Rabbits And Badgers (1923)

Item title reads - Rabbits and Badgers - Blue Terrier Trials at Crumlin, Ireland.
Various shots of men releasing rabbits in a field, the dog follows the scent and runs off. Various shots of the dog chasing it. C/U of one dog panting. M/S of lots of dogs together snapping at each other, the camera pans across them. A badger is lifted out of a box and held by the tail and neck, it is put down a man-made tunnel. A man lets a dog go down after it, the dog is then dragged out by its tail holding onto the badger. The men lift the lid on the tunnel and pull them out but the dog will not let go.
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[@chrispretty7398]

WOW!!! some real working dogs and dog men there .

[@clairedouglas5450]

I found it quite interesting the dog following the rabbits scent.

[@rudybridge]

OMG! 1923.. the year I was born.... so hungry now!

[@joeblagden1814]

Looks like an old style kerry blue terrier... from what I've read, they were hard game little dogs 🐕

[@theflyingpicket1967]

Up until 1967 in Ireland they had to draw a badger like this to become a champion in the show ring. It was called the teastas mór. When I was growing up if you seen one of these dogs in the garden of a house you didn't enter. They had a reputation for being excellent if small guard dogs. My grand aunt had one that wouldn't let anybody on the property.

[@JACKTHEDRAGONOKEEFFE]

Kerry Blues and Wheatens.

[@시라소니시라소니]

Does this dog still exist?

[@stevenwest7447]

Yes

[@neilburlingham8892]

Yes mate they do very good for a lurcher cross also

[@zanecarpenter6956]

@@neilburlingham8892 I never even considered that cross to be a thing but damn does it sound like it would produce sum nice working pups

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

No, they're much larger and wouldn't be able to go to ground and are just a show dog.

[@JACKTHEDRAGONOKEEFFE]

Yeah. I have one, mixed with English Bull.

[@JACKTHEDRAGONOKEEFFE]

That last dog was a Wheaten terrier. I have one mixed with English bull terrier. Tough little fuckers.

[@davidkelly6386]

💯

[@frankquinn2973]

Have we not moved beyond this!

[@alanm5939]

Disgusting display of barbarism.

[@JL-gf3yc]

🤣🤣