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Made me smile...even if it is red and white ?
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As a racing greyhound he was shite. I would not of been able to afford him if he was any good. But he did ok as a lurcher.
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One of the pure bred greyhounds that hunted with. Not a good analytical drawing of a greyhound admittedly but all I have of him.
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Great to see Borders still being worked and bred as workers. Even though I have never actually owned one they have always been my favourite type looks wise. A stupid this to write on a working terrier thread maybe but I do mean a favourite as a physical blueprint for a working terrier. Strong heads and double coats seem to be something that has been fixed into Borders many years ago. Even though the ones that I have personally seen, particularly males, have been a little bit on the large side they never seem to be heavy shouldered or overly deep chested. A problem sometimes in other strong he
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As Mrs. Beeton apparently never wrote "1st catch your hare". But if you have a hare then you are already having a good day. I am a vey good cook these days, in all modesty, but the most enjoyable game that I have eaten was prepared in what I always called the Henry VIII style. Catch it, gut it, skin/pluck it, roast it. Serve on a plate accompanied by a healthy appetite. Knife and fork optional.
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I've worked a few ex-racing greyhounds. Not in a serious way that some lads do though. Never been into the numbers game or involved in serious pest control. Most of my sport has been hunting small terrier teams in a way that these days I suppose would be called bushing. 1 of the greyhounds was not even mine but belonged to a lad who got a "free to good home" bitch with the intension of breeding from her. He kennelled her for a few years without using her and she did not have a great quality of life. He give me a spare key to his yard and I started to take her along on my "bushing" activitie
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In the context of a hunting forum what has the north given the south? Whippets, Lakeland terriers, Border terriers, Bedlington terriers, Patterdale terriers and always played a big part in maintaining the proper working Russell. Oh, and Barbour jackets, built in South Shields, Tyne & Wear. And in a wider sporting sense produced some of the best footballers ever to wear the 3 lions on their chest ?
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Does it come with papers? Any chance of a trial?
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Always like to hear about the experts being proved wrong. I grew up with a dog that was the opposite size wise. He ended up at about 30" and looked like a oversized coursing greyhound. Like a vaulting horse and as wide. Was not able to catch anything 'till well over 2 year old. Many people said he was too big, too heavily muscled (?), too heavy. The 1st thing that he caught was a hare. On the way home he caught 2 rabbits. He did not miss much after that day. Then the experts did as experts tend to do, not admit that they were wrong but tried to buy him.
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Love that sketch Robbusher
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I have a good mate who is a dentist. And yes, some are no different to modern vets. My basic understanding of it is that a business owns the "business" and the dentists more or less rent the chairs/rooms within the surgery. The pay a standard fixed fee and a percentage of their profits made. My mate has had many problems with his "bosses" in the past. He will never extract a tooth if it can be saved. Often this is not cost effective. What they are meant to do is perform an extraction rather than waste hours using their skills. Bums on seats. Another thing that has pissed off his "bos
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Very well written Blackfriars. A like seemed inappropriate.
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I think that it would be fair to say that most of us feel depressed from time to time. That, whilst not making light of it and I have been there, is a different thing to suffering from the debilitating mental disorder that is depression.
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Love the look of the putty nosed crooked fronted Russell type with a head like bucket. A real blast from the past type of terrier.
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Something that I came across on a site 3 year ago. Pied wagtails. The PC were good as gold and did a tool box talk to make the lads aware. Got a new Suggestion Box and placed in a different location until the chicks flew the nest. I was probably in the wrong taking the pics in the 1st instance but was fascinated by what was making the noise in the box. Stood back and saw the parents. No harm done.
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A terrier wont make a conscious decision to ignore sheep and focus on rabbits or whatever unless it has been schooled to do so. That’s what I meant. But absolutely no reason that a terrier of any breed or type cannot be 100% bombproof. They’re intelligent animals.
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Re sheep it’s just a matter of regular controlled exposure as a pup. If any type of dog is a problem with sheep it is a failing in the owner, not some inherent unavoidable evil in the dog.
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I have a smallish smooth coated very bully looking Russell at present. He the product of generations of slightly larger, broken coated, box headed more classically marked terriers. But definitely a throw back to something way back in his breeding. The only problem that I have with him is that should I choose to breed from him (highly unlikely as he has not been given the amount and type of work that he should have had, my fault not his) then it would be highly unlikely that he could reproduce his own physical type. Good luck with your pup, as I have said on another thread I really like t
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What people are meaning is that a proper bred earth dog is an extremely driven animal. They need to be to carry out the work that they do. If such a dog is not given enough work and allowed to become bored and frustrated they can become destructive, a pain to live with and sometimes a downright liability. The expression using a Ferrari to deliver milk has been used in the past. Personally I don't think it would be a problem in your situation. The life you seem to be able to give a terrier I would think would be enough to keep one sane and happy. But then I am no purist and respect that to
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I am reminded of a time when I stood admiring/obsessing over a Russell pup that had just came into my possession. I was with a man who knew its' breeding inside out and I asked many stupid questions as the pup ran around the garden...'he has a look of this about him. He has a look of that about him'. The man said "there is all sorts in them son" That shocked me but shut me up. On another day, in the company of other people, if someone had suggested to that man that there was "all sorts in them", well that person would probably of ended up on his arse. It took me a long time to figure it o
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From Dan Russell's 1948 Working Terriers. There were loads of these types about when I was younger but never thought to photograph them. Pets mostly and the bigger, leggier Russell and Lakeland types were what people were working even then.
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After years of research I finally found out when, and where from my family 1st left Ireland. 1873 from Ballinamore in Co. Leitrim. One day I decided to pack the dog and a few other essentials into the car and go on a little pilgrimage. A beautiful place now but would not have been so at the time. That still quietly resonates. I came across this more recent memorial with the family name on it and could not resist a picture on the "ancestral seat". No disrespect intended to the lady who's memory it is actually in.
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I've never thought that deafness or blindness was a problem in white working terriers. A neighbour once got a young adult white dog as a pet that was deaf. He was told that it was a white Lakeland but knew nothing of its breeding. I don't know if it came from one of he white Lakeland lines or was a "sport" from normal coloured parents. Not seen Russells with these problems though. Maybe it happens and people don't broadcast it. Not came across it myself though. Would of thought those kind of defects were bred out many years ago.
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I thought that you were looking for a rise when I 1st read this but you have explained yourself later on in the thread. Of course there can be no standard of perfection for any type of dog outside of a show ring or an artificial trial situation. Owners and more importantly breeders of working dogs will all have their own standards. Some similar, some contradictory to others. Some unique. The moment that a written standard of physical type is adhered to and influences breeding in preference to the qualities that were sought in the development of the breed/type is the moment the breed/type becom
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I once said that to the Asian gentleman who runs our corner shop regarding his daughter and he tried to knock me out
