Scratchline
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I disagree 100% with your reasoning, a pair of equally matched fighting dogs will fight for several hours inflicting serious pain and injury to each other before 1 or both die or are eventually lifted/parted, a badger baiting session could go on for hours wih the poor creature being tortured by god knows how many dogs, a fox caught by hounds is killed in seconds.I stated very clearly 1 on 1 so dont confuse the situation for your own ends with 'god knows how many dogs'. You view of dog fighting is more more sensible than many I have come across but remember at the point either dog turns its head or shoulders away from its opponent the fight is broken and that dog can pull out. The point I would like to make VERY clearly is both fighters want to partake, the fox doesnt. Badger baiting of course is very different but my statement only gives my view on the cruelty aspect.
You say in your other posts that shooting an animal is quicker therefore less cruel than hunting, in this thread you are saying that animals fighting for hours with no means of escape is less cruel than a fox being killed in a few seconds, so by your reasoning a 10 hour dig to a fox with a terrier [both being about the same size] would be one of the least cruel methods of fox control, as a terrierman I would like to thank you for your unintentional support...............Carreg
As a terrierman do not expect my support but I do not dislike you and what you do in any similar way to huntsmen who hunt with hounds. Ive bred pit bulls and now have a patterdale x lakeland and none of my dogs have ever or will ever have battle scars. Game as you like, take on anything and the pits would have won but I simply would never allow my dogs any fighting contact because I cannot bare the cruelty.
Whatever you do dont call me for that stance please CARREG.