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    Tanner had a great mouth but Ben had more stamina inho
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    He was the best collie cross I ever saw at hares for sure!
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    Stevie and me bout 15 years ago???
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    What older lads!!! ........Ha we used collie crosses for years before we realised saluki crosses were better for the hares. Did you ever hear of a dog called the Tank from the Shankill or a bitch called Paint from east Belfast? It was in the early 50's when my old pal Slasher Magill's bitch Paint sent the Tank home with his tail between his legs...good dog that he was none the less!
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    Go for it Pal
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    I can put them up if you send me them.....no probs
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    Early 80's I sold a half cross bitch to a guy who later bred her to a greyhound to produce 3/4 breds and a young Templeking got a black pup which he called Ben. Ben became probably the best 3/4 greyhound/collie lurcher I've seen at hares.....I wonder did you ever keep any pix of him TK?
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    3/4 greyhound / 1/4collie dog I ran about 25 years ago....killed hares in small fields in Ireland but wouldn't have cut the mustard on big land with proper slips.
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    Great band...I have this on one of my Dubliners LP's from around this time. Sadly the main singers have died and the modern Dubliners are but a pale shadow of the originals imho.
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    Despite what has been written by others about the trials being ran from centuries past, in actual fact they were instigated by a justice of the peace in the late 1920's in order to maintain the working qualities of the Irish breeds of terriers which were in danger of being lost to the show fraternity for ever.
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    Stabs it looks like Glover has faithfully copied his "Observers book of dogs" articles. Either that or he lives in a parallel universe where working Glen of Imaals are commonplace. I remember quizzing an old boy who showed "working" Glens in the early 70's in Northern Ireland under the Sammac prefix.....he will be long dead now, and when pressed he admitted they were worked as bushing dogs. I did own a wee undersized bitch in the late 70's that had limited use. She was not a game dog but would pull her game onto the sod if she could reach it. Big teeth and jaw out of all proportion to her size
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    Scothunter I never even considered what my race might be......I'm pretty white in winter but get more melanistic as the sun rises in the sky. I have friends who hold their tan year round and others who don't. I have friends who call themselves Protestant and others who call themselves Catholic. Some are freckled, some are wrinkly but they are all my friends and my life is enriched by each and every one of them!
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    Hope not Si.....got thick bloody thumbs though..lol
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    See lads....there is magic.....its just that I can't control it lol
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    That it would have no swelling or marks that would mark it down at a kc show? Sorry for the split post.....thick fingers....touch screen!
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    Big E that is part of the mythology of the k.c. version of the history. A promotional tool. Does anyone imagine a swollen headed dog would win a show the next day....or that a mongrel dog could be so superior to a purpose bred animal that it ca ould defeat that animal at its own game so decisively
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    Good post as usual Stabs
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    Neems have you watched any vids of Mals doing protection work? They seem to my inexperienced eye to be the ultimate dog FOR THAT JOB! I guess it all depends on what you're satisfied with.
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    I would agree with your post BH, with the addition of the caveat....some of us need.....I haven't yet and I've had some close calls with car bombs and gunfire over the years.
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    A short perusal of any amount of journals that span generations of sporting dog activity should serve to inform of the lack of any significant success of the EBT in fast lane competition. While I can empathise with loyal fanciers of this manufactured breed, I can't compare them favourably against Wheatens, Staffs nor especially the yank dogs. The fact that some modern strains may have better conformation is irrelevant because breeding for conformation is precisely what show breeders do. Breeding winner to winner will take care of both conformation and character, as form follows function....and
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    It's a touchy subject GL I agree. Long past events are best left there. But if these dogs were found wanting....in the main....that long ago, it seems implausible that later generations have suddenly acquired an attribute that was lacking. Which magical process creates proficiency in a breed that is almost uniquely bred to win red cards at kc shows?
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    Best to best matings over generations improve any functional breed imho
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    The apbt predates the staff by a long way Big E....I would recommend you read some of Richard Strattan's books on the breed. His scientific training as a marine biologist informs his logic and cuts through a lot of the nonsensical popular mythology like a laser.
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    Recreate Big E? They were originally created as a show dog by James Hinks....from a mix of the original bull terrier and Dalmatian among others, with the intent of producing a show dog version of what his idea of a bull terrier was that would sell, imho. Try to imagine someone crossing an apbt with any other breed today and making it a better dog for the job.....or crossing a racing greyhound with another breed to produce a faster dog for that job....it ain't gonna happen.
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