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Post by braveheart on Aug 7, 2011 20:58:55 GMT -6
Been going to all these conventions and see all kind of dogs.But I have yet seen a Patterdale.I know they are kind of a high prey drive and mine would try to rag anything that would move that had fur.I have had them take a dead coon and try to rip it apart and jerk a gob of hair out of it.Not a good thing.
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Post by musher on Aug 8, 2011 4:02:09 GMT -6
Tell us more about what type of dogs you ARE seeing at the conventions. Jagd's?
Thanks.
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Post by braveheart on Aug 8, 2011 5:19:07 GMT -6
I see a lot of Jags. and Russels.And some hounds and some bird dogs.
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Post by Horn on Aug 8, 2011 5:23:03 GMT -6
I saw a couple of Jagds, a nice looking long legged wire hair JRT, A yorkie, and several mixed terriers. A few labs a golden doodle, a hound or two, a nice female black mouth cur and a cur pup, and a couple of herding type dogs. Even a guy that had 2 Husky types. Almost forgot a couple of beagle puppys.
Those are what I noticed,
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Post by orcatdog on Aug 8, 2011 8:35:22 GMT -6
In my neck of the woods, everyone has Jadgs and now know what they are. Especially in the hound world. But when I go to conventions, sales or even hound field trials, I still get, "What kind of dog is that" when it comes to my patterdale. I really think they are still new to most.
When it comes to trapline dogs, my little black demons are great at finding critters on drags. I will also sometimes let them "work" a coyote or cat in a trap as it sometimes gets them wound up and causes them to crap or piss. IMO, making the remake even better. I also run hounds occasionally and they are great at rockpiled bobcats. It's about a 50/50 shot. They either back the cats even further back in hole, or if they can get behind it, will often flush them out.
But with all that said, I think they work about 25% of the time and the other 75% is being my buddy on the long days. I would much rather have a smaller trapline dog as they are easier to transport and take up less room.
P.S. for anyone interested, I'm breeding my Patterdale male to my slick haired Jadg female this spring hopefully. The cross has been awesome. I really have seen the best of both worlds in this cross. A little more nose from the Jadg, but the heart of lions and fearlessness of the patterdale. Also for some reason seem to be a little more "manageable" than the purebreds.
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