Ireland Westmeath Working Dog Show

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Credit to kevin & paddy for taking us back 20 years. to what working dog shows used to be like for the folk who just enjoy a show of fine terriers and a chance to show case how terriermen conduct themselves..

taking the dogs to socialize in the summer, catch up with the men who bred them, or who they put terriers out to walk with and how things are going with them, a judge who works terriers, some great prizes that working terrier men will actually have use for..

And all the proceeds going towards helping to preserve terrier work....

Edited July 11, 2016 by stop.end

[Barrie 1,325]

A lovely gesture by Barrie. A true gentlemen and friend. A superb man to have in your corner and an individual that always delivers on his word.

 

Cant ask for anymore of a person than that!

 

All the rest of us just need to keep our side of the bargain and stay true to terriers and terrierwork.

 

Hi Corkman,

 

Thank you and others for those very kind words…. but for me it’s a privilege to be associated with the I.W.T.F., albeit in in a very small way. I have nothing but the greatest respect for what it and its officers have achieved and the manner in which they have always conducted themselves.

 

It’s a real life example to all of us of what can be achieved if you’re willing to take your head out of the sand and fight for what you truly believe in, rather than simply spout hot air and squabble with each other.

 

That the I.W.T.F., in such a short time, was able to change the political view of terrierwork in Ireland from “A hunt too far” into “An essential and necessary form of pest control” speaks volumes in itself.

 

On this side of the Pond we’re fortunate to have such capable friends and allies, and it’s you guys who deserve all of the credit.

 

I’m sorry I couldn’t be with you this year and would very much like to have been, but it was just bad timing on my part. But please be gentle with the official “spade bearer” he’s a very delicate flower as I’m sure you already know and ill prepared for what he is likely to encounter LOL.

 

Y.I.S. - Barrie

[kevin em 342]

We will mind him Barry and the spade of course lol