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    Brilliant description hue jeers. donnyc great types there, the following was a terrier standard in a fell & moorland year book and I think it is quite good for all working terries, especially given the great threads started re different types of working terriers. A Working Terrier Standard A working terrier should be terrier-like in appearance and should have an acute and powerful motivation to work. • HEAD: should be strong, and encased in the skull should be a brain capable of showing intelligence and a fair amount of obedience and respect with some affection. • NECK: sh
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    If you look at old pics of Borders they where longer in the muzzle, more like a JRT or most terirers, and have only taken on the Otterhead style as a show or a fashonable thing in recent years, IMO I think the head from front on is the way to look at it not from above the head as a lot look at it in the show circles. Short muzzles are pretty in the ring but very ordinary in the real world of a working dog. A question for workers of borders? How do your dogs generally start to work?? Cheers Marcos
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    Hi Allgame pleased to hear the dogs are working out will ring you soon.
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    Top topics Swanseajack on all breeds of terriers 1 I like a smaller racy type terrier, here in Australia nearly all the show lines are way to big and bred by people who dont know the first thing re a hunting terrier. Also as we dont have access to many lines here we have to be careful on what we use, a bit of leg under them bitches 11 to 13 inches, dogs 12 to 15. 2 Conformation: straight legs and built to travell, not the much quoted bull about following the horses all day but the ability to hunt creeks and scrub and still have the stamina to work a den if and when required. A nice narr
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    Hi allgame your in Melbourne?? Get in touch with the working JRT association and at least you getting a dog that has workers behind it ,not show dogs!!! p.m. me if you need a number. They have a big get together at Carrisbrook in October youll see some nioce leggy workers there. Cheers Marcos
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    Hi smashygadge some interesting recipes for you to try!! A lad that works for us was a pro roo shooter and got an order for foxes for human consumption somewhere in Asia I believe. He said he gutted a couple and decided it wasnt worth it as the thought of people eating them was to much to think about so he went back to just taking the skins. Seriously though I would ask the farmer what he wants done with them, here in Australia we just take the really good skins and dispose of the carcass on a pile of timber or bury it away from the den. we were also taking the scalps last year as we were
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    Hi Pip try this link http://www.tenset.co.uk/fspeed/ it may be a help. I would try your working sheepdog association, I guess in the UK it will have a web site but most people involved in sheep dogs are very interested in breeding and inbreeding coefficients ( how close to go !!) There are some very good books on it and generally you can breed a lot closer than you think without major concerns, I can chase a few titles up of books for you as I am a bit far a way to be able to lend one. All the best Cheers and Beers Marcos
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    Where you from Glen Loth I know it is an extremely popular pass time to use terriers and to dig to them. No better way to spend a day to be sure. I know nothing to do with Blue Patts. A good dog cant be a bad colour can it !! Cheers and Beers Marcos
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    Swanseajack that dog hasnt got a bit of sheep dog in him? Cracking looking dogs your Beddies, Ive only seen one over here in Australia. Really nice type and spannable dont know about his work but looked like hed seen one or two. Have been reading this post for a while 70 plus pages!!! but its a great read. Cheers& Beers Marcos
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    F Jager thats a pretty impressive scull and jaws. Tassie Devil?? Hear a lot of stories about the power those fellas have in the jaw. Marcos
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    You know people that took foxes to Tassie??? You have got to be kidding me they must be the dumbest arsoles that ever walked the planet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tasmania is a pristine area and they must be as dumb as dog shit to want to ruin a spot that has no foxes by brining them in hope they never go to Kangaroo Island. The UK and Europe they are not introduced but here in Aust are a pest and should be treated as such Wombats are mean on dogs and as above will crush a dog against the top of their burrow so not a good idea and I dont see much challenge or point to it, wonder what they taste li
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    Gday mate I agree with Big bald beautiful, and at the end of the day an Aussie terrier is just another breed totaly stuffed by the show fraternity, get a good dog pure or cross from working parents and at least at the end of the day you've got a chance of a worker. there is a terrier show is at Hamilton on the 13th October, will be some workers there. PM if you can get there and we can catch up. Cheers Marcos
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    stevie g 2005, we moved here 11 years ago and we used to hunt all sandy burrows as we were up in the desert country, trees only about 10 to20 feet tall and paddocks about 10 to 20,000 acres. When we came here one of the neighbours a mad keen fox hunter took us out and I thought he was a bit funny going around to all the trees and checking them for marks, a fox puts a long scratch mark in the bark of the trees as it climbs about 2 to 4 inches long as against a possum that leaves smaller scratches about 1/2 an inch long [/b]anyways I didnt htink he was funny after I saw the first fox jump from
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    Hi Skycat we have Stags and when we do trees (which is 60% of our fox hunting) we always have a pair at the base of the tree. Trees are hard for Terriers as they can follow a fox up and the fox will jump or come out of a hollow and run down the back of the tree and hit the ground running full speed. The one in the tree was pushed out by China, probably 30 feet up, launched straight into space and hit the ground running. The running dogs are very good in that situation as the fox needs to be nailed fast or they will shoot up another tree. The trees are a good spot to look for foxs as on a wi
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    Hi all her is a photo of one of our dogs in a hollow after flushing a fox out. To get her out we had a double extension ladder on the tray of the ute to reach. as I said in my new mwmber intro we get a lot of foxes in Red Gums here in Australia and most dogs seem happy to follow a fox up but are not so keen to come down ( dont blame them ) Am enjoying the banter on the site so far and keen to hear more re your dogs Cheers Marcos
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    Hi Martin Gotta love Aussie slang but I had a chuckle at your effort Cheers to you Ozzy will catch you soon, let me know what pups you get Cheers Marcos
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    Ozzy going to look at Carrisbrook, hope to get a good look at the Patterdales, plus JRT and hope theres a few Borders I'll take a few with me and have a bit of fun. Not real worried about the Black snakes, weve seen a heap of Tigers and not keen on getting any where near them ( me or the dogs ) we had a big fox hunt organized for fathers day and had to call it off. For those who don't know a Tiger snake is right up the top of the list for poisonous snakes in the world. Hope you have a good litter of pups and would like to get a look at them, whats the breeding? Cheers Marcos
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    Hi Ozzy am out Hamilton way, I have one 1/4 Patterdale, buy my old dog out of a 1/2 patt bitch about 9 months and a scitzo, really nice little girl having a go on top of the ground and is going into dens for a look around. we have pulled up on dens now due to the Joe Blakes (snakes ), will have to catch up Cheers to you Marcos
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    Hi people have been looking on here for a while and thought I better say G'day. Am from Victoria and am on a 15,000 acre farm.We run sheep and cattle as well as crop and am very keen on terriers, have Jack Russells and one Border (am very interested in Patterdales but not many in Australia). I have been reading with interest the terrier forum and find the info facinating. We have a lot of big trees on our property and get alot of foxs out of the trees, occasionaly have had to climb up 50 feet or so to get dogs out of hollow limbs as they have climbed up following a fox, fox has jumped
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