new terrier pup

round tower huntsman

hopefully this lad will getting to work in the new yr after auld reynard!

Dusty87

Nice little pup ya got there;)

landkeeper

nice labrador

round tower huntsman

cheers. he's one of the better looking terriers have had over the yrs. but as long as they work,they look good!

tfox

landkeeper wrote: »

nice labrador

:D:D:D

Eddie B

nice pup that! Here's one of my new recruits!!

Eddie B

Another little bitch for next year!

Dusty87

Eddie that looks the same as a terrier i had. Lovely dog

funnyman

Is it hard to train a terrier (jack russell) to be a gun dog?
Would they go for a long day?
What about retriving?
Do they have a good nose?

round tower huntsman

i wont be using him as a gundog, he's for bolting and digging foxes. but they'd make decent gundogs for flushing all types of game especially rabbits.
but they'd be quite hard mouthed. they'd hunt all day long.

nice terriers eddie.

jap gt

is there much work training a dog for ratting

the_syco

jap gt wrote: »

is there much work training a dog for ratting

What sort of dog? Would some dogs take to it better?

landkeeper

jap gt wrote: »

is there much work training a dog for ratting

no its either in them or its not
i used to have a black fell that was as game as anything i've ever seen underground , he got bitten on the lip one day by a big rat and he never looked at another in his life
mink no problem rats no way it was hilarious to watch he'd literally look the other way if one appeared as if to say it's not there

jap gt

i have a jacker at home she has caught on e or two alright, might give her a go, do ye just run them through ditches after rats

round tower huntsman

jap gt wrote: »

is there much work training a dog for ratting

just take the terrier to where there's rats,he'll do the rest. its better if there's an experienced terrier there to learn off but its not essential.
once a terrier's bout 6 or 7 mths old he should be ready to start after rats.
my lads just that age now once the barley's cut i'll be out every evening looking for rats.
best education for a terrier that'll be used for vermin work is rats rats and more rats.

round tower huntsman

landkeeper wrote: »

no its either in them or its not
i used to have a black fell that was as game as anything i've ever seen underground , he got bitten on the lip one day by a big rat and he never looked at another in his life
mink no problem rats no way it was hilarious to watch he'd literally look the other way if one appeared as if to say it's not there

rats have a nasty bite, thats why they're a great educater for young dogs, teaches em respect for vermin.
a terrier brought ratting too young will easily be soured by a rat.

jap gt

i have a jacker an an airedale at home both are 4 years are they too old to start, whats a good breed for it

round tower huntsman

i can garuantee they'll take to ratting like ducks to water,both of em.

jap gt

hopefully, i looked into it before and the airedale is meant to be very good at it

round tower huntsman

good to see breeds like the airdale doing what they're bred for, hunting vermin. not many working over here afaik.
i've never seen an airdale in the field. i know they're still used on the continent and the states for hunting large game like boar and wild cats etc..

jap gt

bred for badger bating afaik, some jaws on her, lovely dog

round tower huntsman

i thought they were bred more for hunting otters along the river airdale,hence the name. anyway just stick to rats and you'll be fine!

Eddie B

jap gt wrote: »

i have a jacker at home she has caught on e or two alright, might give her a go, do ye just run them through ditches after rats

A friend of a friend asked me to clear a rat problem!
There's rats under his shed, loads of rat burrows under a semi knocked wall beside the shed and a hey shed belong to a neighbour, which is walking with rats, a couple of hundred yards from the wall!

Thing is im trying to put him off for a few months till the pups are ready to start ratting, but he's running out of patience and is more than likely to get someone else in to clear them!

Im also in the process of making a smoker at the moment to shift the rats from their burrows!
I'll stick up some photo's of the finished product, whenever i get off my backside and put it together!

landkeeper

get an old chainsaw and fit an extension to the exhaust outlet run a flexible pipe to that run it on an oily premix and off you go it's great fun if a bit smelly

kildare.17hmr

Sorry for hijackin the thread RTH, few lads in ere seem to know what there at training dogs could any1 give me some advice? have started another thread!!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055977189

round tower huntsman

landkeeper wrote: »

get an old chainsaw and fit an extension to the exhaust outlet run a flexible pipe to that run it on an oily premix and off you go it's great fun if a bit smelly

smokers a good for ratting in itself but if your using rats to educate a fox dog in the making i prefer to let them use their noses and dig out the rats themselves.
but for ratting as a pest control the smokers work a treat.

Eddie B

landkeeper wrote: »

get an old chainsaw and fit an extension to the exhaust outlet run a flexible pipe to that run it on an oily premix and off you go it's great fun if a bit smelly

Ye have the chainsaw, just have to get the other few bits and put it together! A strimmer is meant to be even better, smaller and lighter, when the unwanted parts are removed!
A smoker is issential in this place! burrows are under a small shed and a boundery wall!

landkeeper

chainsaw is better most strimmers etc dont have handles