Do you ferret without a dog?

[scothunter 12,609]

its at the top of my to do list lol she sits trying to lick them thro the mesh all the time lol will get one out in the garden and see how they get on

 

keep him on a lead when you do,and scold him if he reracts badly.my old lurcher used to drink from the same bowl as my polecats.

[chilly 59]

ill let you now how i get off lol

[Catcher 1 639]

Ferreting without dog,s Surely the two go hand in hand.Who would mark the hole,s.Or would you just stick ferret in any hole you see.

[whin 463]

train all my dogs as pups with ferrets and bolting rabbs netted rabbs gives them sense and learns them that you and ferret means sport so they learn to hang about and use there senses even some of my coursing dogs have learnt to ferret well not as nippy as the collie grew type but mark and get difficult netted rabbs etc

[The one 8,503]

Always try to take the dog even leave her in the car till the land owner says yes .One permission where i wasn't allowed the lurcher tells all her mates you want to see this dog marking holes it even ignores her dogs unless they try to touch her rabbits shes right into my lurcher now and can see how we need them

[seany 54]

Does it not do your f*****g head in?

Its a pain in the ass went with out mine last week farmer had some sheep in the field just netted up for nothing

[caterpiller 10]

As Chalkwarren has said....some places its not safe but Ferreting without a marking Dog regardless of what breed is a nightmare

 

How many times in your younger days before you knew any better have you crawled through Blackthorn Hedges etc....and came out looking like you have done 10 rounds with Freddy Crougar or Edward Scissor Hands only to find nothing is at home

How many times did you come across fresh kick out.....fresh shit sometimes even still slightly warm???? you would of put your pocket money on it holding Rabbits but yet again.....NOTHING AT HOME

 

A marking Dog is worth its own body weight in Gold

[NEWKID 27,280]

I take a jack russel and a beddy x whip pup, out this morning first bury no interest from the dogs looked fresh as a daisy, thought I'd give it a go any way, nothing, the pup marked a little 6 holer covered in leaves looked dead, she wouldn't leave the hole, Netted up ferret in 2mins late rabbit out, loads of praise for the pup . It makes the day watching their reactions, you can't beat the anticapation when the ears prick up, one leg lifts and they start to quiver with exitement.

My dogs and ferrets get on well

[whin 463]

sounds like your pups learning new kid ,i like seing a young dog start blearning when a rabbits in or not ,to train a good ferreting dog takes a few seasons and plenty work , i use mines for allsorts so never expect the same as when i was rabbit catching for shillings,

[kevin from bristol 95]

the only time i dont take the dogs is when ive got young ferrets out for the very first time and just let them run wild in a big bury but the longnett comes reguardless and i just watch em for a couple of hours as my older ones show em what to do after that i take the dogs and do some real work

[NEWKID 27,280]

sounds like your pups learning new kid ,i like seing a young dog start blearning when a rabbits in or not ,to train a good ferreting dog takes a few seasons and plenty work , i use mines for allsorts so never expect the same as when i was rabbit catching for shillings,

 

 

Yeah I'm pleased with her Whin, she should make a good little rabbiting dog, she's coming on well round the ferrets a bit slower to cotton on to the lamp, but I'm not worried she's still young

[whin 463]

new kid cant beat when the dogs gets in tune had a 5 month old lurcher out yesterday by the end of the day she was mooching at holes and watching my bitch mini , good to see when i was mad at the rabbiting game caut 68 rabbs one day with just two collie type lurchers 5 ferrets and a bag of nets it was a brilliant dogs were at it 3 to 4 days a week ,it was great to watch the black and white collie type luke used to be at hole mouth ,the beardie type kept back abit was a real good comination neither was hardmouthed ,fetched for fun, and no jealousy great days

[robbo 858]

some of our permission wont allow dogs and others are too dangerous to take a dog on but i much prefer it when i can take them both. makes it far more enjoyable.

[NEWKID 27,280]

new kid cant beat when the dogs gets in tune had a 5 month old lurcher out yesterday by the end of the day she was mooching at holes and watching my bitch mini , good to see when i was mad at the rabbiting game caut 68 rabbs one day with just two collie type lurchers 5 ferrets and a bag of nets it was a brilliant dogs were at it 3 to 4 days a week ,it was great to watch the black and white collie type luke used to be at hole mouth ,the beardie type kept back abit was a real good comination neither was hardmouthed ,fetched for fun, and no jealousy great days

 

 

I wish the season would go on for a bit longer this year Whin, just so the pup could keep at it for another few months, but with us already catching pregnant does I think we've only got acouple of weeks left with the ferrets. I'll keep her at it with the terrier daytime mooching and a bit of lamping then fish the summer till next season

My brothers got a 4mnth pup who will be out with us now so next season should be a good one.

 

Good luck with your pup mate, we used to use a collie/ grey when I was a lad she was a real good dog ferreting or nigh time, but like you've said you gotta get the dogs out enough for them to learn

[NEWKID 27,280]

some of our permission wont allow dogs and others are too dangerous to take a dog on but i much prefer it when i can take them both. makes it far more enjoyable.

 

totally agree mate aint the same without the dogs