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[BIG TRG 785]

9 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Probably a thread of its own but sharp tooth v chibbler ,narrow pointed long spade .I would use a chibbler for stone but each to their own .Life too short for arguing .

I’m the same mate, but if I had to choose one to carry that I know would get me out of MOST sticky situations I would defo take the sharp tooth

[Daniel cain 50,984]

sharptooth comes in handy for when the ground is baked dry

[Mixedgrill 704]

29 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

sharptooth comes in handy for when the ground is baked dry

They are a good job Dan I have used one on the odd dig  maybe it’s just me I try to avoid earths that deep lol not getting any younger but I am getting wiser

[Daniel cain 50,984]

nice to get a shallow 1 every now and then

[milliken 833]

2 minutes ago, Mixedgrill said:

They are a good job Dan I have used one on the odd dig  maybe it’s just me I try to avoid earths that deep lol not getting any younger but I am getting wiser

with age come experience so the more experience the deeper more difficult the earth should be the rule

sure thats the way it is for a terrier if only young terrier lads had the same thought process then there might not be as many failed first season dogs

[Mixedgrill 704]

6 minutes ago, milliken said:

with age come experience so the more experience the deeper more difficult the earth should be the rule

sure thats the way it is for a terrier if only young terrier lads had the same thought process then there might not be as many failed first season dogs

I’d put my terriers in most places but only a fool will go looking a deep earth for me I like nothing more than being able to listen to a terrier work and given it time to settle and then making the experience all more enjoyable 

[BIG TRG 785]

19 minutes ago, Mixedgrill said:

I’d put my terriers in most places but only a fool will go looking a deep earth for me I like nothing more than being able to listen to a terrier work and given it time to settle and then making the experience all more enjoyable 

Everyone loves a shallow one now and again but nothing like going home with a smile on yer face after the dog has put in a good shift in a hard place like DC first pic there, a lot of dogs will do a couple of hours and it’s the deep hard ones that let you know what type of dog your keeping

[Mixedgrill 704]

19 minutes ago, BIG TRG said:

Everyone loves a shallow one now and again but nothing like going home with a smile on yer face after the dog has put in a good shift in a hard place like DC first pic there, a lot of dogs will do a couple of hours and it’s the deep hard ones that let you know what type of dog your keeping

Agreed tho them deep hard places will come to us all at some stage. I suppose it’s all down to what type of dog you keep to dig these hard places 

[milliken 833]

they all learn there trade in theses places be they mixers or hard types and they don't need all be deep know a few rangy places with very few ends it takes a good dog to dig them

[Mixedgrill 704]

Every earth is different and every time you enter a dog you expect he or she to dig it we could go on about this all day long but my terriers only have to suit me

[Squirrel_Basher 17,104]

1 hour ago, Daniel cain said:

nice to get a shallow 1 every now and then

Long handled chibbler .Perfect for every occasion .Like to see that dog shake itself clean though

[Daniel cain 50,984]

[Daniel cain 50,984]

[shaneg 2,589]

2 minutes ago, Daniel cain said:

None of that ground around us a few inches of that white stuff at most but very uncommon 

[Daniel cain 50,984]

1 minute ago, shaneg said:

None of that ground around us a few inches of that white stuff at most but very uncommon 

it's everywhere around the 1 area we dig mixed with big chunks of flint,horrible stuff if there's been no rain.....when it's been dry,the quarry seem to search out the deeper spotscan be hard going then