The All Important Permission

[hutch6 550]

Hello again,

 

Right, the training is coming together really well now with the rescue dog and she is certainly a different dog to "the pet" I adopted. She is obsessed with the furries and loves to get after them but opportunities are few and far between due to things like laws and walls.

 

There is ample opportunity to run her at the rabbits on the local moors but due to the lay of the land where they are there is just too much cover making it dead easy for them to make quick their escape and they wise up to dogs fast as it is quite popular with doig walkers in general. I could walk her up and slip her on to a few but as there are people about and the area is overlooked by a stables and another farm with houses on it the actions could easily be seen and reported to the fuzz with the kind of consequences I don't want - I have been brought up to respect the laws.

 

In order to take her to the next rung of the ladder I really want to give her the opportunity to run on rabbits that she stands a good chance on. I have had a look about on the moors, as it is encircled by farmland, and there are plenty of warrens and rabbits but they are on private property. I know i need the land owner's permission to run her on there without risk of getting the Boys in Blue knocking on my door so my question is, what methods have you found that work for you when gaining permission?

 

I have done a search for permission letters and the vast majority I have found are more shooting related (air rifle) and not dog related. Are leters the best form of introduction in that you can layout all of the information necessary and the land owner can form their own questions from the information? What important pieces of information does one need to include?

 

I know folk do it for free and class the opportunity to run their dogs without risk to the law as the cover for services, is it worth offering general help on the side if required such as helping out on the farm with hanging gates, putting fences up etc - general labouring?

 

I am saturated behind the ears with things like this as I have only ever really asked someone if I can walk on their property to fetch a misguided football, this is a totally different ball game altogether.

 

Assistance and advice is very much appreciated.

 

Things I have come up with so far but feel free to add to or advise otherwise:

 

- Stock broken dog.

- Insured dog.

- Personal Public Liability Insurance.

- No litter of any kind will be left included dog feces.

- No damage to third party property will be incurred.

- No fence climbing/wall climbing.

- Notification of visits will be given 24/48hrs prior.

- Availability to attend on request of land owner.

- Any suspicious instances/fly tipping/livestock concerns will be reported immediately.

- Availability to assist in general labour around the property at land owner's request.

- All visits to commence at main entrance to property with a housecall if appropriate.

[salukiman 28]

get out there without your dog dressed smart car cleaned and at a good time not tea time with all you details house adress were you work car reg tel numbers and meet them face to face.

 

first thing i always do is apolagise for knocking at the door as a conversation started with an apolagy put the sence of controll to the other person and normaly starts them off with its ok. you need to show your keen and knolageble honest and trustworthy

 

if you have ferrets all the better much easier to get ferreting permission then lamping

[salukiman 28]

and shave

[salukiman 28]

and shave

[lurche 48]

i just got my first permission the other day as advised by lapin2008 who kindly let me look after his ferrets while he was away,asked the same guy id spoke to about my dog a couple of mths ago and got a straight yes u can bring the ferrets,also got the hutch off a neighbour which landed me a second permission.the first one is fields with crops in for now but as my presence is known and i keep off the crops etc im sure they will let the dog run there as soon as shes a little older ,theres no crops and the season starts properly

[ferret features 289]

pick some oul scroat who lives on his own n arriv at his door wif a carryout works all the time.

[StevoSmith 147]

Not being a dog man myself....a few mates are and they approach new perms with the idea of ferreting with a dog or two......they do a few sessions with the ferrets then they turn up with just the dogs speak to the owner who knowing what the lads are doing allows them with just the dogs....always stock broken like you have mentioned and always clean the lads do this in the respect of landowner and his lifestock i feel this is the most important part of new perms...always have respect for landowners...good luck with your hunt mate

 

On getting a permission mate always do it face to face.....i shoot alot and get a fair few perms from emailing caravan parks and word of mouth......but these are the exception buddy...knocking on doors is defo the way to go though.....if they see you doing a good job with bunnie probs word speads about and they come easier

[haymin 2,465]

I think it's best not to tell them about the dogs to start off withand just ask them is it ok to do a bit of ferreting (if you have them that is ) most farmers have had family down the line with ferrets works for me any way usually )