Frank Buck’s first terrier came to him from his father, a gypsy who had kept his own type of terrier for many years – a line which Frank eventually carried on. Incidentally, Frank’s father bred the famous dog Red Ike, a dog that would take a hold of anything and once fastened on to a …
Of all the dogs, i believe that the working terrier is the one who leads the pack in his ability to adapt and shine in a multitude of situations. That ability, which is obvious in the American pit bull terrier, seems to be abundant in many of the terriers. When i consider all the terriers, …
Those industrious, perennially fiddling Victorians gave us a huge swath of modern contrivances that today we take for granted. Bicycles, Christmas cards, postage stamps, concrete, sewing machines, Morse code, skyscrapers, comic books, subways, rubber tires … the list goes on and on. And in Great Britain, 19th-Century tinkerers also innovated when it came to flesh …
Remembering Britain’s Greatest Dog Dealer Of All Time Read More »
The quality of a stud is a matter of opinion, as we all know. But an important factor is the bitch he is bred to. No matter how good the stud is, if the bitch isn’t up to the quality he is, the odds are going to be that the percentage of good pups, in …
While references to Griffons can be found in historical documents dating back to 1545, the development of the current day Wirehaired Pointing Griffon began in the Netherlands in 1873 by a young Dutch sportsman and avid hunter by the name of Mr Eduard Karel Korthals (1851-1896). The son of a wealthy banker and cattle breeder …
I was much interested in the remarks in your last weeks edition of the Field on the Westmoreland and Cumberland working terriers, and, having kept a book for twenty years of particulars respecting the terrier i have had running with hounds in that district, i can give a good deal of information on the subject. …
The Welsh Gafaelgi aka Celtic Mastiff breeding program was created by Mr G.W from Valley Forge Kennels in South Wales. This is an old write up on the breed by him. For hundreds of years prior to the industrial revolution, Wales’s economy was agriculture, and primarily the rearing and sale of livestock. The biggest customers …
General Appearance—-Smooth coated, well balanced, of great strength for his size. Muscular, active and agile. The Staff is an athlete. Everything about him should mark him as such. There should be no exaggeration in his make-up. He needs enough bone/substance; enough muscle; enough strength of limb etc; but not too much of any of these …
The Staffordshire Bull Terrier; A look at the breed standard. Read More »
Among the specific features of conformation that help shape and define each breed or group of breeds, one comes to mind as remarkably misunderstood, and that is the Terrier Front. Often people will refer to a dog with steep shoulders as having a Terrier Front and many will just assume that the term refers to …
There was no such thing as a black boerboel when I entered the breed. Nobody discussed it, or even thought of it. The idea of the black boerboel was a concept of a breeder who was also an SABT (SABBS) board member, he professed to breeding 2 brindle dogs together to produce a litter of …
