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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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    I finally got around to buying a Pro Sport. Maybe not the most practical rifle from the perspective of a sporting tool. Obselete technology as a power source, recoiling action, single shot and slow to reload. None of that matters, I love it ! It's rather a case of going back to basics for myself. Rifle shooting as it should be. One shot and making sure it counts. At the end of the day rabbits don't shoot back so bolt mag loading or a semi auto action isn't really a necessity. An advantage yes but not essential. The accompanying pic ( if it's uploaded ) doesn't do the rifle justice. Need to
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    Looking at it from a different perspective it's rather a bold claim. Similar to advertising terriers that are guaranteed to go to ground or lurcher pups that will HJKC. The house training thing maybe relevant. I have struggled in the past keeping dogs in the house because it's alien to them and not been part of the selection process behind their breeding. But eventually the penny drops. But little prey drive ? I would question that. And be surprised if it's true. Those pups will want to chase and catch. It will be there in them just under the surface and appear if the new owners aren't ed
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    The canine equivalent of alcohol free wine! I wonder if they sell rabbit friendly ferrets?
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    True DodFox.Let's not forget that the greyhounds that can still run and the beagles and foxhounds that can still hunt aren't KC reg. Of course it would still be a bad move for the Patterdale types but I think that the perception of hunting by the man in the street and the media that controls what they think is a far greater threat.
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    An ad in TCW 03/08/16 for Glenn of Imaal Terrier pups. KC registered. Dumfies. Wheaton AND brindle. Not my place to give the number but I'm sure you can find it with information given. The person must own or know of a stud dog.
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    No
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    Are you being serious
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    To go back to the original topic is the answer not simply to get the Patterdale terrier registered with the KC or AKC ? Then a breed standard will be written in stone and the honest breeders will gladly not sell pups of the wrong colour and also take pups that turn up in litters from their stock for 1 or 2 generations ? Then as long as no one gets to hear about it the rest of the blood remains pure bred. And everyone has peace of mind. And owns pure bred 100 per cent real deal stuff. As happened with the Parson Russell Terrier.
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    I agree working should come first never said it shouldnt. I think you missed what I was asking and took it to another place. I ASKED IF YOU WERE TOLD THERE WAS NO RUSSELL OR LAKELAND IN YOUR BLOOD AND WHITE DOGS POPPED UP OR BLACK AND TANS WOULD YOU QUESTION THE BREEDER? It sounds like some of you wouldn't care if the breeder lied. Lol. That it shouldn't matter..well it should matter.. If a person bought animals of an exact physical type, and had been assured that breeding from them would only produce that type, then if your future breeding within the next generation or so proved that to b
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    If such a thing were to happen then maybe a person would question whether the working terrier types, as we know them, came off the Ark or are a relatively modern creation ?
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    Should of wrote great great grand sire.
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    Tinker was the dam of my pup. Pip was the grand sire.
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    Pip's influence has been well documented. J.E's Bullit ? From Mr Cox , Luton based. 1/16th bull I was told. Had a big influence. Pips bloods running through my Russell's erils forsyths son used to be my head keeper next time I see see him I'll get some pics of pup he was a nice lookin I don't know how to post pictures or documents on here but here is part of the pedigree of my 1st proper terrier written in a cack handed way. Teaser x Pip produced Tilley. Tilley x Sam . Sam being Mr Forcyth's dog, a product of Quill and Lex. Produced Tinker. Tinker x J.E.'s Bullit produced my dog. 18/
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    Pip's influence has been well documented. J.E's Bullit ? From Mr Cox , Luton based. 1/16th bull I was told. Had a big influence. Pips bloods running through my Russell's erils forsyths son used to be my head keeper next time I see see him I'll get some pics of pup he was a nice looking dog I don't know how to post pictures or documents on here but here is part of the pedigree of my 1st proper terrier written in a cack handed way. Teaser x Pip produced Tilley. Tilley x Sam . Sam being Mr Forcyth's dog, a product of Quill and Lex. Produced Tinker. Tinker x J.E.'s Bullit produced my dog
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