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    An example of the only thing we can be 100% be sure of when it comes to the behaviour of dogs is that they are unpredictable . No matter how well we breed them. no matter how well we rear and train them, no matter how many years we observe their behaviour. Never take anything for granted in any new situation that can be as relatively simple as meeting a strange dog. How often have we heard " well he/she has never done that before" ? Always try and be in full control of the situation before letting the dog decide on how it will proceed.
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    I don't care if it is in Irish. You can stick it ! We have Countryfile that caters for the true interests of the countryman. Things like organic uni-cycle racing in the Peak District or a couple of retired ( at the age of 23 ) advertising executives from London producing alcohol free ( please drink responsibly ) mead and selling a thimble sized bottle at £ a pop. Hunting, shooting and fishing is just nasty and no one in the British countryside has any interest in it anymore. Not the ones who travel in on a weekend or buy up property anyway, and there the ones who count.
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    Just look at her properly and keep the picture of a full grown dog in mind. Then you can tell.
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    5 guineas would of been a lot of money in 1958. But it was about the time that the working man had a little bit of disposable income if he wanted to improve/take a chance on what would of always been around locally .
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    Trump

    eastcoast replied to a topic in General Talk

    I clicked on this because of the title. Thought it was going to be a thread about the Parson John Russell's 1st terrier Trump. The size and weight of an adult vixen etc. etc. A bit disappointed to find out that it's a about some American bloke, even if he does appear to have a big ginger ferret on his heed. Ah well, going back into my own little world now...I don't like it out here.
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    I was going to like your post Neil but felt as though a " like " was inappropriate given the subject. I'm reminded of people that I've came across in the working dog world who, to coin a phrase, changed their dogs more often than they changed their socks. Lamenting the passing of a worker that was also been fortunate enough to have been cared for in her retirement I find highly commendable . A very nice stamp of terrier she seemed to be too. R.I.P. Dixie.
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    How small are these fields ? Are they large enough for a dog to run a hare on ? If so then breed, size or cross is irrelevant as long it has the quality.
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    Maybe any old cur would do Mary but why not try and encourage some one who is showing an interest in working terriers ?
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    You seem to be an experienced dog man nelson,that wasn't clear from your original question. That's why I wrote the negative part in my reply. I've seen terriers 'with a lot of work' in them become absolute nightmares if they don't get an outlet for their instincts. All the breeds and types can be as good as each other. It just comes down personal choice and what takes your eye.There's no finer animal than a working terrier,good luck with finding yours.
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    So do I, even though I've never seen one. It's a working terrier so what's not to like ? I just don't understand why people feel the need for them. It's a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle. But...we DO now import coals to Newcastle these days...even though my house is sitting on top of billions of pounds worth of the stuff but they stopped digging for it. It's like the people who took control had a problem with digging. To them it didn't matter what you were digging for...we just all had to stop digging because they didn't like it :-)
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    By proper Russell maybe you mean the short legged toyish sort of dog ? There seem to be 1000's of them still around if you look on the pets for sale kind of sites. They ask lots of money for not much dog though in my opinion. Thinking about getting yourself a working bred terrier may draw criticism on here as well though. Some will say that it would be a waste of a good dog unless you're hunting fox regularly. Some people live in an ideal world. What you will get in a working bred terrier is a physical and mentally sound dog. Far more so than most other sorts that are around today. An inte
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    I've not hunted wild boar but have owned Jack Russells that performed every other job the Jagd is meant to do. Including finding and flushing deer but not to guns.
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    A Jagd may or may not be a step up from the British breeds that were used to " create " it. We have them here now and I assume it costs a lot of money to get them here, these terriers that have something that ours lack. So why are people mating them to Russells and Patterdales already ? Seems a bit pointless to me.
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    I wish I'd photographed the dogs of my youth. Not necessarily my own, I have some photos and drawings but they are indelibly etched into my memory anyway. It's the dogs that belonged to other people and in some cases didn't really belong to anyone in particular. On council estates at the time dogs ran riot. Packs of dogs roamed the streets more or less and bred freely. Survival of the fittest. Not crossbreds, mongrels. But some of these where top class hunting dogs when taken out on what was left of farmland and industrial sites surrounding the estates. Rabbit, hare, fox, stoat, weasel, no bad
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    LOL, I hope you mean Shooting News. I doubt The Sporting Dog Journal was ever in the newsagents. There was a mag called Sporting Dog mid 80's in UK. I signed up and sent off payment for 12 month. They managed to produce 5 I think. Never got me money back :-)
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    The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. The CMW could do with the input of good men again.
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    ferret 20, no one has acknowledged you so I will take a shot. Maybe you would be better off in the Bushing Dogs section or maybe it's the question about dogs needing to be checked by a vet after a ratting trip that has caused a reluctance in people to respond ? There are already many threads on THL regarding ratting if you search. Anyway : Before any dog comes into contact with rats it should have been inoculated to help protect them from Weils disease .This will be part of the normal vaccine shots that every pups gets when you take them to the vet. A life threatening disease to dogs and
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    No ones White you say......you've clearly never met mushroom ,,,,,lol C'mon Tomo,.your head was, as white as the driven snow,..until I Hired you one of my expensive caps.... Some clever stuff on here regarding origin of our species and such but no one seems to have mentioned the possible existence of sub-species of humans still living today in remote areas. The Sasquatch ? The Yeti ? This photograph is proof in my opinion of the existence of Homo Sapien Moucher-Ferretii. The use of primitive hand tools, the evidence of an ability to hunt and gather game. Once common in the no
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    Can you please explain this 'too hard'? There was an argument, sorry, discussion on here a while ago about can a working terrier really be regarded as game ? A working terrier actively, repeatedly and willingly places itself in a situation that it knows from past experience is not conductive to its own safety. To me that is a sign of gameness in dogs or men. Can that be compared to the dead gameness of bulldogs being used in activities that are illegal in the UK ? I would say no. Totally different things. The job of a working terrier in the British Isles is to assist in the control of fox if
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    Can you please explain this 'too hard'? There was an argument, sorry, discussion on here a while ago about can a working terrier really be regarded as game ? A working terrier actively, repeatedly and willingly places itself in a situation that it knows from past experience is not conductive to its own safety. To me that is a sign of gameness in dogs or men. Can that be compared to the dead gameness of bulldogs being used in activities that are illegal in the UK ? I would say no. Totally different things. The job of a working terrier in the British Isles is to assist in the control of fox
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    MIK, I've been following your write ups with this dog and been very impressed. People tend to pigeon hole breeds and types into what they can and can't do. I've had digging bred terriers in the past that have become competent in work that most would think they're not capable of. Today though I didn't think that I was going to enjoy your write up after reading the title. I'm so pleased that I was wrong. For once I hope that our critics are following this post. The "animal lovers" who despise us. Their love of animals doesn't appear to extend to working terriers as they seem to have no prob
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    A small reprint is being produced of D.Harcombe's Badger Digging with Terriers by Fieldfare. I haven't read it since it 1st came out but if nothing else it's an important record of a sport which was common place in the UK but is now literally consigned to the history books.
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    I agree that the wood is little light at the moment. I believe that the factory finish given by AA is purposely left slightly 'open 'to allow the owner to finish the wood to their own taste? Sure I've read that on another post on THL when I was gathering info on the rifle. My intention is to apply Birchwood gun stock wax. Very carefully! At the moment I've avoided using it in the rain or even with sweaty hands ☺
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    I know, good point. It was a bit tongue in cheek. Hunting clothing at one time, for some of us, would be whatever could be begged or borrowed but never stolen.
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    Do they still make donkey jackets ? Wind proof and almost rain proof with a body warmer worn underneath at the start of the day. Then as someone else wrote MOD combat strides with long johns or a pair of your lasses tights underneath in extreme cold conditions.
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