Border terrier?

Many thanks to all who replied with advice and experiences re: Border
Terrriers! It all sounds very encouraging, so I'll look into it more
closely. It's a long time since I've had a dog - the last one was a
Jack Russell, more than half a lifetime ago! :-)

Best wishes,
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"Paul Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Alan Law said:

When I was running on the moor yesterday I came down to a bridleway where

I

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was slightly bitten

It was just being friendly then...

A mere "love bite"?! Had I been wearing shorts I believe it could have been
a rather different story.

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Something about runners attracts them. I walk if a dog becomes a
nuisance - sems to calm them down.

I believe that is correct---the dog may think that a fast receding person is
tying to escape and may thus go into attack mode. But the great majority of
dogs regard runners as "fun"---they may run after you but will not attack.
If runners had to stop running every time a dog ran after them, then it
could be very restrictive. Frankly, I feel disposed to adopt more aggressive
tactics next time I am attacked by a small dog (different if it were a large
brute). A dog that engages in an unprovoked attack needs to learn that such
behaviour has consequences.
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Alan Law

Alan Law said:

"Paul Rooney" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Alan Law said:

When I was running on the moor yesterday I came down to a bridleway where

I

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was slightly bitten

It was just being friendly then...

A mere "love bite"?! Had I been wearing shorts I believe it could have been
a rather different story.

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Something about runners attracts them. I walk if a dog becomes a
nuisance - sems to calm them down.

I believe that is correct---the dog may think that a fast receding person is
tying to escape and may thus go into attack mode. But the great majority of
dogs regard runners as "fun"---they may run after you but will not attack.
If runners had to stop running every time a dog ran after them, then it
could be very restrictive. Frankly, I feel disposed to adopt more aggressive
tactics next time I am attacked by a small dog (different if it were a large
brute). A dog that engages in an unprovoked attack needs to learn that such
behaviour has consequences.

Often I approach a dog walker on a fairly narrow path. I think some
dogs see it as a threat to their owner. Last time I didn't stop to
walk, because I was going quite fast downhill, the dog lunged at me
and I had to leap over it hurdling-style, or I'd have gone [censored] over
[censored].

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Paul

(Watch this space)

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Has anyone out there got a Border Terrier? I'm thinking of getting a
dog. (I'm catless, for the first time in about 35 years.) I'd like a
dog that can come walking with me, and running. Any suggestions? I'd
go for a Collie,but I've not really got enough space.

Go for the collie anyway.

Fantastic outdoor dogs. Impossible to tire out.

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By the way, I am definitely a BC person ...... and know that they are
possible of joined-up thinking.

Definitely. Mine communicates perfectly.

"Are we going out yet, are we, are we, huh, huh, huh?"

Incidentally, he also has the run of the house during the day on his own
with no bother (apart from the dog hair that is). His coat is self
cleaning so no problems with mud, apart from the fact that the house
gets very dusty...

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from Geoff Berrow contained the following:

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Has anyone out there got a Border Terrier? I'm thinking of getting a
dog. (I'm catless, for the first time in about 35 years.) I'd like a
dog that can come walking with me, and running. Any suggestions? I'd
go for a Collie,but I've not really got enough space.

Go for the collie anyway.

Fantastic outdoor dogs. Impossible to tire out.

And who could resist this face?
http://www.ckdog.co.uk/pics/bakewell%20022.jpg

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Jim Ford wrote on 17 Oct 2004 19:32:01 GMT....

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You weren't carrying a carbon fibre, tungsten carbide tipped trekking

pole

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then - in through the mouth and out through the a**e!

How inhumane. Just carry them off like this:

http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=DE8204815U

(Click "Drawings" in the list of bookmarks.)

*Chortle* I haven't looked - but I bet I know what it is! :-))

I like it! Think it'd work on my cat? ;-)

Nick

Nick Pedley said:

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How inhumane. Just carry them off like this:

http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=DE8204815U

(Click "Drawings" in the list of bookmarks.)

*Chortle* I haven't looked - but I bet I know what it is! :-))

I like it! Think it'd work on my cat? ;-)

It's not your cat. You have a dog but merely feed a cat. It comes and
goes as it pleases. It would be more accurate to say you were its
human. :-)
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
wonderful person Peewiglet <[email hidden]> said

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Many thanks to all who replied with advice and experiences re: Border
Terrriers! It all sounds very encouraging, so I'll look into it more
closely. It's a long time since I've had a dog - the last one was a
Jack Russell, more than half a lifetime ago! :-)

If you could live with a Jack Russell without murdering it, then I'm
sure a Border Terrier would be no problem at all.

--
GSV Three Minds in a Can
Outgoing Msgs are Turing Tested,and indistinguishable from human typing.

On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:38:12 +0100, Peewiglet <[email hidden]>

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Many thanks to all who replied with advice and experiences re: Border
Terrriers! It all sounds very encouraging, so I'll look into it more
closely. It's a long time since I've had a dog - the last one was a
Jack Russell, more than half a lifetime ago! :-)

One interesting feature of our Border Terrier was that she had phantom
pregnancies, that is she produced milk some time after she came off
heat (I don't recall the cycle's time details). Our cat would suckle
the dog's milk - although they could quite happily play more typical
cat and dog roles especially when outdoors.

Nick Pedley wrote on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:20:39 +0100....

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How inhumane. Just carry them off like this:

http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=DE8204815U

I like it! Think it'd work on my cat? ;-)

Don't know. If you read the German, it says it's for "animals,
preferably dogs".

Mind you, I wouldn't go too far into the German, or you'll find the
bit on page 3 where it says it's very advantageous for [censored] in
heat, closing the critical orifice and preventing embarrassing
advances by other dogs. (I kid you not!)

--
Tim Jackson
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Nick Pedley wrote on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:20:39 +0100....

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> How inhumane. Just carry them off like this:
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I like it! Think it'd work on my cat? ;-)

Don't know. If you read the German, it says it's for "animals,
preferably dogs".

You mean it's /not/ the Irish dog carrier?

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Mind you, I wouldn't go too far into the German, or you'll find the
bit on page 3 where it says it's very advantageous for [censored] in
heat, closing the critical orifice and preventing embarrassing
advances by other dogs. (I kid you not!)

*Boggle*!
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

GSV Three Minds in a Can <[email hidden]> wrote

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Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
wonderful person Peewiglet <[email hidden]> said

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Many thanks to all who replied with advice and experiences re: Border
Terrriers! It all sounds very encouraging, so I'll look into it more
closely. It's a long time since I've had a dog - the last one was a
Jack Russell, more than half a lifetime ago! :-)

If you could live with a Jack Russell without murdering it, then I'm
sure a Border Terrier would be no problem at all.

Rats with long legs.
--
Gordon

Fran wrote on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:12:14 +0100....

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You mean it's /not/ the Irish dog carrier?

No, it's the German dog carrier. Don't know the Irish one.
Reference, please?

(Unless one's a rip-off of the other, of course.)

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Fran wrote on Mon, 18 Oct 2004 22:12:14 +0100....

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You mean it's /not/ the Irish dog carrier?

No, it's the German dog carrier. Don't know the Irish one.
Reference, please?

(Unless one's a rip-off of the other, of course.)

Yep, same sort of thing. Charlie actually saw something similar
a few years back, whilst walking with some friends. They dubbed
it the Irish Dog Carrier, and never did find out what it was.
Imagine the subject of the URL above (oops, it's gone) but
without the muzzle. Instead, there's a spike, rather like the
one at the other end, and of course the whole thing is
adjustable, with a ratchet. Makes the eyes water just thinking
about it!
--
I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.

Fran wrote on Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:25:36 +0100....

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No, it's the German dog carrier. Don't know the Irish one.
Reference, please?

(Unless one's a rip-off of the other, of course.)

Yep, same sort of thing. Charlie actually saw something similar
a few years back, whilst walking with some friends. They dubbed
it the Irish Dog Carrier

The one in my URL was filed at the German Patent Office on 20.02.82.

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and never did find out what it was.

So it wasn't actually being used to carry a dog? How disappointing!

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and never did find out what it was.

So it wasn't actually being used to carry a dog? How disappointing!

Very. But no, it was apparently lying around in a farmyard
somewhere (appropriately enough) in Ireland, circa 1978ish.
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I try to be a good example to my children, but they just see me
as a dire warning.