Teckels - Country Life

[Keith Edmunds]

A nice front cover and article on teckels in this week's Country Life magazine. Some interesting points, I agree with the writer in that the addition of some 'show' blood can take the edge off what he describes as the 'insane prey drive' of the working-bred teckel - although it must be remembered that they do vary a lot from line to line and individuals within litters. The comment that they make good picking-up dogs always makes me grin - yes they can be excellent little retrievers but........if I wanted a retriever...I would buy a retriever. Top marks to Ginger Fox Gundog's 'Jonathan' (Potter Du Roy Busard) who looks fab on the front cover - he is a really nice example of the breed.

 

[sika]

these are my friends dogs they have too teckels and great working labs sophie and anthony know there stuff about working dogs !!

 

[Keith Edmunds]

these are my friends dogs they have too teckels and great working labs sophie and anthony know there stuff about working dogs !!

I don't know anything about their other teckels but have always had my eye on 'Jonathan' to sire a future litter. Among others, we have two bitches that share some blood with Jonathan's dam line and it would be a great combination.

 

[sika]

I don't know anything about their other teckels but have always had my eye on 'Jonathan' to sire a future litter. Among others, we have two bitches that share some blood with Jonathan's dam line and it would be a great combination.

the one in the pic with johnathan is his son frank (he is george sophie and anthonys son dog)

 

[sika]

these are my friends dogs they have too teckels and great working labs sophie and anthony know there stuff about working dogs !!

it should of read
they have a few teckels *

 

[Cranhill]

A nice front cover and article on teckels in this week's Country Life magazine. Some interesting points, I agree with the writer in that the addition of some 'show' blood can take the edge off what he describes as the 'insane prey drive' of the working-bred teckel - although it must be remembered that they do vary a lot from line to line and individuals within litters. The comment that they make good picking-up dogs always makes me grin - yes they can be excellent little retrievers but........if I wanted a retriever...I would buy a retriever. Top marks to Ginger Fox Gundog's 'Jonathan' (Potter Du Roy Busard) who looks fab on the front cover - he is a really nice example of the breed.

And they Reds!

 

[Marrajack1]

One of best mates has a litter on out of Jonathan to a well bred bitch they look really well

 

[scotch_egg]

I have never seen red teckels. They look grand.

 

[Keith Edmunds]

I have never seen red teckels. They look grand.

Indeed they do - a Scandinavian dog named ' Mount's Fokustax' that ended up with top Italian kennel 'Della val Vezzeno' made a very big impact on reds.

 

[mr. NRB]

Red Teckel bitch. Excellent worker.
My other half used Jonathon on her sister and produced some cracking pups.

 

[Keith Edmunds]

Red Teckel bitch. Excellent worker.
My other half used Jonathon on her sister and produced some cracking pups.

I think that might be chocolate.

 

[Dan Newcombe]

Always annoys me when people suggest things like introducing rubbish blood - to make the good dogs, not as good.

If you don’t want a dog with that drive don’t get a teckel, people have worked very hard to produce these things and we seem obsessed with buggering them up!

 

[WH308]

Always annoys me when people suggest things like introducing rubbish blood - to make the good dogs, not as good.

If you don’t want a dog with that drive don’t get a teckel, people have worked very hard to produce these things and we seem obsessed with buggering them up!

Define good.
Define not as good.

To me good is does what I require. My old Norfolk terriers sole job was to weight the sofa down so it didn’t float away and wag his tail when I said hello. He was ace at both. I have his nephew in training for the same role.

I have a Teckel, I don’t have requirement for a driven boar or badger dog. I need a house dog with the capacity to track a deer. For me that is good.

 

[Dan Newcombe]

Then, with all due respect you don’t need a teckel.

They are bred to be ferocious and tenacious trackers and workers. Show blood by definition has actively wrecked the breed for the use it was designed - why would you ever use it

 

[finbar]

In the horse world people want a horse to look like a

 

[finbar]

All start again in the horse world people want a horse to look like a Ferrari & drive like a fiesta if it looks like a Ferrari it will go like one
Teckel the same hope to get one in few years time
Had terriers back in the day kinda miss them

 

[finnbear270]

3 Days to Otto & Franz's 12th month.
Otto, A calm and considered outlook, but under the hood ferocious,
Franz, All or nothing thief, with an even more bellicose reaction, (usually related to being woken to go for a last outdoor leg up).

 

[Keith Edmunds]

3 Days to Otto & Franz's 12th month.
Otto, A calm and considered outlook, but under the hood ferocious,
Franz, All or nothing thief, with an even more bellicose reaction, (usually related to being woken to go for a last outdoor leg up).

They look fab after that strip.......(apart from the bits you left on the heads )

 

[pendle]

3 Days to Otto & Franz's 12th month.
Otto, A calm and considered outlook, but under the hood ferocious,
Franz, All or nothing thief, with an even more bellicose reaction, (usually related to being woken to go for a last outdoor leg up).

Looking good

 

[finnbear270]

I keep commenting to SWMBO, Franz looks like Woody woodpecker, or the character from the wrong trousers,