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    The earlier debate about what defines feral was interesting. Is the Grey Squirrel, North American Mink or CWD still regarded as feral in the UK? Or truly wild? None indigenous so must be feral I suppose. What about the wild pigs in Australasia and USA? Canines living in the wild descendant from domestic dogs I would class as feral though, if for no other reason that their immediate truly wild ancestor has probably been extinct for thousands of years.
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    For clarity. The topic of the Thread.
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    Ok. Will do. Constant battle with them at the moment with all this sunshine and sporadic rainfall. Thanks for the advice.
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    I clicked on here to make a comment and then saw the 1 about the 6 year old kid being killed by with an air rifle. Now I want to comment on that post but THL to me is respite. So I will remain in my comfort zone. Remain blinkered and selfish for a short while. This thread seemed like an easy 1 to comment on. But has proved more thought provoking to me. My immediate thoughts were a working terrier and most particularity the white ones. These are the dogs that I have always liked. But...the breed that has always stopped me in my tracks is the Scottish Deerhound. Whenever I see 1 un- expect
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    Slightly off topic but I occasionally get an invite from on old friend on land that he has permission of the sort that we used to take good numbers of daytime rabbits. Not a particularly remote place as to it's location as only an hour or so drive from "civilisation". But still a rugged wild place. The sort of land that must be difficult to farm. I lot of hard work for little financial reward. The kind of place that I would love to live but I'm way too soft and lazy and know nothing about farming. This particular farmer's attitude as to what is fair game is "if it eats what sheep eat kill it.
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    Whilst it is not possible to judge a dog's quality from a single 2 dimensional image I will contradict myself and say that that pup oozes class. Good bone and conformation as far as can be seen in the picture and even a dense coat. Has a certain presence to it and he (?) seems glowing with health. Very nice. I'm biased as this pup reminds me so much of a Whippet that I used to own . Had the attitude of a turbo charged terrier. Hard as nails, fast as f##k and could charm the birds out of the trees when required, butter wouldn't melt. A real wolf in sheep's clothing he was.
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    I don't know if this is of any help but a litter of Beardie/Border x greyhound lurchers in 18/07/18 CMW. Northumberland. I haven't put the phone number as not sure of the protocol regarding advertising on THL and I am not associated with the advert in any way but the mag should still be on newsagents shelves.
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    Looks like all is well that ends well. Turned into an extremely interesting thread IMO, that went off on a tangent, with insight into the Bedlington type that is still being worked today in the UK. Good stuff.
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    Accidental mating between what, if you don’t mind me asking? Got some noggin on him
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    How does the saying go? A man who has an eye on the past is blind in one eye, but has one good eye left. The man who ignores the past is blind in both eyes.
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    I should correct myself here. I witnessed the price quoted but did not witness the transaction. But the dog did end up with the new owner.
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    £25 ? I saw one of these that on the day was shown as a Jack Russell and took best in show changing hands for £1000. My weekly wage at the time doing a semi-skilled job was less than £100.
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    I know that most of the people on here will be aware of this but the question has been asked. A well known strain of working type Lakeland carries white genes going back to Fox Terrier/Russell blood being added a hundred year ago. The white coloured throwbacks because of this gained quite a following in the 1980's. Physically they tend to be classier than the typical Russell and were very successful at "working" terrier shows. Some even became foundation stock for the KC Parson Russell. Some honestly and well documented, a lot more probably not. So yes, there is such a thing as a white Lakelan
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    Does this count? Borzoi/Irish Setter base lines with a dash of collie and been breeding true to type for years. It's ok... I've already got me coat on. Off to the pub.
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    I have read this and what a negative miserable old b*****d I have became. What has a love of hunting and dogs given me? Rather a lot. I have spent many hours in locations that truly are the most beautiful places on this planet. There have been times, most particularly on the high ground, that I have found myself in need of taking a moment to sit down and appreciate it all.
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    Believe it. England has changed so much in the last 40 years that is not so much a different country as on a different planet compared to how it was. We could use public transport with terriers. Tools and all. We could walk back into the estate we lived on carrying gutted rabbits and hares after catching them on the remnants of the surrounding farmland. . No one took offence at this. The first time that I was abruptly made aware of the change in attitude towards the things that I loved to do with those that don't was when a girl spat in my face. Ferrets down, nets in place, two
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    The legendary Norfolk lurcher? Only joking, cracking photograph.
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    I agree 100%.
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    In response to the original statement of the thread, assuming it is an observation made in the UK, the only quarry we can allow a dog to hunt, catch and kill are rats and rabbits. So no need for the blood of large Celtic dogs, noble desert hounds or a drop of the hard. In theory anyway.
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    Mine was a .22 Diana air rifle. Don't remember the model number but something like 24 rings a bell. Very basic junior rifle. Dark stained and varnished wood stock. Low power. Non-adjustable single stage trigger with pressed steel trigger blade. Metalwork not blued as I discovered after applying a "rust proofing" compound to it which removed the "bluing". A rifled barrel though and the trigger was predictable. In retrospect surprisingly accurate. A Christmas present when I was 8. I will never forget the feeling after Midnight Mass when my dad brought it out, wrapped in paper! The feeling
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    Fantastic photo that!
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    There is a very nice head study photograph of a Fox Terrier from Austria in this month's EDRD. I say nice, but, it's a modern show type. I've owned whippets with stronger heads. Yet this terrier is being grafted on strong quarry. It fascinates me that this type of terrier, with all the physical structural weaknesses that are 100% a product of show breeding, are worked around in various locations around he world. So ironic.
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    I have posted these before but maybe of interest on this thread. The photo with the people is my favourite family picture simply because there is an old type Bedlington in it. My Great uncle and aunty. He was a pitman and the pic would of been taken 1950's (I think) in the Team Valley area of Gateshead NE England. Poor quality I know as I only have it in photocopied form. Other photographs exist of this man's Bedlingtons but are in the possession of my cousin and I been trying to get them off him for 20 odd years. I will not relent and they will be mine eventually. The pic of the 3 d
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    And made old bones. As they all should of course in the 21st century. But a dog of that type with age has an added air about it.
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    I had a mate who served in the Royal Marines at that time. He told me that they had a joke/saying prior to the Falkland War: What’s the most dangerous man in the world? A sailor with a rifle. Post Falkland: Whats the most dangerous man in the world? An officer with a map.
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