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  • 30-01-2010 7:14pm
    #1
    whippetman
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    I have a bedlington/whippet bitch she is 14 months old and she is very soft mouthed on the lamp or even in the day bushing wit my terriers but she is very rough wit netted rabbits when ferreting and leaves the nets in a terrible state not to mention the rabbits i never had this wit other dogs and am wondering has anyone else and also some advise on how to stop it. SOUND LADS


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  • #2
    DL-Ferreter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭DL-Ferreter


    whippetman wrote: »
    I have a bedlington/whippet bitch she is 14 months old and she is very soft mouthed on the lamp or even in the day bushing wit my terriers but she is very rough wit netted rabbits when ferreting and leaves the nets in a terrible state not to mention the rabbits i never had this wit other dogs and am wondering has anyone else and also some advise on how to stop it. SOUND LADS

    :eek: I have always thought I was the only person with this problem....I have a collie lurcher who will retrieve live to hand, day or night & when working a long net at night wont even look at the rabbits....A daytime long net is no problem either, she holds them lightly, But purse net rabbits....dead, crunched and munched!

    I believe that it is the sight of the rabbit fleeing the hole, the way the net kind of jumps up and across the ground, causes excitement in the dog that thinks the rabbit is getting away and this excitement is transferred to the mouth! It is quite an unusual thing, and I have found no cure in 4 years, so if you do, please let me know!

    People will tell you all sorts of dung about wrapping barb wire with a rabbit skin and get them to retrieve it, but you will only mess up the dog in my opinion...


  • #3
    whippetman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8 ✭whippetman


    no bother man thanks


  • #4
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    DL-Ferreter wrote: »
    People will tell you all sorts of dung about wrapping barb wire with a rabbit skin and get them to retrieve it, but you will only mess up the dog in my opinion...
    That sounds horrible. I'd rather have a messed up net than a dog with a grated mouth.
    I have the same problem lads. Dog latches on and net is destroyed.
    If anyone on the board has a solution it's very welcomed (other than the barbed wire thing)


  • #5
    Ferreter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭Ferreter


    I know a lad who used a shock collar, and it worked, but my mate done the same and really messed the dog up, now he wont even touch them at all let alone hold them in the net


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