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thats a fine animal fat ferret ..was that bag caught on the lamp???fine big bag, looks like she is doing you proud ...what height is she mate??? Shes 18" tts, The rabbits werent lamped unfortunately, that was her 2nd day ferreting. lord she looks a lot bigger than my fella even though my lad is 17"tts...nice bitch al the same
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heres my lad....irish terrier x whippet i should get some more recent pics up..il get some up some time soon!!
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dont have any recent ones at the moment mate il get some up some time soon..thank mate he is a nice little fella alright
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I know a guy (dead now) Who used an Italian Greyhound to catch rabbits. This wee dog would jump a double barbed wire fence!!! Couldn't stand the rain in winter but for sheer determination and guts, got my vote. Size doesn't matter for rabbits mate, you'll catch rabbits with a terrior. Look how fast a rabbit runs with its little legs well il just try my best to enter him properly and give him a fair chance and with a bit of luck he will do fine
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dose he do it in the kennel??...if so we had racing greyhounds that used to do it alot so we used to put some padding on the end of there tail and tape it on while in the kennel and take it off while out..so if you could make up a bit of padding that could be easily put on when he in the kennel and easily taken off when he coming out...not sure what we used to use it was a while ago...they usualy grow out of it though it only used to happen with excited pups.. is your dog a pup??
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nice dog tyla ...dose he bush tyla???..do he ever yap tyla due to the terrier in him??? He bushes, ferrets and lamps well enough for me and hes never opened up on quarry. He is, however, very vocal when hes excited or anxious. Its usually in the van on the way to hunting or when hes bored, it can be annoying but there are worse faults its good to hear that he is doing you proud tyla ...hes a tidy little dog!!!
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nice dog tyla ...dose he bush tyla???..do he ever yap tyla due to the terrier in him???
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she really is a lovely dog..mine will be mainly used for ferreting and lamping and general mooching around....will keep you updated when he starts to work as he is only 5 months yet... cant wait until he is ready to work!! atb craig
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my pup is very simular breeding to yours swamper...mine is a whippet x irish terrier which is simular to the airedale...how is he on rabbits??..is he good at ferreting and lamping??..dose he bush??..any info you could give would be great mate
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that dog is a credit to you stroller...he is in some condition, the shine off his coat tells you he is well looked after..well done mate
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very nice dog MAGWITCH credit to you mate
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cracking looking dogs mate ...where abouts in ireland are you from???
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We all have different ways of starting them off mate, I'm not a big lover of running them with other dogs until they have learnt to hunt scents for themselves, I think some dogs become lazy and can let the more experienced dogs do the graft. I like to take them ferreting when mature mentally and physically to cope, once they are marking, holding rabbits in the net and chasing bolters and of course retrieving, some dogs are jealous retrievers so another reason to start alone, take them some where there are rabbits sitting out, let them hunt them up, even going into cover, the earlier experi
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thats a fine animal fat ferret ..was that bag caught on the lamp???fine big bag, looks like she is doing you proud ...what height is she mate???
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nice dogs magwitch!!! what height is the black one???..good on the lamp and ferreting???
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thanks for the replie wild rover ...mate i wont be looking for big bags, if i got 40 bunnys on the lamp a season id be happy!!(rabbits are very thin on the ground around here)...hopefully mine will make 20", he wont be built like yours tho!!...very nice dog you have there ....i like the bit of ferreting alright and hopefuly he will do well at that...do they just start to bush them selfs or do they need to be brought out with other dogs all ready doing it??? atb craig
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any of you guys had small dogs that made the grade for hunting rabbit???..by small i mean around the 20" mark or even smaller, any one had a lurcher around 18" that made good rabbiting dogs???...the reason i am asking is that my dog is going to be quite small and i am just wondering what small dogs are like on rabbits???..my dog is 5 months and around 17" so you think he will make a decent rabbiting dog if entered properly??? let me know if you had a small lurcher...how small?..wat was the breed? what do you think of small lurchers around 20"? thanks for reading and hopefully you c
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ha good one mate!!!!!!!!
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some very fine pics mate.....what county do it be in?
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what you want him for mate??? pet or worker??? if so what work???nice pup!!!!!
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fine little bitch mate...nice little stocky bitch ....i have a whippet cross aswell the very same colour except mine has a white face...only a pup yet but hope he gets as big as yours!!!!!!!!!..what cross is yours???..how is she on the lamp??..ferreting????..credit to you mate atb craig
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would like to see a pic of your pup what height were the parents???....not sure about exercise hopefully somebody on here will know... Here's some recent ones from a few days back mate. His dad was 22" TTS, not certain on the mum but I think she was around 18" TTS. A few mates that have seen him reckon that he'll be a tall lad but I have no idea how he'll turn out. lovely looking dog mate hope he comes good for you
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thanks for all the good replies lads..very helpful
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were they on done deal craig yes mate..you get one??
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heres 1 at about 3 months
