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tophet1
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'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? )
      #139798 - 30/07/09 08:42 PM

Well here he is. After 10 years without a Jack Russell we have finally found a replacement. 'Bruno' at 3 weeks.



Our last JRT 'Rusty' was a stray we adopted at approx 6 mths of age. In fact, he found us by wandering up our driveway after being dumped at the end of our lane. He was the ultimate 'Tank' dog. Built like a Sherman Tank and fearless beyond belief. He would tree Goannas, throttle foxes and bring their carcass to the back door for approval, warn us of any approaching cars and strangers with a different bark that meant something different for every occasion. Having been flogged early in life he would not let a male near him but would suffer a female placeing him on her lap.

We lost Rusty while I was taking my 4yo son for a walk in the back paddock. Rusty let out a distinctive yelp and tore past me into the long grass just 1 metre from my son. I stepped forward just in time to see a Red Belly Black strike Rusty full in the chest. I grabbed my son and ran for the house and the .22lr.. Upon my return I found Rusty listless on his side with the 1.5 metre snake mauled from tail to neck and dead as a magot.

We rang the vet but he gave no guarantees and suggested we try to leave him to get over it. We fed him water all that day and night to try and flush the kidneys dealing with the poison but had to leave him the next morning to go to town. He died once we left him alone and I wish I'd had the guts to shoot him.

We haven't been able to get another JRT until we heard of this fellow and his 5 sisters. I couldn't leave him with 5 sisters. Mum has a bit of wire haired foxxy but Dad looks like Rusty: full chested and bull necked.

Bruno will have his place on the hunting truck and we will train him as Blood trail dog and carcass finder.

Warialda has two types of dogs, pig dogs and poofta lap dogs like female Maltese x Chihuahuas. Hopefully he will survive the pig dogs and have his wicked way with the toy dogs

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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: tophet1]
      #139801 - 30/07/09 09:47 PM

As a contrarian I prefer the RBBS (Pseudechis porphryacis) they keep the brown snakes away and are real pussycats.

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tophet1
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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: kamilaroi]
      #139811 - 31/07/09 07:26 AM

Mmmm Kamilaroi, I'm not sure if you are refering to the Brown Snake there (known to eat Black snakes) or the common 'waddy stick', for wailing the living daylights out of the odd stray snake.

Either way I can see you have had a classic education.

I beleive the Easter Brown Snake is refered to as Pseudonaja textilis.

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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: tophet1]
      #139813 - 31/07/09 09:27 AM

Mate,

Red belly black snakes (Pseudechis p.) are cannibals and eat Pseudonaja textilis. (common brown/ eastern browns)and others. Of course western browns are another matter!

For a laugh I once cleared out the pub at St Albans on the Hawkesbury with a live 6 foot eastern brown.

RBBS are real pussycats and often strike with mouth closed as a warning. (more bluff than bite)

BTW how's the fallow herd going your parts. (was talking to a dogger at NPWS Glen Innes office last May).

Rick

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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: tophet1]
      #139847 - 01/08/09 05:24 AM

Good luck on your new pup. He should be a little terror.

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tophet1
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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: NitroX]
      #139853 - 01/08/09 09:05 AM

Thx NitroX. I hope so ......

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Re: 'Hello' Bruno ( Or should that be Brno ? ) [Re: tophet1]
      #140532 - 13/08/09 09:03 PM

Nice looking pup Tophet. Great wee beasts the working terriers and contary to what some will tell
you can be trained for just about any hunting task, I use mine in my pest control work,ferreting working the longnets, following up,flushing fox, pigs etc heck the little savages even make a rough and ready (actually usually a bit to rough....) bird dogs.Great fun the terriers. Good luck to you and Bruno.

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