lovely stamp of bitch matetook one litter out of her, not one made anything near her stamp in both looks or ability a crying shamesome times things never go to plan and ive seen nice out of ugly thats terriers for you mate
i could have handled ugly
when these last 3 dogs are in the ground, i might have another crack as my legs and feet have seen better days, the problem is getting good breeding stock, back then around here was the best in the country for Norwich and most used Gloucester's as feeders so you could find what you were after outcross wise with ease and for pennys
The Gloster is normally paired Corona to Consort. You can expect to obtain approximately 50 percent Coronas and 50 percent Consorts. It is very important to choose your birds wisely, as the Consort is just as important as the Corona. A Consort must have a broad head to carry the crest correctly. The breeding of Corona (crest or crown) to another Corona is not an accepted practice by most Gloster breeders. There are two reasons; the fist being that the Corona is a dominate gene and with the breeding of two dominate genes you can produce a 25 percent lethal gene, i.e., one in four will die in th
my two big dogs are just under 70lb a piece they have half a kilo of minced chicken and added pasta as a main meal and a piece of lamb back/rib or bone of some description at some point during the day. a couple of times a week they get whole carcass, rabbit/hare/deer or whatever i have in the freezer instead of the mince and pasta.
nothing more than bond and time doing it will get give you what you want from your dog, that old dog of mine changes his style dependant on what were doing, it all comes with experience and experience can only be achieved by getting out and doing it,
pricked birds are brought back still breathing he will sit and work in the hide or flush and retrieve when rough shooting, as socks said they learn what to crunch and what not to the same as with rabbits and fox's preban . keeps the old dogs going
most are capable of it, they just need the opportunity. decoying,roosting,rough shooting, blood trailing, beating line, duck flighting you name it and they can be used for it, my old dog loves it, these were a while ago
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my mother always reverted to her native tongue when she got angry or stressed her brothers got the arse because we were never taught to speak it as a first language