Pinky...

[lawrence 657]

stout and a laptop.....dodgy combo !

[GSkye 94]

 

are pups easy to raise for hunting?

pretty much as most of it comes natural to them....as long as they're comfortable being handled it's fairly plain sailing

 

I prefer bolting them for the dog for the first session or two to get them used to passing through warrens, getting picked up as they exit etc.....and then have a session with the nets to get them used to them, rather than trying to get them used to everything at the same time.

 

aye, step by step. i think i may start with one and once i get the hang of it then i can get more. otherwise its just another pet

[rob190364 2,594]

 

 

are pups easy to raise for hunting?

pretty much as most of it comes natural to them....as long as they're comfortable being handled it's fairly plain sailing

 

I prefer bolting them for the dog for the first session or two to get them used to passing through warrens, getting picked up as they exit etc.....and then have a session with the nets to get them used to them, rather than trying to get them used to everything at the same time.

 

aye, step by step. i think i may start with one and once i get the hang of it then i can get more. otherwise its just another pet

 

yeah probably best....just remember to start with 3 or 4 holers if you can find them...if you start with one ferret on a big warren it'll probably get the run around a fair bit.

[GSkye 94]

hahaha that'd just be my luck. believe it or not

[GreyRake 108]

If you want to get one, go for it, but they are happier with a pal. They don't cost that much to feed really, im about to throw out a huge bag of cheap kibble i thought they would have eaten by now! Technically you should give a solo ferret more attention and space. I had a solo hob when i was a child who would pace back and forward in his cage, seemingly going crazy now im looking back... Sorry if im getting all animal rights on you hahaha recently had a trip to the zoo

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[THLpatrick 555]

Bosun thats just the cutest thing i ever did see

 

its not often you see a fully grown man with a pink lead and his new little albino kitt walking round the village as happy as ever

 

that bull x is just a front

 

 

nice though, is it alot bigger than johns?

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Been 15 years since I last owned one but with a 4 year old Daughter and a new pup coming... This is Pinky, our new addition. Bout 8 weeks and, if I'm honest, a little 'sharp', I do hope, for both my daughters and more so my Mrs (who's new to 'em), sake, we learn to get along....

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Great stuff, plenty of handling they soon stop nipping but I'd get a break stick just in case.

 

[Bosun11 537]

Bosun thats just the cutest thing i ever did see

 

its not often you see a fully grown man with a pink lead and his new little albino kitt walking round the village as happy as ever

 

that bull x is just a front

 

 

nice though, is it a lot bigger than johns?

Of course mines bigger than John's and the ferret is too (by a week)...!!

[THLpatrick 555]

 

Bosun thats just the cutest thing i ever did see

 

its not often you see a fully grown man with a pink lead and his new little albino kitt walking round the village as happy as ever

 

that bull x is just a front

 

 

nice though, is it a lot bigger than johns?

Of course mines bigger than John's and the ferret is too (by a week)...!!

 

I was going to say the ferret hahaha! is it a lively one or quiet laid back?

[GSkye 94]

If you want to get one, go for it, but they are happier with a pal. They don't cost that much to feed really, im about to throw out a huge bag of cheap kibble i thought they would have eaten by now! Technically you should give a solo ferret more attention and space. I had a solo hob when i was a child who would pace back and forward in his cage, seemingly going crazy now im looking back... Sorry if im getting all animal rights on you hahaha recently had a trip to the zoo

Haha that's a bit worrying but I think I will go for one, I have 2 very kind chaps who have offered to take me ferreting to show me the ropes and how to look after them.

 

Did you actually got ferreting with yours then?

[GreyRake 108]

Yeah, had a great season with my jill, her first and my first for eight years or so. As a child id take my hob and border terrier out behind my mums back. We caught all sorts - voles, rats, rabbits... the ferret even caught a one eyed phesent from under some stacked corrugated iron haha, the good old days.

Great to get out again, especially finally doing it properly hehe.

[GSkye 94]

and to think Bosun has all this to look forward to with his little nipper

[Bosun11 537]

Now were getting along....

[mollski 16]

MY young kits still try and bite my young lads, I think my boys are frightend incase they get bite,we handle them every day,not sure weather to put my finger down there mouth or smack there nose,you read so many things,great to see your daughter getting along great,

[rob190364 2,594]

MY young kits still try and bite my young lads, I think my boys are frightend incase they get bite,we handle them every day,not sure weather to put my finger down there mouth or smack there nose,you read so many things,great to see your daughter getting along great,

neither FFS!!!!

 

Just keep handling them and they'll stop nipping.....don't let the kids handle them til they are fully tame.