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    From Colonel Hancock's the Heritage of the Dog. No details of the dog given in the book other than a German Boxer. Always assumed post WW2 Germany as the author was stationed there as part of the British Army on the Rhine. I like the dog but always find the picture a bit comical from the aspect of dogs looking like their owners and vice versa. I have noticed a slow but steady increase in Boxer dogs around were I live for quite a while now. The original dogs that people owned tended to conform with modern show Boxer ideal, rather light weight and uncharacteristically athletic. There seems
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    Something that I have noticed now that so many more people have discovered the delights of walking in the same places that I do, judging from what they are wearing colour blindness must be more common than l had previously assumed.
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    True. A philosophical approach I tend to take on life always. There but for the grace of God go I sort of thing. I still get pissed of with clueless fuckwits though.
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    Handsome is as handsome does. A cliche often quoted but no less true for it. Actually a bonny terrier anyway. It's odd what people like. Prick eared never been popular with working terrier breeders of course but some show breeds that require it occasionally mature to be drop eared, much to their breeders annoyance and panic.
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    And all your kids and your granny, be sure to all walk shoulder to shoulder and not cede an inch to anyone coming the other way, and most importantly DO NOT walk on the path, go straight across their flower beds.
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    No sign of the barber opening anytime soon so gave myself a haircut. More difficult for me than most as I don't have any mirrors in the house. Took a selfie though and not too bad a job even if I do say so myself.
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    The original dogs weren't all black and tan either, even used to throw merle. Showing farm/cattle dog origin. But that got swept under the carpet and modern breeders prefer to think or rather promote the idea that they're a mastiff type dating back to ancient Rome ?
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    Not films but with this unplanned time on my hands have been watching Minder, the Professionals and the Sweeney on TV. Still a good watch IMO. Some very good actors appeared not just the main cast. Enjoy spotting them and trying to name. Particularly the actresses that I used to fancy. Gabrielle Drake, Carol Royle, the lovely Suzanne Danielle and the easily recognised but ever effervescent Joanna Lumley to name a few. And the old Fords. Ended up owning some of them but by the time I could afford them they were rust bucket bangers just one owner away from the scrap yard.
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    Published in 1984. Most of the breeds featured were exotic very rare breeds at the time in the UK. Within 10 years I could have used it as a kind off "spotters guide" and tick them off when trying to exercise my own dogs.
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    somehow double posted
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    A couple of Bandogs from Carl Semencic's World of Fighting Dogs. No idea of the validity or knowledge that the man who wrote the book had of these types of dog (more than mine which is zero) but there are some photographs of very impressive looking animals in it.
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    Weetabix! Are rabbits more inclined to bolt if they know the ferret has had his weetabix?
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    Believe it or not a terrier club that I used to be a member of always made an annual donation to the RSPCA until one year it was returned with a statement along the lines of that they are opposed to all forms of hunting and can no longer accept donations from an organisation associated with these activities.
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    Seriously though it's an interesting subject. I don't think many breeds have the direct ancient lineage that some believe, or would have us believe, but the 'types ' have been around for a long time.
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    Are you saying that they did not arrive in the New World on the ships of the Founding Fathers?
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    I only have real experience of 4 Bedlingtons so by no means an expert but as no one else has answered here's my view. 3 of them were KC registered. They looked as though they should be fast enough to catch a rabbit in the open but were no where near. At best no quicker than the conventional working terriers that they were hunted with and often appeared to be slower. Speed is obviously not a quality that a working terrier needs but the fact that they were slower than other types even though being taller and "racier" suggested to me that they were never trying properly. The other 1 w
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    I have made a few negative posts complaining about people blatantly ignoring the advice that we have been given. But, those people are in the minority. Something that I found quite heartening is when people make the effort to keep distance or give way on a track etc it is acknowledged by both parties with a nod or a smile or a quick "how are you?". That most basic and important of human qualities, mutual respect. There seems to be more of it about than usual.
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    Brilliant, I'm off to Reno! Once shot a man in Reno...
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    I was working until Monday. Rightly or wrongly but some construction sites are still open. Strict rules have been put in place to comply with 2m distancing etc. Did not think it could work but it has. Everyone has taken it on board with an attitude of 50/50 protecting yourself (an more importantly your family when you go home) and protecting work mates (even the ones you hate). Been horrified by people carrying on as normal in shops. Not all but about 30% of them. Out walking even worse. Loads more people which should not be a problem. The problem being on footpaths and tracks were c
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    Get them on pets4homes. Rare predominantly white Jack Russell babies. Some with black spots. £1000 + extra £200 per black patch. Mummy is a bitch and daddy is a dog.
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    A nice type of terrier. Sealyham influence?
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    After seeing this had a search for my old D&NWTC badges. I was only a member for a few years. Cannot find them, probably got thrown out years ago. Used to enjoy the shows at Shotley Bridge. That may seem an odd thing to say on a working terrier forum but at the time lots of the terriers shown were workers. Remember an AGM when Mr. Winch communicated to the members that he had been receiving complaints about members "visiting" the nature reserve next to the venue with their terriers before the show started and asking for it to stop. Another time D B Plummer had offered his se
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    Incredible finds!
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    We have 3 options. Work from home and get paid, go on 80% salary and do no work or crack as normal.
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    I was wrong about the construction total shut down
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