Earth Dogs
Pete is a great-looking dog. Bob.
I am VERY happy that you started this thread about working earth dogs.
QUOTE: I went with this breed after hunting with Border Terriers. The Borders are the most people soft, dog friendly terriers on the planet, but their willingness to engage the quarry with no concern about themselves, made me retire my two borders. It's a sport for me, and seeing a dog willing to get trashed and never back up, is no hunting sport IMO. END
Yes, this was brought home to me when my granddog Milo (BT) got a face full of porky quills, spent many hours at the vet once he was finally yanked out of the rotting log (I think it was), where he kept trying to go back in despite the faceful. You are correct that he had ZERO concern about more injury; he was just completely unwilling to back off.
I (for one) will be really interested in this information!
Thanks!
In fact, maybe it could be moved -- with the photo -- to a section about sport dogs. Mike?
P.S. Milo is ten now, too. It shocks me that he could be ten, because it's so clear in my mind when he was a monster puppy, zooming through the house and taking a bite out of every ankle he passed. (He did become trained.
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Pete is a great-looking dog. Bob.
I am VERY happy that you started this thread about working earth dogs.
QUOTE: I went with this breed after hunting with Border Terriers. The Borders are the most people soft, dog friendly terriers on the planet, but their willingness to engage the quarry with no concern about themselves, made me retire my two borders. It's a sport for me, and seeing a dog willing to get trashed and never back up, is no hunting sport IMO. END
Yes, this was brought home to me when my granddog Milo (BT) got a face full of porky quills, spent many hours at the vet once he was finally yanked out of the rotting log (I think it was), where he kept trying to go back in despite the faceful. You are correct that he had ZERO concern about more injury; he was just completely unwilling to back off.
I (for one) will be really interested in this information!
In fact, maybe it could be moved -- with the photo -- to a section about sport dogs. Mike?
P.S. Milo is ten now, too. It shocks me that he could be ten, because it's so clear in my mind when he was a monster puppy, zooming through the house and taking a bite out of every ankle he passed. (He did become trained.