Andrew Beirne 78 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 All seen I've been following the local hunt as I have to bring my sister as she rides in it and lately I've started bringing my jrt as I had started helping the terrier men with the digging and what not and the penny really dropped with him last week and he showing real interest when one of the terrier mes terrier was working his fox so just got a text of him to make sure \I bring my lad tomorrow and we'll get him in to see has he got it to say I cant wait is a bit of an understatement so hopefully he wont disappoint here is a pic of him his father was an earthdog and his mother was a ferreting terrier Thats him on the right 1 Quote Link to post
skinner 348 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 , i thought that breed was dead now but good luck with him Quote Link to post
leegreen 2,254 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 What's the little dogs breeding? Quote Link to post
Andrew Beirne 78 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 What's the little dogs breeding? she comes from just Jrt worker cross Jr worker from the terrier man of the kileady hunt but she was the runt I use her the whole time for ferreting would love to get underground as she was bred to bed I'm afraid she's too small Quote Link to post
Andrew Beirne 78 Posted February 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Well today went well the hounds hunted well in the first cover and soon enough they were marking a dug out rabbit hole so my lad was collared up and in he went in and for a while we heard nothing then all of a sudden a big rumble and the huntsman looked at me and goes he's met his opponent so we got a mark of 2 metre so I could hear him banging away and mixing it up and after about 10-15 minutes of us letting him work his fox broke through to him after a very easy dig muzzle to muzzle with the fox to say I was delighted is an understatement I know I sound like a woman but its a very good feeling so then dog up and fox dispatched we moved on and only had one more dig to a young patterdale bitch I have no pictures of the digs as the hunts man was there and I was doing all the digging i have a few pictures of the hounds If ye want me to put them up 11 Quote Link to post
Rake aboot 4,936 Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 Well done bloke,, you must be well chuffed. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,102 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Hopefully he will go on to have a good career. Quote Link to post
air gun ant 1,666 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 You don't sound like a woman at all fella! I'm smiling just reading about Quote Link to post
jigsaw 11,902 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 wellcome to the club andrew,lol.the ferrets are a thing of the past id say,you'll get that infectious feeling now and nothing much else measures up to it.keep up the good work. Quote Link to post
shovel leaner 7,650 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thats great mate , well done , you are rightly proud , no better feeling . And the pictures put me in mind of my first russel . But he was f---ing useless .LOL Quote Link to post
Andrew Beirne 78 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 thanks for all the comments. I'm deadly proud of him ..it is quite infectious tbh much better than the ferrets..Im already lookin forward to next week Quote Link to post
jigsaw 11,902 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 told you Quote Link to post
turkish 298 Posted February 3, 2014 Report Share Posted February 3, 2014 Well today went well the hounds hunted well in the first cover and soon enough they were marking a dug out rabbit hole so my lad was collared up and in he went in and for a while we heard nothing then all of a sudden a big rumble and the huntsman looked at me and goes he's met his opponent so we got a mark of 2 metre so I could hear him banging away and mixing it up and after about 10-15 minutes of us letting him work his fox broke through to him after a very easy dig muzzle to muzzle with the fox to say I was delighted is an understatement I know I sound like a woman but its a very good feeling so then dog up and fox dispatched we moved on and only had one more dig to a young patterdale bitch I have no pictures of the digs as the hunts man was there and I was doing all the digging i have a few pictures of the hounds If ye want me to put them up fair play pal. no better feeling digging over your dog for first time. happy days. 1 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,416 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Well today went well the hounds hunted well in the first cover and soon enough they were marking a dug out rabbit hole so my lad was collared up and in he went in and for a while we heard nothing then all of a sudden a big rumble and the huntsman looked at me and goes he's met his opponent so we got a mark of 2 metre so I could hear him banging away and mixing it up and after about 10-15 minutes of us letting him work his fox broke through to him after a very easy dig muzzle to muzzle with the fox to say I was delighted is an understatement I know I sound like a woman but its a very good feeling so then dog up and fox dispatched we moved on and only had one more dig to a young patterdale bitch I have no pictures of the digs as the hunts man was there and I was doing all the digging i have a few pictures of the hounds If ye want me to put them up Doing it nearly 30 years now and still get a thrill when you break in and see that little tail wagging, hope it's something I never get bored of. 2 Quote Link to post
Andrew Beirne 78 Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 told you I thought ferreting was good sport but it doesn't just match up to the terrier bigger animals I suppose Quote Link to post
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