Help sought as totally new to this......

[amandaco 0]

Hello everyone,

 

We are thinking of buying a dog to help us with a rat problem that we have in our garden and neighbouring properties. The council have failed to cull them and we would like now to just keep them away from our house.

 

As a family we have two children who are four and five so wondered whether anybody could offer us any advice on which breed of dog may make both a good ratter whilst also being good with our children?

 

Also living in Suffolk wondered whether anyone knows of any training classes or groups or do you teach dogs yourself?

 

Many thanks

 

Amanda

[border man 2]

For a quiet dog around the house good with kids and will hunt get a border. worker to worker bred . Whats drawing the rats into your area? get rid of any rubbish or cover strimm back long grass anywhere they can hide. make it hard for them

[amandaco 0]

Thank you for your suggestion. The rats are living in an empty neighbouring property and coming up from the sewers We have cleared our garden and cut down all trees, bushes, long grass etc etc and made it is rat unfriendly as we possibly can.

[lee1234 4]

get some local dogging men in

[hogs head 19]

get a border terrier mate good with kids do not get ikc border get worker pup hope every thing goese well for you

[Rik 49]

Ive got a Patt x JRT,7 months old now and she's great with the kids killing rats nicely now, and starting to make a good guard/house dog also when she's in the van goes mental if anyone comes near it,daft as a brush at home but she changes when its time to work

[stick 2]

im not an expert ratter, but from everything ive read on here and other places, i would say that any dog from a staffy size down will be a successful ratter with the right encouragement so just go with your preference of breed and also what is easily available.

 

 

1 observation though, if your estate has a proper problem with rats, id be weary in case some people have put rat poison out. its different on a farm where the farmer will use a dog man instead of poison, but you cant account for everyone on your estate.