Mosby
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A good example of licencing and self policing working for all even the prey thank youThat didn't work out for anyone. That is poor practice. Which of you started hunting before 15 years of age? You're telling me in this teen years you were a perfect sportsman? Yeah, right. So now, the uncle, who knew nothing of what a normal 15 year old was doing can't continue as master and the 15 year old doesn't learn sportsmanship but is instead banned from the sport. Are you saying you support the removal of your right to work terriers for what another man or boy does? Do you think anyone should h
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Here's an example of free for all being a good method. Back in the early and mid 1900's predators like bear and cougar were a free for all. This was the age of the greatest hounds men the world has probabably ever known. The hounds men say that there weren't alot of men hunting them besides a few hounds men in each large swath of country. They got paid $50 a head for cougar and made their living that way. That was good money back then. These hounds men made mention that as soon as the dept of fish and wildlife decided to issue licenses everyone and their brother bought one. Because they bought
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In certain cases yes. In others no. I think we need a different kind of management. I think men hired like game keepers for certain plots of land is possibly the best idea. My friends and I go in circles about this kind of thing. All we know is the current situation is horrible and not effective.
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Elk herds lol
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All the hunting laws and dog licenses here in the states don't solve any of the problems you are looking to solve. If you saw the poor state of our elk beards and deer in the woods you'd scratch your head as to why we have management at all.
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I agree with Dawn that a breeder should always have the best confirmation and health right at the top of the list for breeding. A retained testicle however is not known to be inherited. They don't know the cause of it, according to vetMD online. If I had two males of equal caliber or near equal caliber and one had the fault and the other didn't of course if choose the one with both testes.
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Dogs don't need vegetables. 10 years of wild studies by 30 people, never did any of them see a wolf eating anything but carcasses. The old idea that the first thing wolves go for is the "veggie soup" in the bowels was also proven to be the wolves going for the stomach and organs first but shaking out all the grass and shit. Full carcass first will satisfy all the needs a dog has. Granted, they'll still eat grass from time to time for digestion.
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Dogs need all the nutrients a carcass provides. Meat and bone won't do it alone. Give liver, kidneys or tripe once a week if you can. Brains are good too. Meat and bone only will give you a dog lacking in full nutrition.
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If the fella likes chocolate dogs let em like chocolate. I like them myself but don't have any. I used to. Thing is though, if you want to cross jags to anything, you're looking at years of pointless mess. I've done the cross myself and its pointless. Very inconsistent. And adding bulldog especially, I've never heard of it doing any good for the jag side of things.
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Ha ha black stuff, watch what you say or that's all he'll give you. That and a side of tripe.
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That's a damn good deal Fatman. I butcher all my dogs meat, dead livestock, hunter's venison, elk scraps, wild ducks, nutria, beaver, you name it. Kibble can't keep a dog like raw can. As to over the top regulations, that's everywhere with dogs. Dog food companies push the laws. Here we even have certain companies' dog house brands put into legislation. We're run by retards and money.
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I love reading how you do things Glyn. Fox dropper, you've got some good wisdom too.
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I have often wished I was capable of quitting. It's a sickness. Takes over everything. The bad times are terrible but the good times are high.
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By the tail, I've heard. But I won't be trying it too soon.
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Otter do more damage than anything I've had my dogs on. They aren't to be trifled with. But they do bolt faster than anything else I hunt. If bolting them were a goal of mine, I'd be a very successful otter hunter. Even my tiniest of bitches bolt them.
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A good stockman knows the limits of his working stock. This "no excuses" mentality is what gets numpties putting hard pups in dig after dig, mangled and then quitting. Or people "testing" their first season terriers by pushing them to the limit. Most dogs including good ones can break from such use. But people who don't know better will get out and ruin the dogs anyway. You are right, a lot of terriers don't deserve their feed but a lot of guys with terriers don't deserve dogs to feed.
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I think he's saying he doesn't like a dog that gets smashed at all.
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There's a great book that I recommend every hunter read. It is called "A Sporting Chance" by Dan Mannix. In it, he has a chapter about his trained otter that he used to retrieve shot ducks with. It did well. I'd have that over a lab anyday.
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Looks good Vitally.
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And gets a lot of dogs culled that didn't need to be.
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The idea that a good one will make the grade no matter what, is the idea that ruins great dogs in the hands of fools. That's my perspective on the matter.
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Snizle, some good dogs really will only work for one person. A lot of terrier work is based on mutual trust between the dog and its master. The dog needs to know the person above him will dig to him and help in the end. The master needs to know that his digging will not go to waste. If your dog doesn't trust you, it will not work as well as it could.
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In america, I can't count how many I've bolted from root tangles and over hangs. But I've dug as close as I could to one. Log was in the way of reaching it, so I pulled the dog and it bolted. All my friends here have dug to at least one. Just a month ago my buddy's bitch bayed one up on a sand bank. They are ruthless on a dog. Out numbers are high here, sometimes I've seen up to six in a day and that's not uncommon. But they stay in the water away from us for the most part.
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I have some of the Von sonnern blood in my dogs. Fox dogs if I am correct. They don't inbreed them usually just best to best. There have been some steady digging dogs from them here in the states. Some people might remember a GregD RIP that use to post on here. He had a good one with some Von sonnern in it. Mine with some of that in it is soft but I dig to her quite a bit. A few times this weekend in fact.
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I know it is disagreed with by many but I agree with Neil Cooney. The phrase "a dog is only as good as its last dig" is a foolish phrase. The dog is as good as its overall performance throughout the years. If my dog does well for 8 seasons and in his tenth year of age throws in the towel, I am not going to say he was a cull. Just means he met the end of his working career and needs to be respected for what he did the rest of his life. Also, these dogs quitting in there 4th seasons and such or 4th year of age, whatever, says to me that something is off with the dog and you need to be looking in
