engraver 44 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) I know this is an old thread but my dad now dead and gone bred borders/russels and was big mates with jack price 35yrs ago. In fact jack pulled my front teeth out when I was 6 yrs old Ill never forget it because they wearnt ready Anyway the dogs my dad had all worked and on the black uns in the 60s/70s and like said they were brilliant dogs in fact he didnt rate lakeys as they just got smashed up, but the borders in those days would have more sense and these were the days before locators so a good dog would bay and let you know where they were. But even some of those old Borders only knew one way forward and they would mix it and get smashed up just the same as the patterdales and lakeys he had owned in fact my dad told me a story of one little bitch he had who spend all day with him dug four black uns and passed away that night at his heels in the shed just exhausted, hard as you like. In the 80s my dad bought me a border from jack I named "ben" he was crackers my dad took him on his rounds as a keeper every day and couldnt tire him of work he had a proper bonce on him and would smash into anything, we got rid as he would bark from going in the kennel at night to 6 in a morning no matter how much stick you gave him, so we got rid but all the fire in the world and would have won a show or three. My dad took his dogs to shows after working them in the morning and the judges round here would give points for a border with some battle scars not like today. He had seleums/russels/lakeys/patterdales but stuck with borders, him and some of his mates actualy took a few dogs down crufts back in the day. Anyone know if jack is still alive and going strong? Edited March 15, 2013 by engraver 1 Quote Link to post
Dawn B 212 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Jack is just fine and doing very well. Still has his Borders too. Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 hope he is, had 5 minutes with him at selby, made me laugh Quote Link to post
Birchdown 38 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 He certainly is. He makes i larf too. A very knowlegeable man is Jack when it comes to terriers. An hour or two spent with Jack would teach all the bullshitters who constantly slate the working abilities of a Border a lesson or two, and prove there is a future for the working Border. 1 1 Quote Link to post
engraver 44 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 (edited) 60 years into breeding terriers. He could have wrote a book like the others have with his knowledge of terriers, in fact there has been books wrote by others with half the experience of Jack. Edited March 17, 2013 by engraver 3 1 Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 did anyone carry on breeding the russel line he had? only seen a few pictures from 30+ yrs ago Quote Link to post
Wolfie 106 Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 did anyone carry on breeding the russel line he had? only seen a few pictures from 30+ yrs ago Didnt A N start with jack price russells Quote Link to post
gasman 53 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 60 years into breeding terriers. He could have wrote a book like the others have with his knowledge of terriers, in fact there has been books wrote by others with half the experience of Jack. so true bud. Quote Link to post
reef 9 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 He certainly is. He makes i larf too. A very knowlegeable man is Jack when it comes to terriers. An hour or two spent with Jack would teach all the bullshitters who constantly slate the working abilities of a Border a lesson or two, and prove there is a future for the working Border. two of the best borders ive ever seen were oxcroft bred owned by a lad in durham propper digging dogs levis borders had oxcroft in them too Quote Link to post
engraver 44 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 look up a dog called Oxcroft rocket, Im sure my dad had some dogs from that line and they were good dogs, cant ask my dad afraid as he isnt here anymore, but all I know is as a kid I was surrounded with working borders all worked as much as possibe. Wish we could have carried the line on and had pups off her, in the 1980s, I ended up with lakeland x russels and whippets but still had the old border bitch and she would still punish the russels every now and then lol. Quote Link to post
steve66 3,086 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) deleted Edited March 18, 2013 by steve66 Quote Link to post
fordson 33 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 only seen a few oxcroft borders,they seem small and i think they would be pushed about if worked on stuff thats seen terriers before. Quote Link to post
events co-ordinator 353 Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 did anyone carry on breeding the russel line he had? only seen a few pictures from 30+ yrs ago Thats the line of Russells Jnr O'ddonell still uses up in Scotland my old man put pictures up on moochers but he can't figure out this site for photos Quote Link to post
Birchdown 38 Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 only seen a few oxcroft borders,they seem small and i think they would be pushed about if worked on stuff thats seen terriers before. I've had 2 from Jack & taken a bitch of mine for a mating with Rogue. I kept a dog pup back and not one of 'em had a reverse gear. Quote Link to post
jossa 963 Posted April 18, 2013 Report Share Posted April 18, 2013 Forget the Oxcroft name and just go to where the working stuff is now. Best Border I ever had came from the North East by the way, no names. what dog was this? Quote Link to post
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