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  1. Mosby
    I've never favored bayers. The last couple years I tried a few bayers because I heard so many people praising them. I even hopped on defending the bayer point of view. Maybe they work well somewhere else but here I lost alot of game to bolts because of bayers, I'd have to dig more and it would take way more time to stack up the same pile of game as my mixxers and hard/mixing types. I won't keep an out and out bayer anymore, doesn't have a place in my tool box. I still went out and got game, the dogs were finders and stayers - but push come to shove and they were not up to snuff.
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    Loving the set ups! I only dream of the day when Mine are so nice.
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    Damn Stuntman! Long way from not having a set up to show off last time I was wanting to stop by your place. Looks great.
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    I've heard similar Bob. But if the terrier gets the bad end of the stick it's gonna suffer. I think a bayer will suffer much more than a hard dog. I can't claim I've ever gotten a bobcat in a hole. I'd still be nervous to put one of mine on one despite what I've heard about them being broken easy.
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    I consider a failure to be that the dog did not succeed when it should have. Simple. If the dog could not have succeeded, then I do not consider it a failure.
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    Agree with you on that. I have pushed dogs too hard before. It is hard to admit it is your fault sometimes. My friend calls it cracking the egg when the dog is worked too hard and turns off. I Best dog I have now or ever have had, I worked him sore way too often as a pup. He quit a few times in a row and I was pissed. I stopped hunting him. put him back a full five months. He hasn't ever quit again sore or not. But I can't go around saying this is the wonder dog that has never quit. He did quit during his second year. But since that second year nothing like quitting. He stays til the jobs done
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    Haven't read the whole topic but I can honestly say that I've never had a dog that hadn't failed in my eyes at one time or another. It is the consistent failures that don't stick around. If a dog is hunted hard I believe it will someday meet something above it's capabilities and snap under the pressure. That doesn't mean I pussyfoot around a quitter. If the dog is a quitter it ain't gonna be seen again. There is a difference between a quitter and a dog that has quit once or twice in the face of insurmountable odds over a decade of service.
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    I breed to put better dogs in my kennels. Always trying to get better dogs. If new one is better than an old one the old one is given to someone that needs a worker. They all gotta climb what I call the kennel ladder.
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    Baiting is what's wrong... Always wished the rat pits were still happenin since I read whipping boy when I was 6.
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    Now that I seen some pictures of em... how do I get some? ha ha
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    My first fell type terrier was part border. I have searched high and low for another like him be it in patterdales, den terrier crosses, jagds. Never had another quite as easy as he was for starting or for training. I have heard borders are slower to come on. I had no such problem with mine. I'd pay quite a price for sybling or the parents of that dog, I tell you what. I wish I had a yard full of dogs like that. I've never hunted with another border. Wish there were more around.
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    Most jagdterriers are like that which is why most ground hunters can't stand them. You've just got to figure out a way to give the dog the work it needs. It is not a want as far as I think with some terriers it is a NEED. I call it Blood Lust. If my dogs aren't regularly worked (walks don't do), then they are handfuls. If they are worked I love havin them around. They can be off the lead around any livestock they are obedient and they are my buds. But if I don't work them they kill the first thing in sight and it don't matter how much I yell after em. I had a great dog a few years back that I
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    Thought I'd update. Strong healthy pups were born 7 weeks or so back.
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    I think the difference between a breeder and a peddler is the goal in mind. Money? or Better dogs? and are the dogs going to someone who will better the line/breed/type? Secondly, I have no problem with selling a pup for a reasonable price to someone who will work the dog. It costs alot to raise a litter. But it should be cheap enough that it doesn't put a person at a loss when the dog doesn't work out.A peddler on the other hand breeds unusable amounts of dogs for people who are handing over large sums of money. As I said above, it just doesn't matter to me what others do with their dogs. Wha
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    I recently had a litter born here. I knew I wanted pups from the breeding but also knew that I would only have space for a few. I have a small group of friends that hunt as much and sometimes more than I do. We all know that when a litter is coming from anyone of us we could very well be taking on a pup for our friend. I know from experience that a good pup becomes better with more attention and more outings. I wouldn't expect myself to raise a whole litter of nine. I wouldn't want to raise a whole litter of six. But on the other hand. I wouldn't make a breeding for just a single pup. It would
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    No off season in Oregon.
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    My dad had one in the 50's that worked to ground. I had one. Wasn't hard but caught alot of game. Never got it to ground. It was before I got into working bred dogs.It was my first terrier. Great ratter, would still be good for brush in warm months but I wouldn't ever get one for working to ground. It didn't have the sand for the job.
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    It takes a team of people breeding for a common goal.
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    If I were to try getting a manchester type that is the same road I'd take
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    fat man-I think Mosby is full of shit to...BUT, agree with what he said on otters and terriers... If a terrier goes headfirst into an otter in a stop end, its going to get ate up. The otter will bolt given the chance, but forced to fight it will make most terriers sing, and will leave many that dont laying. At least thats what happens here in the US... Keeping one bayed up with a terrier is not much more impressive than doing it with a beagle, IMO. Take care. Ha Ha. I was hoping you'd get on and say something about this. I couldn't think of any other american to back anythi
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    Nice pups for sure. Update us when they're hunting if ya would.
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    http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/otters/physical-characteristics.htm some info
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    That's the way I see it bob. I may get a lashing for admitting it but once I saw the state of my dog that did go solo with one underground I will only take them if I have 3 or more terriers to stretch it.
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    Foot in Mouth
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    I ain't saying anything on the shape of the borders head I have found long nosed dogs to have some powerful bite force at times. But when it comes to water quarry, a good coat on the dog is highly, highly important!Water will shut a good dog down if it's hunting on a cold day with a thin coat. I can't count how many times I've had to canoe home with my dogs stuffed in my jacket to keep warm. I'm not some pussy that overpampers his workers either. A good coat is one of the top things on the list of necessities for my dogs and I think about it when I choose pups. As I almost exclusively hunt wat
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