Bobtheferret
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Everything posted by Bobtheferret
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Agreed. I’ve found it excellent
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Had a few short trips with my dog and new pup. Been steady so far numbers seem about the same as last year so far. Pup has done fine for 9 months old. Like you lots of cover still which makes life harder but few hedges been cut which is nice.
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That’s it about the tolerance, last season on the best bit of permission I have every rabbit more or less had mixi scars. They had all had it and recovered, years ago that place would have been basically wiped out. That’s part of the change. I used to go out with 3/4 of us every weekend and getting 20 plus was literally a bare minimum and 50 plus a very good day but not unusual and now I mainly go on my own for a few hours with no nets and the dog and if we catch 6 I’ve had a great day. Very different days but both enjoyable, I’ve even got an agreement with a keeper and a couple of farme
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I hope you didn’t drink the “milk”
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An experienced ferret is such an asset, just go down do the job and no drama. Only issue I find with my hobs is they can get a little to efficient with experience! I had a hob I basically had to stop taking as he killed what felt like every rabbit he came across and in such short order I barely had to time to locate the kill. Not what’s needed.
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I appreciate the frustration but you need to be patient, 3 years is absolutely nothing. It will take approximately 10-15 years minimum at a guess. I spent a lot of time researching about RVHD in Australia and New Zealand and it seemed to take around that to build an immunity and then rabbits do what they best! Same with mixi, I bet every ferret man in country gave up on rabbits after mixi and 20 years later (although mixi was still a blight on the poor coney) numbers where at good levels again. This is a long game for the rabbit man (or women) but for the money you’ll get now you’ll kick yours
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At least he is posting something hunting related unlike most on this site. Good to see someone actually getting out and doing something don’t knock it!
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Nice video mate, lovely ground also nice warrens and plenty of rabbits. Brindle dog looks very useful? How is it bred? Black dog just a pup?
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Classic one sided bbc rubbish. Kill all the stripeys. Hedgehog killing b*****ds
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I have had issues breeding silvers in general. Twice now I have breed and silver to a polecat and had crippled youngsters. Same thing twice they seemed fine when they were very little and as they started walking around properly there back legs just kind of gave up, definitely something in the silver gene that isn’t quite right.
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Where can you watch this? Is on a streaming platform? Loves a good western I do.
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No he is grey/whippet/collie. Lovely little thing not nice to see him with a face full of stitches
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Thanks for all the reply’s gents it is much appreciated and more or less has just confirmed what I guessed. The balls off was as much as anything to appease the wife but don’t think I’ll bother now. A little bit of extra info the older dog has got a fresh cut (scabbed today) on his ear and his sensitive about his ears so I wonder if pup nipped with sharp little teeth and he overreacted?? Getting him checked at the vet tomorrow just to make sure everything is ok also.
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I hope so. They had just been so good together until yesterday and have been fine today, I would have thrashed him yesterday but had my little girl literally in my arms in tears and didn’t want to scare her or he would have got a proper thump.
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I don’t think so but I did wonder exactly the same thing, he seems fine it’s healed up fairly well. Apparently pup had been being very full on all day and I think he had probably had enough of him so possibly just putting him in his place and got carried away. God knows tbh. Have booked him into the vets tomorrow to have a good check over and make sure he isn’t in pain
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I did say something similar to the wife about getting him done, not sure it will make any odds at this age but I just want to try something tbh. No food around they weren’t even play fighting or anything at the time he just went at him. They have been fine since but just on edge waiting for another incident
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I got a puppy in April and all was going well with my older dog (entire 7 year old whippet), they were literally best of pals played all day long and slept together but yesterday completely out of nowhere the older dog just got hold of the puppy and thrashed him leaving a nasty gash that needed stitches under his chin. The older one is quite a lump for a whippet (22” and very well built) and does have form unfortunately but never with dogs he has been introduced to let alone one of my dogs. Thinking we will have to get him done now and see if that helps but mrs is in bits and feels right on ed
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There are a few genuine working beddy’s out there I’ve seen mainly being used for ratting rather than ground work but there are a few left but not loads. Beddy whippets are nice dogs if you can get a well breed one, I had one and he was a lovely little dog.
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Hello all, I have a litter of silver and polecat ferrets available in sussex if anyone is looking. From first class working lines, be ready in another week or so. Eating me out of house and home so need to find them new homes asap!
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Surprising really that pointer blooded lurchers aren’t more popular, they are already quite athletic and obviously have phenomenal sense of smell and very biddable in the right hands. Can’t say I have ever seen one. Due to the size of them probably have fairly low wasteage in a litter also.
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Deer are overrunning the countryside round my way, total pain in the arse. Bloody dogs are obsessed and just about ever walk ends up with some kind of “incident” and being fairly small dogs they get a bit of a battering. Old lurcher is 11.5 and got various issues but keeps pulling the fuckers down then can’t walk after. That may sound fun but I normally walk the dogs with my toddler on public footpaths and it’s not ideal!
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I have a litter about to drop, i am in sussex about a 2 hour drive from Colchester if you fancy a road trip?
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Is that prince Andrew? lol. Wouldn’t put it past him
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I am getting genuinely down about it, it’s just never f***ing ending. Every time we have a small spell of less rain (not even no rain) it starts with a vengeance again everything ends up piss wet through. Just had enough of it now. Apparently it’s the wettest winter for 150 years…I don’t doubt it.
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I am looking to get a pup this spring (pick up any time after late April as on holiday mid April and not fair on pup or family looking after the older dogs). I am purely interested in rabbits and wouldn’t want anything to big but ideally from working stock of course. Nothing against those that love them but nothing with any bull in it or saluki. They just don’t suit what I like and want in a dog. In a perfect world probably a collie/greyhound that’s been put over a whippet or beddy/grey over a whippet. A smaller/medium size lurcher basically. If anyone knows any coming up would appreciate it.
