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    This may seem an even dafter question but are you sure she's actually seeing the rabbits? Your eyes may be 6 foot or whatever above ground level but her's will be a lot closer to the ground. Just a thought.
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    I find myself not replacing sum stuff with like for like these days. The kind of things that I lusted after before I could afford it. I do still have some good gear to wear on those occasions where I don't want to immediately stand out as the working class oik. I much prefer to wait and see if people come to that conclusion once I open my mouth. You can tell a lot about a man's character if he judges you by the way you dress or speak. These new man made materials can do the job even when relatively cheaply made and at the same time standards have dropped in the last 20 year or so with the big
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    Thank you for the extra bit on your little dog leethedog. I was once given a very similar type by a family who had came to the conclusion that they couldn't handle him . When I called to 1st take a look at him I was told that if I could get him out from under the sideboard I could have him for free ! He was under there defending his corner like something in a stop end. Showed him a clenched fist, he struck once, had a sniff then came out and allowed me to pick him up. I think he was as happy to get out of that house as his owners were to see him go. Unfortunately he didn't hack it as a wo
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    Kaizer, I noticed yesterday on the Show us your Patts thread that you'd asked a lad what type of jacket he was wearing in a pic. I found it to be a strange question to ask but now it makes sense :-) I've had a Craghopper Aquadry for a few years now. 40 quid from TK Max. Does the job in mild weather ( which seems to be all year round now ) and hasn't fallen to bits yet.
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    leethedog, I hope you don't mind me asking but why is the dog in your photo not a digging dog ? Is it just because he's a little 'un ? There's nothing in the pic to give scale. I'm only asking because to my eye he is a VERY nice stamp. I used to see lots of this sort around but they seemed to of died out as working dogs or were bred up on the leg to suit fashion. I think that this is the type that the folk who started the Lucas terrier thing had intended to " re-create " but failed. If he is a Lucas then I will look a bit foolish but don't mind. Cracking looking terrier.
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    I'm reminded of the time Gazza allegedly raised his hands to Mrs Gazza. The great Jack Charlton was asked his opinion on the matter and apparently replied " Have you met her? If you had you'd probably want to give her a slap yourself "
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    my sub ran out a few months ago, the articles poste md up until then were reprints from his old books. You're right rob284 but the last few articles I haven't seen elsewhere. I could be wrong. As much as I've enjoyed reading them they do piss me off in a way. Even allowing for poetic license it seems like the man lived and breathed terriers and hounds in his younger days. Lived life doing what he loved. How many can say that ? Not me. Not then. Let " real life " get in the way. :-)
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    Anyone interested in this subject may enjoy A Most Perfect Creature of Heaven by Kenneth Cassels. There is a good account in the book of a Deerhound successfully taking a stag single handed. A 30 1/2 " 85 1b bitch. Whether it is true or not I have no idea. Worth taking a look at the for the drawings if nothing else. Personally I believe it.
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    I haven't heard of the Chongging dog. There is a Chincha Bulldog mentioned in Dr. Dieter Fleig's Fighting Dog Breeds. They existed in Peru from the period 1100 to 1470 AD, long before Pizarro destroyed the Inca culture in 1533. Fleig uses it as an example of the school of thought that dog types in many places of the world have arisen completely independently of one-another. The Bull and greyhound type maybe more than others.
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    As far as I'm aware it's new stuff. About his life in hunt service. We'll worth a read IMO
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    A bank holiday and reading this month's EDRD. An article by Eddie Chapman I found to be very interesting . Mr. Chapman was eluding to the modern working terrier and how invention of the locator system together with fox being the only legitimate quarry these days had seen the development of mute, and in his words " stupid " terriers becoming common place. But that was not the thing that I found surprising . Mr. Chapman goes on to write , quote " The Staffordshire Bull cross Lakeland was how the Patterdale was developed " . But that is also not the thing that I found the most controvers
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    How ironic. No foxes, no hunting, no hounds, no terriers. Job done. They win.
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    If you were to breed from then they would be more or less Greyhounds. Neither share blood that isn't greyhound so no chance of anything else changing things. Height , build, colour, coat. as a greyhound. But they are lurchers not pue bred greyhounds so you would never know for sure until you try. If you like them , keep the blood. When it's gone it's gone.
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    Aka

    eastcoast posted a topic in General Talk

    The dog in the sketch was called Chiko. I have no photographs of him and did the drawing from memory. He was built like a very small deerhound. I have wrote about him before on THL but find myself thinking about dogs of the past and the places I hunted more often these days. He was out of racing Whippet bitch by a mongrel colie dog. His sire was a phenomenal hunting dog but totally taking for granted by most who used him to find stuff. The mating was accidental. The places Chiko was worked were semi derelict industrial sites and seen better days farmland that bordered them. Looking back I
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    There are breeds far more suited to make good rat hunting dogs as we know. Working bred terriers and whippets or small lurchers will nail many rats the larger or less mobile Stafford will miss. Another thing to consider is how and where you will be doing your rat hunting. If the dog's ability to use it's nose is important then a pure Stafford could, but not necessarily, be found lacking. I've seen a few that certainly caught rats. Even a couple of EBT bitches that belonged to a mates girlfriend at the time. I think the process of producing a ratter from this breed would be harder work than br
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    Was that for workers or ribbon hunters, donny. Different times. When the white Russell types were being " smartened up ", the Sealyham influence being bred out, the Queen Anne legs being corrected, the working Lakeland blood being used . But, they were being used as working terriers still, that was the important thing. For work that required the correct Jack Russell way of going about things. True breeding types became established, more or less, that could win the rosette but still be dug to. Why ? Different times. Easier times.
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    It has been said that some of the best working Russell blood left the UK and crossed the pond in the 1980's. A controversial subject in some circles. How was it possible for those men to meet the demand at the time without compromising quality ? Was it ethical ? Some people regard bloodlines as sacred and sharing them with strangers nothing short of sacrilege . The vast amounts of money reportedly changing hands at the time would appear to give credit to the disapproving that these men had sold out , quite literally. Looking at the dogs in the photographs the " type " seems to have been re
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    I think I understand the point of the original thread. A person's credentials as a hunter being doubted on THL unless he/she backs the story up with photographic evidence ? But that suggests that the doubter is a stranger who doesn't know you. Why give a damn what someone who you have never met thinks ? Another aspect that has been mentioned are graphic images that will upset the people who hate the hunting life. Nothing illegal should be posted, nothing illegal should be practiced. Respect for the animals we hunt whether for pest control or food should always be the number 1 priority equal t
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    Yeah,..seen quite a few,...I think George Newcombe's out cross experiments, where he deliberately put Border's and Lakeland's over his Bedlington Terriers, definitely improved the contemporary, Bedlington terrier coat.. Mind you, for a roustabout bush busting, terrier based rabbiter, I would prefer the harsh, crisp red pelt of the Irish Terrier/Running dog hybrids. Are you in cahoots with Glover Mr.Lloyd ? Barely a week goes by without him extolling the virtues of the Irish Terrier in TCW. Call me a cynic but I predict litters of a new Irish Terrier based strain of lurchers appeari
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    Your own dog killing your own ferret isn't really an achievement. I would imagine it was an accident but still...shouldn't happen. Best of luck with her all the same.
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    I think the people who would find the Irish potato joke funny wouldn't understand it anyway? What's red and invisible? No tomatoes
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    Thinking about this I have found raises more questions than answers. It could be argued that Britain is not and never was a " country ". Long before the influx of peoples from around the old empire and more recent additions we have always been a mix. A mix of the Home Nations, some were/are not best pleased with being part of Britain. Personally I believe that we are better together than apart but many would disagree. I will give a few quotes from " the English and Their Country " by Thomas Burke. This was a handbook given to G.I.s to try and help them understand the " British " during their p
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    A Shar Pei with the faults ironed out
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    Most dedicated breeders of parsons haven't got a clue about working terriers. There are plenty who think they do but from 1st hand experience they are clueless. Incidentally what do you class as a pure parson seeing as you put up a picture of a Howlbeck bred dog? Can I ask again who is he? and are you in Ireland? pm if preferred Thats a real good question ( whats a pure bred parson ?) what do you think would be classed as pure bred ? This is an interesting thread. At least no mad personal issues being thrashed out in public so far. I have quoted this post simply because it has to be o
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    I rose to the bait p3d. But why put it in the water ? What are you wanting to catch ?
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