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couldnt justify having a terrier which could not be spanned where i work them.legs aint really an issue as they can fold them up.it the sitting back and waiting whilst the terrier digs on that gets to me.ive never had a terrier over 13".

what about the sitting back and waiting when your small dog cant hold the quarry for long enough in a decent sized earth?

 

think the perfect fox dog can get up to their quarry fairly easily,and is strong enought to see out the dig without charlie doing one ! but you woudnt get rid of a good big dog,or a good small dog . would you ??

good thread keep it going :tongue2:

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Always keep a handy sized terrier as well as the other terriers, they come in very handy in some of the tight places we work. The dog in the pic is only a young dog but will be a very handy size

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been to a couple of shows this spring and is it me or are the terriers getting bigger?

some of them would struggle to get through a garage door let alone any where else.

i have a smaller patterdale terrier bitch solid as a rock but stands no more than 11" anybody else keep a smaller terrier

 

 

Heres a RUSSELL i work ,Very good terrier and shes just over 11 TTS

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Always keep a handy sized terrier as well as the other terriers, they come in very handy in some of the tight places we work. The dog in the pic is only a young dog but will be a very handy size

 

Very nice russell,you can't beat a handy small'un.Do you have any pics of it's parents?

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Moorman, top pic is the father. Hes 7 years old now. I had him up too about 5 months ago and gave him too a mate who lost his two terriers. Towards the end of the season he had a good few digs in with him. No pics of the bitch unfortunately but shes a nice handy bitch also

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different terrier for different places, if chased foxes down rabbit holes so you need somthing tiny other wise your ganna be there all day with the fox a step ahead, for trees you need a long legged dog still spannable, and some dens you just want some big ba###rd to kill it down there and drag it out but on average id say a 13inch dog thats spanable is pretty good for most things keep up with the runners or the ute climb trees and push cover aswell as fit in any acctual den

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cant post pics as i use my phone i have a patterdale which is a fair size she is handy in big earths will set there in a tight earth but takes a while but if they have the heart they will get there. I now have a russel who is very small and worked 2 reasons with our local registered hunt F&D and is a belter for bolting especially in our tight earths ie rabbit burrows. I now find the small dog very handy.

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