tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post110967947782564151..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Danish Earthdog SetupPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-45986982953904001542009-05-21T15:23:22.404-04:002009-05-21T15:23:22.404-04:00Earth dog setups are very useful for starting a do...Earth dog setups are very useful for starting a dog off -- the best way in my opinion. <br /><br />To start, let me say the single best investment you can make is to buy my book, which details earth dog tunnel construction and training tips (along with history, field vet care, and PRACTICAL information on digging on the dogs for fox, raccoon, groundhog, possum. See >> http://www.lulu.com/pburns<br /><br />For a web section on tunnel building and training, see >> http://www.terrierman.com/tunneltips.htm and any of the posts on this blog about the same. <br /><br />PatrickPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-58788152512476155802009-05-21T14:24:55.017-04:002009-05-21T14:24:55.017-04:00Patrick:
Followed your blog and site for a while ...Patrick:<br /><br />Followed your blog and site for a while now; good stuff! Just into the terriers and hunting and having difficulty establishing started dogs with my choice of terrier; patterdales. so, I have a young yearling and unless I can get my hands on a started dog, I'm probably going to be left bringing along young ones. question, do these artificial dens have any value to training young dogs? if so, how would YOU construct one. I have plenty of land for such a den. i've been hunting, know its not the real thing, but wonder if it would be a decent training tool to start dogs if constructed properly and with tighter dimensions. thanks!thebodyguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549309379690625744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-79232521906226637612009-05-21T08:39:21.481-04:002009-05-21T08:39:21.481-04:00It has nothing to do with real terrier work.
1. ...It has nothing to do with real terrier work.<br /><br />1. Neither the person nor the dog has to find quarry.<br /><br />2. These artificial earth are very big compared to real earths -- a 9" square tube is 81 square inches inside, as compared to about 35 square inches for a 6" pipe. In addition, a smooth-sided pipe with straight runs is quite a bit easier to get down than one with roots, rocks, clods of dirt, and sharp turns ever few feet.<br /><br />3. There is no digging in an artificial earth -- no sweat at all. Also no briars, no aching back, no need for gloves or water or a machete, or ....<br /><br />4. There are no skunk in artificial earths, as well as no ripped muzzles from actual contact with quarry. The dog cannot get hurt or caught up underground; there is no risk to dog or human at all.<br /><br />5. There is no locating the dog; in fact tools and equipment and knowledge of any kind is not needed. This is a "wait-your-turn" and "get-out-of-the-chair" and "collect-your-ribbon" kind of thing. <br /><br />I am not trying to be critical; only descriptive. I have run dogs at earthdog trials, manned trials, and I know what real hunting with terriers is like on both a good day and a very bad one, and they have very little in common. Both require a dog, but that's about it, as they do not even require the same dog. <br /><br />PatrickPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-79091985600829974212009-05-21T06:22:00.818-04:002009-05-21T06:22:00.818-04:00Is earthdog stuff compatible with real-world diggi...Is earthdog stuff compatible with real-world digging, or are the two mutually exclusive? It looks so contrived and cutesy on the Animal Planet 'trials', but like you said, some people can't go hunting for a few reasons.Viateciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523551407472141202noreply@blogger.com