Dog Snapping For Ferrets

[silentpoacher 14]

anybody have an idea how i would stop my dog going for the ferrets???

 

 

[ratpackjack 272]

How old is the dog? a young dog is easy to teach but a older one may cause you problems,i have seen older dogs that lads have tried to break to ferrets kill the jill when she shows in a moment of madness...best to teach em young if poss i introduce them to one another and when pup snaps at ferret i scold him a little ,then they usually sniff and lick the ferret i praise that its usually as simple and as fast as that and then they see one another drink from same bowl etc.I would say that if i was going to introduce a pup to a ferret i would use one i trust that at most will nip pup not clamp and hang on as that will not end well in a few mths

[silentpoacher 14]

hes just coming up to 8months i will try what you've said alot of people say a bite from the ferret will keep the dog well away is this true ???

[morton 5,368]

Educate the dog,its very little trouble and training to stock break a dog,cows,sheep even ferrets,why some struggle with it is sometimes beyond my comprehension,move certain members dinner plate 7 inch and they would starve to death.

[ratpackjack 272]

Yup i agree ,mine are steady as can be around stock and never had a problem with the ferrets as from young pups they learnt that the stinker is their friend.But i have seen lads with dogs that are ment to be broken to ferrets ragg a jill when she pops out and then they blame the dog its the idiot on the other end of the lead not the dogs fault.

[BS40liam 203]

  On 24/02/2013 at 19:40, silentpoacher said:

 

hes just coming up to 8months i will try what you've said alot of people say a bite from the ferret will keep the dog well away is this true ???

my old ferret latched onto my pup and from then on my dog dint take any notice or go near the ferrets again

[silentpoacher 14]

i wasnt to sure whether to let the ferret do it or not but i might give it a go

[BS40liam 203]

Could go either way tho, your dog might be different and one bite from a ferret might make him want to kill the ferret more

[ratpackjack 272]

  On 24/02/2013 at 20:58, silentpoacher said:

i wasnt to sure whether to let the ferret do it or not but i might give it a go

Mate do not let ferret latch onto the dog as the dog will remember and either kill it at a later date or it will not want to go anywhere near the ferret or anything it considers to be to do with the ferret,i am no expert but i have kept dogs and ferrets for years and breaking a dog to a ferret is so easy if you can't get this right what hope do you have with other stock the let the ferret latch onto a puppy is fecking retarded