How old to start work?

[afan 6]

I have got a paterdle pup, when is best age to stat her?

 

I have worked lurchers for years but not terriers.

[rob84 112]

18 months on proper work is pleanty early enough, why risk the chance of ruining them buy working them any ealier! even when the dog wants to go! wait untill their physically and mentally strong! well thats what i do anyway! atb rob

[jonnytraff 8]

good luck with your pup mate.. just make sure that you know she is ready.. as said no point rushing in to spoil a potentially good dog.. atb jon

Edited November 1, 2010 by jonnytraff

[afan 6]

OK thanks il just sick to the bunnys then til shes about 18 mnths

[christian71 3,187]

OK thanks il just sick to the bunnys then til shes about 18 mnths

 

Dont like earth dogs working bunnys myself

[genuine 81]

OK thanks il just sick to the bunnys then til shes about 18 mnths

 

No bunnys rats sqirrels mink, i would hate to dig 15ft to a dog with a rabbit bottled up a thin tube!

[.terrier man. 193]

Read some bolaks on this site sometimes.

[afan 6]

[bANNED TEXT] U MEAN?

[terrierjohn 49]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

[genuine 81]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

 

 

The age doesn't concern me at all, 12-18 months, and as for never reading so much shite, well if you want to dig to your dog, scratching away up a tight tube to a bunny so be it! Dogs for jobs, i would leave it for the ferrets or lurchers! Im sure many people would agree!

[terrierjohn 49]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

 

 

The age doesn't concern me at all, 12-18 months, and as for never reading so much shite, well if you want to dig to your dog, scratching away up a tight tube to a bunny so be it! Dogs for jobs, i would leave it for the ferrets or lurchers! Im sure many people would agree!

your opinion means absolutly feck all to me bud as i said my old bitch dont go to ground for bunnys she knows when the ferrets are in the box she is to work above ground not below and when the ferrets are not out she knows its her turn to go below and anyway what difference is it to you or anybody else its my choice and if i have to dig the dog out for a bunny then so be it i dont care if its a bunny or not when i go out for foxes its generally on ground where there are no bunnys so when she goes to ground its fox only and if i want to work my terriers to bunnys then i will

[fish 148]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

 

 

The age doesn't concern me at all, 12-18 months, and as for never reading so much shite, well if you want to dig to your dog, scratching away up a tight tube to a bunny so be it! Dogs for jobs, i would leave it for the ferrets or lurchers! Im sure many people would agree!

your opinion means absolutly feck all to me bud as i said my old bitch dont go to ground for bunnys she knows when the ferrets are in the box she is to work above ground not below and when the ferrets are not out she knows its her turn to go below and anyway what difference is it to you or anybody else its my choice and if i have to dig the dog out for a bunny then so be it i dont care if its a bunny or not when i go out for foxes its generally on ground where there are no bunnys so when she goes to ground its fox only and if i want to work my terriers to bunnys then i will

you carry on bud you seem to know it all.

[terrierjohn 49]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

 

 

The age doesn't concern me at all, 12-18 months, and as for never reading so much shite, well if you want to dig to your dog, scratching away up a tight tube to a bunny so be it! Dogs for jobs, i would leave it for the ferrets or lurchers! Im sure many people would agree!

your opinion means absolutly feck all to me bud as i said my old bitch dont go to ground for bunnys she knows when the ferrets are in the box she is to work above ground not below and when the ferrets are not out she knows its her turn to go below and anyway what difference is it to you or anybody else its my choice and if i have to dig the dog out for a bunny then so be it i dont care if its a bunny or not when i go out for foxes its generally on ground where there are no bunnys so when she goes to ground its fox only and if i want to work my terriers to bunnys then i will

you carry on bud you seem to know it all.

i never claimed to know it all

but i do know my dogs and i will carry on as my dogs are here to work no matter what it is they are working

i use them as all round dogs on all quarry and they do it well so im more than happy with what i do and how i use them

i used to have differnt dogs for different jobs but now i just keep the 2 terriers and a lurcher and i do what i do the same as everyone else does what they do with their dogs

[fish 148]

13 month all my dogs start to work fox

but i also work them to bunnys mostly my 5yr old bitch as she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys

but is a dead sert to do fox below my 2yr old dog is used on the lead to mark burrows as

i believe this to bring the best out of thier nose

more so when young before fox work starts and so far in all 4 and a half years of taking

the old bitch out i have oly had to dig her out with 1 bunny as i said though

she now knows not to go to ground for bunnys my 2yr old dog however will go to ground for anything at the moment though with time he will soon be like the old bitch

 

 

The age doesn't concern me at all, 12-18 months, and as for never reading so much shite, well if you want to dig to your dog, scratching away up a tight tube to a bunny so be it! Dogs for jobs, i would leave it for the ferrets or lurchers! Im sure many people would agree!

your opinion means absolutly feck all to me bud as i said my old bitch dont go to ground for bunnys she knows when the ferrets are in the box she is to work above ground not below and when the ferrets are not out she knows its her turn to go below and anyway what difference is it to you or anybody else its my choice and if i have to dig the dog out for a bunny then so be it i dont care if its a bunny or not when i go out for foxes its generally on ground where there are no bunnys so when she goes to ground its fox only and if i want to work my terriers to bunnys then i will

you carry on bud you seem to know it all.

i never claimed to know it all

but i do know my dogs and i will carry on as my dogs are here to work no matter what it is they are working

i use them as all round dogs on all quarry and they do it well so im more than happy with what i do and how i use them

i used to have differnt dogs for different jobs but now i just keep the 2 terriers and a lurcher and i do what i do the same as everyone else does what they do with their dogs

like i said you carry on.all i know is if you use a terrier for rabbits and fox at some time you will be digging to a rabbit when you think its a fox.i mite be rong as iv only been in the game for 30 ode years

[deer stalker 2008 3]

well said fish.