Working Bedlingtons 2005

[Terrier Sam 297]

Some nice dogs on here fair play

[lawrence 657]

wasn't really looking for another beddy type but fate had other ideas, picked this wee bitch up last week,

 

 

[lawrence 657]

wasn't really looking for another beddy type but fate had other ideas, picked this wee bitch up last week,

 

 

[twotone 6]

Hope she goes well for you Lawrence

[Ruby2013 0]

That's a fine looking bitch

[bonts lurcher boy 35]

swansea jack. you know for any litters atm. my dad has been bigging your breeding up. you 2 and lez adding used to walk together over the garth. im currently looking for a pup

[steve66 3,086]

Got some border in her Lawrence

[superfurryanimal 91]

just wondering Swanseajack, do you think the bedlington is in a better place now since you started the thread all those years ago ? great thread by the way !

[lawrence 657]

its was easier to get a bedlington 20 years ago for proper work than it is now, which tells you what a poor state the breeds in.

[morton 5,367]

its was easier to get a bedlington 20 years ago for proper work than it is now, which tells you what a poor state the breeds in.

I beg to differ,from my experience with the breed there is more chance now of sourcing working stock,genuine working stock and not rodent chewers,than it was 20 years ago,proper working Beddys are on the resurgent,pseudo working owners bring the breed to their level,the lads about that have nothing but the breeds interest at heart will prevail,there are many honest bred and honest working mutts about that best befit the Beddy monicur.

[lawrence 657]

we'll have to agreed to disagree Morton. theres been a so called resurgence for 30 years now but earth working bedlingtons are still like hens teeth and most of the ones that are working are saturated with fell/lakeand, which begs the question of which breed is doing the work ?even bred from genuine workers the failure rate is far higher than other terrier breeds. the majority of pedigrees are littered with dogs that didn't make the grade, matings that terriermen from other breeds wouldn't even consider are for some reason acceptable in bedlingtons, all is not rosey in the garden. which is a shame as i've a real soft spot for the breed and bar the cocker , all my dogs have a bit of beddy in them.

[lawrence 657]

Got some border in her Lawrence

bedlington/lakeland Steve but i know where your coming from, she can look border like in some pics

 

 

[Rory4 267]

how come you let the litter sister to my bitch go lawrence?

[lawrence 657]

Rory, the two before her weren't up for the job ,i tried my best with them but it just wasn't happening, so that was the guts four years with nothing to show for it and i'd just had enough of them, had i have went for another breed i would have been digging to my own dogs instead of someone else's. in fairness the bitch i send back to Mike was looking promising, at least she wasn't afraid of the dark. temperament wise they didn't really suit me either, terriers should be bomb proof in my book and i found the bedlingtons to sensitive for my liking, i'm not sure were that trait has come from, i don't remember them being like that when i first got them.

[Rory4 267]

She was flying to ground when came back but think the move put her back abit. Hopefully this will

Be her season. She's a cracking type. Was one the beddys before off Topper? How old was it when let it go?