Irish Terriers

[Billy08 1]

anyone ever use one of these...looked on google and it said that they're regarded as being fearless and aggressive towards vermin so i thought why wouldn't they be good workers

[lurcher330 2,297]

dont bother

[James Doyle 59]

lol has to be a joke.....

[wexford Pa 84]

i dont know why the last 2 posts are bein so dismissive of the irish terrier, Billy ur right, the Irish terrier were fearless and aggressive, i say were cos alot of the working blood is lost now.. They were used years for all sorts of vermin control fom badgers to wildcats and used in many if not all of Fell terrier or !akeland lines for their courage and good coat..

I seen 1 working about 3 seasons ago, we were invited down to a dig to my then hunting partners cousins permission, where he had a smashing lookin Irish terrier who looked worked, he was too big for earthwork but when we open up the game was in a nice big pocket, we hadnt any pups out at the time so he let in the Irish terrier and he drew the game out about 6 ft on the sod, just enough for us to take it and release it again, he was a strong game terrier just like any wheaten terrer or that of its kind

[SON OFF SHAM 34]

i dont know why the last 2 posts are bein so dismissive of the irish terrier, Billy ur right, the Irish terrier were fearless and aggressive, i say were cos alot of the working blood is lost now.. They were used years for all sorts of vermin control fom badgers to wildcats and used in many if not all of Fell terrier or !akeland lines for their courage and good coat..

I seen 1 working about 3 seasons ago, we were invited down to a dig to my then hunting partners cousins permission, where he had a smashing lookin Irish terrier who looked worked, he was too big for earthwork but when we open up the game was in a nice big pocket, we hadnt any pups out at the time so he let in the Irish terrier and he drew the game out about 6 ft on the sod, just enough for us to take it and release it again, he was a strong game terrier just like any wheaten terrer or that of its kind

Good post lad. Never seen any working myself. seen a few decent lurchers that were irish terrier crosses though.

[James Doyle 59]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

[wexford Pa 84]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

[Cleanspade 3,322]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

 

i wouldnt hold your breath. and i wouldnt compare a show kc breed with a working wheaten either.

[wexford Pa 84]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

 

i wouldnt hold your breath. and i wouldnt compare a show kc breed with a working wheaten either.

i wasnt comparing kc bred to working wheaten, i was just comparing the style of this Irish terrier workin that day to the job a working wheaten would do.. im not comparing the dogs or putting them on an even scale..

on a finding a working Irish terrier, yes i take your point i wouldnt hold my breath

[Cleanspade 3,322]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

 

i wouldnt hold your breath. and i wouldnt compare a show kc breed with a working wheaten either.

i wasnt comparing kc bred to working wheaten, i was just comparing the style of this Irish terrier workin that day to the job a working wheaten would do.. im not comparing the dogs or putting them on an even scale..

on a finding a working Irish terrier, yes i take your point i wouldnt hold my breath

 

the dog you saw must have been a good example then would be nice to see some working irish terriers. i put a post up a while ago looking for one. but never got much feedback. an old friend of mine would like one as his last terrier

[patterdale666 1,620]

I'd like to see afew workin Irish terriers aswell.

my lurcher has Irish terrier blood in him and he does the job

but I've never seen a full Irish terrier working

[mighty celt 995]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

theres an old man in tipp and there all he works and has bread them for years.

[lurcher330 2,297]

when you x them into greyhound they can make a decent lurcher but lurchers don't do the work terriers do and a lot of people forget about the greyhound breeding in lurchers most greyhounds will deal with any quarry but they just lack the stamina that needed for a good day or nights work

[wexford Pa 84]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

 

i wouldnt hold your breath. and i wouldnt compare a show kc breed with a working wheaten either.

i wasnt comparing kc bred to working wheaten, i was just comparing the style of this Irish terrier workin that day to the job a working wheaten would do.. im not comparing the dogs or putting them on an even scale..

on a finding a working Irish terrier, yes i take your point i wouldnt hold my breath

 

the dog you saw must have been a good example then would be nice to see some working irish terriers. i put a post up a while ago looking for one. but never got much feedback. an old friend of mine would like one as his last terrier

he was indeed, i remember askin the make up of him & was there some other breed in his genes but he swore that he was a full irish terrier (certainly looked just as an Irish terrier would) and told me who he'd got him from.. i later met a man who hunts with the lad he got him from and told me he swapped 2 of his lakelands for 2 Irish terrier dogs, who he wanted to later outcross to his line of Lakelands..

[hogs head 19]

one a million i think to get a decnt one

i wouldnt think so, id say 1 in 100 maybe im not sure but all if not most would be gamey but to last the pace and be considered good id say about 1 in a 100, id like to hear some views from lads that have 1 or 2 knocking out a bit of work out tho..

 

i wouldnt hold your breath. and i wouldnt compare a show kc breed with a working wheaten either.

i wasnt comparing kc bred to working wheaten, i was just comparing the style of this Irish terrier workin that day to the job a working wheaten would do.. im not comparing the dogs or putting them on an even scale..

on a finding a working Irish terrier, yes i take your point i wouldnt hold my breath

 

the dog you saw must have been a good example then would be nice to see some working irish terriers. i put a post up a while ago looking for one. but never got much feedback. an old friend of mine would like one as his last terrier

he was indeed, i remember askin the make up of him & was there some other breed in his genes but he swore that he was a full irish terrier (certainly looked just as an Irish terrier would) and told me who he'd got him from.. i later met a man who hunts with the lad he got him from and told me he swapped 2 of his lakelands for 2 Irish terrier dogs, who he wanted to later outcross to his line of Lakelands..

pa seen ollie mac one take a fox up were he walks the dogs up the river near the earths are it was all over in a minite worked it well