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I remember the C W whippetxgreyhound adverts in SN. Call me cynical but people would get featured in articles extolling the virtues of the great dogs that they were breeding and a few weeks later their adds would start to appear every week in classified section. Not saying his breed was no good, never seen 1.
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I think that's a bit unkind to many Russells. I'm not knocking the Plummer, don't really have an opinion on them, but many Russells haven't had beagle, Stafford, Fox Terrier or Patterdale added. Not in living memory anyway.
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Not the strangest but one the most unpleasant things I've seen was a rabbit bolt from a small warren as I walked over it. The terriers quickly nabbed it and just as quickly left it. The entire back end was a writhing mass of maggots and give the appearance of being eaten alive. It also stunk to high heaven. I assume a ferret had had a good go at it in a stop end, made a mess but hadn't got over its back to kill it. This was the middle of summer. I encouraged the terriers to finish it off but they wouldn't touch it and I had to neck it. Horrible sight and smell.
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My grandad told me that gypsies in Rothbury Forrest would eat Smurfs if they couldn't catch any hedgehogs. They'd roll them in mud and bake in a clay oven until their little white hats came off. Supposedly taste a bit like chicken.
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Are you sure they were Smurfs and not grey squirrels turned blue with the cold?
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What defines a terrier as type or breed? Colour alone? I think this was something that Mr D B Plummer was very clever with in his plans. To be a Plummer terrier it must have the distinctive and almost unique markings? Something cannot be "almost" unique, it is or it is not.
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If there is an afterlife I would imagine that Mr. D B Plummer will be looking down, or looking up, and loving the fact that people are still breeding and more importantly arguing about the "breed" that he created. Was his true intent to create something better than that which already existed or achieve some kind of immortality by having a "breed" of dog named after him? Either get them KC registered, close the gene pool, breed and judge to a written standard, and stop any future arguments as to what they are and how they should look . If they aint got a bit of paper proving what they are
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Not a great fan of the KC. But would never describe a dog as worthless if it had not been given a fair chance to prove its worth, KC or not. Off topic but a sign of the times ...the Beagle x that my friend owned was "free to good home", today the litter would probably make £1000-2000 a pup.
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Thank you for the reply Rickshaw.
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Was it broken to rabbits or possessed no hunting instincts at all? I've seen some weird and wonderful breeds and mongrels make useful rabbit hunting dogs and would have thought any Beagle type could be easily switched on to them. A KC Beagle x KC Manchester Terrier a friend owned made a superb rabbit hunter.
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I suspect OldPhil met the man in person.
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I was working with some Brazilian lads a few years ago and they gave me this which is their local spirit. Never opened it. One of the team at the time, an ex Para who loved a challenge did open his bottle. He followed the instructions given of mixing it in a large jug with lots of ice, sugar and lemon juice. He even bought fresh lemons and squeezed them for the full authentic experience. He said it was the most foul thing that he has ever tasted, and this from someone who has drank his own piss.
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She will be stopped at Newcastle unless Steve Bruce is in charge of our defence.
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I reckon if Nicola Sturgeon gets Scottish Independence she'll be rallying the clans and marching south.
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Now it makes sense.
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Think back to how important that gravy was on the day that you chose to freeze it. Is it more important now? And why would any sane person freeze gravy? Ok, you had too much gravy at the time when you decided to freeze the surplus and now you have none but ...it's just gravy.
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Seems like you're living the dream Toolebox. My dream anyway. We all make our own choices but some make better choices than others ? Any photographs of the Fox Terrier type in your breeding?
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Not sure if you were agreeing with me or not. But not a mental illness to the down trodden that have f**k all. They are given false hope by people who promise them a Utopia.
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Does Nicola Sturgeon and her party honestly believe that if Scotland were to leave the UK and become a "country" that the EU would accept them? This is most bizarre thing ever to be muted in our history to date. Even more bizarre is the fact that this delusion has not been officially addressed to the nation, our nation , by Government. Who know it is a joke. The second that Scotland would cease to be part of the UK every UK military installation in Scotland would become an occupying military force. The UK would need to leave, quickly. That would be relatively easy in comparison to th
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Seriously though when I hear these "modern man" types talk I really don't understand how they can cope, long before the pandemic. The good side is they have no problem working weekends or holiday periods. Anything to get out of the house and also balance the credit cards maxed out by their nearest and dearest. Women have always worn the trousers but now seem to do nothing in return and these poor b*****ds don't have the local club as a retreat as former generations of men did. Sorry for going off on a tangent on your thread Socks.
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The lad I mentioned has started work on a man cave, we used to call them sheds, as he enjoyed having a space of his own. Only taken him nearly 20 years to stand up for himself.
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A work mate who was furloughed for a few month stuck in the house with his wife and 2 teenage daughters ended up living in a tent in his back garden. He's not into camping or the outdoor life in any way but got to the point where he couldn't handle being couped up with his family anymore. He's back to work now and regained his sanity.
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If you've recieved NHS notification to self-isolate it still applies even if you yourself test negative. I'm doing that at the moment but luckily can work from home. Lads on site only get stat sick pay.
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How many of those wanting a ban bother to check how their chicken and bacon is produced and are willing to pay the bit extra for meat and eggs not the product of intensive farming? They love animals but not that much.
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