locator collars and terriers

[coverdogs 888]

hi folks maybe this has been covered before but i was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on how the terrier has changed since the interduction of the locater collars. i have been hunting for almost 40 years and when i started the terriers we kept or tried to keep were bolting dogs we would have entered a terrier stood back and hoped for a bolt because if it dident bolt it was a long process digging and baring sounding and as any one that done this would know different types of soil gave different sounds some times you would not have heard the dog atall. but now i see the younger men enter there dogs and start to dig right away so i was just wondering has the locator collar caused the demise of the yapping russell and bolting terrier and replaced it with the dogs that hold the quary not giving an inch until you break through be it patterdale or whatever atb coverdogs

[alimac 882]

 

 

Surely they wont have effected a bolting type dog as if it bolts then there's no use for the collar anyway.. How ever it will have changed the people who use terriers and how they go about things, I'd dare say if you had to dig to get your dog with out a collar most earths would look like a cluster bomb had hit it as I'd say most folk now wouldn't have a clue where to start.

Edited September 2, 2012 by alimac

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Had a few uncollored dogs go to ground, its not great to hear baying and spend an age walking and listening.upmost respect for the folk who had to do it

[Waz 4,226]

Breaking through to a terrier without having switched on a fancy coloured beeping box is a good dig. Im(humble)o a skill that is probably getting quite rare.

[Waz 4,226]

Had a few uncollored dogs go to ground, its not great to hear baying and spend an age walking and listening.upmost respect for the folk who had to do it

disagree. It is great to hear a dog baying, & if you cant find where to dig, i am sorry for the dog.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

I agree, I Havnt done it since.I used to mooch about dogs running loose.learnt the hard way not too

[long dogs 580]

ive had to dig with no collers on a good few times, tab to ground with your jacket over your head to block the wind out easy when you know how

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

Never was good at it

[carp man 1 219]

ive had to dig with no collers on a good few times, tab to ground with your jacket over your head to block the wind out easy when you know how

[liamdelaney 2,586]

ive had to dig with no collers on a good few times, tab to ground with your jacket over your head to block the wind out easy when you know how

Easy!!!Are you for real?

[alimac 882]

ive had to dig with no collers on a good few times, tab to ground with your jacket over your head to block the wind out easy when you know how

Easy!!!Are you for real?

Liam it's as easy as that just put your jacket over your head, job done, lol, reaconing there's some cluster bomb earths around them two, lol

[TommyTheTank 30]

I think digging is twice as fun without collars but it's safe to have a collar and locator with you anyway just in case.. I think it is a lot easier if there is a few people that know what their doing, if your on your own it takes longer.. Locators and collars ruin the fun of trying to find the dog.. I think maybe if you put the collar on the dog but didnt use the locator unless you couldnt find the dog without it would be a good idea?

[long dogs 580]

ive had to dig with no collers on a good few times, tab to ground with your jacket over your head to block the wind out easy when you know how

Easy!!!Are you for real?

i admit if its mute then yes it is hard but if its a good sounder in a shallow,ish earth then yes it is fairly easy,

[Alli 923]

i use locators but still find myself listening down the T bar, old habbits and all that.

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

that thing Danny had was the tool for the job, but at £85 to rent one from waterboard