shell 42 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 We went on our twice yearly trip down to Lincolnshire this weekend to go ratting on our friends chicken farm. We took our Lurcher, our 3 adult Borders, and Tick the spaniel terrier cross. Our friend had his Border and his cross bred terrier. Arrived at the chicken farm and got to work. Straight away the dogs were marking under a stack of pallets. Atol (our lurcher) never lies, so after a bit of prodding and poking the first one is acounted for. Something among all this lot... Tick gets it! Ticks approx 12 months old and is turning out to be fantastic at ratting. The dogs started marking a pile of sleepers, so one by one we moved them to the side. An adult with a nest of young. We then ventured into the sheds which were under water. In the past we've got quite a few rats out of the walls in here. Got the smoker going and had a try. Old lass Pendle gets one! Got a few more out of here, but it was a little disappointing there weren't more about! I went round the outside with Tick, just caught sight of one sneaking back into the wall, but Tick caught it on the run again! Dogs marked a few more holes and pallets and we caught a good few more. Had another nosey around then called it a day and went back to the lads house for a tin of beer, bowl of stew, and a chat, before packing the car up and heading back home to sunny west yorkshire. All in all, a good laugh, dogs worked well, total tally was 52, so not a bad day really. shell Quote Link to post
Guest SJM Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Great pics Shell, good to see the borders working Quote Link to post
shell 42 Posted July 23, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Thanks SJM! Quote Link to post
skycat 6,174 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 I just love Tick: looks a little cracker: good to see she's doing well too. Quote Link to post
Pipey Magregor 0 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Nice one Shell, glad to see you had a good time out with the dogs. I haven't seen many Borders around the part of Birmingham I'm from, but I seen quite a few of them down in Weymouth last week. The ones I seen looked alot stronger than I expected in the flesh, than the impression I got of them from pictures I've seen on the net. All the best Quote Link to post
uru 341 Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 Good stuff,I HATE rats, craig Quote Link to post
Simoman 110 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Looks like a good day Quote Link to post
Paul in North Lincs 15 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 NIce read and photos..................................good to see the lad getting involved Quote Link to post
lacey1 71 Posted July 24, 2007 Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Well done I like the bit Yorkshire at the end ,Gods country :clapping: :clapping: Quote Link to post
shell 42 Posted July 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2007 Paul - We had 2 young lads involved. Tom is 11 and Joe is 12. They seem to enjoy it. Been helping us out down there everytime we've been over the last couple of years. Good to have them out! shell Quote Link to post
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