Irish Terriers

[carolmac 0]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

[dave a 24]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

they never worked,never were good enough,working to rat isn't work,no offence to you.

[Panna 68]

In Hungary (Central-Eastern Europe) some of them are worked on wild boar and blood tracking, but really don't do anything that another breed would not make better IMO.

 

 

Anna

[carolmac 0]

They havent been bred to work earths I agree but yes working rat is working thats what they were bred for originally.You obviouslt know nothing about them so why bother replying.I sold a pup a couple of years ago to a guy from California to work Mountain Lion and he tells me its doing the business for him you telling me that isnt work Dave

Edited April 22, 2010 by carolmac

[fieldsportsman 107]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

Irish terriers were bred with a number of purposes in mind, instead of just one. These included rat hunting on land and in water, hunt hedgerows and catch rabbits in open, guard home against intruders etc. Hope this helps.

[carolmac 0]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

Irish terriers were bred with a number of purposes in mind, instead of just one. These included rat hunting on land and in water, hunt hedgerows and catch rabbits in open, guard home against intruders etc. Hope this helps.

[carolmac 0]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

Irish terriers were bred with a number of purposes in mind, instead of just one. These included rat hunting on land and in water, hunt hedgerows and catch rabbits in open, guard home against intruders etc. Hope this helps.

I know what they were bred for as I have been brought up with Irish since my father had them before me.I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience of them,mine hunt hedges and catch the occasional rabbit its just that were I live we have lots of rats and I prefer hunting rats with them.Thanks for the reply though cheers

[sionnach 44]

Does anyone on here Have any experience of working Irish Terriers? I breed and show them and work them to rat.

Irish terriers were bred with a number of purposes in mind, instead of just one. These included rat hunting on land and in water, hunt hedgerows and catch rabbits in open, guard home against intruders etc. Hope this helps.

I know what they were bred for as I have been brought up with Irish since my father had them before me.I just wanted to know if anyone else had experience of them,mine hunt hedges and catch the occasional rabbit its just that were I live we have lots of rats and I prefer hunting rats with them.Thanks for the reply though cheers

don't know about your dogs but you've plenty of fire in you .most if interduced properly will quite happly hunt rabbit an rat like you stated. there a great bushing /cover dog an they seem to be more relaxed if you do hunt them. if your happy with your dogs preformance on rabbit an rat thats all that matters imho, y.i.s, sionnach

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

Yes, a mate of mine hunts raccoon with his Irish terrier. It is also good for drawing and killing groundhog, and flushing rabbits.

I personally like the Irish terrier. The type he has is stockier and not so lanky as some we see over here.

 

any pictures of your dogs? Do you ever try them out bushing rabbits from cover?

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Yes, a mate of mine hunts raccoon with his Irish terrier.

 

 

I was just sitting here thinking about that application....

[dave a 24]

They havent been bred to work earths I agree but yes working rat is working thats what they were bred for originally.You obviouslt know nothing about them so why bother replying.I sold a pup a couple of years ago to a guy from California to work Mountain Lion and he tells me its doing the business for him you telling me that isnt work Dave

i misunderstood you,when you asked about work i thought you meant the work that the good lines of wheatens and glens excelled at and irish terriers and kerry blues failed miserably at.what does "working" mountain lion involve?also hunting rabbits and rats is not working,i would never call a dog like this a working terrier and anybody who does must know nothing of the true working terrier.you say i know nothing about them,well i have kept both wheatens and glens and my working dogs have glen and wheaten in the lines and i know that the irish terrier and kerry blue were never up to much,maybe catching a few rats is all they are comfortable with.atb.

[ciaranmcman 23]

have seen many good irish terrier cross lurchers have 3 1/4 bred dog myself single handed foxes and bambi

[cúagusgiorraí 57]

 

I was just sitting here thinking about that application....

 

There was another American fellow on here a while back that finds trapped coyote with his Irish terriers as well.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

 

I was just sitting here thinking about that application....

 

There was another American fellow on here a while back that finds trapped coyote with his Irish terriers as well.

 

 

 

My mind wheels are already turning....

[neil cooney 10,416]

The Irish was probably never a breed that specialised in one job. Like most Irish breeds it was probably a jack 'o all trades, master of none.

But before the saluki cross came along a lot of the top coursing men in Ireland liked the Irish terrier cross as a coursing dog and some of these dogs made names for themselves and could kill hares. The Saluki then put that cross out of the picture.