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  1. Mosby
    That jagd bitch is touching on thirty pounds, as is the red dog. I'm not sure of the height. She makes it to ground more often than I would have thought but she gets punished for it. Game has alot more mobility underground and gives her some stick. She draws almost everything she can reach though. No coon around here is bigger than her. She overpowers them.
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    Liam, I tried messaging you. It appears your message box is full.
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    Nice! Whose dogs are those
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    Kye, I agree about the bayer analogy. So many people think they've got a "bayer" when what they've got is a cull. One thing I do believe in though is that people should be allowed to work whatever type of dog they want to. Even if it is a cull. If a person asks my opinion, I'll tell them what I think of their dogs. Otherwise, lead by example. I also believe a truly hard dog is very rare. I have seen two out of many many dogs. I can't name the amount I've seen that were called hard but were bayers in the end.
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    Nice job coyote hunter
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    Main, I sent you a PM about a week ago.
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    A hard dog is not useful in all areas. Neither is a bayer. In some situations a hard dog is the ticket. I've seen them and know their uses. In other situations I'd choose the bayer. I think you'd find with alot of good terriers that mixing or baying isn't a lack of courage but is a bit of brain in the pan. The point of this entire topic is to point out that there are different types of hunting to be done in America and it takes different types of dogs. You have what you like and hell, if I saw your dogs work I would admire them if they do what you have described. Keep in mind though that diffe
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    Just stating what I've seen. Everybody would be working the same type of dogs if expectations were the same. If everybody expected the same thing it would be easy to find a good working terrier. I have hunted with dogs I would not keep, but were rated highly by the person who owned it, this suggests to me that the people who bred the group of dogs was breeding with different expectations in mind.
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    Some people expect a noisy dog. Some people want stone quiet. Some want them to range out and search, some discipline the dog for leaving their heels, some keep them leashed til they get to game. Some hunt all above ground and refuse to dig. Some only dig and refuse to hunt above. Some hunt in barns, some in brush, some in slash. One person wants a dog that can be called out, some would cull against that same trait. Some call a dog that bays and works it's quarry close a smart dog, others would say that stems from fear and wouldn't keep it. But yeah, size is probably the most fluctuating.
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    It's true that not all make it. Sometimes no amount of work will fix the problem. To be honest, I wasn't able to fix that problem in any terrier I saw displaying the behaviour. But maybe someone else has had luck where I have not.
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    Ha ha. I laughed out loud at that Barrie. I agree with what you have said. Sadly, most do not get to cross the pond one way or another. Many terrier hunters will not meet many of the other terrier hunters in their own country. It seems in America that there is a different expectation of terriers and culture among the hunters in every area.
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    Man, I've had the same thing happen. When I was younger I used to really egg the dogs on to go to ground or check a scent whether I knew something was there or not. This is one of the worste things to do. The dogs learn that going to ground and barking equals praise. That should not be the case. Only praise your dog after quarry is dispatched. Not saying that's what you've done but that's how I got mine doing that.
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    I gave the hide to a friend. i haven't seen it since. I've caught a few coon since that were almost black but this one was definitely the most unique.
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    Hope this works. I've never posted a pic anywhere before. This was a coon My dog Magua treed up two years ago. We searched the tree with the binoculars and my buddy spotted it. He handed the bino's to me and said, "Tell me what that is." It took me a minute, then it looked straight at me and I could barely discern the mask on it's face. The raccoon next to it is the average raccon around 16 pounds as I recall. The white was around 21 pounds. Where I hunt coon often go up trees. The dogs job is to stay barking at the base of the tree until I can shoot or shake the raccoon out. Just one of the
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    I think there are some prejudices about what americans expect from our dogs that I would like to clear up. The first of which is that every American wants a hard dog. This is not true. Americans who hunt regularly may have a use for a hard dog here and there but that is not what all of us care to hunt or breed from. People who hunt regularly and some of us who hunt for trade in produce or for money, need a dog that can be hunted not sit in the kennel or on the chain healing. If a dog is only useful one day out of 20 or 30 it is not very useful. Is it? I think this misconception of Ameri
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    I've had terriers for around ten years. Other than the group I hunt with I don't know of another legitimate terrierman within 1,000 miles. I've been trying to get a good fell for years. I've been given several crosses (which I've driven 8 or more hours one way for). I've been given two awesome dogs. I've bought some good ones. But damn it's hard to get a good dog. Fact is I haven't had the means to go and check out litters, I don't have the ability to hunt with guys. Nobody lives here. I was given the chance to go check out a litter recently. Cost me $300 to check the litter and I didn't come
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    Now I see why people are having a harder time catching fox. In one day of asking permissions I obtained 15,000 acres.
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    Workers can come from anywhere. Best ground terrier I ever had was a mason border/fell cross. Wonderful dog. I'm not a fan of his newer stuff so I don't get any from him now but I've got a litter of pups bred off mason stuff right now.
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    http://www.ehow.com/way_5208422_natural-dewormers-dogs.html
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    Garlic is another thing too. Garlic is a natural wormer. Yes it can cause anemia in large quantities but it is also very useful for keeping worms down. A section of garlic for each 20 pounds of weight seven days in a row will worm as well as a vet approved wormer. My dad used it on our dogs all the while I grew up. Just don't feed it all the time. I'd assume it being fed with high iron meats would help counter balance the effect.
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    Some kids die from eating peanut butter. Should all mankind cut it from their diet?
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    I was told this a few years ago. I didn't take notice of it and I still don't. I have for years shaded my kennels in the summer by growing grapes and hoppes over them. Both are supposedly toxic to dogs. My dogs eat fruit off the vine of berries and grapes just as do fox. Grapes are a staple of the canine summer diet. I looked up the reasons behind grapes being on the no no food list and came back with even less fear than before I studied it. Now I haven't read this stuff for a couple of years but several things stood out to me... Somewhere around nine dogs died of kidney failure after eating
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    I have been told that the Lucas in one of his books describes a series of tests for dogs at different ages. What were the tests and the specific ages at which they were performed. Not saying I'm going to use them. Just curious what his methods were. I understand his way of hunting is not exactly respected these days. I'd like to know what standards he set.
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    Nice pups. It's damnable how often good dogs get hit by cars. Makes me wonder if people aim for them. I hope the pups turn out. The bitch looks a strong type.
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    Never seen one work. I have a friend that almost all his dogs are irish crosses from show stock. He's been hunting for many more a decade than I have so there might be something to them.
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