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[spartan_ferret 6]

hi i'm new to joining '' the hunting life'' and i need some advice. I've been hunting with ferrets and Jack russell but i now live in a apartment and my ferrets stay in my mums back garden out in the sticks and the JR is hers. But do you think i could keep an animal in my flat or would it be cruel and which animal could i use for hunting. So basicly it has to be an animal that is practical in the flat and in the field.

 

Cheers for the advice

[spartan_ferret 6]

hi i'm new to joining '' the hunting life'' and i need some advice. I've been hunting with ferrets and Jack russell but i now live in a apartment and my ferrets stay in my mums back garden out in the sticks and the JR is hers. But do you think i could keep an animal in my flat or would it be cruel and which animal could i use for hunting. So basicly it has to be an animal that is practical in the flat and in the field.

 

Cheers for the advice

 

 

really!!!! no replys?

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

If you have time but space is limited then a whippet would be a good bet

[bird 9,977]

hi i'm new to joining '' the hunting life'' and i need some advice. I've been hunting with ferrets and Jack russell but i now live in a apartment and my ferrets stay in my mums back garden out in the sticks and the JR is hers. But do you think i could keep an animal in my flat or would it be cruel and which animal could i use for hunting. So basicly it has to be an animal that is practical in the flat and in the field.

 

Cheers for the advice

 

one word (no) , i would stay as you are, (if) you need a lurcher it would be better of with your mum, atleast it would have alot more room. Why not wait till you got a bigger place with a garden.!!

[rob190364 2,594]

as long as you had it out every day a whippet would probably be ideal, nice and calm etc. and don't take up much space, and ideal for ferreting.

[Ideation 8,216]

Need A LOT more info.

 

I.e - do you work? will it be shut in the flat all day?

 

What kind of hunting?

 

What kind of land?

 

To be honest if at the moment you just want 'any hunting animal' then i think you need to go away and do a lot more thinking and research about what you ACTUALLY WANT, rather than getting something cos it fits in your flat.

[Ideation 8,216]

as long as you had it out every day a whippet would probably be ideal, nice and calm etc. and don't take up much space, and ideal for ferreting.

 

 

Calm???

 

Other thing is , getting a pup, can you put in the time early on, as you can't leave a pup a lone in a flat all day, ir needs feeding an walks during the day a number of times, let alone the negative psychological aspect.

[tb25 4,627]

i lived in a flat for 3,month with my pup and it just wasent fair on her,she was walked all the time but not the same as then bein able to have a garden to chill in,plus they piss every were

[rob190364 2,594]

as long as you had it out every day a whippet would probably be ideal, nice and calm etc. and don't take up much space, and ideal for ferreting.

 

 

Calm???

 

Other thing is , getting a pup, can you put in the time early on, as you can't leave a pup a lone in a flat all day, ir needs feeding an walks during the day a number of times, let alone the negative psychological aspect.

All I meant was, if space is an issue and he can give it enough exercise, a whippet would be calm around the flat. If he's working all day and leaving it indoors it doesn't make any different if it's a flat or a house surely? that's an entirely different issue. If he's working a normal working day, i.e. 9 to 5, and takes it for a decent long walk before and after work I don't see why it would be a problem having a whippet or small lurcher. I wouldn't get a pup though, I'd try and find a decent adult dog.

[Ideation 8,216]

as long as you had it out every day a whippet would probably be ideal, nice and calm etc. and don't take up much space, and ideal for ferreting.

 

 

Calm???

 

Other thing is , getting a pup, can you put in the time early on, as you can't leave a pup a lone in a flat all day, ir needs feeding an walks during the day a number of times, let alone the negative psychological aspect.

All I meant was, if space is an issue and he can give it enough exercise, a whippet would be calm around the flat. If he's working all day and leaving it indoors it doesn't make any different if it's a flat or a house surely? that's an entirely different issue. If he's working a normal working day, i.e. 9 to 5, and takes it for a decent long walk before and after work I don't see why it would be a problem having a whippet or small lurcher. I wouldn't get a pup though, I'd try and find a decent adult dog.

 

I know what you mean mate, i am just currently contending with a bored whippet, who can be fecking hectic. Great dogs about the house if they have had their fill of work, but mine only ever seems to get to that level after a full winters day bunny bashing, a 3-5 mile walk with free running, i get home, stick the kettle on and by the time it's boiled he's like, right. . . round 2?

 

With regard to leaving it all day indoors, that's a personal choice, i just don't think being stuck indoors in a flat for 9 + hours a day is that fair on the dog. Even though, in reality being in a kennel isn't much different, i for some reason, see it as preferable. If it's gonna spend 5 days a week stuck in all day tho, i don't see the point in getting the dog, it just aint that great a quality of life, being shut up in doors, on your tod day in, day out. And if they are, then a half hour work before and after work ain't gonna cut it.

 

I agree with you on not getting a pup.. . . . but thats tough in itself . . . . getting an adult dog and trying to suddenly subject it to flat life.

[spartan_ferret 6]

I would like to thank everyone for the advice cheers.

 

I did think whippet or lurcher but are they loud cos i dont want ppl from all around me knocking at my door, thats why i didnt bring my mum's jack with me and cos he molts like its going out of fashion.

 

I got 2 jobs one is working on a 900 acrce estate i do that job 1 or 2 days a week and i can take a dog with me. My other job im gone from 08:30am to 16:30pm and i could take a dog with me but only if i really had too. I get up 06:00am every morning and go for a jog so i could take the dog with me. My girlfriend lives with me and she gets alot of study weeks so spends alot of time at home.

 

I do ferreting so could i train a whippet or lurcher to work together with my ferrets?

 

Whats the coat like? do they moult alot?

 

And finally puppy or young adult?

 

hope this more info helps

 

cheers

[rob190364 2,594]

I would like to thank everyone for the advice cheers.

 

I did think whippet or lurcher but are they loud cos i dont want ppl from all around me knocking at my door, thats why i didnt bring my mum's jack with me and cos he molts like its going out of fashion.

 

I got 2 jobs one is working on a 900 acrce estate i do that job 1 or 2 days a week and i can take a dog with me. My other job im gone from 08:30am to 16:30pm and i could take a dog with me but only if i really had too. I get up 06:00am every morning and go for a jog so i could take the dog with me. My girlfriend lives with me and she gets alot of study weeks so spends alot of time at home.

 

I do ferreting so could i train a whippet or lurcher to work together with my ferrets?

 

Whats the coat like? do they moult alot?

 

And finally puppy or young adult?

 

hope this more info helps

 

cheers

to be honest mate, and don't think I'm being patronising here....but if you don't know whether a lurcher or whippet could work alongside ferrets you need to do a hell of a lot more research Might be worth trying to tag along with someone who's got a whippet or lurcher just to see what they're like, see if they're for you.

[Ideation 8,216]

Sounds like you got a pretty good set up for a dog in many ways mate, but as said, do some more research into what you actually like / want / enjoy being around and see whats for you before jumping into buying a dog.

[spartan_ferret 6]

I would like to thank everyone for the advice cheers.

 

I did think whippet or lurcher but are they loud cos i dont want ppl from all around me knocking at my door, thats why i didnt bring my mum's jack with me and cos he molts like its going out of fashion.

 

I got 2 jobs one is working on a 900 acrce estate i do that job 1 or 2 days a week and i can take a dog with me. My other job im gone from 08:30am to 16:30pm and i could take a dog with me but only if i really had too. I get up 06:00am every morning and go for a jog so i could take the dog with me. My girlfriend lives with me and she gets alot of study weeks so spends alot of time at home.

 

I do ferreting so could i train a whippet or lurcher to work together with my ferrets?

 

Whats the coat like? do they moult alot?

 

And finally puppy or young adult?

 

hope this more info helps

 

cheers

to be honest mate, and don't think I'm being patronising here....but if you don't know whether a lurcher or whippet could work alongside ferrets you need to do a hell of a lot more research Might be worth trying to tag along with someone who's got a whippet or lurcher just to see what they're like, see if they're for you.

 

i took my ferrets out with someone who had a lurcher and they kept saying ''she's fine with ferrets, she's fine '' then it went for my bloody ferret. so im just doing some extra checking...

Edited July 9, 2011 by spartan_ferret