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Great photograph green lurchers. Any knowledge of the terrier? 1952, could have been a Fox Terrier of the period?
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Just my initial impression. In the close up footage the hares seem slow and disoriented and the dogs seem to be pressing them without a great deal of effort. Perhaps it was at the end of a long course? Or maybe just because the hares have never been ran before. Or, more likely, I could be that I'm totally wrong, wouldn't be the 1st time and wont be the last. Nice looking hounds anyway.
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Dropped animals not wild hares on their own ground surely?
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I can see songs in the picture : Police & Thieves Living Next Door to Alice ... who the f**k is Alice? Red Red Wine Knocking on Heaven's Door (put those guns in the ground) How Much is that Doggy in the Window? ( at least a grand) and ... When You're Strange
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Superb! If we live in a world where no one has the right to assume another person's gender by the same rules of freedom and individuality a person should have the right to paint whatever he, she or gender neutral paints on the gable end of their house.
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They're were never cheap in the UK and along with most breeds the prices have doubled or trebled since the pandemic.
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Pronounced litchly
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If his reason for getting the dog was to campaign it at KC shows or field trial it and it is not KC registered then he has a problem. If wanted a gundog and it was bred as a gundog then it is all down to him as to how suitable his dog will be. The colour of it's coat being of no relevance.
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It could be argued that the Russell type is one the oldest. One of the 1st "types" to be registered as a "breed" when the Kennel Club was formed, but then they were called Fox Terriers. If we were to be pedantic then they really should be white.
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True, and good luck to him breeding for work not show or the pet market. A man who had great knowledge and working experience of a type of Russell that I was once lucky enough to own burst my bubble one day when he said "there's all sorts in them son".
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" to be honest", what? So nothing else you were saying before that was honest?
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Not every white bodied working terrier is a Russell but, call me old fashioned, I could never regard a working terrier that is not white as a Russell.
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When people say "we" need to do this or that but they really mean "you" need to do it, not "we".
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" We are where we are" in relation to programme issues on site. If the subi can be blamed for falling behind then it is of massive importance and a witch hunt ensues. If it is the fault of PC, and it usually is, then it is dismissed as "we are where we are" "so, moving forward ..."
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Deciding to nip into Greggs on the way to work for a pasty but driving past because the queues out the door as everyone wants coffee and half the time the staff don't seem sure of how to work the machines properly. Why can't they just buy a pie and put the kettle on when they get to graft?
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Hate to hear men and women being collectively referred to as "guys".
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Just my personal memories. There was a period, late 70's through to early 90's when men were kicking their heals with nothing better to do got themselves terriers or lurchers or racing dogs, even pigeons or big leeks and onions. People who had no real interest in or knowledge of these things that had once been valued and carefully bred. When they got bored or found work or the misses got involved everything was for sale or free to good home.
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Those types were often available "free to good home" around here at one time and I think many people missed a trick by not taking advantage of that. I had one myself of a very similar stamp/height/weight that cost me £10 as a young adult dog. He took the full spectrum of game. He wasn't a prolific catcher of stuff bigger than a rabbit as he was not targeted on them but caught most things that we came across. Better than many bigger lurchers that I've seen particularly taking into consideration that he was bred and initially only schooled in chasing an inanimate object being mechanically propel
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In the days when people used to let their pet dogs roam the streets seen a few examples of pups from terrier sized bitches end up like labradors or black GSDs.
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Was it any good? You only get what you pay for ?
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Open to interpretation these days, even being predominantly white no longer seems to be a requirement. Doesn't stop them selling for £1000 +.
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Anyway, to end this for me. I do not give a shit who wears a poppy and who does not. It should not be a political thing, that was my only gripe. Don't know if it is true but apparently it was an Irishman who came up with the idea of remembering falling comrades on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Sir Percy Fitzpartick, who also allegedly loved a game terrier.
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Times change and standards improve, helped by better diet and quality of life. Google Ena Sharples.
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She won a "Rear of the Year" award some year when she was in her prime. But that's nowt to do with the Topic.
