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Posted by Fenland Joe
on January 7, 2009, 1:08 pm, in reply to "Re: The British Alaunt"
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Cheers Ian, 
yeah Max was our first Plummer, me and dad went upto Brians to get him in 1994, he was given to us by Brian. It was the same year that the Plummer Terrier Association had started.
Max had a great character, he lived on the farm all day and in the house at night, he had a good life. He was the perfect hunting dog and family pet, all roled into one. He would be a hard hunting dog whilst on the hunt, with a singlemindedness like no other, and with people and in the house at night he was the softest dog you could imagine.
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: Hi Joe,firstly Happy New Year.I was only
: talking to your Dad the other day and he was
: telling me about his Plummer Terrier called
: Max.He sounded a cracking dog and i heard
: some good stories of his antics.I must admit
: i do like the look of the Alaunt and they
: look a very capable dog from the photo's you
: have posted...Cheers..Ian..
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: She's a great looking b###h, the same lad
: keeps a few English Bull Terriers, doesn't
: he? I'd like to find out who else keeps the
: Plummer Alaunts. Brian Plummer was a good
: friend of my dads, we've had a few dogs from
: him in the past. We stayed at his home a few
: times, up in Caithness and later when he
: moved further South. There's a photo of me a
: my sisters in the book, In Pursuit of Coney,
: when we were kids. The photo showing that
: despite Brians disastrous, but now well
: known interview with Richard Whitely,
: ferrets make delightful pets. For those who
: have never seen it, the clip is shown on
: every countdown of disastrous moments, or
: funniest moments on TV, always rated in the
: top Ten. The funniest thing about the clip
: is Brians reaction. As the ferret hangs off
: Whitelys finger, with him clearly in pain
: and shock, Brian replies, She's only playing
: with you, if she was serious she'd be down
: to the bone. Brian then goes to hand over
: the ferrets that he has in his hands over to
: Whitely, so he can free Whitelys finger from
: the ferrets gob.
: Brian was a good man, he never accepted
: anything for the dogs he gave us, he was
: always very generous, and hospitable. I
: remember, he sent me a book for my 10th
: birthday, about the history of Boxing, he
: was a good bloke.
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: Brian Plummer creator of the Plummer Terrier
: and countrysports writer, set out to create
: a large Hunting-Guard dog, a dog closely
: resembling the ancient Alaunt Gentile, a
: large game hunting, Mastiff type. A dog from
: which many breeds throughout the world are
: thought to be descended.
: Plummer used three English breeds in it's
: creation, Greyhound, Bullmastiff and Bull
: Terrier and later American Bulldog(Scott
: type). In 2003 Brian Plummer passed away,
: but a few of his associates are said to be
: continuing with it's breeding. This breeding
: is clearly in the early stages of
: development, but has an obvious amount of
: growing popularity.
: Here are some specimens to have a look at.
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: Some cracking looking dogs there Joe..the
: b###h in the third pic I'm sure belongs to a
: friend of mine Lyndon..
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