Working border types

[George h 87 131]

[CHEVINFOX 3,537]

maybe of interest to someone  https://borderterriers2020.org.uk/index.html 

[gnipper 5,944]

[lurchers 2,592]

On 13/12/2018 at 12:37, gnipper said:

The bloke from Devon used to come on here, what happened to him?

You might be thinking of martyp he had so nice stuff to but I think the usual crap on here probably pissed if off.

[Coursing mad 24 874]

Tough one today dealt with in his usual style 

[Coursing mad 24 874]

Pulled all the winter coat out today 

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[Coursing mad 24 874]

[Coursing mad 24 874]

[eastcoast 3,721]

Very nice terriers you have there Coursing mad 24. Workers and true to type. Great to see that some Borders can still be both.

[Coursing mad 24 874]

The border dog very hard dog the summer off wil do I'm him good.        Took some stick the last couple of digs this year       .         Work style like es grand father wer e first meet and grab em that's wer he holds til you brake thru.    

[eastcoast 3,721]

I've only owned one Border and it was only for a few months. Someone asked me to take care of it and as it was not my dog I did not work it. Just gave it a home. But during that time I admired the quality of it. A perfect working terrier in form.

A  person once attached himself to me and had a dog and bitch Border. The bitch was poor quality but the dog was superb. His name was Paddy but I called him [BANNED TEXT], What's Over There. Always that's how his mind ticked, [BANNED TEXT]. 

I  would estimate his weight at 20lb and height at 15 inch. Too  big for a Russell. But a Border is like a hob ferret squezzing into rat holes.

He was nuts and useless. A liabilty.  Let him to ground and that was it. Dig. Worse than that, if he did not find and surfaced he was off into the distance.

But to be fair to him  he spent most of his life bouncing up and down in his kennel. 

A terrier that I would have loved to have had as a pup and tried to bring on.