DIG INTO WATER

[mouse 282]

WENT FOR A WANDER AROUND THE ESTATE I LIVE ON THIS MORNING.TRIED A FEW PLACES BUT NO LUCK THEN WENT TO A NICE SPOT I THOUGHT MIGHT HOLD.COLLAR ON,DOG IN AND A FEW MINUTES LATER A NICE STEADY BAY.LET HER SETTLE FOR A WHILE THEN STARTED TO DIG.ONLY 1METRE ON BOX SO DOWN IN NO TIME TO A SOAKIN WET DOG AND THEN COULD NOT BELIEVE THE SIGHT IN FRONT OF HER.FOX WAS UPTO ITS HEAD IN WATER.REMOVED THE BITCH AND QUARRY WAS DISPATCHED STRAIGHT AWAY.HAVE DUG IN SOME WET PLACES BEFORE BUT NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THIS.HAVE PUT ONE PICTURE UP WHICH SHOWS THE QUARRYS NOSE STICKING UP THREW THE WATER.THE KEEPER WAS WELL HAPPY THAT WE GOT RID OF ANOTHER PHEASANT KILLER.

[darrell jnr 16]

well done fella,it,s amazing to think they,d be to ground in wet through places like that is,nt it...been at it long enough now to no they,ll be in the most unlikely places,atb fella..darrell.

[CorkyJohn 808]

The chances are it would've been in a drier part of the earth & had no option but to go back due to the dog approaching

[mouse 282]

JUST TOO ADD THE FOX WAS TOTALLY UNDER WATER EXCEPT FOR ITS HEAD.HAD THEM IN WET TUBES BEFORE BUT NEVER TOTALLY FULL WITH WATER.IT WAS WET ON THE WAY DOWN BUT NEVER EXPECTED THIS OUTCOME.AMAZING WHAT THEY WILL DO WHEN FACED BY A GAME DOG.

[marky b 309]

:icon_eek:

[Guest bruce forsyth]

nice job mate

[CO CHISE 330]

good pic pal, i havnt dug one in water but i do know of a 9" drain thats a good 150 mtr long thats always got water running through it and weve had afew bolts from it over the years, we can only guess that theres a ledge in the drain but we havnt ever found a man hole or even dug it as it only runs through a paddock , atb pal

[consett lad 43]

well done mate i was out checking a few sets on friday and i found an earth with the holes full of water to never seen it like that befor

[steveS.Yorks 161]

As Corky says mate the fox will have been in a dry part and pushed back by the dog,seen it a few times in drains myself,i know 2 lads that have lost dogs in that situation.

atb steve.

[goldfinch2007 2,336]

its an otter mouse

[mouse 282]

as soon as i got through and heard the splashing i lifted the bitch.normally let her do her stuff but not worth the risk for her life.

[steveS.Yorks 161]

Dont underestimate how focused a terrier can be and think it wont follow or will let go if underwater some wont.

 

When my old [long dead] warrior was around 18 months old i was walking him along a canal with my mate and his dogs,we came across a dead fox on the bank,the terrier pups found it and ragged it a bit,i thought it would be a good idea to weight the dead fox down and throw it in the canal because we walked there regularly and didnt want the dogs ragging on a rotting fox,i wired some concrete to it and threw it in the canal,we put the pups on the lead and walked off,when we were a few hundred yds away i let mine off thinking he wouldnt go back but he did like a rocket,when i got to him he was swimming in the canal just above the dead fox,my mate was laughing because he couldnt find it,all of a sudden the dog "up ended" and he got hold of the fox in the fairly shallow water,he came up once and went straight back down and wouldnt let go,i waded in and grabbed the now nearly unconciouse terrier,that taught me how easy an accident could happen especially to ground.

Thought that was worth a mention.

[hogs head 19]

seen it once our twice but not like that good on you mate

Edited February 7, 2010 by hogs head

[waidmann 105]

i have dug to a fox who was up to his belly in water but not that deep

 

a mate lost a teckel in a drain(30cm. one end dry the other was 2/3 water). the fox was dead on being washed out shortly followed by the dog. gutted.

 

i always check both ends of a drain before entering the dog.

 

my guess would be that both dog and fox suffered hypothermia and drowned.

 

a good dig all the same bud

 

atb

[dodman 0]

out with hounds got a mark in a dry drain let old bitch in she waz giving foxy a good talking to all went qt dug down bitch up to her head in water took her out no fox unbloked end of drain water gushed out and sodid foxy still alive