A Short Guide to Movement

One of the unending discussions among the show dog set is about "movement."

Movement you say? All right, let's talk movement.

The most important movement is .... wait for it .... an owner that will MOVE off the couch and MOVE out of the car and MOVE into a hedgerow, and MOVE a lot of dirt while digging down to a dog that is in full voice and at full throttle.

THAT's the only important part of "movement" that matters.

After you have done that a few dozen times you will know a lot more about movement, and you will know a lot more about what to look for when you are judging a terrier or looking to buy one.

Bottom line: You can never know very much about working terriers if you do not dig to your dogs.

The show ring has never created a working terrier breed, it has only destroyed them.

If you are not interested in working your terrier, and are only interested in showing dogs, breeding dogs, selling dogs and training dogs, I suggest a breed of terrier that cannot be harmed by those endeavors alone -- a Fox Terrier, a Welsh Terrier or a Cairn Terrier, for example.

Please leave the Jack Russell Terrier and the Border Terrier alone.

And, for God's sake, if you have never dug a hole in your life, stop talking about the kind of "movement" needed in a working terrier, because you are simply prattling on in stultifying ignorance.
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