Plucky1 1,119 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I know very well this isnt the case with everyone at shows,,but a number of years ago i was at the Great Yorkshire Show ,a lot of the well known terrier men were also in attendance,i was into black rough coated fell terriers at the time. Anyway i got talking to this chap with one of the best looking and put together black fells i had seen for some time,he claimed it had won at this and that show and he may be selling it as he had done it all with it,I said "i may be interested in buying it and had it done any work ?"...............he replied "its to good looking to work you need a rough/scruffy dog for working".......well in my book i dont care how smart it is, if it wants and will go to ground thats where its going, I have seen the opposite at Llangollen,many lads turned up with smashed up dogs that were dug to that morning in order to get a quick reputation,these lads were also one of the reasons it was stopped,the huge crowds eventually shut down the town,the police just could not handle it,there is nothing to be gained by taking damaged terriers to shows especially in towns where people that know nothing of terrier work,they only see the damage and not the worker we do,Plucky 5 Quote Link to post
Accip74 7,112 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 90's when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... 3 Quote Link to post
shovel 160 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Imo it's not a good idea for genuine terrier lads to bring their workers to shows.not much point showing the whole country what you have in your yard. And shows are definately not a place to buy a terrier!!! 3 Quote Link to post
Raymond 618 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Rosette hunting..... Dress the part Look the part... An chat the chat. Multiple dogs of all types in pristine condition an groomed to perfection. The judge picked because he has smart terriers. These are the pretenders that are a danger to terrier lines old and new. I have my opinion , ...what about all of you ????????. image.jpeg The very last Llangollen show ,when all judges really did work the dogs. looks like there werent any rubbish bins back then.litter everywhere 1 Quote Link to post
Zilverhaze 1,627 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 60z when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... Why don't you go to that one mate re live your youth lol 2 Quote Link to post
Rabbit Hunter 6,608 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 The end is nigh for the Patterdale with stuff like that. 1 Quote Link to post
steve t 835 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 90's when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... sounds a bit like here lol 1 Quote Link to post
Zilverhaze 1,627 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 They do artificial tests at some of shows in Europe not sure on the law in Czech never been to a show tho to be honest not really my scene one good thing about the foreign ones you won't be able to understand the bullshit lol 4 Quote Link to post
Accip74 7,112 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 60z when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... Why don't you go to that one mate re live your youth lol Mate I've got my secret weapon for show success this year......;-) 6 Quote Link to post
pablo esc 1,598 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 my show dogs, you live and learn,not for me,sooner go hunting than listen to some nowadays, Quote Link to post
chesney 5,330 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 There ok for young dogs that haven't seen much Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 60z when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... Why don't you go to that one mate re live your youth lol There should be a class for stolen terriers at that show. 5 Quote Link to post
Zilverhaze 1,627 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I went to quite a few in the early to mid 60z when I was just a young lad/man.........the amount of bitching, whining & bullshitting I heard from grown men was enough to put me off for a life time......... Why don't you go to that one mate re live your youth lol There should be a class for stolen terriers at that show.Or a class for those being marked for stealing 2 Quote Link to post
neil cooney 10,415 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 Regarding shows ? As has been already said,they're a day out and when properly ran put a respectable face to a little known way of life to outsiders. IMO it's up to organisers to ALWAYS pick a judge who's serious about terrierwork. Even then there'll be complaints, but that's a fact of life. IMO show ponies are easily spotted. I'll give an example, at Tandragee (one of the best) a few years back I was talking to a well known showman. I noticed two of his terriers were freshly marked. I asked him was he doing a bit of mid Summer digging ? He told me that he'd been exercising them and they'd went to ground. "40 bloody minutes I had to wait for them to come out" he said. Like I say, they're easily spotted. Mind you they do fleece novices now and again but you know what they say about a fool and his money ? 30 years ago there were lads complaining about the show lines and their owners ruining the working lines and here 30 years later we still have showmen but we still have good working lines. They're a good day out, raise money for good causes and an excuse to get drunk, not that we need an excuse. 15 Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 42,903 Posted January 28, 2016 Report Share Posted January 28, 2016 I travel to a few,never shown a dog though,you see some folk with air conditioned 40 grand plus transporters lol,with a dog for every class and that's just the names in the game.like to have a nose what others have and enjoy the craic meeting the few good lads I know,shows are all to clicky for me but my kids enjoy the day out bashing my wallet lol,used to do the digging comps they a good laugh,but these days most shows the weather's to hot for the dogs if im honest,not fair on them,can't see the harm in helping a good cause like the local hunt,met a few members off here at one or two and had a chin wag,they were tidy boys.I don't like all the maggots with their bull X's that don't seem to be able to hold on to their dogs and watching them trying to break dogs apart wtf,sure that's were most get their scars from,nothing worse than the clowns that parade around with chin less dogs,seems to be the under 30's bridgade these days,always enjoy a chat with the likes of Mr Harcombe and Mr Gould he's a funny f****r lol.atb dc 5 Quote Link to post
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