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  1. Like has been said, and similar to gun dogs, work up - adding distractions in a controlled manner. You could try taking her out on a long training lead into an area where there is sent and doing some re-inforcing training. However with most sight hounds - if it gets up in front of them and runs and its a designated quarry species . . . .stopping them is hard and fairly counter productive.
  2. I give mine a decent feed the night before. I also wake them up an hour or so before we are heading out and give them a light feed with maybe a bit of egg. . . . i expect my breakfast before a days work so they get the same. I also give them some bits of meat and glugs of ferretone throughout the day, a long with water when they seem to need it, if its dry. Although they will hunt for food, i reckon with a good ferret they hunt due to instinct and because they enjoy it. Mine seem to hunt just as hard having a feed and i've never had a ferret lie up due to eating a rabbit below ground. I think
  3. I also avoid feeding pork products mainly due to the salt content of the meat and also with intensively farmed animals the liver and kidneys can hold onto trace amounts of some pretty nasty shit - ok for us due to the size of the quantity, but not so good for the wee ones. At this time of year i feed mine a lot of pigeon breasts - nice small size, they finish it in one and it has a good fat content. They also seem to love pigeon heads.
  4. Matey, really gutted for you, its never nice to lose one of the little warriors. Keep your chin up.
  5. Ah man that's terrible to hear, i loved watching the progress of the big blue bitch and she obviously meant a lot to you. R.I.P Carra. Better to have lived a day as a lion than a lifetime as a lamb.
  6. Exactly, there are many more efficient methods of rabbit control for this time of year.
  7. Are you doing it for any purpose or just for fun? If you get the vixen - i hope you are going to track down and deal with the cubs?
  8. I take my cattie out on the estate all the time. I use a hunter cattie, loaded with .44 cal lead shot and can happily smash a sitting squirrel, rat, rabbit or pigeon at a fair range. Aiming for the head - i either miss entirely or its good night vermin. I just take it along with the shotgun for my own amusement and for the odd silent shot. I find it especially good for sniping rats off the feeders without spooking them.
  9. F*ck that, you don't really know what ANY dog is capable of unless you have seen it work a few seasons . . . . . i'd say about the 4 yr mark being the start of when you can think about breeding from it. Unless it is the absolute best you can lay your hands on - why bother?
  10. Got wild poleys around us. Just polecat coloured, the dark bits being a bit darker. . . . not black.
  11. Sexing a ferret is pretty much the same as for kittens and puppies, except, male ferrets are even more obvious! If you find what looks like a very obvious belly-button (this is the male part), it's a hob! Jills don't have one. They will have a vulva just under the anus, so if you see two openings, it's a little jill.
  12. Nothing beats a good solid pair of leather boots, all dubbed up, and with a good warm pair of socks. Wellies have their place though ad i'm particularly partial to the ones with frog eyes on the front.
  13. As has been said already decent dogs do come up for sale, allways best to ask for a trial if you don't know the dog though. On the other hand there is also a lot of sh!t sold aswell, yappers, jackers, etc so it can be a risky business buying an adult dog without a trial. Aye, i wouldn't do it even with a trial, an hour on the lamp or out mooching isn't enough often to spot the niggling things which force the sale. If your in the market for an adult dog you gotta be either very lucky or willing to go through a few. Interestingly A LOT of the folk that buy adult dogs have had 10+ i
  14. Anyone who says they never wish for a thing not even idly is lying. Even if its just a cloudy, rainy night at some point in the winter. . . .
  15. Yes you are right - there are of course some dogs sold because the money is just too great to say no to. Although i'm still not sure i would sell . . . . but i guess if you have a few dogs and have brought a few on then parting with one is a bit easier for the right money. But there are so many folk that go out looking for a good dog to buy and that has to be a pretty tall order with out lots of cash or really good luck and timing?
  16. what the feck is wrong with sheep dogs ye twat just try it again mate I think he meant dogs that chase sheep rather than 'sheepdogs'.
  17. Yer thats what i tend to think - that unless there is an extreme reason very few of us would part with a decent dog . . . . . even with a trial. . . . . you often miss something. Maybe?
  18. Lots of folk always buying and selling adult dogs. I was always of the idea that no one sells a good dog, and so therefore no one buys a good dog? Do people sell adult dogs dogs that are good at their job? Just wondered your thoughts.
  19. Hello All, I was thinking today that in the next couple of years i will be wanting new blood into the ferrets. As a result i'm looking for a couple of hob kits (not necessarily from the same litter/person), color doesn't matter and i'm in no particular rush but working parents are a must, preferably owned by the seller and from a line that has been owned by the seller for some time and that is genetically sound (as far as is know). I intend to pick up a couple, possibly more, run them on for a couple of seasons, keep the best for breeding and vac the rest. Somewhere in the south wales,
  20. You can never trust any dog 100% let alone 150% (?) and many of us walk them through stock. Sometimes it just happens after 1000's of times of walking through herds without the dog batting an eyelash - sometimes its a one off freak and sometimes it's stuck that way. Most dogs will chase the wrong thing in the right situation - some never do, but they still could. That's one of the factors of working a hunting dog.
  21. that is exactly what my father has said stubby as it is only me the fruitman on the estate and a couple of our beaters that our allowed on the estate to go ferreting and i do the longnetting and my father and i do the lamping but i was interested in peoples views on the subject so i think on that note this discussion is now at an end. thanks to all who have posted Good lad - stick to taking out folk you know - i always enjoy taking out friends children / younger sibilings. Nothing like heading off with the ferrets and next doors 6 and 8 yr old girls. They love it, its a good expe
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