Hunting terrier
Posted: Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:05 pm
The most famous hunting terrier is the Airedale it originated in England Among the mine-pits of the Aire, the various groups of miners each sought to develop a dog which could outfight and outhunt and outthink the other miner’s dogs. Tests of the first-named virtues were made in inter-mine dog fights. Bit by bit, thus, an active, strong, heroic, compactly graceful and clever dog was evolved – the earliest true form of the Airedale.
He is swift, formidable, graceful, big of brain, an ideal chum and guard. ….To his master he is an adoring pal. To marauders he is a destructive lightning bolt.”
Terrier is unforgiving of any harsh treatment and will hold a grudge against the aggressor. It is said that the Airedale doesn’t start fights — he finishes them. The tail is carried up and adult Airedales should be self-confident, unafraid of people or other dogs.
Their reputation combined with their personable temperament produced a meteoric rise in popularity, and by the early 1920’s, the Airedale was the most popular breed of dog in America. As a consequence, breeders more interested in money than in preservation of proper breed characteristics and standards flooded the continent with dogs of diminishing quality, widely varying sizes and notably inferior temperaments
In colonial times a medium sized dog like this was critical to protecting the American coon hounds from dangerous apex predators. Houndsmen would use these dogs to push big game into a tree. This was critical because of the amount of time it takes to raise and train a dog, one aggressive bear that has forgotten he is not at the top of the food chain could set you back years.
When early colonial settlers first started coming west there was to many people to coexist with wolves with out human wolf conflicts. Wolves along with elk in Colorado and bison was hunted to extinction. After the wolves was gone, bears and mountain lions was not being chased up in trees anymore by there natural predator, the wolf. this made the terriers job of agitation very important because hounds are very slow and uncoordinated . The idea is not to kill the large game but rather to agitate by circling until it climbs into a tree. Treeing dangerous apex predators is critical to avoid any killed hounds. At this point the hunter is able to decide if that bear or cat is legal to harvest. It is also interesting to note that a hunting terrier can out move an aggressive bear from every angle.
Another hunting terrier qualified to hunt large and small game is the German Jadgterrier, It is a 20lbs dog that originated in Germany. The German Hunting Terrier Club (Deutscher Jagdterrier-Club) was founded in 1926, and the dog was warmly embraced in part because it.
The Jadgterrier did not become popular in the U.S. until about 1950 for several reasons, not the least of which was that in the U.S. very few people hunt fox to ground. In recent years, with the rise of interest in terrier work in the U.S., new lines of Jagdterriers have been imported to the U.S., but most are used for above-ground use due to their size. For a Jadgterrier to do well working underground in the U.S., it has to be at the absolutely smallest end of the breed standard or even undersized.
Today there are many hunters across the USA adopting this courageous, intelligent breed as a hunt companion because of its versatility in various hunt disciplines and aim to please attitude.
Quote from Ben lilly. "Here lies Crook, a bear and lion dog that helped kill 210 bear and 426 lion since 1914 (n.n. 11 years period), owned by B. V. Lilly …" The Airedale breed was critical to Bens success.
He is swift, formidable, graceful, big of brain, an ideal chum and guard. ….To his master he is an adoring pal. To marauders he is a destructive lightning bolt.”
Terrier is unforgiving of any harsh treatment and will hold a grudge against the aggressor. It is said that the Airedale doesn’t start fights — he finishes them. The tail is carried up and adult Airedales should be self-confident, unafraid of people or other dogs.
Their reputation combined with their personable temperament produced a meteoric rise in popularity, and by the early 1920’s, the Airedale was the most popular breed of dog in America. As a consequence, breeders more interested in money than in preservation of proper breed characteristics and standards flooded the continent with dogs of diminishing quality, widely varying sizes and notably inferior temperaments
In colonial times a medium sized dog like this was critical to protecting the American coon hounds from dangerous apex predators. Houndsmen would use these dogs to push big game into a tree. This was critical because of the amount of time it takes to raise and train a dog, one aggressive bear that has forgotten he is not at the top of the food chain could set you back years.
When early colonial settlers first started coming west there was to many people to coexist with wolves with out human wolf conflicts. Wolves along with elk in Colorado and bison was hunted to extinction. After the wolves was gone, bears and mountain lions was not being chased up in trees anymore by there natural predator, the wolf. this made the terriers job of agitation very important because hounds are very slow and uncoordinated . The idea is not to kill the large game but rather to agitate by circling until it climbs into a tree. Treeing dangerous apex predators is critical to avoid any killed hounds. At this point the hunter is able to decide if that bear or cat is legal to harvest. It is also interesting to note that a hunting terrier can out move an aggressive bear from every angle.
Another hunting terrier qualified to hunt large and small game is the German Jadgterrier, It is a 20lbs dog that originated in Germany. The German Hunting Terrier Club (Deutscher Jagdterrier-Club) was founded in 1926, and the dog was warmly embraced in part because it.
The Jadgterrier did not become popular in the U.S. until about 1950 for several reasons, not the least of which was that in the U.S. very few people hunt fox to ground. In recent years, with the rise of interest in terrier work in the U.S., new lines of Jagdterriers have been imported to the U.S., but most are used for above-ground use due to their size. For a Jadgterrier to do well working underground in the U.S., it has to be at the absolutely smallest end of the breed standard or even undersized.
Today there are many hunters across the USA adopting this courageous, intelligent breed as a hunt companion because of its versatility in various hunt disciplines and aim to please attitude.
Quote from Ben lilly. "Here lies Crook, a bear and lion dog that helped kill 210 bear and 426 lion since 1914 (n.n. 11 years period), owned by B. V. Lilly …" The Airedale breed was critical to Bens success.
