best bush dog

[bigdan 11]

i like patterdale in mine i dont like springers to big for the tight cover i work just your thoughts

[lamping-lad 160]

i like patterdale in mine i dont like springers to big for the tight cover i work just your thoughts

IM NOW STARTING A SIX MONTH OLD LAKIE BITCH BUSHING SHES NOW GETTING KEEN NOW AFTER WATCHING THE OTHER DOGS.

[Guest Taffybull]

The best bush dogs imo are JRT or JRT blooded terriers..

 

taff

[bigdan 11]

i do like a bit of spaniel i think springers to big prefer cocker my good bitch is 1/4 cocker but i think to much can make the dog a bit of a lunatic well thats how i found spaniels

[weekye 0]

i've gone for both, got a springer 7 and a fell pup 12 months the terrier learns a lot from the springer,

very good at using his nose a lot more as my springer is nose done all the way!

[kash 1]

i had a brill sadly no longer with me lakieXpatt still got 2 of his lads lakieXpatt X jrt i cant fault them

[samba 534]

a friend as a litter of spaniel beagles ready in a months time

[kash 1]

i had a brill sadly no longer with me lakieXpatt still got 2 of his lads lakieXpatt X jrt i cant fault them

 

do they go to earth thou

 

yes 13 yrs this yr & will still go to ground dont seemed to have grown up much bit like the owner

[thatmusicman 0]

We've only ever used russells and borders so couldn't comment on anything else, but they're both good for bushing. The russells aren't so keen on the real thick cover, I would presume because their coats and skin aren't so thick. The borders have got elephant skin and are double coated and will crash through any brambles, stingers, whatever really. The longer legged russells tend to hang around the edge of the cover following the other dogs yips when in a big pack, much to the annoyance of their owners, but this tends to be a good thing as they're the faster dogs more likely to catch the prey. Their owners also report that when out on their own or in 3's and 4's these dogs that hang out in a big pack, are much more keen to crash the hedges themselves.

 

Just shows the evolution of the pack way of thinking, and how they learn to work in a way most likely to catch what they're hunting.

[Dave C 63]

I have a Border x Lakeland who will run through anything to catch the bunny and just got a Beagle/Basset x Cocker only 14" and proving to be an excelent bushing dog.

 

Dave.

[scent 509]

i use txo lakiexpatt and a lakiexrussell for bushing all three give tongue so that kinda helps but the only drawback is the three of them go to ground aswell

[Keeps 403]

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=62029

[bigdan 11]

dont understand the link

[just jack 998]

a friend as a litter of spaniel beagles ready in a months time

keep us informed on you mates pups mate JACK

[COMPO 54]

dont understand the link

 

 

i think she's put the link up as its a recent and very similar debate? and may answer some of the questions asked on this thread?