Who says Terriers

[targa 5]

Because Tarqua, it is only legal in Britain to kill rat or rabbit, even mink is now illegal, so in reality he is using the dog to the best of its ability, much harder for a terrier to kill a rabbit than a rat..

MOLL.

 

about the mink, I hope that is a joke??? :11:

[jpt 284]

Mink are a no no matey boy! Shit init?

 

He has seen fox at night but they are to far away for him to catch and anyway that sort of hunting is no banned.

 

I have seen loads of wildlife whilst mooching with him. I have seen fox, badger, hedgehog, owl, buzzard, rabbit, tiny mice and a wild pole cat.

 

My mate was driving home the other night and saw a bird hit by a car so he went back and snapped its neck and fed it to the ferret. She loved it!

 

JPT

[bullsmilk 2]

well i use my two bullys on the lamp...with verieing degries of succes lol...keep on doing what your doing if your enjoying it and so is the dog thatd the main thing dont listen to the "die-hards" hunt hunt hunt

bulls.... :thumbs-up:

[jpt 284]

I agree with you. Just because my dog is of a certain breed I should not lamp it? Forget that. I am off out in a min to have a quick shine on my permission.

 

JPT

[Guest MOLLY]

How old is your dog JPT and how long did it take you to train it to lamp? My terriers are not as tall as yours and i think they would just tend to follow their nose rather than watch the beam, would like to know for future dogs

MOLL.

[kerryb 101]

My parents own a little Kerry bitch from Irish working lines. Shes 26 pound and the softest family dog I know. I took her for a daytime mooch the other day and she nailed her first rabbit and brought it back to me as if it was her 1000th. When she's in coat she is similar to a stocky poodle, shave her down and she look likes a whippet x. I tried breeding her but she was very reluctant to tie - I have accidently rolled a few dogs in my time but this poodle was "psycho". So regardless of names or breeding most terriers will do terrier business when the opportunity arises. So let this Irish terrier owner let his dog work and make him proud....

[mussells 0]

chief . i have a terrier that has spent many hours on the lamp alongside a treble 2

made a cracking gundog struggled to retrieve though :11:

thats exactly where my mates lab sits ,next to 22.250.

[Guest grubygrafter]

chief . i have a terrier that has spent many hours on the lamp alongside a treble 2

made a cracking gundog struggled to retrieve though :11:

thats exactly where my mates lab sits ,next to 22.250.

 

used to work alongside a 270. not the same challange though

[jpt 284]

He is now 15 months old. I have a ferret aswell so I use him for marking. I decided one day to buy a tourch from b&q and have ago at lamping. He has just picked it up. I keep him on a lead untill he has seen the rabbit and then let him off. Its as simple as that!

 

The ticks I found and sprayed on sunday seem to have died. Keep an eye out for them little sods I tell you what!

 

JPT

[Guest Know Fack all]

Fair play to you jpt mate,

 

 

some will be saying dont give your dog rubber balls next :11:

 

FFS

[Guest oldskool]

when i started lamping it was with a border/lakeland bitch... i had one of those old square floodlights that just plugged into the wall. i remeber having some fantastic nights sport. never caught much but good none the less... or maybe i was just easier pleased back then ... got my dad to let me have a lurcher the following year. bags were bigger but i think i remember the sport was just the same.

[jpt 284]

As long as you and the dog enjoy it then where is the harm?

[Guest Haggler]

helping people with your wealth of knolege, sometime in the future there would be a few more "die hard diggers" or "old school terrier men" as you say, to carry on the good work.

 

rhinno, the problem is that no one in the you.K. is going to stick his or her neck out to bring a total unknown into the fold. If you are lucky enough to know someone who has permission and has been working earthdogs for sometime then you are well on your way to finding out whether your terrier, or yourself for that matter, are going to even like it or stick with it. It is kind of a "Catch 22" isn't it? Old school terriermen and die hard diggers want to see the next generation of terriers and their neophyte owners follow in their footsteps but there is no way they can reach out and lead them down the path.

 

I'd say you are not going to meet your mentor here on this or any Internet forum unless you are willing to travel out of country. Probably your best bet would be to first go out and find a landowner or keeper who has a fox problem and get permission to come on the property with your terrier. Then get a decent locating system for earthwork like the Bellman and Flint and finally, take about two or three of you best buddies with you who can and WILL dig if things work out well. Experience is there to be had but unfortunately the times make it more of a hurdle to get than in days of old.

 

Haggler

Edited September 26, 2006 by Haggler

[jpt 284]

Some sound advice Haggler. The only way to learn is by having ago for yourself. The only other thing I would say is to be very carful when entering an inexperianced dog to ground. You could end up in tears if your dog gets hurt! I suppose thats just a risk you will have to take. If possible I would suggest that you shoot a fox first and let the terriers have ago at it when it is already dead. I have never done any digging at all so I suppose I can not really comment but what the hell!

 

JPT

[Guest MOLLY]

Are there 2 people posting under your name JPT cos sometimes you sound like a child and other times like an adult

Just wondering, or is this what adolesence was like and ive forgotten

MOLL.