set down by the KC,so over time the breed standard alters slightly to meet the new model,thus the original working type that stood the test of time is altered to suit the show ring and not the field,many judges are at odds with the KC standard,fact,they then judge accordingly."Fit for purpose" is s
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The KC is directly responsible for a breeds working ruination,they change the type,coat and character to suit what they deem fashionable in the show ring,over the years their meddling,to suit a judges preference,slowly erodes away the type and character of the original until their Frankenstein creation,with its resultant health and physical abnormalities,morphs into a jukel ruined through ignorance and greed.The KC is directly responsible for the state many KC breeds are now in.
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Your'e right about some red dogs looking like fox's... the one i have now is red but she has a black nose and black running through some of her coat esp the tail and iv'e lost count the amount of time's i have mistaken her for a fox, its a good job she isn't shot over. atb daywalker. Ive worked many a red terrier at bushing,ive had lads raise guns to them,they never accompanied me again,if a gun cannot distinguish between a red terrier,often with a docked tail,or a much larger animal with a long bushy extremity,they should,nt be in charge of a dangerous weapon,accidents happen and something
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Cattle and sheep auctions are an handy location to get the youngster used to livestock,i used to trail around the pens every Saturday morning with saplings on a leash,then id visit land holding livestock,plenty of footpaths cut through such land.Sooner or later the youngster will have to come off the leash,not until its re-call is spot on and its shown no interest in sheep etc,would i loose the mutt.Most dogs put through this training will become stock broken,that is until they see livestock in flight,that will test the resolve of some and the training will need to account for such scenario,s,
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Not to many years ago terriers were bred for rock work,in the heartland of the Lakeys,Fells etc.The breeds seem to have developed along lines now unsuitable for rocks and better suited to the shovel.My terriers work rocks as par for the course.Any time a terrier enters there is a risk factor,ive been in situations over recent years where dogs have almost been lost,ill guarantee my fortune will not last,such is terrier work.Mine are a Red Fell bitch,she,s worked rocks for 4 seasons now,a Bedlington dog,been rescued twice in 3 years and their progeny in their first season and 3 of which are gett
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Thats priceless,asking an Irishman for his opine on a Shovel . some of us are a bit more talented morton.i take it you spent time in the trenches with the hard working irish lads lol Im not that fecking old,i spent awhile with a digging gang with a brogue accent,all they did was eat cheese sarnies,drank copious amounts of bitter,complained about the politics of the emerald isles and asked me to chat fat women up for them,me being the handsome twat with the golden tongue,happy days and black eyes,plus coursing in its most basic form.
