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Empire and colonialism is a complicated subject. Where people planted their flags in the 18th, 19th centuries still resonates today. I try not bother myself with problems other than the ones that knock on my door these days, but when I sit down to a chicken or king prawn vindaloo, restricted to twice a week, I give silent thanks to the Honourable East India Company.
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Sir Edwin Landseer was once asked the secret of his animal paintings. He replied that he gives them human eyes. Not sure if I agree with that, and he was possibly doing himself a dis-service. Possibly capturing the character and soul of the animal in it's eyes would have been a more accurate explanation. Landseer had that talent and so does your daughter. A talent to be encouraged.
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The Working Terrier Yearbook 1978. Some people may find the image unacceptable but it is a drawing not a photograph. Maybe some artistic licence came into play and the artist was not from the UK for sure. I am not condoning bull baiting. Working dogs do different jobs from decade to decade and differ around the globe. The closest thing that I have seen to this was a lowly collie type dog doing his job when parking up on some permission. Two young but fully grown bulls (can't remember the breed) in the same field properly went for it. The farmer appeared with a collie dog and observe
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Nice drawing, looks very much like the work of this artist
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I did not draw it ? I just remembered some very nice pencil sketches of Staffords that had been posted on THL in the past and thought that I knew were to find them but could not. No probs.
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I read your post and thought I knew where to find the drawing that you were thinking of. But could not so started searching again. It ended up doing me napper. Here's a random drawing of Staffs anyway. From Shaun Barkers Staffordshire Bull Terriers - English and Irish
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Possibly 2 Borzoi and a Deerhound type in 3rd pic down
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I thought Sloughi type but have greyhound ears and almost muscle development.Maybe he got the human element right but finished the paintings back home using greyhounds as subjects.
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A better upload
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This may well be the worst photograph posted on THL or at the very least the most tenuous of links to the topic. If you look very closely in the top right hand corner the arse end of the large hairy dog is an AW Deerhound. In my defence I was photographing the two black Fells on couples. Tow Law show if I remember correctly circa 1984. By all accounts those Deerhounds did not only do what you would expect such an animal to do but also took numbers of rabbits on the lamp that would put a purpose bred Lurcher to shame.
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Something that I saw in the canteen on a site visit this week was 2 microwaves. 1 designated General and the other Vegan. I have a photograph and was going to share but there are strict rules as to what you can do with images taken and posting on social media is a big No No so bottled it. I don't have long left on the treadmill and don't want to risk getting pumped at this stage. The lads on site are a mix of Geordie, Makem and Smoggy tradesmen and labourers. Not being sexist by using the word "lads" but the strive for sexual equality does not often extend to lasses wanting to graft thei
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Are adding enough JD to it? Still tastes fine to me
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Thank you Morton
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Is the type of coat that these dogs have not something that original breeder desired in his terriers? Going back to my original post on this thread, was D B Plummer's intention not to improve on the earth dogs that he started with, as earth dogs, with but to create the ultimate rat catching dog.? Catching large numbers of rats in filthy places, indoors usually, and such a coat was a desirable attribute? The muck did not stick and was easily cleaned afterwards. I do not really understand when people criticise the type as earth dogs as surely that's not why other blood was added. Are they
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I have a question. Were Mr. George Newcombe's Lakeland terriers KC registered? Something that always puzzled me. I know (did know the man though) that he persevered as long as possible with his KC Bedlingtons before outcrossing but anyone know about the Lakelands?
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Thank you for answering fireman. My question was to people who regularity hunt and catch hundreds of rats. Something that I have not done. The Russells that I have hunted with have never been found lacking in scenting ability or courage, but, I have not done that kind of rat catching. So do not know if the Plummer is better or not at that job than a "unimproved" terrier.
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Has the type that existed before been improved? A genuine question. I did not know D B Plummer and have no axe to grind. Some say he developed this type on an ego trip wanting fame and a sort of immortality. But some of it makes sense. As much as I know is that the type originated from existing working Russell types that were found lacking in nose and courage. Beagle was introduced to improve nose and fighting dog for courage. Some Russells can hunt like Beagles. If a certain line was lacking in that department outcross to a terrier line that has nose or do not continue the line. Wh
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Superb photograph.
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That ship sailed a long time ago
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Regarding the original topic, Hancock dogs no more, end of an era. Good, bad or indifferent, they were and now are not. Not from origin anyway so it would seem. RIP Hancock collie lurchers.
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My 1st dog was a Corgi x Russell. Not the best of dogs though. Bad with other dogs and not that good with people either. The scars are still noticible from times when I had to intervene to save him or his victim. Not the kind of dog that would survive long today as a family pet. Crazy thing is we used to open the front door on a morning and let him out to roam the estate until my parents came back from work or myself from school. Not that my parents were anti-social irresponsible people, it was the norm back then. Not sure who hated him the most though, the neighbours, the neighbours dogs, the
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When I hear or see the name Patterdale that’s what I see in my mind’s eye. Not saying that they should all look like that and thank goodness they aren’t yet bred to conform to a breed standard, but that’s the type I class as a Patterdale. I know bugger all about the type and no doubt I’ll be embarrassed if told it’s a bull/Russell mix but looks an original stamp.
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Would a dog or pup from a rescue centre not be an option? If you have no particular criteria for the dog to fill, other than being dog lovers who want a dog to love, rescue one and break the chain.
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This usual (used to be unusual) out of season rainfall is yet another thing that is knacking the rabbits. In areas that I know the rabbits do a great job of coping with outbreaks of myxi, season to season. RHD seems to be evident but not, if that makes sense. But constant heavy rain during the "breeding season" is f#####g them up more each year. I have no idea what or who is causing it. I honestly believe that no one knows for sure. The influence of man can make sense, but also the argument that it is a natural cycle of the planet and we can do nothing to prevent it. What ever the cause o
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Always had terriers and occasionally whippets in the house. None of them ever seemed to be able to see the images on TV. Only seemed to happen with the flat screen technology thing. Or maybe my dogs in the past were even dafter (or more clever?) than those in recent years? All have been wasp catchers though, funny how they instinctively know that there’s danger, chopping and flicking rather than crunching and eating, but still can’t resist them.
