foxwarren

What moral high ground you do take ! Judging by the tone of your post you imply that Im some kind of crazed hunter wanting his dogs to kill things. I suggest you re read the original post and youll see what im trying to do is find out about terrier behaviour. Im not the first person to own a terrier that likes to go down holes if you exercise your dogs well its odds on it will find a hole to go down. The are thousands of owners of what you call "untrained" terriers out there blissfully unaware of the carnage they are creating in our countryside. So I suggest you offer up information on this

Thats exactly what my dog does but the bitch as she is much smaller she goes down. To retun to the original point of this topic, what do people think about terriers whilst out walking, come back back covered in blood from presumably rabbits. Dont want to bang on about it, just like to get opinions from people who know there subject . They are family pets that I would like to start ratting with once Ive been shown the ropes.

Now why would you stop a dog doing what it was bred for? It shouldnt be allowed to try get to ground on a rabbit but that statement is complete bollocks not quite sure what you mean the shouldnt be allowed........ bit . cheers for the reply

So what is the deal with terriers and rabbits? Im getting mixed messages from reading this forum. I have two russels and I like to let them go when exercising them. The best place near me is a massive burrows network where they run nuts and have a great time tire themselves out and love it. There obviously down rabbit holes doing presumably what they like doing.(Killing rabbits?) Sometimes I have to wait a while ( sometimes an hour ) for the small bitch as she is tiny and must go down deep. she makes a lot of noise down there The dog is much bigger and while he sniffs around for ages he alw

Thanks Guys I will take Leveller up on his kind offer. Not sure what to expect but Im game for laugh.

Ok so whats the joke then smartass?

what line of terriers are they becuase i wouldnt mind one that kills rabbits to ground They are both Foxwarren russells

Whats that mean?

Hi I am new to this forum and am looking for advice and know how on how to start my terriers ratting. They are both from a long line of working dogs. I have seen one of them, the dog who is a 12 to 15 inch broken coated russell dispatch a rat very effectively. the other a bitch who is very small loves rabbit holes and although ive never seen it they are killing rabbits between them when they go to ground. I asked the breeder what all the blood was about on the dogs and as an expert life long terrier man assured me they were killing rabbits. I would like to see the dogs working and ratting and

Hi I am new to this forum and am looking for advice and know how on how to start my terriers ratting. They are both from a long line of working dogs. I have seen one of them, the dog who is a 12 to 15 inch broken coated russell dispatch a rat very effectively. the other a bitch who is very small loves rabbit holes and although ive never seen it they are killing rabbits between them when they go to ground. I asked the breeder what all the blood was about on the dogs and as an expert life long terrier man assured me they were killing rabbits. I would like to see the dogs working and ratting