Popular Post Millet 4,497 Posted February 10, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Keepa and Rudies 4th birthday bash, was a party with friends, although at least 97 of them wished they had not been invited! The sun was shining and for once no wind, rain or snow, a perfect day. Not many humans this time, Butler with little Pepper pig, Neil with Rosie and Olive, Millet with Lil, young Adam out for his 1st taste of ratting, and of course my mob and i. An update of the party goers, some oldies and some new. After a week of should he, should'nt he Millet decided to take Loopy Lil along for her first time ratting for some socialising. Of course being a youngster, there was nothing more important then playing with the other pup. Whats this? Rats are definitely not something she has a passion for at the mo, god help them when she does!. But she did have a go several times.... Some things never change, Boo is an old hand now at going ratting, yes he goes, but doesnt really seem to get the idea the day is about killing as many rats as possible. Guess i am just going to have to face it, the sex pest is definitely a lover not a fighter. A new girls 1st trip ratting = "Hello pretty lady" Then he spent most of the rest of the day, taking any opportunity he could... Any colour, any coat, any age, he's not a fussy lad Coursing 'ANYTHING' is much better fun than getting bitten. Although 2 possibly 3 times he did make the effort. Fair enough this one was already dead, but at least he tried! Terra is an old hand at this now, 10yrs old this year. And to be honest you just never really notice she is there, or what she does, till i check the photos. Just plods on doing the job. This is Rosies the Borders 2nd season, last season she was just a youngster learning the ropes. This season, just like Terra, you could literally forget about her and she just got on with the job. That's a big rat Rosie. Little Pepper Pig, was just a puppy last year and is still cuteness personified now She gets in there with everyone else, but loves her rats so much, she wants to keep each and eveyone of them lol. Just say "Oooo Pepper what have you got" and she waddles over tail wagging so happy and proud........till she gets 3inch's away from your fingers then turns around again, NO-ONE is having her rat. This was a lucky sequence of shots, i was just photographing the perfectly spaced rat runs when a rat generously ran into the shot, closely followed by Pepper. Pepper. Birthday boy Rudie, was on fire today. The majority of the sets were in thick cover, and the majority of the rats bolted, without his height, eyesight and exocet homing in ability we would have only gotten half the number we did... He has also learned, no messing about shaking, just grab, crunch and drop. Perfect ratting technique! The new baby of the group, Olive. I just love watching how the youngsters interact and enjoy the day. She was exactly the same as every other pup has been. I presume the big boys and girls in hunt/kill mode are a bit daunting for pups, so they tend to spend more time either playing or hunting up alone around the periphery, always there but rarely in the middle of it. This can have it's advantages, like Olives very first caught rat. She tracked down a sneaky bolter, caught and killed it all by herself... To the delight of her proud Dad She even assisted her Dad in realising he is not yet too old to still do the splits Birthday girl Keepa was her usual bull in a china shop self. 'The tank' on her half time break whilst we stopped for sarnies Then end of shift once we got home. I know some people say, coat does not make much difference to a terrier. To those people i say "Give your head a shake"! EOD shot, we could account for (Few unaccounted lost in cover) 97 BIG healthy rats, plus about 30 babies, not in shot. It would not have mattered of we had spent all day there and only got 5 rats. It was a perfect day, the chat, laughs and company are 2nd to none without exeption, that coupled with glorious weather. more shots.. Loads of bolters, meant not too much digging... I AM the luckiest woman on the planet! Thank you.x. 38 Quote Link to post
flinn 47 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Great write up and pics well done. 1 Quote Link to post
salclalin 240 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Cracking pics.Love a bit of ratting myself 1 Quote Link to post
Paid 935 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Great post that, ive been stuck in all weekend, and that was nearly as good as being there (well, its not, but some cracking pics) Never been one for bull breeds, but that keepa has always stood out as a cracking terrier! 1 Quote Link to post
tilfertilfer 706 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 well done top class action i will have to take a camara with me and lay off the shovel and smoker lol ,was the whipet called millet trying to shag every thing in sight ffs :laugh: :whistling: 1 Quote Link to post
pip1968 2,490 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 brilliant day you lads had you cant beat the excitment and the mayhem when rats are bolting everywhere thanks for sharing 1 Quote Link to post
RubyTex 1,957 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Always an excellent report from Moll, them pictures are great. 1 Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,014 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 That looks a cracking day Moll, all dogs look to have played their part, that's the fun of ratting from the little terrier to the lurcher they all get a chase and catch... We always have a couple of end if season social days on the rats, a load of lads, dogs and couple of smokers great fun.. Great write up and pics too..... 1 Quote Link to post
Cleanspade 3,322 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 enjoyed that. agree 100% about coat. thanks for shareing 1 Quote Link to post
cammy12 176 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 looks like a cracking shift well done 1 Quote Link to post
fitchet 788 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Brilliant pics and write up. Thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to post
steve66 3,304 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) Always love to see your wright ups and pics Molls , said it afew times your pics should be in a book The whippet needs his viagra intake ruduceing though Edited February 10, 2013 by steve66 1 Quote Link to post
LaraCroft 863 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Super pics Moll - always love to see them out and about, especially Boo ! 1 Quote Link to post
the big chief 3,099 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 grate action shots very good write up enjoyed it very much 1 Quote Link to post
The Seeker 3,048 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks for sharing that, excellent write up 1 Quote Link to post
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