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  1. eastcoast
    When we got back on the coach to travel home we found a few live pigeons inside. 1 of the lads had nabbed a few in Trafalgar Square. Some people didn't see the funny side ☺ Filthy skemmies and their shit everywhere, just about sums London up!
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    Only asked because I've seen lots done in jet, no working dog related unfortunately, but not much in coal. I know jet is coal, but not the sort that we used to put in the hearth :-)
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    The figures carved in coal that have been referred to, are they in coal or Jet ?
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    I forgot about religion, be aware of that
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    I forgot about religion, be aware of that
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    When you decide on the location learn the language .And educate yourself on the history and politics of the country/region
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    Typo, should of read rippem ☺
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    Tigers? I think that's game, set and match to ripped. Can't beat those fellers as burglar deterrents.
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    Must say that this is VERY nice, robust, healthy looking animal. Almost has the look of a ACD about it.
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    It was not fashion the straight legged ones have been around many many years well over a 100 years ..plus ..Well documented as well .. Of course the straight legged sort are not a new type donnyc. A simplistic view, as I'm sure that well aware of, is that the white bodied hunt terriers of the 19th century not only formed the foundation stock for the KC Fox Terrier but live on in our working Russells. My point was that there used to be far more variation in type within the white working terriers that we refer to as Jack Russells even 30 or so year ago. I'm not for one moment suggesting tha
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    It was not fashion the straight legged ones have been around many many years well over a 100 years ..plus ..Well documented as well .. Of course the straight legged sort are not a new type donnyc. A simplistic view, as I'm sure that well aware of, is that the white bodied hunt terriers of the 19th century not only formed the foundation stock for the KC Fox Terrier but live on in our working Russells. My point was that there used to be far more variation in type within the white working terriers that we refer to as Jack Russells even 30 or so year ago. I'm not for one moment suggesting tha
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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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